Yesterday I participated in two online experiences for the first time: a Twitter discussion using the hashtag #edchat, and a live webinar featuring Ken Robinson, author of The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. Both experiences revolved around the word passion (a rather appropriate concept in the days leading up to Easter), and in [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2010
Wikipedia as Bathroom Graffiti
March 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Research, Writing
Using Wikipedia as an authoritative source is like using bathroom graffiti for relationship advice–it might sound confident, but after a while you’ve got to wonder who wrote it. If you’ve struggled to explain to students why Wikipedia is not a reliable source, Mark Moran at FindingDulcinea has written The Top 10 Reasons Students Cannot Cite [...]
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Use Social Networks to Teach Kids about Literature
March 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Literature, Technology
Megan Palevich of Middle School 101 has a must-see project for teachers who want to tap into students’ use of social networking to bring literary or historical people to life. Students create fake Facebook, Twitter and instant message interactions between characters or historical people. Everything is done with templates that students work on in class [...]
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