I agree with Marc “I think the challenge is to integrate the technology into the class….Providing a power-point is not enough, engage them with a task”.
Engage the student’s in your presentation – don’t just talk at them. Create a chat (monitored by a TA) to backchannel what you are presenting – believe me – the students will participate and feel good that they were able to voice their opinions about what you were presenting. Create polls, write on collaborative documents, start a bulletin board … Engage them!
They have all that technology right at their fingertips … why are you spending hours preparing the information – let them do it. They will and find resources you may not even be aware of.
Kids today are different. Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
