Insanity - 0 views
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When was the “old system” knocking it out of the park?
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I believe however that if we continue to have the same system for our kids that we had, something is wrong.
PostDewey | Learning to Change - Changing to Learn - 5 views
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More than a century ago (1902), his essay “The Child and the Curriculum” proposed a relationship between teaching and learning the old way (curriculum centric) and the new way (child centric). Reminding me of the typically Canadian appreciation of compromise, the essay blends a solution based on the readiness of the young learner with his/her need to acquire structured knowledge (curriculum).
Kids may be ready for math earlier than you think, new research suggests - The Washingt... - 1 views
- Teaching with Instagram: 20+ Ideas & Resources - 1 views
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Remember, your students need to be 13 years-old and up to have an account
How to Promote Your Blog Effectively [Infographic] | SocialTimes - 0 views
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"In digital marketing, there is always a new trend, a new technology or a new way of thinking to take into account. But there is still a place for the humble blog. An infographic from Referral Candy provides tips from top marketing experts to improve your blog, and more importantly to promote your blog effectively. First and foremost, your blog must be good. Providing helpful content, providing a unique perspective, telling stories, and responding quickly to trends will keep your content engaging and fresh. Once the content is there, make sure that customers and readers can find that content easily. "
McLuhan's message still 'cool' - Winnipeg Free Press - 4 views
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His phrases like "global village" and predictions about new media making old media obsolete and the rise of tribalism have become a reality. In the digital era, people all over the world are connected by the internet and Facebook and Twitter .
Paying for technology hinders move to 21st century classrooms | SeacoastOnline.com - 4 views
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The landscape is changing, said Cathy Higgins, state educational technology director. "There's still a very essential place for books, our traditional concepts of schooling, but there's also a really important place for using the tools that are available to us in the rest of our lives," she said.
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To be effective in using technology in the classroom, teachers need to create a "hybrid" model," Middaugh said. "You can't just have the technology. You've got to mix it with hands-on, old-school if you will. The combination is what's going to be most effective because there are different learners."
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Portsmouth elementary teachers, who are on the front-lines of integrating technology into their classrooms, said the advances don't take up their everyday lesson plans, but supplement and enhance them
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.
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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
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"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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TCEA Top Story - Web 2.0: What does the future hold for schools? - 0 views
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"We haven't figured out how to leverage Web 2.0 yet" in schools, Bower said. Instead of pushers and producers of content knowledge, he added, teachers must become pullers and directors.
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"When an administrator says, ‘Show me the proof,' just point at the current state of schools," Bower said. "If we're not engaging these kids, they're not learning.
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TCEA panel says Web 2.0 marks a complete shift from the old models of instruction ... and schools need to shift accordingly
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The Committed Sardine - blog - 1 views
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Professor Michael Hulme from the Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster University, who authored the report said: “For young people, the internet is part of the fabric of their world and does not exist in isolation from the physical world, rather it operates as a fully integrated element.
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research highlighted that there was need for more guidance and support for the vulnerable ‘in-between group’ of 16 and 17-year-olds, who may be particularly at risk of over confidence as they feel under pressure to take on the responsibilities of adulthood.
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s - NYTimes.com - 4 views
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Researchers are exploring this notion too. They theorize that the ever-accelerating pace of technological change may be minting a series of mini-generation gaps, with each group of children uniquely influenced by the tech tools available in their formative stages of development.
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Net Generation, born in the 1980s, and the iGeneration, born in the ’90s and this decade.
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