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Assessing Internet Use in The Social Studies Classroom

 Toward Assessing Internet Use in the Social Studies Classroom:  Developing an Inventory Based on a Review of Relevant Literature

James M. Shiveley

Phillip J. VanFossen

 

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ICLS

ICSL 2010
 
The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) is a conference designed to bring together multiple disciplinary perspectives to focus on addressing how learning can be better understood and improved. It is the sister conference of the CSCL conference and they alternate years, the ICLS conference being held every even year. The conference typically includes a mix of energetic key note speakers, paper sessions, poster sessions, submitted and invited symposia, multiple plenary sessions and exhibitors.
 
The theme for the upcoming ICLS 2010 conference is Learning in the Disciplines and is being held in Chicago, Illinois. It invites participants to explore the ways disciplinary perspectives can inform the study of learning in educational settings, workplaces, and other contexts.Click here to read more »

Project-Based Learning (2)

Project-Based Learing (PBL) is defined as a "systematic teaching method that engages students in learning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks."  PBL is based on carefully written questions that guide student to discover the answers through a project or an activity.  The idea is the students will discover answers for themselves, thus gaining a better understanding of the concept.   The best example of PBL that I use in my class is calledClick here to read more »

Game-Based Learning

Reviewed by Tom Johnson
 
For my research journal review assignment I decided review an article out of Innovate entitled Game-Based Learning: A Different Perspective.  In the article Mr.Click here to read more »

The paradoxical future of digital learning

Mark Warschauer identified the natural desire for teachers to have technology included in their classroom.  This is due to the student to computer ratio.  3.8 students instead of 168 in 1993 share one computer.  He identified that it will affect what, how, and where people learn.  However, the impact of this new technology is influenced by social, culture, and economic factors.  When we use it for more than just an aid in our classroom, students will benefit.
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