This week the 6th grade was introduced to technology as a medium for communication.  We differentiated between synchronous and asynchronous communication, and played with a public chat space on the school’s network.

Students also used the interactive board to collect data about frequency of computer, television, cell phone and internet use among students.  This data was graphed on the big screen, supporting the learning from math and science classes.

Finally, we talked about the idea of digital natives and digital immigrants.  Ask your student to explain the difference!