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With geography being the core foundation of social studies because of its emphasis on location, it certainly should be an ongoing concept that engages the students to better help them realize its uses and importance. For a long time, social studies…
Students’ creation of e-portfolios are a great way to assess the knowledge and skills that they have acquired either throughout a course/program (formative) or and at the completion of a course/program (summative). The items they choose to include i…
I agree that portfolios provide more substantial evidence of students' learning and therefore should replace our current form of assessing them. However, I can only imagine how difficult it is to come up with a standard in which to grade them in tha…
Streaming videos effectiveness comes from the fact that they are specific to the learners needs. Because streaming videos are becoming abundant in various topics and fields, the learner can seek out specific information that only addresses their ind…
I remember several times during the Elluminate debate wanting clarification on someone's statement but I didn't want to interrupt the speaking order so my uncertainties went unaddressed. I also agree with the notion of relying on non-verbal communic…
Prior to the course’s initial debate over Elluminate, I had only participated in a formal virtual conference a time or two before. As a member of my high school’s School Leadership Team (SLT) we hired educational consultants/researchers to provide u…
As a traditional student my strengths were that I was capable of taking verbal instructions very well and valued learning within a social setting. I enjoyed working with other students and typically used the cooperative learning opportunities as a m…
I agree with your statement of people not going beyond the first result page; I, for one, usually consider the first 5-7 results only because it seem as though it gets less and less relevant from there (I'll usually just try searching a similar word…
Knowing absolutely nothing about Tiananmen Square, I first searched the name using Google Images CN. Based off of the results of parades and Olympic events, my initial impression was that it must be a common place in which they gather to celebrate t…
If everything goes as planned, my high school will be implementing the 1:1 Laptop program next semester for all 9th graders. As an Algebra teacher, my students will be the pioneers of the program in our county. I must say, I am very eager to see wha…
As 21st Century learners, students are the driving force behind their learning. They will have to be knowledgeable enough to select the most appropriate tool(s) needed to seek out the information that is at hand and have the ability to use technolog…
The first bridge was very difficult for me to complete, especially taking all the stipulations into consideration. Unfortunately, due to the time constraint of 30 minutes, I was only able to construct the two side panels because all of the horizonta…
We will be discussing issues relating to 21st Century Skills and technologies as they relate to teaching and learning.
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