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I'll take a pass on the online stuff until the schools develop their own in-house systems where the children can operate out of sight of the wider public.
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What happened to text books, paper and pencil? Why must we have kids on the internet? I think this invites problems.
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Tina JoynerStudents discovering online collaboration
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Kristen
Alloway/The Star-Ledger
November 07, 2009, 11:07PM
Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerTeachers
are increasingly using blogs, Twitter, wikis, podcasting, video conferences with
students including Isabel Livingston, 11. The class of 6th graders from Sparta
Middle School work on their blogs and glogs during their Connections
class.First-grader Thomas Tsangaropoulos stands before a
laptop during his Spanish class at Lake Parsippany School, smiles broadly into
its tiny webcam and waves.
"Hola," he says to the image of a young girl appearing on the computer and on
a large screen in the front of the Parsippany classroom. "Me llamo Thomas."
Across town, first-grader Mariah Colon peers into a laptop at Troy Hills
School and waves.
"Hola. Buenos días," she says.
Remember when technology in schools meant computer labs and internet
connections? New Jersey teachers and students are slowly but increasingly using
the tools of Web 2.0 — the so-called second generation of the web that includes
creative, collaborative, shared content.
Students are writing on wiki pages, blogging about their classroom
activities, recording audio files for band practice, videoconferencing with
people around the globe and chatting online about literature.
For a generation that has embraced a joystick and a mouse since they were
toddlers, these technologies can help them learn how to be creative, how to
communicate and how to work together, said Lisa Thumann, a senior specialist in
technology education at Rutgers University’s Center for Mathematics, Science and
Computer Education.
"This is what our students are going to see when they get to college, ...
when they enter the work force," Thumann said. "Our ultimate goal is to prepare
them for the real world."
Many educators say digital technology engages students, shows how what they
are studying is relevant to the world around them and helps them retain what
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Tony VincentArticle in the New Jersey Real-Time News - - NJ.com
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Brian Verlinde"tools of Web 2.0 — the so-called second generation of the web that includes creative, collaborative, shared content."
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tools of Web 2.0 — the so-called second generation of the web that includes creative, collaborative, shared content.
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A survey of 1,200 school administrators nationwide by the Consortium for School Networking found the number one problem with students using Web 2.0 tools is "wasting time and distractions."
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First-grader Thomas Tsangaropoulos stands before a laptop during his Spanish class at Lake Parsippany School, smiles broadly into its tiny webcam and waves.
"Hola," he says to the image of a young girl appearing on the computer and on a large screen in the front of the Parsippany classroom. "Me llamo Thomas."
Across town, first-grader Mariah Colon peers into a laptop at Troy Hills School and waves.
"Hola. Buenos días," she says.
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Remember when technology in schools meant computer labs and internet connections?
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Chris Dedeweb 2.0 is a means of fostering collaboration skills
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