Should teachers model in workshops what they expect from their students in the classroom?
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Content LibraryDownload ready-made curricula, complete with reading assignments, multi-media presentations, quizzes and tests, as well as class presentation notes.
PodcastingDownload a podcast of a speaker, a play, an audio book, a radio or television broadcast. Play it in class or assign students to listen to it as homework.
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re: something is *wrong* on the Internet
This is news? I agree with TechTeacher; finding erroneous information from any source is just an opportunity for discourse regarding the difference between "fact" and opinion.
My question is: How many school districts have instruction for our Millenial students on how to effectively perform research--on and off the Internet--as part of their official curricula?
If they are, how are they accomplishing this, at what level, and how often are they recycling the concepts throughout the students' educational experience?
Virginia
What if someone is wrong......?
But what if someone is *wrong* on the Internet?
Yes
As a Technology Coordinator, words cannot express the frustration that surfaces when teachers walk out on the critical (i.e. mandatory) inservice, like the SiS. Only to need extra attention on the subject matter that was covered.
I've visited many classrooms and have seen the disciplined hand with which our teachers manage their pupils. When the tables are reversed, however, educators tend to be extremely social, and lose the ability to follow directions.
Luckily, the ORVSD group appears to be made up of enthusiastic faculty that actually want to learn the material, and it's a pleasure working with you all.