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=Teaching the iGeneration=

**Teaching the iGeneration** ** 5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills With Web 2.0 Tools  ** You know what the iGeneration in your classroom looks like. They're the students willing to experiment their way through anything, confident that trial and error can crack the code better than reading manuals or following directions. They're turning to the Internet first and the library second when assigned research projects. Their minds are working fast, but not always as deeply or as accurately as the adults in their lives would like. Yet teachers can capture the attention of the iGeneration and help them grow by integrating technology into classrooms in a way that focuses on the skills that have been important for decades.

//Teaching the iGeneration// shows how to integrate proven instructional strategies with 21st century tools to make learning more accessible to today's technology-savvy students. Each chapter identifies an enduring skill that students need to acquire—information fluency, persuasion, communication, collaboration, and problem solving—and offers a digital solution to enhance, rather than replace, familiar practices to teach that skill. With this book, educators can make learning more efficient, empowering, and fun.

Authors William M. Ferriter and Adam Garry provide:


 * Practical solutions for using technology to teach essential skills
 * A guide to understanding the pros and cons of Web 2.0 resources
 * Over 70 handouts and activities for each skill and digital tool

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 * TABLE OF CONTENTS **

**Introduction:** The iGeneration
 * Chapter 1:** Managing Information in the 21st Century
 * Chapter 2:** Writing Open Letters to World Leaders
 * Chapter 3:** Telling Powerful Visual Stories
 * Chapter 4:** Studying Challenging Topics Together
 * Chapter 5:** Collaborating to Solve Problems
 * Epilogue**
 * Appendix:** Technology Permission Slip
 * References**
 * Index**

** REPRODUCIBLES  **

Teaching the iGeneration Combined Reproducibles (all pages below combined)

Note: Reproducibles for //Teaching the iGeneration// may be downloaded as a single file or as separate pages. The separate pages below are enhanced with live web links and form fields that may be completed electronically.

**Chapter 1** Google's Wonder Wheel Spotting Websites You Just Can't Trust Judging Quality Web Links Social Bookmarking as a Research Tool Shared Annotation Checklist Reflecting on Diigo Annotations Scoring Shared Annotation Efforts

**//Online Only//** Using Feed Readers to Organize Student Thinking Diigo Social Bookmarking Directions for Teachers Diigo Social Bookmarking Directions for Students Social Bookmarking Roles Diigo Shared Annotation Directions for Teachers Diigo Shared Annotation Directions for Students Shared Annotation Roles Additional Information Management Tools and Resources

Recognizing Different Perspectives Collecting and Respecting Different Perspectives Exploring Misguided Arguments An Introduction to Convincing Evidence Evaluating Persuasive Letters Convincing Evidence Tracking Sheet Persuasive Letter Organizing Template Persuasive Letter Scoring Rubric Leaving Good Blog Comments Teacher Checklist for Blogging Projects Blog Entry Scoring Checklist
 * Chapter 2**

**//Online Only//** Studying Poverty: Infonation Comparison Activity Studying Poverty: Infonation Comparison Summary Notes Do Something Funny for Money Day Lending to a Woman Lending to a Group Giving a Gift Certificate to Another Class Which Country Should We Loan to? Kiva Loan Questions Kiva Loan Questions: Your Notes Persuasive Speech Organizer Rating Kiva Loan Opportunities Directions for Posting Blog Entries Additional Blogging Tools and Resources

The Characteristics of Memorable Images Checklist for Creating Influential Visual Images Public Service Announcement: PowerPoint Slide Scoring Rubric Scoring Influential Visual Images Public Service Announcement Scripting Template Examining a Video Teacher Digital Video Checklist Public Service Announcement: Video Scoring Rubric
 * Chapter 3**

