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I completely agree that the inclusion of GPS/GIS in the classroom will encourage higher level thinking beyond just memorization.
Great technology - but cost is always a factor for our school system. However, after playing with Google Earth for the p…
Google Earth is an awesome technology resource for the classroom. Students will get caught up in the excitement of viewing the terrain with the overlay maps, whizzing around famous places and taking virtual tours of places or events. (as a personal…
What a great book, I enjoyed The Kite Runner too - and it was my first exposure to the cultural differences within those countries. Great examples of why geography is necessary to literature and how that is relevant to the culture.
Geography is so m…
You said it well, "we must start in the classroom" to learn the importance of global awareness. My school has mandatory reading & writing across the curriculum and this year we are to focus on a different country each month. One of my colleges gave…
I don’t really know much about the state of geography in the curriculum today because I don’t hear the students talking about it and I don’t see projects relating to geography in their possession (except maps for Spanish and French class). I remembe…
You made a good point that students may need help with what to include in their portfolio. I had not thought about that as being an obstacle, but it may be a big one.
I really like the "idea" of putting the ePortfolios online; however, realistically…
I really enjoyed this topic too. You made a good point that students will learn and use multiple applications and technologies when they create their ePortfolio. They will be gaining 21st century skills as they develop their project and the ePortfol…
I agree with you that ePortfolios are a great support tool: a great opportunity for collaboration among the students in the creation of ePortfolio's and if a rubric is provided an awesome performance based assessment.
I enjoyed reading your comments.
What do you see as potential benefits of using eportfolios for students?
Seeing as how students are totally into technology, ePortfolio’s would be a fun way for the students to become and stay organized. Creating an ePortfolio would entail developin…
I forgot to mention my comments on viewing the streaming videos resources that Dr. H shared. NASA’s website had some great video’s available from numerous launches. I have always been fascinated with the space landings and the possibility (or probab…
• The effectiveness of the streaming video
• What the streaming videos key benefits/features/strengths are
• What is makes the streaming videos effective for learning?
• What are some of the drawbacks of streaming video?
Streaming video is effectiv…
I agree it is a major problem to have technology difficulties when trying to connect for a meeting. I don't know about you guys, but I am not a computer technician and get really frustrated when the computer doesn't do what it should. I guess that i…
My first video conference was while working in Corporate America about 15 years ago. The parent company (and manufacturing plant) was in Italy and the cutting edge technology (at that time) was installed in each of the sales offices. We did this to…
I completely agree that the most important skill students will need is problem solving. Many of my current students are too quick to ask how to do something I just explained, rather than figure it out. Administration and teachers together need to ho…
Today, online classes exceed traditional classes in the area of applied learning - for me. It feels like I am learning more, possibly because of the opportunity to process the information and apply it before learning a new topic. However, I didn’t f…
You made a great comment in your last paragraph. In the business world if we don't at least keep up with the changes, we get left behind and lose our job or the business goes under. As teachers, we need to have the same drive to keep up with changes…
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