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Debra Gottsleben

Wolfram|Alpha Blog : Computing America's Public School System - 0 views

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    "Wolfram|Alpha has the ability to compute some interesting information about school districts. You can now use Wolfram|Alpha to analyze and compare data on student-teacher ratios, expenditures, revenues, and salaries in more than 18,000 public school districts in the United States."
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    Not strictly for social studies; could be useful for analyzing ed data
Debra Gottsleben

newswordy - 1 views

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    Takes a word in the news and posts articles that use the word. Very good site for analyzing the news and how it is reported. This site would be a great tool in the social studies classroom but would be an excellent way to study vocabulary.
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    Really interesting site which studies how the media uses certain words. Great way to study and analyze how the news is reported.
Debra Gottsleben

THE 6 C'S of PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS - 0 views

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    great way to analyze primary sources from UC Irvine
scott klepesch

The History 2.0 Classroom: Currently Reading... - 0 views

  • insight and concrete examples that can help educators understand how computers are reshaping our economy, the jobs that will be available to our students & more importantly, how we can begin to restructure our classroom instruction to help develop the expert and complex thinking skills that are required to compete and hold a job in our changing economy.
  • Computers don't cause unemployment, they can replace only specific types of jobs / tasks: 1. Routine Cognitive - cognitive tasks that can be accomplished by following specific rules 2. Routine Manual - manual tasks that follow precise, physical movement that can be programmed
  • Step two, help our students developed the skills and abilities necessary to find, understand, analyze and evaluate information.
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  •  Expect our students to create, analyze, share, collaborate and produce something new based on the information that is collected.
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    Article discusses the skills and experiences schools should focus on. Jobs that prize memorization and recall are being replaced by computers. What is valued can be fostered in a rich digital classroom.
Debra Gottsleben

Sharing Technology: Image Detective - 0 views

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    "an interactive site that has students analyze a historical photo and make conclusions about the photo.Their job is to figure out what is going on in the photo"
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    Very interesting site to learn about history and digital literacy
Debra Gottsleben

digitalresearchtools / FrontPage - 0 views

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    "This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you're looking for."
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    Great list of resources
Debra Gottsleben

Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress - 0 views

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    guides to analyzing primary sources
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