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 [...]
Posted in current events, media literacy, news, social networks, technology integration on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I briefly mentioned the Play the News site several months ago but since then have had the chance to play with it a bit more in-depth. And I’m still impressed.
Some of the site’s propaganda:
An engaging, community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Play the News is a web-based platform that brings [...]
Posted in news, technology integration, video games on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The current eSchool News just posted an interesting article about online gaming and their impact on student learning. The article discusses some of the ways that Second Life and other types of multiple-player online games can prepare players to succeed in life after high school.
When you think about the skills that students need when they [...]
Posted in current events, learning, lesson plans, news, social studies, teaching, technology integration, tip of the week on March 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(All Tips of the Week can also be found on the Social Studies Central site.)
One of the best things that we as social studies teachers can do for our students is to create connections between past and present. And we’ve all used newspapers and current events to make our content more relevant for kids.
The problem [...]
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