How many of us print off articles rather than read them online? I wonder how many of our students do this? We probably assume they're not really reading it like we are.
What skills are required and how do we teach them?
This will be the basis for our discussion.
As little as we know about the future, for which we are preparing our children, it is clear that it will be a place that is governed by information. Accessing, processing, building with, and communicating that information will be a major part of our daily professional and personal work.
about the Learning to Change video
Socratic seminar is a method of teaching developed by Socrates. He engaged his students in intellectual discussion by responding to questions with questions, instead of answers. This method encouraged the students to think for themselves rather than being told what to think.
Writing Across the Curriculum: iPod-inspired Writing Asssignments
connecting with students by establishing a classroom i-Pod...a Northern Nevada experiment
Short description of what it means to be literate in the 21st century.