Posted in cool, digital literacy, images, media literacy, social networks, technology integration on July 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I had the chance to work with a small group of middle school teachers the last two days as they developed teaching activities in geography and history. One of the questions that came up as we were creating placemark descriptions in Google Earth was
Where can I find good images that are copyright free?
It’s a common [...]
Posted in cool, media literacy, technology integration, video games on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Was over at Andy Carvin’s Learning Now page and read about a group working to create a MMOLG - a Massively Multiplayer Online Learning Game. MMOGs have been around for awhile . . . but I can’t think of any that focus on “learning” things we teach in school.
The research seems pretty clear that playing [...]
Posted in cool, history, images, lesson plans, media literacy, primary sources on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Was catching up on my online reading over the weekend and had the pleasure of spending some time over at David Warlick’s 2 Cents Worth site. He wrote about a presentation he was able to sit in on last week that highlighted some interesting teacher resources.
One that David mentioned caught my eye and I came [...]
Posted in digital literacy, google, media literacy, search on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Using the Internet to help kids do research is always a good idea. But you have to be careful so that they don’t waste time or run across inappropriate sites. How to help kids find what they need?
A couple of suggestions and a few kid-friendly search tools might help!
Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, [...]
Posted in digital literacy, economics, media literacy, news, second life, social networks, technology integration, video games on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
The beauty of the Web is that . . . well . . . everything is connected. You read an article that leads you to a site that connects to your RSS feed which is mentioned on Twitter that becomes a Skype conversation that sends you to an old listserv . . . and within [...]
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