34% of teens visit their main social networking site several times a day
23% of teens is a “heavy” social media user, meaning they use at least two
different types of social media each and every day
A new study finds
that 20 percent of third grade students have cell phones and 90 percent of them
are online, while 83 percent of children in middle school have one.
63% of all teens say they exchange text messages every day with people in their
lives, including their parents
Half (52 percent) of all zero- to 8-year-olds have
access to a new mobile device such as a smart phone, video iPod, or
iPad/tablet
Fully 95 percent of all teens ages 12-17 are now online, and 80 percent of
online teens are users of social media sites. Teens of all ages and backgrounds
are witnessing these mean behaviors online and are reacting in a variety of
ways:
Ninety percent of teen social media users say they
have ignored the mean behavior they have witnessed on a social network
site.
Eighty percent say they have personally defended a
victim of meanness and cruelty.
Seventy-nine percent say they have told someone to
stop their mean behavior on a social network site.
Twenty-one percent say they have personally joined
in on the harassment of others on a social network site.
Source
Nearly 90% of older teens (aged 14-17) have a cell phone, while just under 60%
of 12- to 13-year-olds have a cell phone
More than a third (38 percent) of children this
age have used one of these devices, including 10 percent of zero-to 1-year-olds,
39 percent of 2- to 4-year-olds, and more than half (52 percent) of 5- to
8-year-olds.
In a typical day, one in 10 zero- to 8-year-olds uses
a smart phone, video iPod, iPad, or similar device to play games, watch videos,
or use other apps. Those who do such activities spend an average of 43 minutes a
day doing so
Sixty-five percent of high school students use cell phones in school.
One-quarter of text messages sent by teens are sent during class.
amy... i found this that you marked that you "liked" - you still need to tag things that you bookmark. without tags searching this library to find resources you have posted is not possible. tagging is a crowd sourced effort. how would i locate resources on badges for example in this group library?
Inspired by a question put to him on the island of Papua New Guinea more than
thirty years ago, Diamond embarks on a world-wide quest to understand the roots
of global inequality.
These are some of the main questions Diamond answers in his book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. He theorizes that due to the east-west axis of Asia/ Europe (which would include its favorable climate, terrain, and ease of sharing and borrowing technology), the availability of domesticable plants and animals, to name a few, this area had all the right ingredients to be successful, as opposed to the Americas/Africa. The latter had few domesticable animals, a north-south axis, and a difficult terrain for "sharing", to name a few. We will all need to dive further into his book and these sites to uncover all of the necessities that helped some succeed over others.
This is just a page from the other PBS bookmark - I've just highlighted text on this page and added a sticky note so you don't need to peruse the site to find it.
i see your bookmarks in diigo, nicely done! now incorporate the things you bookmarked into a post with links directly to the source urls, not to diigo. (Think of diigo as our shared library where we keep/organize all our links, tagged so we can find them later easily if we want.) in your post link to the source url, on which will be your diigo comments, highlights, and stickies making your post 100% richer. (view all bookmarks and then you can see the list of bookmark tags.
Also, what do you thing of tagging things with "module 1" and so on so you can isolate all the resources you bookmark in the course by course module? Think about what will make the tool useful to you today and tomorrow, and what will make it useful to the rest of us in the course. I am very interested in exploring the potential of this tool with your help and in having you tests its features and functionality and push the limits as we kick its tires.
With over 3,200 videos on
everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice,
we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
With a library of over 3,000 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
I only tagged those tools that I am interested in using in my online course but there are many other tools and sinc ethis is a blog it is updated frequently.
I only tagged those tools that I am interested in using in my online course but there are many other tools and since this is a blog it is updated frequently. Also they have put a creative commons license on this blog so anyone can use the information in their own courses as long as they give credit to the author of the Blog.
Wow I hit the jackpot here in Melot. This blog has links out to how to manual for many of the tools I want to teach in my online course. I cannot highlight the links but I encourage those of you who are interested in learning web 2.0 tool to visit this blog. It's quite informative.
hey jess! i see you have figured this diigo out pretty well. You just need to be sure to tag any sites you bookmark. Tags help to organize the bookmarks into categories to make all the bookmarks easier to sort through and find stuff in once they have been posted.
nice work so far.
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this is the corporate web site for where I work. Alex is an artist and I have piece of his pottery in my garden. He is an absolute hoot and has a fabulous sense of humor, which he demonstrates non-verbally. I work with him in the group: Handicapables. Kevin is a soft spoken gentleman who I enjoyed working with as his employment counselor. Duffy is a trickster and works very hard also. these are just some of the wonderful people we serve.
hi jane, very nice job here in diigo so far. can't remember if i already commented on your bookmarks. But they look great. The only thing missing are the tags. Need them to categorize and organize the things you bookmark. You can add them to these reaources by editing your bookmark. Often diigo will give you some prompts or ideas on what/how to tag the resource.
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~I continue to be astonished every week with how much I am growing and learning in this course. Not only am I learning how to be an effective online instructor and everything that it entails, but I am also learning a lot about myself.~
I lose track of time and hours have gone by without me even realizing it.
