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Google has on-line lessons to help students better use the web to search.

Google Guide for teachers.  Still have to take some time to read through it.

When we talked about not being a fossil, this article made me think about what I "hang on" to in my curriculum because I feel it is important.  Can I make a shift in how I teach?  I wish those who feel standardized tests are the only  measure of learning would read this also.

I remember learning about his experiment in India. Incredibly fascinating. We do need to shift how we teach and what "assessment" really means. Learning is a process and not something that ends when you have regurgitated the facts or process for the test and walked out with whatever grade. Technology has changed what it means to have the facts...essentially most have them right at their fingertips.

I know I hold onto some ways of instruction but at the same time I look at the ACT, SAT tests, that students are assessed to get into college, to make it into teaching programs or licensing now or boards for several career choices and those standardized testing methods are still there. It is a quick and easy way to separate who gets in and who doesn't. As a society we still hold onto the grading idea and individual assessment as to determine skill levels and whose got them and who doesn't. Culturally we want a way to compare kids to place them in boxes of all kinds. I really liked this article and do need to look to see what I am holding onto but this is really a bigger shift than just in education and teaching.