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By Bill October 30, 2006 -- 03:01 PM
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The biggest changes for me have been in educating my students---and their parents---about how the internet is changing. Convincing people to use the communication and creation tools of the Read/Write Web takes effort and time. It also takes a willingness on the part of educators to learn about the potential of the Read/Write Web and to incorporate elements into their instruction---not an easy process.
Specifically, my students have begun a regular podcast program that is an extension of a daily current events lesson that we do in class. In our podcast, we discuss the different sides of the current event and then try to engage listeners in our comment section. This shows students that they can add to the collective body of knowledge that is growing online.
Our address is:
http://guysread.typepad.com/theblurb
We're also using wikis and discussion boards frequently. The kids adapt to these tools without any struggle....their parents are a bit more skeptical!
Bill
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By Tonya Herron November 1, 2006 -- 11:47 AM
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One problem we have is we are using dynamic resources to create static deliverables. For example, our Social Studies teacher will not let his students use Wikipedia as a resource for written essays because he doesn't trust it. He sites the time he looked up George W. Bush and saw the President's middle name changed to binLadin. If the deliverable had been a wiki (instead of a written paper), then others could have collaborated on it and the error would have been found and corrected. It might even have led to a discussion on ethics. None of this is possible when your students are turning in papers.
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