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Our online textbook, created by middle school students over the last four years, has been twitted by Ashton Kutcher, Alan November and many others.  Our students created the following youtube to place on the homepage of the online textbook found at dgh.Wikispaces.com

The basic idea three seventh graders came up with, is that no one person writes the book, so no one person should completely answer a question. They interviewed Mike and I and five students and then took the two hours of interviews and made a 2 minutes introduction for the online book.    I was a little unsure of the idea until I saw the final product.  They got to the main idea of the book...we are all better off when we work together to produce the content.   We are very proud of the kids who did this as a  final project for their seventh grade year: they left a positive digital footprint and legacy.  They would love to see your comments on the video and online textbook. 

 


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Carl Johnson
06/18/2011 13:24

What I find intriguing is that all cultures agree our youth hold the key to our future, but rarely do we (society) allow them to use that key to open doors to the future. Printed textbooks are becoming outdated as an instructional tool because our youth are cultivating lifestyle’s geared towards functioning in a more global and high tech era. The children in this video are a positive sample indicating that our youth are more academically engaged when using classroom instructional materials designed with advanced technology. I applaud the students that have taken the initiative to design an eTextbook and video. I also praise the teachers that supported the students with being innovated in our system of education.

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Katie
07/21/2011 07:27

This is my favorite quote from the blog above:
"hey got to the main idea of the book...we are all better off when we work together to produce the content."
I think that can be said for most things. When people work together as a team, anything seems to be possible! I also enjoyed the video- they left a great positive digital footprint behind!

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Matt MarLett
07/21/2011 09:18

Great video! I am amazed with the ability of students to create such positive and creative things using technology.

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