What good are broken clocks? Well, they can actually tell time. An example of crowd sourced photography. This site uses pictures of broken clocks to tell the time every minute. Amazing!!!
The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age.
When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal.
“The age of the know-it-all author who went into her room for three months and figured something out that no one figured out, and had a whole idea that was hers alone – it’s over.”
In his classes, Boardman teaches students how to express their ideas and how to tell stories —and he encourages them to use video, music, recorded voices and whatever other media will best allow them to communicate effectively
I believe this is called "processing" information, making understanding from what you're reading. The physical act of reading, is not what's important, it's making sense, and constructing knowledge and understanding from what you read.
The boy reads for a bit, goes to Google when he wants to learn more about a particular topic, chats online with his friend who are reading the same book, and then goes back to reading.
I thought you would be interested in this new app market. I have only looked at few, but I think there may be a bait and switch position for some of these. You have it free for 20 days, but then you have to pay. Time will tell how successful this is.
I overheard the following conversation.
Student #1: “Hey, come over here. I just discovered a cheat.”
Student #2: “I know that one. Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone.”
Student #3: “I already know about that one, but look, I think there might be another one.”
We have started to group our students based on their individual needs and are modifying our text book instruction to match.
achieve a fluid classroom where students are moving between Khan Academy, small group instruction, and project work, with working groups that vary based on each strand.