Chapter Reflection

Talk about the value of real-time data collection technologies as tools for learning subject matter content.
I think they are a great way for students to get hands-on learning experiences. It also makes the concepts they learn in science and math more applicable to life, because they are pulling real-time data out from the world and making sense of it.

These kind of sources are great for science departments, but what can they do for English students? Most of the information I've seen pertain to math and science.

I'm not quite sure how I'd integrate this into my classroom, but I understand how invaluable it is to expose students to these kind of technologies. My high school received a grant from the government to set up one of those wind farm things in the field behind our school. It generated enough energy to maybe light up a room, but it took real-time weather data and it connected with a computer, so the students were able to do wind energy research as well as some meteorology.