Teacher and Tech Sept 16/17 2010

Class

Important Idea #1

Questions about the assignments
    x start a rubric for assignment 1 at Rubistar
       Other rubric sites - Eastern School District (Nfld), Kathy Schrock, Teach-noloy



(A 11 and A12) Manitoba Education - Curriculum Navigator
    x let’s plan some lessons together

Citation Sites - BibMe, EasyBib, RefWorks (via UofM library site)

Jane McGonigal on TED and why we need to game more!

Lab (for A17 and A15 only)

Donna Masson - Education librarian on doing research



For next week (Sept 21/22) read/watch/listen:


The influence of technology - Marshall McLuhan - McLuhan's Wake - disinfodave on YouTube and form Guitar Solo (go figure)
    x what is the McLuhan tetrad (the four aspects of a technology)?
    x what are hot and cold technologies?
    x how are his predication skills?



Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher?
Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect