8. Live Blogging: coveritlive.com Create a “backchannel” Ask students to take notes Post questions
9. “Digital” Students: Continuously multi-tasking Work in teams Create and consume content Handle lots of information Google everything Are always connected
13. Learning Today Happens Anywhere Experiential Relevant / Real World Engaging, Active Problem Solving Critical thinking Collaborative Produce, Consume, and Organize Knowledge “Figure it out” attitude
14. Learning in a Web 2.0 World What do you want to learn? Where does the data /information come from? How can it be shared? What do we know? What connections can we make? What can we create?
20. Hint: Use Your Google Site as a Course Entry Point in Blackboard To change your landing page in Blackboard, go to Control Panel Course Options Manage Course Menu External Link. Create an external link to your Google site. Then go to Control Panel Settings -> Course Entry Point and select the Google site as the entry point.
21. Live Polling Embed on Blog or Web Site Include in PowerPoint Some offer Cell Phone or Twitter Polling