This article is about two influential teachers who used new technology in their classrooms to make assignments more appealing to their students. Jerome Burg, a pervious high school teacher, designed custom files so that his literature students could virtually travel along with a literary character, using Google Earth to explore the key locations of a story. He called his assignments “Google Lit Trips.” Jerome, along with other teachers use eight essential learning functions with the help of evolving technologies we are faced with today. Another educator by the name of David Fagg created another learning tool that incorporates new technology. Instead of the never ending confiscation of MP3 players in his classroom, he decided to integrate them into his lesson plan. David had his students use MP3 mobile devices to explore history by doing their own fieldwork and creating their own analysis of the past. He named his idea the “iHistory Podcast Project.” One of his students even quoted, “This is a better way of learning.” Both of these educational tools received worldwide attention. David and Jerome created blogs and website to share their newfound information with other teachers and students around the nation.
I enjoyed reading this article because the content was very interesting. The technology tools created by David and Jerome allow students to use their imaginations and have fun with learning. Using Google Earth is a great thing for the visual students in the classroom because it provides actual landscapes and locations to view. The MP3 player idea was a little confusing to me because I was unaware that you could do research on them. I thought you could only play music on them. Despite my confusion, I thought it was an intriguing way to conduct research in the classroom. Students would definitely be more engaged than if they had to read out of a history book.
1. What other kinds of technological tools could be used for classroom teaching?
Answer: Teachers could use ipods and other internet sites to brainstorm ideas and come up with their own unique assignments.
2. What should teachers include to help their auditory learning students?
Answer: Teachers should make the assignments discussable and put students into groups to talk about the information they discovered.
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