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Teachers must create authentic learning opportunities in order to foster creativity in students. Today’s technology, specifically websites and Web 2.0 tools, can support these attempts.
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” -Ray Bradbury
Tools
Weebly• Create websites• Considerably more work than Mapbox• Allows students to learn in an authentic and creative way
Tools
Weebly• Websites can include:• First Nations content• Maps• Social responsibility• Anything else
Congratulations!
You have been selected by Coalition of Really Awesome People to test one of their products!
Congratulations!
You have been selected by Coalition of Really Awesome People to test one of their products!
Your task:1. Create a map on Mapbox that contains at least ten data points (choose
data that is meaningful to you- places you’ve been or want to visit)
Congratulations!
You have been selected by Coalition of Really Awesome People to test one of their products!
Your task:1. Create a map on Mapbox that contains at least ten data points (choose
data that is meaningful to you- places you’ve been or want to visit)
OR
2. Set up a website using either Wordpress or Weebly, complete with one page that describes “you”
Applications, Assignments, and Assessment• Mapbox (geography)• www.mapbox.com
• Weebly (website creator)• www.weebly.com • http://aboriginalheritageofcanada.weebly.com/• http://doodlesfornepal.weebly.com/
• Challonge (sports bracket)• challonge.com
• Wordpress (website creator)• https://wordpress.com
• Website Rubric• http://bit.ly/websiteassess