**//Online Only//** Assembling Your Public Service Announcement Video Editing Applications

Learning About Conversation Behaviors Targeting Conversation Behaviors Previewing an Asynchronous Conversation Commenting in an Asynchronous Conversation What Can Digital Conversations Look Like Scoring Student Participation in Asynchronous Conversations Reflecting on an Asynchronous Conversation VoiceThread in Action Asynchronous Conversation Checklist Teacher Videoconferencing Checklist Tracking Your Videoconference Student Videoconferencing Preparation Checklist Skype Skills to Master Reflecting on Digital Conversations Additional Sources for Studying Videoconferencing and Skype
 * Chapter 4**

Understanding the Problem Evaluating Potential Solutions Rating Potential Solutions Problem-Solution Introductions Writing Solution Paragraphs Rating Problem-Solution Pieces Exploring Wikis in Action Characteristics of Quality Wiki Pages Wiki Roles for Student Groups Teacher Checklist for Wiki Projects Wiki Tasks for Student Groups Wiki Scoring Rubric
 * Chapter 5**

**//Online Only//** Popular Wiki Services PBworks Directions for Teachers PBworks Directions for Students

**VIDEO TUTORIALS** You will need Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, or VLC Media Player to view the video tutorials.

Creating a Blog Starting and Entry Adding Labels Adding a Video From Your Computer Adding a Video From the Internet Images Linking Publish Signing In
 * Blogger**

Introduction Adding Bookmarks Adding New Annotations Browsing Links Create Student Accounts Create Student Groups Following Annotations on the Homepage Installing a Toolbar Sorting and Speaking Tag Dictionary Viewing and Responding to Annotations
 * Diigo**

Assembling Your Video Create Image Slides Create Text Slides Importing Content Saving Slides as Images
 * MovieMaker**

Introduction to Pageflakes About RSS Adding a Blog Adding RSS Feeds Creating Tabs and Navigation Editing Flakes Message Board and To-Do List Publish, Pagecast Skimming
 * Pageflakes**

Adding Comments Adding Pictures Create a New Page Creating Free Wiki Creating Student Accounts Editing Wiki Pages Embedding Content Exploring Wikis Inserting Links Monitoring Wiki Changes Reverting to Earlier Changes Workplace Security Options
 * PBworks**

**ADDITIONAL RESOURCES**

**Content Aggregators** Google Reader Netvibes Pageflakes Teacher Pageflakes

Blackboard Blogger Delicious Diigo Diigolet Edublogs Ning Sidewiki SnipURL TypePad
 * Collaborative Research Tools/Social Bookmarking Applications**

**//Teacher Blog Examples//** The Line Joint Online Projects

Adobe Premiere Elements Animoto blinkx blip.tv Flickr Flickr Creative Commons Hulu MorgueFile Slideshare Truveo TeacherTube Wikimedia Windows Movie Maker YouTube
 * Visual Content**

Childnet National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
 * Internet Safety**

**//Television Shows//** //To Catch a Predator// //Growing Up Online//

Chatzy Dimdim ePals Skype tinychat TodaysMeet Twitter VoiceThread
 * Synchronous Applications**

**//Skype Resources//** Skype in Schools Wiki Skype Other Classrooms

**//Videoconferencing Resources//** 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom Met Any Good Authors Lately? Videoconferencing Out on a Lim

**//VoiceThread Examples//** Genocide in Darfur Learning About Adaptation and Mutation Why Do People Hate?

PBworks Wikispaces Wetpaint
 * Wikis**

**//Student Wiki Examples//** The Blurb Carbon Fighters Horizon Project 2008 The Global Warming Girls The Green Squad The Monster Project PBworks Directory of Wikis The Solution to Pollution

Club Penguin DimensionM LEGO Network Webkinz
 * Kid-Friendly Social Networking Sites**

CIA World Factbook Kiva The Letters to the Next President project United Nations' Infonation Tool
 * Student Involvement in Social Issues**

**//Articles//** Afsana's Story Obama on Poverty Poverty Facts and Stats

**//Photos//** Homeless in Sugamo 1 Save Our Children

**//Video//** Poverty Matters

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