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Teaching the iGeneration
5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills With Web 2.0 Tools
Find the natural overlap between the work you already believe in and the digital tools that define tomorrow's learning. Each chapter introduces an enduring skill: information fluency, persuasion, communication, collaboration, and problem solving. Then, the authors present a digital solution that can be used to enhance traditional skill-based instructional practices. A collection of handouts and supporting materials tailored to each skill and tool type ends each chapter.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: The iGeneration
Chapter 1: Managing Information in the 21st Century
Chapter 2: Writing Open Letters to World Leaders
Chapter 3: Telling Powerful Visual Stories
Chapter 4: Studying Challenging Topics Together
Chapter 5: Collaborating to Solve Problems
Appendix: Technology Permission Slip
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Chapter 1
- Google's Wonder Wheel
- Spotting Websites You Just Can't Trust
- Judging Quality Web Links
- Social Bookmarking as a Research Tool
- Shared Annotation Checklist
- Reflecting on Diigo Annotations
- Scoring Shared Annotation Efforts
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- Using Feed Readers to Organize Student Thinking
- Diigo Social Bookmarking Directions for Teachers
- Diigo Social Bookmarking Directions for Students
- Social Bookmarking Roles
- Diigo Shared Annotation Directions for Teachers
- Diigo Shared Annotation Directions for Students
- Shared Annotation Roles
- Additional Information Management Tools and Resources
Chapter 2
- Recognizing Different Perspectives
- Collecting and Respecting Different Perspectives
- Exploring Misguided Arguments
- An Introduction to Convincing Evidence
- Evaluating Persuasive Letters
- Convincing Evidence Tracking Sheet
- Persuasive Letter Organizing Template
- Persuasive Letter Scoring Rubric
- Leaving Good Blog Comments
- Teacher Checklist for Blogging Projects
- Blog Entry Scoring Checklist
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- Studying Poverty: Infonation Comparison Activity
- Studying Poverty: Infonation Comparison Summary Notes
- Do Something Funny for Money Day
- Lending to a Woman
- Lending to a Group
- Giving a Gift Certificate to Another Class
- Which Country Should We Loan to?
- Kiva Loan Questions
- Kiva Loan Questions: Your Notes
- Persuasive Speech Organizer
- Rating Kiva Loan Opportunities
- Directions for Posting Blog Entries
- Additional Blogging Tools and Resources
Chapter 3
- The Characteristics of Memorable Images
- Checklist for Creating Influential Visual Images
- Public Service Announcement: PowerPoint Slide Scoring Rubric
- Scoring Influential Visual Images
- Public Service Announcement Scripting Template
- Examining a Video
- Teacher Digital Video Checklist
- Public Service Announcement: Video Scoring Rubric
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Chapter 4
- Learning About Conversation Behaviors
- Targeting Conversation Behaviors
- Previewing an Asynchronous Conversation
- Commenting in an Asynchronous Conversation
- What Can Digital Conversations Look Like?
- Scoring Student Participation in Asynchronous Conversations
- Reflecting on an Asynchronous Conversation
- VoiceThread in Action
- Asynchronous Conversation Checklist
- Teacher Videoconferencing Checklist
- Tracking Your Videoconference
- Student Videoconferencing Preparation Checklist
- Skype Skills to Master
- Reflecting on Digital Conversations
- Additional Sources for Studying Videoconferencing and Skype
Chapter 5
- Understanding the Problem
- Evaluating Potential Solutions
- Rating Potential Solutions
- Problem-Solution Introductions
- Writing Solution Paragraphs
- Rating Problem-Solution Pieces
- Exploring Wikis in Action
- Characteristics of Quality Wiki Pages
- Wiki Roles for Student Groups
- Teacher Checklist for Wiki Projects
- Wiki Tasks for Student Groups
- Wiki Scoring Rubric
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VIDEO TUTORIALS
You will need Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, or VLC Media Player to view the video tutorials.
Blogger
- Creating a Blog
- Starting and Entry
- Adding Labels
- Adding a Video From Your Computer
- Adding a Video From the Internet
- Images
- Linking
- Publish
- Signing In
Diigo
- Introduction
- Adding Bookmarks
- Adding New Annotations
- Browsing Links
- Create Student Accounts
- Create Student Groups
- Following Annotations on the Homepage
- Installing a Toolbar
- Sorting and Speaking
- Tag Dictionary
- Viewing and Responding to Annotations
MovieMaker
Pageflakes
- Introduction to Pageflakes
- About RSS
- Adding a Blog
- Adding RSS Feeds
- Creating Tabs and Navigation
- Editing Flakes
- Message Board and To-Do List
- Publish, Pagecast
- Skimming
PBworks
- Adding Comments
- Adding Pictures
- Create a New Page
- Creating Free Wiki
- Creating Student Accounts
- Editing Wiki Pages
- Embedding Content
- Exploring Wikis
- Inserting Links
- Monitoring Wiki Changes
- Reverting to Earlier Changes
- Workplace Security Options
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Content Aggregators
Collaborative Research Tools/Social Bookmarking Applications
Teacher Blog Examples
Visual Content
- Animoto
- Blip
- Flickr
- Flickr Creative Commons
- Hulu
- MorgueFile
- Slideshare
- TeacherTube
- Wikimedia Commons
- Windows Movie Maker
- YouTube
Internet Safety
Television Shows
Synchronous Applications
Skype Resources
Videoconferencing Resources
- 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
- Met Any Good Authors Lately?
- Videoconferencing Out on a Lim
VoiceThread Examples
Wikis
Student Wiki Examples
- Carbon Fighters
- Horizon Project 2008
- The Global (Warming) Girls
- The Green Squad
- The Monster Project
- PBworks Directory of Wikis
- The Solution to Pollution
Kid-Friendly Social Networking Sites
Student Involvement in Social Issues
Articles
Photos
- >Homeless in Sugamo 1
- Save Our Children
