Shmoop tech talk for high school english and history teachers
•Download as PPT, PDF•
5 likes•1,326 views
Shmoop gave a talk at Stanford School of Education's summer workshop for high school English and social studies teachers. Shmoop gave a brief overview of a number of interesting Web 2.0 services for teachers, including Twitter, Diigo, eduBlogs, Ning, and (of course) Shmoop. More info for teachers at http://www.shmoop.com/teachers
![[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],© 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/shmoopteacherstechtalk-090624174354-phpapp02/85/Shmoop-tech-talk-for-high-school-english-and-history-teachers-1-320.jpg)
![Digital Textbooks: A White Knight? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ It's nonsensical - and expensive - to look to traditional hard-bound books when information today is so readily available in electronic form. Especially now, when we must… ...free up dollars so that schools can do more with fewer resources.” © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Recommended
More Related Content
Viewers also liked
Viewers also liked (18)
More from Shmoop
More from Shmoop (9)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Shmoop tech talk for high school english and history teachers
- 3. Are We Ready for the Future? “ For the state to give us [free digital textbooks], it would be like giving us a gallon of gas and no car to put it in," said River Delta's Chief Educational Services Officer Robert Hubbel. Infrastructure Home Access Teacher Training Parent Resistance © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
- 12. A Teacher’s Jim Crow Assignment Using Shmoop and Her eduBlog http://dschneider.edublogs.org/2009/01/11/need-help-got-shmoop/ © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
- 13. Some of Our Favorite Content Websites & Resources © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
- 24. Developing a Point of View © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
- 25. Building and Supporting Arguments © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
- 26. Organization and Essay Mechanics © 2009, Shmoop University, Inc. http://www.shmoop.com
Editor's Notes
- 1. Facebook overtook MySpace last month at approx 70 million US visitors) 2. 22%, according to a recent study (compared to >90% who have social network profiles) 3. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) restricts information website operators can collect from children, how those operators may use personal information, and grants parents rights and access to their children’s online information and activities. (13 – website operators are allowed to take much more liberty with the privacy and information of children ages 13-18) 4. How many teachers are currently listed on Twellow, a large directory of Twitter users? 3 guesses – the closest wins. (19,008)
- We only have time to spend on a few of these today, but we’ll post this presentation online For those of you who are already very familiar with any of these resources, we invite you to speak up during this session – share your experience – what works, what doesn’t, how should a teacher get started with these tools