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Anne Bubnic

Teacher Magazine: Cellphones Evolve Into Instructional Tool - 2 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 03 Dec 09
     
    Leonard's class at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel, a middle-class Florida suburb about 30 miles north of Tampa, is one of a growing number around the country that are abandoning traditional policies of cell phone prohibition and incorporating them into class lessons.
Anne Bubnic

Teach cell phones, don't ban them - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 26 Jun 09
     
    According to Canadian digital learning consultant Dean Shareski, Craik School in Saskatchewan, Canada, recently experimented with cell phones as learning tools and discovered improved student engagement, responsibility and innovation as well as problem solving skills. The K-12 school discovered students aren't dazzled by their phones, but simply use them to share ideas, pictures, sounds and videos.
Anne Bubnic

New U.S. Research Center to Study Education Technology - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 21 Aug 08
     
    Congress has authorized a new federal research center that will be charged with helping to develop innovative ways to use digital technology at schools and in universities. The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies was included as part of the latest reauthorization Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader of the Higher Education Act, approved last month. President Bush signed the law on Aug. 14. The center will be charged with supporting research and development of new education technologies, including internet-based technologies. It will also help adapt techniques already widely used in other sectors, such as advertising and the military, to classroom instruction.
Anne Bubnic

Eight habits of highly effective 21st century teachers - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 25 Jun 09
     
    What are the characteristics we would expect to see in a successful 21st century educator? Well, we know they are student-centric, holistic, and they're teaching about how to learn as much as teaching about the subject area. We know, too, that they must be 21st century learners as well.
Anne Bubnic

A Vision of Students Today [Michael Wesch] - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 17 Jul 08
     
    A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
Anne Bubnic

Children of the tech revolution - 0 views

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ad4dcss digital youth 21st century learning

shared by Anne Bubnic on 14 Aug 08 - Snapshot
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    Anne Bubnic on 14 Aug 08
     
    Pinned to the wall of my daughter's grade one classroom is a sheet of butcher's paper, listing questions she and her classmates would like to answer.\n\nWill the water run out? How many children travel to school in a sustainable way? Are cities a good idea? The next sheet lists ways they will find out the answers. First on the list: check the internet. These six and seven-year-olds are part of the emerging generation Z . Demographers and social researchers have banged on endlessly about gen Y and their rapid embrace of new technology but gen Z is the first generation born into a digital world.
Anne Bubnic

Messaging Shakespeare | Classroom Examples | - 0 views

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ad4dcss 21st century learning best practice cellphone text messaging

shared by Anne Bubnic on 18 Aug 08 - Snapshot
  • Brown's class was discussing some of the whaling calculations in Moby Dick. When one student asked a question involving a complex computation, three students quickly pulled out their cell phones and did the math. Brown was surprised to learn that most cell phones have a built-in calculator. She was even more surprised at how literate her students were with the many functions included in their phones. She took a quick poll and found that all her students either had a cell phone or easy access to one. In fact, students became genuinely engaged in a class discussion about phone features. This got Brown thinking about how she might incorporate this technology into learning activities.

  • Brown noticed that many students used text messaging to communicate, and considered how she might use cell phones in summarizing and analyzing text to help her students better understand Richard III.



    • Effective summarizing is one of the most powerful skills students can cultivate. It provides students with tools for identifying the most important aspects of what they are learning, especially when teachers use a frame of reference (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).
    • Summarizing helps students identify critical information. Research shows gains in reading comprehension when students learn how to incorporate isummary framesi (series of questions designed to highlight critical passages) as a tool for summarizing (Meyer & Freedle, 1984).
    • When students use this strategy, they are better able to understand what they are reading, identify key information, and provide a summary that helps them retain the information (Armbruster, Anderson, & Ostertag, 1987).


