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II. TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON RESEARCH SKILLS (25 min) Let’s jump right in… Pull out the green and red cards – Very positive, mostly positive, mostly negative, very negative When I ask a question, please hold up the card that best represents your opinion, facing out so everyone can see it…. QUESTION #1: Overall, the impact of the internet on your student’s RESEARCH HABITS is…? HOLD UP YOUR CARDS Go around the room and probe answers. Themes to discuss… o Availability of more/better sources o Creates laziness, student too reliance on internet/search to produce answers o Students want instant answers, give up when they can’t find them in five minutes o Can’t judge the quality of different online sources o Too quick to believe everything on the internet o Can do research faster o Does it make research more interesting for students? Can dive deeper into topics? o Does it make research more fun? o Students’ overall reading comprehension and tolerance for reading long documents o Have trouble synthesizing info into their own arguments? Too much information? o Students cut and paste info and submit it as their own (HOLD FOR LATER) o Students’ overall online search skills – good or bad? o Students’ ability to formulate good research questions o Students’ ability to bring new facts and insights to their teachers and classmates o Students’ overall passion for exploring a research question in depth o Students’ ability to contribute their own knowledge and experiences to a subject o Students’ attention spans o Students’ ability to accept ambiguity when there is no clear answer o Students’ overall critical thinking skills o Students’ ability to see multiple sides of a topic p e winter n e t .o r g 96
III. TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON WRITING SKILLS (25 min total) QUESTION #2: Overall, the impact of the internet and other digital technologies like cell phones and texting on your student’s writing skills is…? HOLD UP YOUR CARDS (15 min) Go around the room and probe answers. Themes to discuss… o Grammar/Spelling o Overall structure/organization/flow of written work o Willingness to edit their own work o Ability to edit their own work o Cohesion of thoughts and ideas in writing assignments o Students’ ability to find their own voice in their writing o Students’ ability to develop and understand different writing styles o Students’ ability to support an argument with facts o Students’ ability to formulate their own opinions o Collaboration with others o Creative writing o Formal writing o ability to discuss a topic at length o originality in their thinking and writing o awareness of audience o word choice How much of an issue is plagiarism? (10 min) o Do students fully understand what plagiarism is and when they are doing it? o Do students view plagiarism as an ethical issue? o Do you spend class time on this issue? p e winter n e t .o r g 97
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FEBRUARY 28, 2013 How Teachers Are
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Teachers most commonly use digital
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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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