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Technology In The Classroom: Tips For New Teachers To Use Technology In The Classroom - 2 views

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  • Juan Saldana on 09 Nov 13
     
    "New Teacher Survival Guide: Technology in the Classroom " (video)
  • Juan Saldana on 09 Nov 13
     
    As we wrap up the week's topic of Survival, I found an excellent video article. It covers the one thing that new teachers fear more than "Walkers," six-graders!
Juan Saldana

'Walking Dead' online course offers survival education - and more | Lansing State Journ... - 8 views

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  • Survival: Lessons from AMC’s The Walking Dead,” a free, eight-week online course that kicked off Monday. Offered through the University of California-Irvine
  • “Gender Through Comic Books” course, offered through Ball State University earlier this year.
  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    Since we are talking about MOOCs, I want to point out my favorite thing about them. There can be MOOCs about literally anything, as you can see from the course I am highlighting.
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  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    Welcome to day 3 on Survival and this MOOC is all about Survival.... I hope that Dr. Butler doesn't mind the liberty I took with this week's topic...
  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    I am glad that you hit on that point, that the coming generation(s) may not be a strict towards following a learning regiment. I have noticed at least with my children that they learn what they want to learn and will dig further it catches their attention. I was personally taking a MOOC on Comic Books and Graphic Novels from Coursera! Who would have thought you would find a course on that? I do not believe any institution will ever have the flexibility of MOOC, the problem may be that a MOOC may never have the resilience of a University. I know we have talked about "Badges" as opposed to Paper Degrees and I think MOOCs will help make that a reality.
  • Juan Saldana on 09 Nov 13
     
    MOOCs are great in that you will always find one on something that catches your interest. Most of them are not as clinical as the university courses we take, but offer enough complexity to keep you interested. I hope you do find a course that not only helps you out but perhaps allows you to bring something new to the classroom.
Juan Saldana

Can the Current Model of Higher Education Survive MOOCs and Online Learning? (EDUCAUSE ... - 2 views

www.educause.edu/...vive-moocs-and-online-learning

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  • Not all U.S. colleges and universities will disappear as a result of new technologies, but clearly some will.
  • Technology-enhanced learning has the potential to transform education and to raise the level of education globally.
  • The first threat to American higher education is that MOOCs and online courses will raise the level of competition too high for some institutions to survive.
  • Juan Saldana on 05 Nov 13
     
    We begin day two on the topic of Survival. Ten years ago online education was almost non-existent, today it encompasses a good portion of the course offerings at UTB, will the current model of instruction still exist in another 10 years? What does this mean for us as instructional designers?
  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    Schools as a business are running out of funding, yet tuition keeps getting more expensive (funny right?). I don't know if the current platform for education will be replaced with MOOCs, but it will definitely be replaced, it's natural evolution. Jennifer you are working with Virtual High Schools, soon we will see this in the lower grades. The strange kids we knew who and were jealous of because they were "Home Schooled" will be the norm! However we are not only talking about the "survival" of the institutions, we are talking about the titles that come with these degrees. 50 years High School was a family achievement, today High School doesn't qualify you to stand on the side of the highway with a sign... How long before these titles like M.Ed are no longer worth the paper they are printed on?
  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    The beauty of a MOOC is that you can literally run it from your parents basement! Look at how Khans Academy started and what it has grown into. Any one of us could essentially develop an online course, videos and all and run it from our home. Although I was just introduced to MOOCs in last semesters 6329, I see them becoming more and more integrated into future curriculum. It would not surprise me if at one point the 6332/6358 course required the development of a fully functional MOOC. Remember I said it first!
Juan Saldana

Technology In Schools: Poll Finds K-12 Teachers And Parents Support Greater Digital Use... - 0 views

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  • Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
     
    "Technology In Schools: Poll Finds K-12 Teachers And Parents Support Greater Digital Use In The Classroom"
  • Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
     
    I conducted an interview with a Doctoral student in our program and found that contrary to my belief the parents were not his biggest problem, but his biggest supporters.
Juan Saldana

Technology In Schools: In Some Cash-Strapped Districts, Kids Bring Their Own Devices - 2 views

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  • Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
     
    Technology In Schools: In Some Cash-Strapped Districts, Kids Bring Their Own Devices "
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  • Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
     
    Survival is always at the classroom level, districts often have to implement programs like this in order to have any technology in the classroom at all.
  • Juan Saldana on 04 Nov 13
     
    Being the parent of a student that lost a device to theft I can feel your pain. Remember that this school is allowing them to do so, but if it is anything like LFCISD they send a waiver home for parental permission and responsibility. I don't really see BYOD programs coming into play until the middle-school age, where there we can at least pray that they have learned some semblance of responsibility as well as being cautious of their surroundings.
  • Juan Saldana on 04 Nov 13
     
    I would not consider BYOD in any grade under Middle School. As the campus points out these devices even for a school are expensive, I don't believe the school or the teachers want to be responsible for them. I need to confirm but I was told that here in Brownsville ISD that the teachers have access to the devices but are responsible for them and are required to pay for any damages. Which at a teacher's salary is very harsh. I would think it best that the content be developed in such a manner that it can be accessed via the device but from home. Take our Blackboard service, you can use it on your tablet, join collaborate, and access all your classroom content.
  • Juan Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    BYOD programs are great, but come with a lot of responsibility. Unfortunately the school will not shoulder the entire responsibility. I think this is why you don't see this programs till students are a little more mature and responsible. What we definitely don't want to do is bar them from the technology.
Juan Saldana

