Googling during class
Educause Learning Initiative highlighted a technique called Google Jockeying (http://moourl.com/qjj0m). A student is assigned the role of the class “googler”. The information is then presented simultaneously on a separate screen and would supplement the lecture presentation. It is suggested that this might be a way to positively harness the need for consulting additional information. The role could be assigned to a different person during each lecture. If separate screens are not available, the lecturer might pause and let the google jockey give a synopsis of information searches and let participants add any new searches that might help them in understanding or clarifying the presentation. Incorporating this role is a good way to quickly assess understanding and it is an opportunity to coach the students on using the internet and on evaluating internet resources.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
We had something similar to this in my classes. Students with laptops were assigned to be “information resources” that could access Google or other search engines for additional information. It worked really well, certainly worthwhile in any classroom.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:09 am
hmmm..thats interesting. But isn’t it a time consuming job. Since the internet is filled with several point of views on a topic so it may cause confusion among students.
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August 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
thanks
August 19th, 2008 at 3:54 am
martha,
it might be time consuming job, but the “interesting” part really outweighs that. I think it is really important to catch attention of students and to be different.