Living in a wired world of instantaneous global communication and information, students and teachers often view information technologies from very different perspectives.
Students frequently know more about the hardware and software than their teachers.
As a result, teachers often give the technology and the assignment to their students, then quickly scramble out of the way. This means that in many cases, it is the students rather than the teacher who define the context for the assignment, leaving little or no room for any instructional or curricular context. This hilarious presentation asks participants whether the Internet is going to become a powerful new tool that will take our students to higher levels of learning and thinking, or just become the next generation of educational Nintendo. It provides a model for embedding information literacy skills into relevant content areas, along with a number of practical tips for developing lesson plans that address the two faces of information literacy. Come ready to have your assumptions and beliefs about information technology, learning and teaching challenged.