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Iowa Department of Education 21st Century Skills - 0 views

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  • Friedman
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      Have you read Friedman? I have a little...there's also plenty of push-back on this guy's ideas.
  • (1) critical thinking and problem solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) agility and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.
    • Matt Townsley
      Matt Townsley on 31 May 09
       
      I think these are all great...but think back to the '5 essential characteristics' and formative assessment, etc. How will we be able to "assess" these skills? It's tough to assess these soft skills, in my opinion.
    • Russ Goerend
      Russ Goerend on 01 Jun 09
       
      Yes, these are definitely broad topics. What underlying, assessable skills make up these survival skills?
Stacey Wigant

Paperless Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Stacey Wigant on 13 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Today our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones ... So why are California's public school students still forced to lug around antiquated, heavy, expensive textbooks?"
  • Today our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their iPods, and in Twitter feeds to their cell phones ... So why are California's public school students still forced to lug around antiquated, heavy, expensive textbooks?"
  • "That has probably been achieved mostly in the past 10 years. Ever since Tony Blair came in and talked about 'education, education, education,' at least £2bn has been invested in learning technology, and if things carry on in the same vein, perhaps 40% of educational resources will be digital in 10 years time."
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  • Publishers such as Hodder Education already offer a range of online resources alongside conventional textbooks, and Pearson sells electronic versions of most of its textbooks, either in interactive form, or as a straight portable document format (pdf). Last year, Pearson earned £960m revenue from its digital products and services – around a fifth of its total revenue.
  • replicate. "You can flick back and forth in them quickly, you can scribble in them, it's easy to share one between a number of students," she said. "Though theoretically electronic textbooks can be much more interactive, the current reality is that a lot of them are little more than pdf versions of the paper book," she added. "A colleague of mine the other day got it right when he said that if you could invent anything that's as powerful as the book in the next hundred years we'll have done well."
  • "You can flick back and forth in them quickly, you can scribble in them, it's easy to share one between a number of students," she said. "Though theoretically electronic textbooks can be much more interactive, the current reality is that a lot of them are little more than pdf versions of the paper book," she added. "A colleague of mine the other day got it right when he said that if you could invent anything that's as powerful as the book in the next hundred years we'll have done well."
  • Deena Logsdon on 15 Jun 09
     
    This is an interesting concept. I think it would save a lot of time not to have to copy from textbooks, but I wonder how long it will actually take before it becomes a reality. Unfortunately, as the article states, there are still quite a few people (students) who do not have access to the internet. That alone will cause some problems with the paperless classroom concept.
Kimberly Fix Schmidt

Classroom Technology Wish List: 101 Ways to Bring Technology into the Classroom - 7 views

There are many feasible ideas on how to include technology in the classroom.

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Brenda Schnell

Ning's Official Blog on Social Networking Sites » Ning in the education depa... - 0 views

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  • Brenda Schnell on 30 Aug 11
     
    Posted by Jason Rand on August 26, 2011 - 2:15 pm As educators and students head back to school, we wanted to highlight a few ways Ning is used in the classroom as an e-learning tool.
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5 Tips for Sparking a Grassroots Movement Online - 0 views

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  • Brenda Schnell on 30 Aug 11
     
    Anne Driscoll is the vice president of business operations at Ning , where she is responsible for marketing, communications, creative services and human resources. Prior to joining Ning, Anne led communications and brand initiatives at Google. “Social action” comes easy to those who understand the value of service, helping others and devoting themselves to making the world a better place despite challenges.
Julie Sorensen-Skaar

Recommended Word Lists for Vocabulary Instruction | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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shared by Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 29 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Here are the top five word lists recommended by Francie Alexander, Chief Academic Officer and publisher of primary programs for Scholastic Education. Use them for vocabulary instruction in your own classroom!
    • Julie Sorensen-Skaar
      Julie Sorensen-Skaar on 29 Aug 11
       
      Elementary vocabulary lists. Thought this would come in handy.
angrichards

Science based Learning is about to become Mainstream | Disrupt Education | Big Think - 0 views

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      angrichards on 29 Jun 11
       
      Using web2.0 tools to motivate students
  • the biggest enemy of effective learning can’t be taken away by applying those strategies because it’s something that is fundamental and essentially more important than having a strategy: motivation or or in other words the lack of motivation many learners experience.
  • learning in school or college was based on tradition and lesson plans and undoubtedly some well-respected methods but without real scientific evidence that the way we learn is actually the best way we could learn. It’s just the way some people decided on and we have always done it ever since.
  • angrichards on 29 Jun 11
     
    Blog on motivating students to learn using web2.0 tools
angrichards

If you were on Twitter | Dangerously Irrelevant | Big Think - 0 views

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      angrichards on 29 Jun 11
       
      McLeod on using twitter in the classroom
  • angrichards on 29 Jun 11
     
    Scott McLeod on how educators can use Twitter in the classroom
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