Essential Questions: How to challenge students to design and implement their virtual exhibits and along the way to put students into the roles of researchers, designers and creators to publish virtual exhibits?
In this show David and Mark introduce the idea of student-created virtual exhibits as a means to both engage students in powerful ITL skills as well as to meet content standards. This is the first discussion in a series in which both David and Mark will follow up on how teachers leverage this approach in the classroom.
Tips of the Week: Mark: Gapminder is an amazing data visualization site that brings together mathematics, science and social studies in ways that I’ve never seen on another site before. With their visually stunning interactive tools, students can visually explore hundreds of data sets around a crazy variety of topics. There is also a new section on the site for teachers that offers featured resources and examples for classroom teachers. There are also some amazing videos developed by Gapminder creator, Hans Rosling. A second site connecting to online exhibits is the BBC-Your Paintings. The site lets you curate your own collection among other provided functions.