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  1. Apr 2016
    1. Assuch,standardizedorcontrolledmeasuresarenotyetfeasible

      What is your critical evaluation of this statement? Do you think this is true? If so does it effect your opinion of the article?

    2. Theunderlyingtechnologiesareincreasinglystable,althoughthechancesof30PocketPCs,eachequippedwithaGPSdevice,runningflawlesslyisslim,andusingthesedevicesinaclassroomcontextisexplor-ingnewterritory.

      Written in 2010, perhaps he didn't know about the iPhone yet. Thoughts on what the author is trying to say?

    3. Thegame,SickatSouthBeach,designedbyJamesMathews,isasciencemysterygameinwhichagroupofkidshavefallenillafteraspendingadayatthebeachalongLakeMichigan.Studentsrole-playaswaterchemists,publichealthdoctors,orwildlifeecologistsworkingonthecase,whichrequiresthemtoinvestigatewaterqualityissuescommoninGreatLakescities

      The game. But notice how the author didn't mention if the kids were a part of the design, as in our Matthews & Holden (2012) reading.

    4. uggestinghowinformationtech-nologiescanbeintegratedintoanenvironmentratherthanbeincompetitionwithclassroomactivities

      To the teachers, this article was written in 2010, now in 2016, how has your classroom or school leveraged this balance?

    5. trivialpursuit”phe-nomena.Schoolsgenerallyrequireandrewardbroad,superficialknowl-edgeoffacts

      Who felt their schooling experience was like this? How did you relate personally as a student?

    6. willstudentshavethenecessaryproblem-identificationskills,technologicalexpertise,underlyingconceptualunderstanding,creativity,andabilitytocommunicateviamultipleformsofmediathattheyneedtostaygloballycompetitive

      I know we've seen this statement made a lot, but are you interested in reading the real reports on how we compete globally? Read here:

    1. This is not to suggest that students always agreed on topics and designs, or that the decision making process was conflict free.

      I like how the authors mention and recognize the challenges for creating/recreating a project like this.

    2. The design of PPS’s classroom environment and curriculum, particularly its emphasis on democratic participation, encouraged choice and ownership to emerge as normative elements of teaching and learning

      Powerful statement

    3. tudents exercised choice about what they learned, which cultivated a sense of ownership over the learning environment

      In our last reading we read about student need more self-directed learning.

      What percentage of this project would you guess is self-directed, group-directed, or instructor-facilitated?

    4. research inquiry on the protests, students first constructed a timeline of events, identified key political issues and politicians, developed a set of inquiry questions, and compiled relevant web– based and print resources.

      Methodology explained.

      What are your thoughts thus far on the process of the project?

    5. it shows students commitment to representing the debate from multiple perspectives instead of producing a story that was explicitly persuasive

      Here the authors provide their own explanation of why the students chose to include multiple perspectives.

    6. In this interactive story visitors to a local nature conservancy meet a “concerned citizen”

      Who else was curious to see what this actually looked liked?!?

      Also do you feel this was a sufficient explanation of this component of the project?

    7. One of the key goals of PPS is to engage students in identifying and researching cultural and ecological themes and issues in their local community, then designing media and events (e.g., documentaries, photo exhibits, games, community events, and digital stories) to share their findings and personal perspectives on these issues

      The Abstract

  2. Mar 2016