MU Web 2.0 Online Course

educational potentials of video games

We tend to form our opinions about what is new from our past experiences, and when talking about education, we all have fairly rich experiences to draw on

employers are complaining that young workers are unskilled at personal interactions and do not easily adjusting to work life

kids in my class have made a dramatic move to Google docs

these students are more often sharing them with me so that I can help them with revisions and specific paragraphs.

college and university use of "Google Docs & Spreadsheets." 

You can use Google SketchUp to create, modify and share 3D models.

The Quinceanera tradition celebrates the young girl(la Quinceanera), and recognizes her journey from childhood to maturity.The customs highlight God, family, friends, music, food, and dance.

The Quinceanera celebration traditionally begins with a religious ceremony. A Reception is held in the home or a banquet hall. The festivities include food and music, and in most, a choreographed waltz or dance performed by the Quinceanera and her Court.

It is traditional for the Quinceanera to choose special friends to participate in what is called the Court of Honor.

Nothing is foolproof, but I have yet to find anything as motivating and influential on students' self-expression as helping them tell stories about an important place.

Before I could expect them to write a story that had a clear beginning, middle, and end, students needed preparation.

visually representing their place by drawing, painting, creating a collage, or using KidPix on the computer to uncover more details about each place

Latin phrases used in English

Digital Natives, Generation-D (digital), Nintendo Kids, the MTV generation, whatever term you chose to describe them, today's youth has grown up with an uprecedented access to and appetite for technology and new media.

Digital Natives, Generation-D (digital), Nintendo Kids, the MTV generation, whatever term you chose to describe them, today's youth has grown up with an uprecedented access to and appetite for technology and new media.

The challenge facing educators and trainers is to identify learning strategies that are appropriate for Digital Natives, recognizing the different ways they process information and developing learning tools that maximize the potential of their unique cognitive approach.

Where to go?

What to do?

Create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios and more Discover modify and share assessments Set work for the whole class with a few mouseclicks

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

Study vocabulary or almost anything Create your own flashcards - sign up free Share flashcards with your friends

Early signs of the shift abound. Walt Disney (DIS), investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and scores of other companies use wikis, or group-editable Web pages, to turbo-charge collaboration. Other firms are using button-down social-networking services such as LinkedIn and Visible Path to dig up sales leads and hiring prospects from the collective contacts of colleagues. Corporate blogging is becoming nearly a cliché, as executives from Sun Microsystems (SUNW) chief executive Jonathan Schwartz to General Motors (GM) Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz post on their own blogs to communicate directly with customers.

Decide ahead of time if you want to participate in a free wiki hosting site, pay a subscription cost to a provider to host your wiki, or set up the wiki yourself using your own server.

PBWiki is free for 10 MB of storage files and attachments, three professional CSS designs, unlimited page revisions, no advertisements, free backup of current versions, and a secure login system.

PBWiki has been listening to educators. An ad-free wiki can be requested by simply clicking the settings link and designating the wiki for educational use.