  • Text messaging is a real-world example of summarizing—to communicate information in a few words the user must identify key ideas. Brown saw that she could use a technique students had already mastered, within the context of literature study.
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  • To manage the learning project, Brown asked a tech-savvy colleague to help her build a simple weblog. Once it was set up, it took Brown and her students 10 minutes in the school's computer lab to learn how to post entries. The weblog was intentionally basic. The only entries were selected passages from text of Richard III and Brown's six narrative-framing questions. Her questions deliberately focused students' attention on key passages. If students could understand these passages well enough to summarize them, Brown knew that their comprehension of the play would increase.
  • Brown told students to use their phones or e-mail to send text messages to fellow group members of their responses to the first six questions of the narrative frame. Once this was completed, groups met to discuss the seventh question, regarding the resolution for each section of the text. Brown told them to post this group answer on the weblog.
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    Anne Bubnic on 18 Aug 08
     
    Summarizing complex texts using cell phones increases understanding.
Anne Bubnic

Twenty-Two Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09
     
    Another fine presentation by Tom Barrett
Anne Bubnic

New Image for Computing [PDF] - 0 views

www.zephoria.org/...NICReport.pdf

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    Anne Bubnic on 13 Jun 09
     
    Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, New Image for Computing (NIC) is currently in the first stage of what is planned as a multi-phase project that aims to improve the image of computer science among high school students (with a special focus on gender and ethnic disparities) and encourage greater participation in computer science at the postsecondary level. Download the full report.
Anne Bubnic

University of Alabama and Hoover Schools Embrace Second Life - 0 views

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  • Several local teachers and professors see Second Life as a tremendous opportunity. There are educational islands in Second Life where teachers can go to digitally swap ideas, conduct research or attend real life conferences.
  • However, a teacher can take students on a virtual field trip in Second Life - using his or her own login - to places like the Alamo or the Louvre Museum, both of which have been impressively recreated in Second Life.
  • The University of Alabama is using Second Life too.





    In fact, Professor Rick Houser, Chairman of Educational Studies at the Capstone, is working on building an entire virtual University of Alabama campus in Second Life.
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  • But how healthy is it for kids, especially younger ones, to be spending time in a virtual world when there’s a real world they need to learn to navigate? What about on-line predators? Second Life does not verify the age a user enters.

  • These students are growing up as digital natives. They want to use this, they want to be engaged in these types of technologies and it’s important for us to facilitate that learning,” she says. 



    Brandt also wants to teach students the dangers they need to be aware of when using Second Life or any type of social networking website. She calls it “good digital citizenship”.

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    Anne Bubnic on 29 Jul 08
     
    This week, the Hoover Board of Education is holding a technology training seminar to help teachers get up to speed for the new school year. On the agenda - a powerful and somewhat controversial website called "Second Life".
Vicki Davis

The Connected Classroom » home - 0 views

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    Vicki Davis on 18 Apr 08
     
    Kristin Hokanson's wiki showing how classrooms can connect.
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    Vicki Davis on 18 Apr 08
     
    Kristin Hokanson's excellent wiki with many Web 2.0 resources. Excellent site!
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    Vicki Davis on 18 Apr 08
     
    Excellent wiki full of resources from Kristin Hokanson. Wow!
Judy Echeandia

Instant Messaging Found to Slow Students' Reading - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...01im.h28.html

21st century learning digital communication research text messaging

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    Judy Echeandia on 21 Aug 08
     
    New study on the effects of instant messaging on reading comprehension. Students who send and receive instant messages while completing a reading assignment take longer to get through their texts but apparently still manage to understand what they're reading, according to one of the first studies to explore how the practice affects academic learning.
Judy Echeandia

Facebook, Cell Phones, & iPods: Updating The K-12 Student Handbook - 0 views

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    Judy Echeandia on 18 Jun 09
     
