Online Readings

8 Points per Article for Answering All questions and Competently Sharing What You Learned in Class

Article Title: Excerpts from How the Internet, the Law, and Today's Students Are Revolutionizing Expectations

1. What did you learn about teens and technology by reading this article that will help you work more effectively with adolescents?

2. What is e-learning? What is a virtual school?

3. Review the section on recommendations and write a couple of comments or questions you wish to raise in large group.

4. How do you interpret this phrase on the last page:

"This digital disconnect is a major cause of frustration among todays students."

Article Title: High School Students and Their Use of the WWW for Research by Lorenzen

1. What is the primary purpose of the author in writing this essay?

2. Briefly describe the study and its limitations.

3. According to study results, what should we remember about high school students' abilities when engaging students in webquests and web-based projects?

4. Briefly explain each of Perry's four stages and apply each to web-based research.

Article Title: Research Question and then read Data Analysis/Interpretation (both links)
(Reflections by a veteran teacher...)

1. Why is it appropriate to conclude that using technology to improve teaching and learning is a "process"?

2. What are the most important goals of the educator who uses technology?

3. What are the "Best Practices" every educator should incorporate when teaching with technology?