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Overall, if you had to say, is most info you find online accurate or not? o Use a search engine to find good information on the internet o Figure out the original source of online information o Sort through online search results to find the best material PROBE: How much time does this take? o Sort through online content in general to find good material o Pull together all of the different online information you find into a cohesive project or paper Overall, what’s the BEST part about being able to do research online? What’s the WORST part? Do you think technology makes your research skills better or worse? What would it be like to do research without the internet? III. TECHNOLOGY AND WRITING (30 min total) A. What is writing? (10 min) Let’s switch gears and talk a little bit about writing. o First, look at Q4 in the survey you filled out. When you hear the term “writing” what’s the first word that comes to mind? [WRITE KEY WORDS ON BOARD] o Altogether, how much writing do you do, in and out of school? What kinds of writing? o Do you ENJOY writing? Is it fun, challenging, hard? [Probe why/why not] B. Deep dive into writing process (10 min) Let’s talk about the actual process of writing, when you are working on school writing assignments… o Tell me about your writing process, when you have an assignment to do. How do you approach that? o When writing for school assignments, do you usually write by hand or using a computer or other digital device? What device do you like to write on? Why? o Now, pull out the yellow and blue index cards. I’m going to list some different things you might use to write and I want you to tell me if they make you a better (more skillful) writer -- [BLUE YES] or [YELLOW NO] p e winter n e t .o r g 104
o Spell check o Grammar check o Digital thesaurus (built into your word processing program) o Cut and paste PROBE PLAGIARISM HERE o Texting with your friends PROBE POS/NEG IMPACT OF INFORMAL WRITING HERE o Using social network sites o What if I listed those same things, and asked you if they made the writing process FASTER, yes or no? Do they make writing easier? C. Perceptions of formal writing (10 min -- may skip for time) I’ve given each of you a set of 5 skills on the purple index cards. Without talking to each other, I want you to quickly sort those by how important you think each will be to your success 20 years from now. Most important on top, least important on the bottom. Formal writing Synthesizing large amounts of information Creative thinking and expression Finding information quickly Multi-media skills What did you have on top? Bottom? Where is formal writing and why? IV. Technology and broader impacts (20 min total) Let’s talk about the broad impacts using technology might have on students like yourselves. In your opinion, what is the most positive thing about being a student in today’s technological world, the best impact thing digital technology does for students today? What is the most negative thing, the worst thing digital technology does for students? I want you to use the blue and yellow cards again to tell me if you agree or disagree with each of the following assertions people make…. Overall, digital technologies like the internet and cell phones lead students to… o Have short attention spans p e winter n e t .o r g 105
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FEBRUARY 28, 2013 How Teachers Are
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Teachers most commonly use digital
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There are notable generational diff
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Despite their heavy tech use, 42% o
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are incorporating classroom technol
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I. Introduction This study is the P
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II. Teachers’ Own Use of the Inte
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Older AP and NWP teachers are more
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Teachers are heavy texters compared
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Teachers are heavy social network s
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discourage students from finding an
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As with all adult internet users, G
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AP and NWP teachers are also very d
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Younger teachers are the most likel
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Science teachers are most likely to
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Overall, how confident are you in y
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female teachers, and those who do n
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Digital tools AP and NWP teachers a
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Digital tools are being used by stu
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followed closely by students using
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describe this as a “major challen
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54% of AP and NWP teachers say all
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narrowing or widening the gap betwe
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Teachers of low income students are
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Teachers in urban areas and those t
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IV. The Impact of the Internet and
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