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At the debriefing of all the sessions these are some key thoughts that surfaced: Silent discussion – ask students a question, have them write their answer, then share their writing with another student who them commend and responds to their writing—thus discussing in written form rather than verbally. Texting, blogs and wikis are Web 2.0 [...]
I forget how we got to this subject but I heard a new term this morning. It is not new. Wikipedia says that it probably was introduced in 1991 but just in the last several years became popularized by college professors and then the media picked it up. Anyway, Helicopter Parents has to do with [...]