    Today's students live in an incredibly high tech world- from cell phones to Facebook to YouTube to iPods- K-12 schools are faced with a multitude of new challenges that must be addressed in your student handbook. How can you restructure your student handbook to include the potential issues that may arise as a result of students' increased use of these technologies? Join us for a live, 60-minute audio conference where you and your colleagues will learn:
    * Keys to Drafting K-12 Handbook Policies for Today's Students
    * Online Use Policies: Facebook, MySpace & Online Communities
    * Crafting Guidelines & Policies for Cell Phone & iPod Use at School
    * Protecting Your School from Liability: What You Need to Know
    * Cyberbullying & Technology Misconduct: What Educators Must Know
kim tufts

Participatory Culture and Kids - 0 views

www.commonsensemedia.org/expert-interview-henry-jenkins

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    kim tufts on 09 Jun 09
     
    Do you wonder how kids are being affected by growing up in a globally interconnected, multicultural, participatory world? Whether you're a parent or educator, it's important to understand the challenges and opportunities experiences like posting to Facebook, creating a blog, or IM'ing offer to kids, and what you can do to help your kids be successful today.
Anne Bubnic

ConnectYard - Social Networking for 21st Century Learners - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 25 Apr 09
     
    A commericial solution to social networking in the classroom. ConnectYard enables schools to leverage popular social media for teaching students where they live and socialize, online. The platform offers K-12 schools their own private learning communities with controlled access that are integrated with popular social networks like Facebook, which serves to make course work more social and collaborative by keeping students involved and engaged both in and outside of the classroom. Only users approved by the school are permitted to join the community and interact with other users. This eliminates a primary concern of both parents and administrators.\n\nConnectYard also provides teachers with the ability to audit student groups, walls, etc. This serves to ensure that both the interactions and information being shared are appropriate, which helps to guard against cyber bullying or posting of copyrighted materials. Thus fostering safe and secure learning communities, or Yards, that improve the student educational experience and chances for success.
Judy Echeandia

Sites Mimicking Social Networks Set Up for Staff Development - 0 views

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    Judy Echeandia on 27 Aug 08
     
    "In general, the networks connect novice teachers to others in their preparation classes, teachers who instruct in the same subject or grade level to one another, and teacher-mentors to colleagues-even when they are not located at the same schools. The sites facilitate online discussions, workshops, coaching, and collaborative study groups and work teams."
Anne Bubnic

Welcome to the world of "We Think" - 0 views

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    Anne Bubnic on 31 Jul 08
     
    4-minute video: "Welcome to the World of We Think. Based on a new book by Charles Leadbeater, 'We Think' explores the potential of the latest developments of the internet.
Judy Echeandia

What Kids Learn from Social Networking | 21st Century Connections - 0 views

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  • "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," said Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher in the university's College of Education and Human Development and principal investigator of the study.

  • "Students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. They're also sharing creative original work like poetry and film and practicing safe and responsible use of information and technology. The
  • Web sites offer tremendous educational potential."
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    Judy Echeandia on 21 Jul 08
     
    University of Minnesota study uncovers the educational benefits of social networking sites.

    "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," said Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher in the university's College of Education and Human Development and principal investigator of the study.
Anne Bubnic

Social Networking Sites and 21st Century Skills - 0 views

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21st century learning ad4dcss digital communication research social networking video

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    Anne Bubnic on 24 Jun 08
     
    Teens who build and frequent social networking sites are learning 21st century skills (tech skills, creativity, diverse viewpoints and communication skills), according to a University of Minnesota study. This page takes you directly to video interviews with the researchers from U of M.
Judy Echeandia

Study: Having 6,141 friends you don't know may be beneficial - 0 views

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shared by Judy Echeandia on 23 Jun 08 - Snapshot
  • Scrabulous aside, there may be an educational upside to social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.

  • "Students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st-century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," said Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher in the university's College of Education and Human Development and lead investigator of the study. "Students are developing a positive attitude towards using technology systems, editing and customizing content and thinking about online design and layout. ... "The websites offer tremendous educational potential."


  • Judy Echeandia
    Judy Echeandia on 23 Jun 08
     
    This article offers new research results regarding the academic benefits of students use of social networking sites.
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