Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Teacher and Technology Jan 22, 2014

LAB

bibme.org - easy citations (or easybib (only MLA is free) or CiteFast (for single citations)
Rubrics - Rubistar, and a list of others (and the dangers of using tech tools)
Better searching - Advanced search (or create good starting places on your web page)
    x search for your name in Google, Bing and Yahoo???
RSA Animation -  PowToon - a sort of RSA animation thing. This has a learning curve.
Create your own Powtoon (with a partner if you like) summarizing either something in your subject area or what you learned from the RWL discussion. Email me the link to your Powtoon.

Random Link



CLASS

From the RWL
For an overview of some terminology see the Educause collection of 7 Things You Should Know About ... - look through the list and update yourself on one or two!
from the RWL (Read/Watch/Listen)
For an overview of some terminology see the Educause collection of 7 Things You Should Know About ... - look through the list and update yourself on one or two!

You chose THREE from the RWL list. With 3 other people share the main points of what you learned.

From the RWL:



  • What does technology have to do with democracy?
  • What in the world does McLuhan mean? (exam question based on this)
  • Is the Internet the epitome of anarchy as Graham defines it?
  • How does Barney define fundamentalism?
  • Are we losing our social capital or are we gaining with all our various connections?
  • Does the Digital Literacy video support Nicholas Carr’s ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid’?


Marshall McLuhan - the medium is the message and the ‘tetrad’
   - “We shape our tools and then they shape us.”
“We are always living way ahead of our thinking”
Winston Churchill - “We shape our buildings and then they shape us”
Research of the Future (start at 1:00)
   x McLuhan tetrads - open this on your device and with 2 or 3 others try and guess at the answers (before looking) and be ready to try and explain the concept.
   x ENHANCE, REVERSE, RETRIEVE, OBSOLESCE
Digital Literacy



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