ET630 Agenda Class 7

• Questions and Announcements
  • Project updates
  • Web 2.0 Project is due today
    
  • Critical Information Literacy Project is due in next class
    
  • Telecollaborative and Web Site Projects are due in three classes
• Class Summary Update
• Julie and Stephanie are today
• Jess and Sarah are next class
  
• Be sure to comment each class
• Questions
• Wikipedia and Critical Information Literacy Discussion
• Vote: Pick carefully, you can only vote once
  

  Wikipedia is evil
  	Yes, Wikipedia should be banned from all school use
  	Yes, but it is OK if the information is rigorously verified
  	Maybe, it could be useful as one of many sources
  	No, it is better than most sources and should be used first
  pollcode.com free polls

• Listen to this story about The Professor vs. Wikipedia
• which, for some reason, reminded me of Sal Khan's lecture about communism
  
• Read Dawson's take on Wikipedia in Education
• Review Marcovitz Chapter 3 Wikipedia (you should have already read it)
  
• Read ideas from Andy Carvin
• Debate: Resolved: Wikipedia is Evil
• Form three groups:
  
• Group A: Yes, Wikipedia is evil and should not be used in schools
• Group B: Maybe, Wikipedia has some possible uses in schools with strict controls by the teacher
• Group C: No, Wikipedia is an excellent resource for schools and should be used widely
• Vote on which topics to talk about for the remainder of the semester (we will have no less than one hour of work time in each of classes 7, 8, and 9):
• Javascript
• Newspapers in the classroom
• Social networking for kids
• Sexual predators
• Choice 1: JavaScript (if we don't get to it, you can review these resources on your own if you want)
  
• Introduction to JavaScript
• A simple JavaScript Tutorial
• My JavaScript Playing Around File
• JavaScript for the Total Non-Programmer from the Web Teacher
• Choice 2: Newspapers on the Internet
  • Google News Search
  • Listing of Newspapers Around the World and in the United States
  • Listing of English Language Newspapers Around the World
  • Front Pages of over 700 Newspapers from 76 Countries
    
  • The New York Times (USA)
  • The Irish Times (Ireland)
  • The Melbourne Age (Australia)
  • The Jerusalem Post (Israel)
  • The Namibian (Namibia)
  • The Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
• Separating Editorial Content from Advertising
  • Amazon.com (see New York Times article)
• What is the future of news?
  • http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/IndustryInfo/story?id=3389523&page=1
• In-class Activity
• In groups of 2 or 3, look through several U.S. and international newspapers and write the top three headlines for your World newspaper
• We will spend a few minutes on this; you should think about how you might expand this to your classroom.
  
• Choice 3: Social Networking and Virtual Worlds for Kids
  • Webkinz
  • Club Penguin
  • Whyville
  • Togetherville (no longer available)
  • Read this thread from the EdTech listserv: http://tinyurl.com/36f5gp
  • In small groups, pick one site and discuss the pros and cons of that site
    • Be sure to explore as much as you can without a login (or create one if you can)
    • Check out parents areas and virtual tours
    • Think about what the main purpose of the site is (education, marketing, socialization, training for the future, etc.)
    • Think about Kevin Jarrett's comments from EdTech that this is the wave of the future
    • If this is the wave of the future, is this is the right way to prepare children for that wave?
    • What are we giving up by jumping on this wave?
• Choice 4: Sexual Predators
  • Read these articles
    • Real information about sexual predators
    • Lions, Tigers, and Predators, Oh My
  • Discuss
  • Resource: Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies, a report commissioned by the state attorneys general
• Choice 5: Creating WebQuests
• Assignments:
  • Critical Information Literacy Project
    
  • Respond to Class Summary

This page was prepared by: David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.

Last updated: February 22, 2013