Clarence and Chris. Wow! These two teachers are deeply involved in building the genius of the scene. The Skype with them crystallized exactly how human intelligence is advancing in ways that are creating the future - our future and the future of the universe.
Kim and Jeff got all of us off to a solid start. Overall, I think that we learned a lot. Of course, as Kim mentioned in her post-class comments, the differentiation piece is missing and needs to be attended to.
How do we help our students determine truth and bias in the material that they find on the Net? Actually, Chris modeled how we might proceed by giving us his demo of the fictitious news accounts. This point needs to be repeated over and over for our students: Everything that we encounter on the Net must filtered through a well developed critical lens.
What I took away from Clarence:
Globalvoicesonline.org = aggregator site that brings together blogs from all over world. S’S subscribe to a blog from somewhere around the world.
Classroom networks: Some S’S are hubs that are important in spreading ideas.
Blogs flatten the infrastructure in the classroom.
What I took away from Chris: Google for Educators; Google search tools; value of Wikipedia
Chris built understanding, used visuals; very usable information and sites; love the Google search information.
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