“What young children perceive that their teachers do plays a more significant role in their socio-emotional outcomes than what teachers report they do” (p. 30). We have an EVEN bigger impact than we thought!
“Am I providing a bridge for my students from their prior knowledge to where I want them to be and where THEY want to be?” “What am I doing to facilitate their growth not only in building a positive self-image, but also as learners in general?” “Am I REALLY taking into consideration their interests, passions and motivations?” And finally, “What Would Alex Do?”
“I really like how you tell them you are there for them. A lot of my teachers give us confusing assignments and I never feel like I can ask them questions.”
When she was done going through everything she said, “Are you actually going to teach this class? Can I take it when you do?”
I was spending so much time figuring out the tools that I felt like I wasn’t spending time on content. I realize now that I needed to spend that time and those tools were part of the content of this course.
I LOVE learning in general! I liked learning before…well I never disliked it anyway…well unless it was math…or science…I had no idea what it was like to truly LOVE learning. Its sad to me that it took me 30 years to experience this. Did I work A LOT in this course? Did I give up much of my social life? Did I stay up too late? YES, YES and YES. Was it worth it? Absolutely! Did I mind? NOT ONE BIT…Reflecting on the fact that I worked so hard and so much on something and not only wasn’t bothered by it, but enjoyed every moment was a HUGE wake up call to me.
You just have to have passion and a belief in yourself.
This was the only course I have EVER taken in which I will walk away having truly internalized knowledge. I know that I internalized what I have learned because when I was reviewing my classmate’s courses I didn’t have to refer to a book or a checklist, it was all in my head. When I look back at my undergrad education, I have always said that I didn’t feel like I actually “learned” anything until I student taught and learned by DOING. That’s exactly what happened in this course, I learned by doing. This is only course that has ever provided me with this type of experience and it has shown me what quality education should be, not only online but in a face-to-face situation as well.
We(myself, my classmates AND Alex) worked together in this course to contribute to the construction of our knowledge.
It wasn’t until this summer when I turned 31 that I finally experienced being a student in a student-centered, constructivist environment that actually got me to THINK. Not just think, but think critically…It took 31 years for me to experience a true community of learners! I don’t want other students to have to wait 31 years to experience what its like to REALLY LEARN!
I want to CHANGE someone the way that Alex, ETAP 640 and all of you have CHANGED me.
Great advice! I have a hard time sometimes with this, because there's part of me that also wants to design it for someone who not only hasn't taken an online course, but perhaps isn't very tech savvy :-)
I must find a balance, however, in order to complete the necessary tasks well so I can savor the doing of those that have salience.
I need to find balance myself. I think the only reason the way I'm doing things right now is ok is because I live alone. I will eventually have a family, and I want to be an online instructor...I will certainly need to figure this out!
This is a HUGE difference I notice between Alex and other instructors. She has definitely built her social presence with me this way. Her podcast on my learning activities was an eye opener for me. It made me feel so good that she had ACTUALLY looked at my work! I have often wondered if other teachers REALLY did that.
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Reflecting on the online course design process, I realize I have made a tremendous transition from first-time student to instructor in the space of one semester. What I have learned about myself is that I have an affinity for designing in the online environment.
I am technology-proficient.
While I am not yet a full technophile, I am surely no longer a technophobe!
I so deeply enjoyed the reading and studying portion of this course … it opened a new world of theory to me, made more exciting by the historic proximity of the leading researchers in the field.
I kept telling myself, “You need the experience if you want to be an instructional designer!”
So, reflection has proven its worth yet again: reflecting on my work in designing EED406 thus far is proof that research-based best practice works.
discussion is the heart of online learning.
students’ learning is demonstrated through the vehicle of discussion.
blog posts are personalized records of learning, thinking, and being.
It is not about what the instructor wants to hear, it is about hearing the student’s articulation of what is being learned that is essential to evaluating the content of a blog post.
Through trying to be “fearless” about using technology, as Alex advises, I have come to learn that confidence is something that one must exercise in all spheres of the online environment.
we can not help but to teach when we learn and to learn when we teach.
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” This is certainly true of discussion forum. We learn with and for each other: as you learn, I learn.
(Think Twitter, Irene!)
It causes me to reflect on the similarities between online and physical communities, something I had not thought of before. Could it be that we really are, slowly and steadily, growing into a genuine community?
I am a student whose understanding of connectivism and heutagogy is being developed experientially through taking this course.
Teaching presence also involves anticipating students’ needs based on monitoring progress and being ready to find that perfect something to support the student’s learning.
I have spent my academic life I believing that I have to ‘go it alone’, since I walked home from school alone the first day of first grade. Strangely, this course, in which I spend so much time alone, is teaching me that I don’t.
complaints, above, I think about the layout of the course; if it’s too many clicks away or the explanations aren’t clear, students become anxious, lose interest, and possibly
I just finished what may be my last discussion post for ETAP640. As I went through the post process, I was cognizant of each step: read your classmates’ posts; respond to something that resonates within you; teach (us) something by locating and sharing resources that support your thinking; include the thinking and experiences of classmates; offer your opinion on what you are sharing; cite your resources for the benefit of all; tag your resources logically.