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The innovation that will change the Internet forever....
Posted: May 2, 2009 by Forrest Fisher (ESD 105)
What if there was a site that would answer questions with real answers and the answers would include properly attributed sources? You could ask "How high is Mount Rainier" and it would tell you.
How could this change public education? I would hope significantly. The first versions of search engines provide information in an instant and yet too many classrooms are still focused on "fact-finding" assignments. Perhaps we should be considering something different..... perhaps assignments that require students to use facts while analyzing, synthesizing and creating products/presentations/proposals requiring high-order thinking skills? (Read More)
