The Minimal Pair: Episode 013

7/6/14

Digital divide

What is it?

Effects students and

teachers

Challenging classroom roles

How do tech skills help make

students and teachers more marketable?

Tech controversy

Is technology replacing teaching?

When Sugata Mitra gave slum kids a

computer, they learned how to use it on their own…

Should the Internet be included in

curricula?

Why ask students to leave their

devices outside? Are we excluding the Internet from classrooms?

Is this controversy fueling the

digital divide?

Sources:

http://eltchat.org/wordpress/summary/sugata-mitra-and-the-future-of-teaching-an-eltchat-summary

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http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/technology.shtml

http://www.usnews.com/education/technology-in-the-classroom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/technology-in-the-classroom/

http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/effectsstudents.html

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What is Web 2.0?

When should a teacher use it?

What issues exist?

Suggestions for new users?

Thanks again to Nate Soelberg for

talking to us about Twitter!! You can reach him at @MrNatethteacher

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