Tweet This is the information age. The Web is a fast track to continuous volumes of information. When your students type a few search terms in Google’s search bar and click enter, the biggest hurdle is not the amount of information that appears in their search results. Instead, the biggest hurdle is sifting through the Read more »
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Emphasize Quality Over Quantity in Student Research Projects
May 3rd, 2011
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Web Safety Comes First When Teaching Media Literacy
February 22nd, 2011
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Tweet While technology coordinators have cloud computing on the tip of their tongues and educators rush to include Web tools, like Google Docs and blogs, in their curriculum, there’s one thing that we must not lose sight of, and that’s safety. The World Wide Web can be a scary and dangerous place for naive students Read more »
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