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L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
08/24/2009
1994: Developing a newspaper eReader
The Knight-Ridder Information Design Laboratory, started in Boulder Colorado in 1992, was developing a notebook-sized computer for receiving and displaying electronic newspapers when Knight-Ridder Inc. closed the lab in August, 1995. The newspaper chain itself was bought by the McClatchy Company in 2006. At that time, it was the second-largest U.S. newspaper chain with 32 daily newspapers.
■Class discussion: Today we have the Amazon's Kindell, Plastic Logic is coming out with their eReader next year and there have been rumors that Apple has a new device in the works that will make it easier to read eBooks. Are eBooks the future of books the way iTunes changed the way we consume music? Would you read more if you could do it on your iPod or a fancier smartphone? What obstacles does a manufacturer have to overcome before you'll start reading books on a screen?
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Step onto any school campus and you'll feel its energy. Each school is turbocharged with the power of young minds, bodies, hearts and spirits.
Here on the Western Slope, young citizens are honing and testing their skills to take on a rapidly changing world. Largely thanks to technology, they are in the midst of the most profound seismic shift the world has ever seen.
Perhaps no time in our history has it been more important to know what our youth are thinking, feeling and expressing.
The Sentinel is proud to spotlight some of their endeavors. Read on to see how some thoroughly modern students are helping learners of all ages connect with notable figures of the past.
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