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Unfortunately, geography has been pushed aside to make room for more civics, more politics, more legal language in a social studies classroom. Personally, I grew up memorizing the states and capitals and learning about our world's physical being, an…
Google Maps is a great tool to use in any classroom, not just in the social studies arena. The three ways that the Using Google Earth in the History Classroom are quite phenomenal. I use Google Maps all the time for personal use, such as finding pla…
Tawnee, I hadn't thought about the obstacle of memory space or cost when considering e-portfolios in the classroom. Thank you for that thought. Perhaps, each student could carry a jump drive as a method of keeping up with their e-portfolio (BUT a lo…
I really am intrigued by this idea of saving work year to year in secondary schooling for the student to see their progression over time...in the same program is even better. Also, e-portfolios are neat, as you've said, because they are multi-functi…
Michael, I am completely sold on the idea of e-portfolios replacing standardized testing. It just makes more sense to use student work as a means of assessing what college/profession they go into. In addition, I, too, am excited to use e-portfolios…
E-portfolios are a great way to evaluate a student's progress over time (no matter the period) or to focus on the strengths of a student in a certain context. Students are given a chance to observe, learn, and grow by means of working out an e-portf…
After reviewing each of the streaming video clips, I was opened to a world of possibilities in the classroom. I went carefully through each link to seek out the strengths and weaknesses of the videos/sites. It seems that all the videos could potenti…
Jenny, it was great reading your post and seeing virtual conferencing at work in our own backyard. I'm looking forward to exploring virtual meetings with fellow teachers when I get into the school system. I never really thought about how virtual con…
I agree with your doubt Scott, regarding virtual conferencing in the classroom, I'm not too sure how that would play out; however, I do feel that virtual conferencing could work very well for professional workshops/conventions.
Thanks for sharing your prior experience with virtual conferences...I definitely see how this can become a common practice in our future (heck, it almost is now).
Agreed, Michael. I really value the physical presence of an educator. I do, however, like your point about how online classes encourages student-centered learning; it's absolutely true. Students have to take responsibility of themselves in order to…
Traditional courses, in my opinion, offer an ideal learning environment. They allow "in the moment" discussions, which encourage high pressure critical thinking because of time constraints as well as possibly valuable tangents. I always felt like I…
I had not participated in a virtual discussion/debate prior to our class's debate a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed the experience; I thought Elluminate was a great tool for conducting and facilitating that debate on one-on-one computing. Here…
First, I have to say that I really enjoyed doing this search engine activity; it was really informative and eye-opening.
I researched Tiananmen Square using Google-Chinese and was surprised to find images of celebration and glorification of place.…
I must say now that I have read the assigned articles, I feel a bit nervous about the expectations of teachers now. My friends have an on-going joke about how techologically-challenged I am. I mean I just learned how to operate an iPod! However, I d…
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