“We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.”
- B. F. Skinner

Monday, October 31, 2011

Week 10

In the article, Acquisition of Information Online: Knowledge, Navigation and Learning Outcomes discussed the topic of an investigation that examined the relationship between prior knowledge and the World Wide Web browsing outcomes within the context of a genetic website. I personally found the studies findings to be interesting. The overall outcome of this study found that readers who were in the treatment group were engaged in prereading activities containing information designed to increase their prior knowledge. This group had significantly higher learning outcome scores than students in the control group. This investigation shows us that prereading assignments, if used correctly are very essential for students to use before beginning an assignment on the World Wide Web.

In the article, Becoming Literature in the technological age: New responsibilities and tools for teachers discuss the topic of literacy in this technological age as well as exploring a variety of tools available for educators and students. I found this article to be very helpful in the technology field when assigning a web-based assignment for students. I think Flaming Text will definitely come in handy in the future when assigning online projects for myself as a teacher as well as the students. This website seems very useful and easy to use to complete projects for the students. Overall, I really learned a lot from this article and I know I will find it to be very useful in the future.

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