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Caity D

United Nations and World Hunger Newspaper Article: Introduction - 0 views

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    This is yet another Webquest on World Hunger done by a student to help other students recognize important issues like world hunger. She utilizes an article from the United Nations. 
Caity D

Mrs. Abell's World Hunger WebQuest TeacherWeb ® Home Page - 0 views

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    A Webquest found through using Google about World Hunger. 
Caity D

World Hunger and How to Help: Introduction - 0 views

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    A webquest on World Hunger - Something that might be hard to talk about in schools because some of our own students might be hungry - but vey important!
Kelsey Everton

What Digital Native children can teach the rest of us about technology - 0 views

  • “focused on giving children a real voice in the broader, often very adult, discussion of future technologies and real-world problem solving.”
  • they can teach us not only about their own needs and desires, but also about our own future preferences and how technology might help us solve bigger, global problems
  • digital natives allow us to see unrestrained possibilities for Web-based developments
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  • We found that today’s children intuit a very seamless connection between online and offline worlds
  • A strong trend in the pictures the children drew was a break down in the barrier between the physical and digital worlds, with children appearing to see no difference between ‘real’ and ‘computer-based’ activities.
  • today’s children see technological devices as a natural extension of themselves
  • Current initiatives include Trash to Treasure, another illustration-based study which looks to kids for new ways to recycle and manage waste
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    This is a great article on what our students, the "Digital Natives" can teach us about technology! I have highlighted what I found to be the most interesting and insightful quotes from the article!
anonymous

Internet World Maps - Visualize the Web across Countries - 1 views

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    A collection of maps related to Internet use
Kelsey Everton

You can't be my teacher. - YouTube - 1 views

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    This is a great video about children asking if their teachers are prepared to teach them about technolgy 
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    Loved this video Sarah...esp since it started out with Google Maps locating Saskatoon, Sask, Canada! Saskatoon is about 2 1/2 hours north from my hometown of Regina, Sask. (I might be a bit intimidated by the student in the video though...holy cow!! ..."That's your job" !!!!)
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    Thanks Sharon, I thought that it was a great video too, and I liked the kids eyes and faces he made! haha I didn't even know he was pointing to a place in Canada, good job picking up on that !
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    Are we prepared to teach the "Digital Natives"? This is such a cute video I couldn't help but share. The young boy asks a very important question- are we preparing our students to enter the digital world?
Julia Vans

The Effects of Fast-Paced Cartoons - 0 views

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    Interesting editorial accompanying recent research suggesting fast-paced cartoons impacted children's executive functioning. Notes the competing viewpoint--the digital native generation is adapting to the "ways that will make it well suited to the fast-paced world they will grow to inherit"
Kate C

http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigra... - 0 views

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    Part 2 of the Prensky's 2001 articles on Digital Natives. This one focuses on scientific evidence to back up what he said in part one. It also includes this interesting quote about the attention span of digital natives, which seems to contradict other research on multi-tasking: "Their attention spans are  not short for games, for example, or for anything else that actually interests them. As a result of their experiences Digital Natives crave interactivity-an immediate response to their each and every action. Traditional schooling provides very little of this compared to the rest of their world (one study showed that students in class get to ask a question every 10 hours). So it generally isn't that Digital Natives can't pay attention, it's that they choose not to."
Jessica Stewart

How Well Are Schools Teaching Cyber Safety and Ethics? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Interesting read on the school's role of preparing students for the cyber world.
Emily VanDerhoff

World population - 0 views

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    Here are some cool infographics about the world population.
Ericca Dent

Education World: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs - 1 views

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    Copyright do's and don'ts
Katie Danner

Digital World: Kids Today - 0 views

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    An interesting commentary on what digital natives are doing with technology. It seems a little too optimistic, however, but the possibilities for positive enrichment for kids and teens with technology is compelling.
Kristen Robinson

Education World: Ensuring Student Privacy on the Internet - 0 views

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    How can you protect your students' online privacy?
Kelly Peterson-Chapman

The data visualization geek behind Facebook's Timeline - 0 views

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    Example of data visualization applied in the real world.
Talia Frye

See the seafloor like never before... - 1 views

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    I just thought this was really cool and possibly a way to introduce a unit on oceans
Sharon Antal

Maps That Teach: Free U.S. and World Maps and Puzzles - 0 views

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    Great site for maps, maps, and more maps! Map puzzles too. 
Katie Danner

Asian Art Museum - 0 views

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    Fabulous resource for Asian art collection, education resources and program information. Great for units about China, Japan, India, and other cultures. "On-line home of one of the largest museums in the western world devoted exclusively to Asian art and culture"
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