Week 7 Intergrating Technology into the Classroom using Classroom Instruction that Works

http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/content/view/189/38/

Wow! What a great resource for creative ideas to use technology in the classroom. There are plenty of examples to look at and then begin to use in your own planning. They have even included tutorials to help you better understand how to use some of the newer Web 2.0 resources.

Week 6 - New Literacy

Copy and Paste Literacy:
Literacy practice in the production of a MySpace profile
by Dan Perkel

There seems to be a wealth of information available to help us create our own pages for MySpace and other blogs. Giving us new ways to communicate with others in fun and interesting ways. It has grown quite fast with young people as a way of letting others know more about themselves.

The Perils and Pitfalls of Wikipedia

Yes, it is easy to use Wilipedia as a resource for getting information about a reserch topic students may have. We just need to help our students understand that it may not be accurate information and should check other sources as well.