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** Getting Creative With Digital Natives **   So... You walk into your classroom on a Monday morning with a great idea for a class project. You know, to get away from taking notes off of your latest unimpressive Powerpoint slides. Here's a little play by play:


 * Teacher:** Good morning class! How was your weekend? I've got a project that I think you'll all enjoy.


 * Class:** Sweet!!! What kind of project?


 * Teacher:** Well, since we have been learning a lot about current global issues, I am going to ask each of you to make some sort of collage. I'm going to ask you to each choose an issue that is important to you and find articles from different newspapers. You will cut, copy, and paste the articles onto a background of your choice - Get creative! Afterwards, you will be responsible for a short write-up on what you found. Also, it is very important that you save a copy of each article as I will be hanging your collages and you will need your articles for another assignment in the coming weeks.


 * Class:** Ok, sounds easy enough...


 * Teacher:** Well then, start thinking of your topic and get to work!

The class seems to be quite excited about the project (some more than others). You start to unload the scissors, glue, and the stack of newspapers you have been saving over the course of a month. But wait..... Half of your class is sitting at their desks looking bored, and the other half has snagged all the computers at the back of the classroom and have their search engines on over-drive… One student is practically done. You think to yourself. "What are they doing? Why are they on the computers? Were my instructions not clear? I told them to cut, copy and paste onto a background.. And they're supposed to be looking for newspaper articles! Seems pretty straightforward to me."  = =

