Tuesday, March 30, 2010

There were some really great ideas presented at the IIC presentation meeting. Both of my favorites had to do with history. The team that presented teaching loyalists vs patriots created a wiki site where students can access primary sources easily. I think that their assessment idea was great: watching the videos, checking out the sources, then picking a side. I think a site like this could be used in other ways as well, not just related to social studies. It could be used to dissect the different parts/themes of a novel.

My favorite was the group who presented "the road to the American Revolution." They included multiple technologies and focused on positive "I can" objectives. I like that they emphasized that their tech. would be useful to students, not just make them use a technology for the sake of using a technology. The fact that they included 14 full lesson plans is really impressive, and it is something that hopefully other teachers can easily access and implement in their own classrooms.

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