I have been thinking about students creating digital content or digital documents. I am currently reviewing one of my courses for the new teaching year. So I wanted something I could use to look at digital publishing, whether it was preparing a word processed document, a DTP product like a brochure, a web page or [...]
Podcasting is an activity that can be achieved by students of all ages with limited resources. Using tools like Audacity or Garageband students (and teachers) can create high quality products. I have drafted a rubric for developing podcasts. This a higher order thinking task – Blooms creating level of activity. publishing-podcasting-rubric.pdf I would appreciate [...]
I went to google and I entered EDUCATION into the search field and was rewarded by over 1 billion pages. One of the skills we need and our students need is the ability to refine searches to be able to mine the vast mass of information out there. I am still on holiday, so I [...]
This is a draft on a rubric for validating information. The rubric looks at two aspects 1. Sourcing and validating information from multiple information sources 2. Referencing the data sources to support the students decision on validating information Comments and suggestions would be appreciated validating-rubric.pdf
http://www.dhmo.org This is an excellent website for teaching students about validating information. The site is well laid out, looks professional, uses well structured english, has few grammatical and spelling mistakes, refers to reputable sites and appears to be written by a suitably qualified professional or professionals. Everything we would look for in a site at [...]
http://www.masternewmedia.org/learning_educational_technologies/media-literacy/new-media-literacy-critical-thinking-Howard-Rheingold-20071019.htm This is well written critique and review of Howard Rheingold presentation recently in Australia by Robin Good I like it. This part about search engines and validating information is well done…. ” Unlike the vast majority of library books, when you enter a term into a search engine, I explained to my daughter, there [...]
http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt This is a frightening insight into malicious use of technology. It is well worth reading the article. It is a stunning example of the impact and importance of social spaces like myspace on youth and the consequences of vindictive action. Read, Consider and ponder. We can stop them using it, nor should we. [...]
This is a youtube video clip of online communities. This is a interesting starting point for discussion on onlkine communities, groups, facebook and alike [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGfNSA3QmWg" width="425" height="355" wmode="transparent" /] More from XKCD – http://xkcd.com
THE DIGITAL DISCONNECT -THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN INTERNETSAVVY STUDENTS AND THEIR SCHOOLS This is a report commissioned by the Pew Internet project. The project releases regular reports on the internet and American Life. This particular report looks at the impact of internet “savvy” students on their schools. It details some of the key areas and [...]
Earlier this month I blogged on mashups – particularly about Intel’s Mash maker. Mash ups are going to be amazing and will provide us with customizable data access at the click of a button. I got a comment from Alex who pointed me a his site which also produces mash up and tools for us [...]
