X X X
Now that I have caught your attention with this clever title, I would like to introduce you to the THREE X’s. For those who do not know what they are, the three X’s stand for: eXploring, eXpressing, and eXchanging ideas by using new digital media. This concept has been explored by Idit Harel which can be found at Skills for the Millennium. These three X’s act as learning tools in this “technological driven world”.
I found this article to be quite interesting as not only does it explain what each concept means and how it is applicable, it also gives various activities and games where students can test out these skills. For example, for the term eXploring, Harel explains children’s natural abilty and desire to explore. He then goes on to state how the internet itself can become an open space for students to eXplore and discover. A link to ROMP is then attached which teachers can log onto for students to use. In this site students eXplore a “wide range of sites linked to specific researched words’.
I found this to be a very interesting read with an abundance of useful resources that can be used within the classroom. The three X’s are clever tools which can be used in both technology and non-technology activities (technology meaning computers and the like).
