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The Quest for Content In the World of Google, Gadgets, and Graphics [|Link]

This was a neat site talking about ways to use technology in adavncement of your classroom and even outside of your classroom. In the first part they talked about how gadgets and teens are leading the way in this new way of life. Most kids have them and are using them to talk, text, and use the internet. This was from a 4H event: //"The family night event was digitally recorded by volunteers and parents alike with 12+ cameras, 400+ photos, and 10+ videos. Images were shared, tagged, and commented on Facebook."// This just goes to show how digitally minded the world is today with all of that data within a rural community of around 2500 people. Just think of what it's like in an urban area???

The next part they were talkign about searching for content on the internet. My students (2nd grade) were doing some searching this week for work on biographies, but I showed them a good site to go to, they didn't have to sift through ALL of the information out there and deicide which was good vs. which was bad. They talked about 4 different ways to use information you find on the internet: Primary sources, remixes (new kinds of creative blends), mashups (can use with blogs), and interactices(ways for yound people to do adult things). The primary sources is one that would be something worth doing with my class and that is something I actually plan on doing next week as they are being able to pick their own "famous person" and find out a little information about them to create a small biography. I will try to help them understand that not all things you read on the internet are accurate.