“Mom, watching music videos is my homework!”

Let’s face it: This generation of students absorbs information different than past generations. They are fed a constant stream of information – outside the classroom – through sites likeFacebook,YouTube和推特。那么，是否有任何疑问他们有很难从事静态教室的困难？

Teachers and school administrators understand that concept – but they are still struggling with how to utilize those same programs that students use for entertainment as actual teaching tools.

Luckily, they haveDr. Lodge McCammon。And with McCammon – they haveFIZZ。

Watch McCammon explain FIZZ

McCammon, a curriculum and contemporary media specialist in the星期五教育创新研究所,花他所有的时间inking about how to bring 21st century tools into the classroom to better engage students. His program, called FIZZ, originally began as a secure Web site that allows teachers and students to upload educational videos they make in the classroom. However, the program has evolved, and now FIZZ is considered a new way of teaching.Discovery Education, a leader in digital video-based learning, has contracted McCammon to help teach their 30,000+ group of tech-savvy teachers – called theDiscovery Educator Network– how to incorporate FIZZ into the classroom.

“它真的归结为三件事 - 参与，内容知识和课堂透明度，”McCammon解释道。“我们向教师展示了如何以实用的方式在教室里使用技术。”

McCammon will be taking his show on the road – traveling all over the country in 2010 – to meet with large groups of educators to inspire them using lesson simulations, showing them what a day at school with FIZZ would be like.

男人，我希望我在那个课堂上！