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Education Week: Students Turn Their Cellphones On for Classroom Lessons - 0 views

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  • New educational uses of cellphones are challenging the "turned off and out of sight" rules that many districts have adopted for student cellphones on campus.
  • A growing number of teachers, carefully navigating district policies and addressing their own concerns, are having students use their personal cellphones to make podcasts, take field notes, and organize their schedules and homework
  • "In our district, especially at high school, students have a cellphone on them at all times, just like a pencil—it's an underused too
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  • Podcasting and classroom-response systems are among the more than 100 uses of cellphones that educator Liz Kolb has collected, and in some cases invented, for her book Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education, published in October.
  • One key to the cellphone's usefulness is the wealth of Web-based services that have cropped up recently, not necessarily marketed for schools but generally free in their basic versions. "Of course, they all have premium upgrades, or if they don't have upgrades, you see ads," Ms. Kolb cautioned.
  • In addition, Web-based organizers are available to bail out disorganized adolescents. For example, Soshiku, a service launched in September 2008 by Montana 17-year-old Andrew Schaper, lets users log their school assignments via e-mail or text messages. Students, including partners in joint projects, can arrange to receive "assignment due" notices to their cellphones or e-mail accounts.
  • "Mobile citizen journalism" is another popular trend that schools can harness, Ms. Kolb said, though she did not know of any school newspapers doing it extensively yet. "Schools can definitely set up their own mobile journalism text-messaging numbers," so students who are traveling can phone in reports and images, especially if they find themselves in the midst of breaking news.
  • Even with standard cellphones, she said, educators must make sure that all students understand the price structure of their calling plans, including the number of text messages that they can send and receive at no additional charge.
John Evans

New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development - MacArthur Foundation - 0 views

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shared by John Evans on 10 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.
  • “It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for their teens to hang out online,”
  • But we found that spending time online is essential for young people to pick up the social and technical skills they need to be competent citizens in the digital age.”
John Evans

Schools plan curriculum overhaul - Parentcentral.ca - 6 views

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shared by John Evans on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • A special advisory group is expected to propose a new blueprint by February, based on such input as a tough-talking missive from the Toronto District School Board that called the curriculum "a series of overly robust subject-based documents which are disconnected, overwhelming and full of content reflective of 20th century knowledge. "The curriculum does not engage students within their own realities, nor does it integrate the skills society hopes to see in a 21st-century learner," said the recent submission by a group of principals, teachers, superintendents and trustees.
  • Karen Grose, the board's system superintendent, said it no longer makes sense to try to cram piles of facts into young minds.
  • Our kids live in a world where they are immersed in content through things like Twitter and Google, so we don't want them memorizing facts they can access easily, but we want them to think about how to apply that knowledge, and how it affects how they live as citizens and workers," said Grose
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  • "School shouldn't be just about `covering' content, but about giving students the time to practise what they've learned and gaining a deeper understanding," said Wynne.
John Evans

YouTube - Rafe Esquith: Lighting Their Fires - 1 views

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shared by John Evans on 25 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Rafe Esquith is the only teacher to have been awarded the President's Medal of the Arts and is the author of the bestseller, Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire. Rafe Esquith teaches in Los Angeles, and his super-successful, inspirational teaching methods have helped thousands of children maximize their potential. His new book is Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children, a book that enlarges on his themes and shows us how to make our kids not just great students but thoughtful and honorable citizens.
Phil Taylor

Flash Mob Gone Very, Very Wrong| The Committed Sardine - 6 views

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Phil Taylor

Seeing the Big Picture is Vastly Difficult| The Committed Sardine - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 13 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • While we might talk a good game about goals, ethics, and the greater good, Partycipation reminds us that we are what we do.
John Evans

Why is Grandma Using Facebook and Uncle Joe Using Twitter? 10 Social Media Statistics T... - 3 views

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    "Why is Grandma Using Facebook and Uncle Joe Using Twitter? 10 Social Media Statistics That May Surprise You"
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How to Minimize Digital Classroom Distractions | Global Digital Citizen Foundation - 1 views

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shared by John Evans on 26 Aug 14 - No Cached
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    "Classroom technologies such as smartphones, tablets, computers, and wireless internet access offer exciting opportunities to enhance and deepen the learning process. However, using technology in the classroom can also bring multiple distractions to students. Without your proactive supervision, students might access games, web pages, and social networking sites as you deliver instruction. As an educator, how can you confront this dilemma? Read on to learn the various ways on how you can minimize the digital distraction in your classroom. Digital tech rules and regulations"
John Evans

321 Free Tools for Teachers-Free Educational Technology | Global Digital Citizen Founda... - 3 views

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  • John Evans on 02 Sep 14
     
    "Would you be interested in the ultimate list of free tools for teachers? At the following post you will found 321 Free Tools for Teachers separated in 18 educational technology categories. Enjoy!"
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