University students generally enter opposed to group work. This video article explains how to be effective, facilitate and create transparent assessment for this real-life skill.
10 Ways Digital Slowpokes Can Catch Up!
By Ann Handley
Even though this article was written for owners of small businesses, I think it is worth reading to stay up on what is happening out there in the "real world" of marketing and persuading people to choose their business *(using all those wonderful persuasive writing skills learned in school!)
It also addresses anxieties of people all over who are overwhelmed with how fast technology is moving and encourages them to just "do something now."
This article is about the Big6 and how to use it with Web2. They talk about how to use the Big6 with email, online discussions, real-time communications, desktop teleconferencing and collaborative writing. It fits into the Research and Information Fluency Remixed. I liked the format on another site http://www.librarymediaconnection.com/pdf/lmc/reviews_and_articles/featured_articles/Eisenberg_May_June2010.pdf but found I had to put the address into Google in order to access it. The URL did not work.
Can you trust everything you read on the Internet? Can you trust anything you read on the Internet? Teach your kids which Web sites to trust! The words you are reading now have been read -- and reread -- by several experienced editors and educators.
What a great resource. We have recently had a lot of problems at our school with students using Answer.com and trusting the information there to be fact. We have had some interesting facts come to light as a result...