I loved class this week. I felt it was very helpful in showing how technology can be implemented and can cover so many core and tech standards in one shot! I hadn't really ever thought of doing covering so many in one swoop. It makes me wonder if I've done this many times already with out even really realizing it.
Every year I do an Egypt project that is mostly paper based. That's how I was taught it when I first started teaching. The kids did all their research from books I have in my classroom and from the library. The last several years the kids have looked up their info online and then write a paper about it, along with a few other projects we do, such as building a 3D object. I am now totally rethinking this. Why not make it a completely online project, for those who have access to the computer at home? I still have a handful of students who don't have have any tech at home, except maybe mom or dad's phones. Even then, they don't all have smart phones, either.
We also do a World Fair and Country Report every year. I usually have a few websites they can go to (ie, pioneer-library.org) and the kids generally get their info from those. Now the kids just want to google everything. They don't want to take the time to read through the CultureGrams on the pioneer website. I find myself getting frustrated with that, but this year, as I was getting frustrated, I remembered that it doesn't have to be "my way." The kids know how to find information. The don't need the restriction of one or two sites.
Let it go....
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