The onslaught of technology for education in the classroom the last few years has been impressive. Many see it as the answer to all things educational, while others fear it as the end of teaching as we know it. Today’s economy is riddled with funding shortages. School systems across the nation struggle to find ways [...]
Check out this new social network for Tweens called EverLoop. It’s a great idea whose time is long over due for the young demographic.
For young people blogging represents a new way to not only write, but to create as well. With all the great information and media available on the web today, a blog is the perfect way for young people, to research, vet, and create a living project instead of just a 3 page book report or social studies report.
In today’s digital world, most young people have no fear of technology, the internet, browsers, or web sites. In fact, many times it is the adult that is challenged when learning new technology. In this regard, it is difficult for me to prescribe that a parent or teacher always learn the technology tool first and then teach it to the child.
Yesterday The Portland Project was covered in an article by Mashable entitled, The Case for Social Media in Schools. The conversation that is ensuing because of that article is really quite amazing.
Request your Twitter followers to tweet their locations. Students use atlases or world maps to find their location and measure and convert the distance mathematically. Students can then use Google Earth to find the actual distance.
In this lesson, students will research daily life, industries, and the political situation along the United States/Mexico border.
Oil spills have devastating consequences, both for the environment and for communities. In this lesson, students compare the Exxon Valdez spill with the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They look at similarities and differences in the way it happened, how it was contained, and how long it took (or will take) to repair the damage.
A great Geography lesson using Google Earth and Twitter! Overview: Source Edublogs The main idea for this activity is to teach students geography using your Twitter network and Google Earth. Hopefully, your network is worldwide so the students can find a wider range of places. Objective: 1) To increase student’s knowledge of world geography [...]
Here’s another great lesson plan utilizing social media. The focus here is student engagement using math skills to create a numerical representation of their lives. Objective: Students will share important numbers in their lives using social media. Materials: Computers (or cell phones) with Internet access Procedure: Explain to students that they will be using social [...]