A Survival Guide To Teaching With Technology - Edudemic - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • A Survival Guide To Teaching With Technology
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      Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
       
      "Welcome to this week on Survival. In EdTech I have noticed that we focus a lot on "Ed" part and not so much on the impact that the "Tech" has not only on the student, but on the teachers and technology support teams. I have selected a few articles for this week that will focus on this week Brain Rule of Survival and how it relates to the integration of technology in the classroom.
  • Juan Saldana on 03 Nov 13
     
    This article/slide show give you some of the "Hard Truths" about implementing technology in the classroom. In class we often think how great it can be to implement iPads and Web 2.0, but we often don't discuss what will happen when it all falls apart like technology often does...
Richard Wilson

10,000 brains wired together - 8 views

started by Richard Wilson on 22 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
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    #2 Juan Saldana on 23 Oct 13
     
    You are talking about Hive-Mind mentality. This is like Star Trek's Borg. There is a lot of potential for this type of thinking is it could actually be achieved. As an IT guy I see how we accomplish this with computer clustering and treat computers as individual resources that are shared across the cluster. You are right about the potential for collective processing, in fields like science and even military combat.
Juan Saldana

- The Virtual High School now offering full-time online program - 10 views

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  • Juan Saldana on 14 Oct 13
     
    Warming up my skills to do my Diigo hosting in a few weeks. I believe we have one resident expert on Online High Schools.
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  • Juan Saldana on 14 Oct 13
     
    This is a quick article on the new program developed by the VHS program
  • Juan Saldana on 17 Oct 13
     
    I call you the expert since this is your specialty and I wouldn't have know that this is a competing organization otherwise. I like the idea of a hybrid solution where some classes are physical and others are online, make for an easier transition.
  • Juan Saldana on 17 Oct 13
     
    I can see the demographic they have chosen to target as being most in need. I've grown up in neighborhoods like this and you don't always get the best teachers. It is tough trying to excel in a public school where most of your colleagues are in and our of Juvenile hall. Hybrid works simple because those who choose to learn, but are in less than a safe environment.
  • Juan Saldana on 17 Oct 13
     
    I would think so, in areas like SC LA, the Wards in Houston and New Orleans are some of the more impoverished areas in their respective states. Usually these environments are a little hostile and not really safe for students who want to learn much less got to school physically. I grew up in a gang ridden area and I saw many of my friends take to the streets rather than education, sadly most are gone or locked up today. I would imagine the same holds true for areas like Afghanistan where these groups prefer that their followers not be educated, take for instance the Pakistani girl shot for wanting to go to school. My idea is if these people had the opportunity to take classes in either a hybrid or fully online model they could proceed with their education in the safety of their homes. That being said for some people "home" might not be the safest place or best place to get an education. I guess it really depends on the situation. If a person wants to educated themselves they will find a way to do it. Slaves of the 1800s were taught in secret and they in turn taught others, and the history books do state that it was death for a slave to learn to read. An online education just makes it easier to do, because you lack the physical constriction. We all knew someone who was home schooled and we all thought it was the coolest thing to not have to come to school. That was just an off-shoot of correspondence school. Online education is just a natural evolution and if we are lucky be the norm. Schools are no longer the safest place to be and I think some day online may be the best alternative. Jen, hope these ramblings are of some benefit...
  • Juan Saldana on 18 Oct 13
     
    Jen, please keep us in the loop with how your interview goes, would be interested to hear.
  • Juan Saldana on 18 Oct 13
     
    Shaila, If memory serves you are from another country and this might some what match your situation. The towns I have lived in, have always been migrant towns, field works and day laborers. Their children have to up root and move with the seasons. They often don't speak much english if any at all. They have to uproot teachers and friends quite often and don't have a very stable living arrangements, much less education. This is not taking into account students who are from an entirely different continent with entirely different customs. The students will likely be chastised because of their religious view and practices, perhaps even things like attire and eating habits. I spent a month in Singapore for my employer and learned a lot about the mix cultures in that area and how areas at least within our organization are separated by religious views, even meals are prepared differently. So jump back to Online education and you see that this environment provides stability in their education, specialized teachers of appropriate language, and the ability to live a close to normal as possible. This is not to say that some foreign students do in fact acclimate to culture and system well, while still balancing their views and customs.
Richard Wilson

More News about MOOCs - 10 views

started by Richard Wilson on 08 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
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    #3 Juan Saldana on 13 Oct 13
     
    I was introduced to moocs in the last incarnation of 6329, I took my first mooc and although the time constraints were a problem I found it quite enjoyable. The benefit of these moocs is their flexibility, you can take a mooc on just about any topic. I took one on science fiction literature that semester and was able to get a whole new perspective on some of my favorite classics as well as new stories. This semester I am adhoc taking one on the literature value of comics and graphic novels. I say adhoc since I got through the videos on what little down time I have this semester and don't really have thte time to do the assignments. I don't see these as the future of education, but for a student with no alternatives, they are a decent start and I think that is the point behind these moocs. Once the business men and politicians get involved they will likely lose their appeal or free status...
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