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No doubt your students have heard something about Internet safety ever since they were old enough to begin spending time online, and most of them likely feel that they’re smart enough to avoid the pitfalls. But the risks associated with using the Internet are not always obvious, and research shows that teens are being successfully manipulated and targeted by scammers and marketers. Authors Fodeman and Monroe have combined experience of more than 50 years working wit… More >>
Safe Practices for Life Online: A Guide for Middle and High School
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#1 by Paul A. Baker on January 28, 2010 - 9:34 pm
Kids love their cell phones. Teacher and technology advocate Liz Kolb reasons that because students are highly motivated to interact with technology, they will find classroom content more compelling when they can develop content-based projects for their cell phones.
Interestingly enough, the learning activities in this book don’t require students to actually bring their phones into the school.
Kolb shows many ways to integrate these “toys” into the K-12 curriculum nevertheless. Cell phones are potentially tools for knowledge construction, data collection, and collaborative communication. They can serve as collection devices for photos and videos when used with free online resources like Blogger and Flickr for creating a local landmarks photoblog, for example, or for a geometry digital storybook, rock identification, or photo mapping.
Students can brainstorm from their cell phones by sending text messages to a live Wiffiti screen. While on a field trip, students can text their observations or notes to the class Wiffiti screen and discuss their experiences back in the classroom.
Using the instant messaging service Twitter, teachers can set up a homework help group or study group hotline for students to collaborate on homework. For projects involving audio media, Kolb provides lesson plans for an oral history project and a virtual science symposium, among others.
Rating: 5 / 5