Tool #7 reaching outside your classroom: online digital projects

Content objective : given Internet tools students will be able to participate in a debate over the current healthcare ruling by the supreme court with health science students at Spring Woods High School. When: mid September Tools used: Google Docs, and Skype Plan: will be assigned to gather their information either for or against the healthcare legislation via Internet sources. Their argument will be posted on the HST blog. Students will then Skype with SWHS and debate their arguments. The hope of this will not only increase their fact finding abilities as well as their ability to document their information in a collaborative effort with the class as well as classes from another school (SWHS)