Emerging Technology 2: Google Docs
Although I have used Google Docs before for students who don’t have word processors at home, I recently used it in a completely new way in my classroom, inspired by the recent assignment for this class. Generally, at the beginning of a unit, my classes do some exploration on the historical context of the upcoming [...]
Module 4-2 Digital Literacy
The Internet-Connected Computer: It’s How You Use It That Counts In this blog post on Edutopia, Jim Moulton expounds on the importance of using a computer for more than merely a word processor. There are several ways for teachers who may not have experience with computers to find information to help them bring their classroom [...]
Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Digital Youth
The Good Play Project deals with the ethical sense of young people who, according to Gardner, make a conscious decision to pass on ethics until they are rich. Until then, they’ll do what it takes to make it to prosperity. This project deals with 5 ethical issues: identity, privacy, trustworthiness, ownership/authorship, and credibility. Because the [...]
Emerging Technology 1: Google Lit Trips
Night Lit trip Google Earth. What comes to mind? For most people, it’s “I can see my house from here!” For others, it’s a great way to check out cities and natural landforms they’ve never visited in real life. Google Earth in the Classroom: What do you think of? World Geography. History. Math. Science. Current [...]
