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Teaching current events using technology

I think this is pretty great.  Just wanted to share with the rest of you!

This is a great video.... perfect! I think I'll run it in morning meeting!

"We want young people to become independent and capable, yet we structure their days to the minute and give them few opportunities to do anything but answer multiple-choice questions, follow instructions and memorize information. We cast social interaction as an impediment to learning, yet all evidence points to the huge role it plays in their psychological development. "

Fascinating opinion piece that describes one school's initiative to combat the traditional way to teach high school students.

"All of that preoccupation with plagiarism does little to help us answer the fundamental question: What can we as individual faculty members do about it?"

This article helps to explain the average searchers approach to Internet research. I disagree however, with his comment about not using the advanced search. As educators we should be teaching the advanced search and its benefits as well as, using it-- not waiting for the basic search to "be improved".