Web 2 Technology in Education presented by Tom March (brilliant educator)
Students are using books for research less and less. We don’t have to like it but we do have to deal with it. There are some alarming statistics on the subject (mindful that 75% of statistics are made up on the spot) While we have provided explicit instruction on how to access books in a library, how effectively have we taught students to critically evaluate the information they find on the web. This is a link to a very creatively designed exercise for promoting critical thinking and questioning the reliability of some websites. It won’t fool all of the people, but could be fun.
Web quests have been around for a long time. Many are not much better than a worksheet. Others provide a framework for effective learning that would be difficult to deliver any other way. Today’s session guided us through the process of creating a webquest as well as offering some excellent examples. Look at this one for Federation.
For anyone using IT to enhance learning, I strongly recommend following Tom March’s work.
The group has some very impressive contributors who chose to stay in touch through the initial blog.
