Power of the Mashup: Combining Essential Learning with New Technology
by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss
The Power of the Mashup was really neat in the way that students can take a book that they are studying their class and make it into an adventure. I like the idea of using technology to get the kids to dig deeper into something that they are learning. It teaches the student the surrounding information of what happened to make this book so important enough to be written. If a class is reading the story A Tale of Two Cities the students can look up France on the computer and see on Google map where it was that the character lived. The students can also research the French Revolution on the internet and connect it to a social studies project.
Questions/Answers:
Q: How can I control the students from going to sites that could be reliable sources?
A: I would give a lesson on what websites were sufficient and which sites to stay away from. One of the assignments would be to have the students go on a scavenger hunt for websites that are credible. I would explain to them that websites that end with .edu are more credible websites then .com.
Q: How can I inform parents of their children going on their Internet and have them be ok that?
A: I know a lot of parents think that the internet is a bad place but if I informed parents in a newsletter telling them what their students are going on the internet for I think they would not be harmful. Also I would inform them on how using technology will benefit their students it might help them to understand the reason for using technology.
by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss
The Power of the Mashup was really neat in the way that students can take a book that they are studying their class and make it into an adventure. I like the idea of using technology to get the kids to dig deeper into something that they are learning. It teaches the student the surrounding information of what happened to make this book so important enough to be written. If a class is reading the story A Tale of Two Cities the students can look up France on the computer and see on Google map where it was that the character lived. The students can also research the French Revolution on the internet and connect it to a social studies project.
Questions/Answers:
Q: How can I control the students from going to sites that could be reliable sources?
A: I would give a lesson on what websites were sufficient and which sites to stay away from. One of the assignments would be to have the students go on a scavenger hunt for websites that are credible. I would explain to them that websites that end with .edu are more credible websites then .com.
Q: How can I inform parents of their children going on their Internet and have them be ok that?
A: I know a lot of parents think that the internet is a bad place but if I informed parents in a newsletter telling them what their students are going on the internet for I think they would not be harmful. Also I would inform them on how using technology will benefit their students it might help them to understand the reason for using technology.
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