I went in to approve a new member to our facebook site and of course Pamela had beaten me to it... but I did quickly read a post that contained something that you might be doing already... Google Jockeying. There is a "how to" paper on the seven things you need to know about Google Jockeying,

But if you haven't got time to read that paper, Google Jockeying is simply where one person or a class googles the terms and topics being discussed in class and optionally displays them real time on a whiteboard as the topics are discussed. I like this because the students can ask about the terms, another student can google and the whole group can head down a serendipitous path learning about the topic of the day... 

...or maybe learning about something else. It is easy, it is collaborative and it is what a lot of knowledge workera use part of his or her day for in the working world.

Of course it can be teacher directed as well.

With my "Safety Sam" hat on, it might be worthwhile thinking about the terms you google in the class where it is being displayed up on your interactive whiteboard. The other day I googled "Honey Ant Readers" and one of the items returned was Honeypot... and I can tell you that it had nothing to do with Winnie the Pooh.

So there you go - Google Jockeying! I wonder what colour silks I will wear today?

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