1. Quill Pens and Powdered Wigs in Today’s Classrooms
Students learn to read, write, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in grammar
school.
Twitter's 140 characters are not the end. They are the means.
Thomas writes a draft of the Constitution, he uploads the doc. file to Slideshare:
He clicks the T and it uploads to Twitter.
George sees the Tweet, clicks the link and the file appears. He wants to Share
this with his Facebook friends around the colonies. He copy-pastes the twitter
link to his Facebook page for his friends. His colonial rebellion group page on
Facebook. A thumbnail comes up. This thumbnail is a miniature of the doc. file.
John sees this on the group page and clicks the thumbnail. He reads the draft.
Under the comments page he adds his views on the matter.
Those who have a problem incorporating technology into the classroom should
go back to quill pens, powdered wigs, and candle light. They have no business in
the classroom.
Did I hear someone say Visit Williamsburg? I believe there is a website for that.
Regards,
Slim
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