Beyond the Book: A New Role for Your Students | Edutopia
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Saved by 11 people (-1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-08-21
- Davidcosand on 2009-08-23 - Tags research , 21stcentury , web2.0 , edutopia
- Nkilkenny on 2009-02-14 - Tags no_tag
- Rcrider on 2008-09-12 - Tags 21stcentury , studentcentered
- Mmkrill on 2008-08-29 - Tags 21st , edutopia , reform , digitalstorytelling , research , crossgrade , pd , workshop , multimedia
- Covelli on 2008-08-27 - Tags infolit , edtech , webresearch
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In August, students at Hinsdale Middle School, in Hinsdale, Illinois, will train to become Web researchers: They'll learn how to unearth scholarly materials from the Internet, search for opposing points of view, and take control of their own education. Tenbusch believes that this part of the school district's pilot program in one-to-one computing is essential for today's students.
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"When you rely on textbooks, what you're actually doing is taking someone else's opinion for granted instead of developing your own," Tenbusch notes. "There is no reason, even beginning in third and fourth grade, that you can't have kids seek out and find scholarly works, newspaper accounts, or original documentation for any point in history or for any scientific study."
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"Like reading and writing, Web literacy ought to be embedded in every discipline," adds November. This approach, he believes, will lead to more engaging and global assignments.
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The researcher role lends itself well to social studies, science, and the language arts -- just about any class for which a more complete understanding of a topic is needed. "These are not Google jockeys. They are digital librarians," Tenbusch explains. "The teacher stops being the only educator in the room. You end up with a true collaborative learning environment."
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