Researchers believe growth in the time kids spend on computers and watching TV, plus a trend in schools toward rote learning and standardized testing, are crowding out the less structured activities that foster creativity. Mark Runco, a professor of creative studies and gifted education at the University of Georgia, says students have as much creative potential as ever, but he would give U.S. elementary, middle and high schools "a 'D' at best" on encouraging them. "We're doing a very poor job, especially before college, with recognizing and supporting creativity," he says.
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RSCON11 - Keynote Resources (Couros) - Google Documents - 14 views
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Resources and links from - Why Networked Learning Matters by Dr. Alec Couros
Why Tweet - Google Docs - 3 views
Ideas For Using Edmodo - Google Docs - 2 views
Education Week's Digital Directions: Tech Literacy Confusion - 0 views
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Teaching literacy—reading and writing—is a core mission for schools, but today's young people increasingly "read" 3-D computer simulations and "write" via social networks such as Facebook. A growing chorus of experts say schools should add these forms of communication to their literacy mission as "technology literacy."
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The Digital Melting Pot: bridging the Digital Native-Immigrant Divide - 0 views
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But not all students are part of these learning networks and the content coverage is not always comprehensive. Therefore, educators must work to ensure that students gain these skills (Jenkins, et al., 2008). Rheingold (n.d.), who as he puts it “fell into the computer realm from the typewriter dimension,” is also working to change the belief that all students are tech–savvy by bringing emerging technologies — blogs, wikis, videos — into the college classroom (Rheingold, 2008; Young, 2008). His project is called the “Social Media Virtual Classroom” and is designed to expose students to “participatory media” in order to promote civic engagement.
Young People's Experiences of Global Learning | DEA - 1 views
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"The study gathered information regarding school pupils' perceptions of global issues, in particular: * Whether pupils are experiencing global learning in school * Whether pupils feel it is important to experience global learning at school * Whether pupils believe they have an impact on the world, and * Whether they do take action to make the world a better place."
When Teachers Are the Experts. From Tradtional to Collaborative Professional D.evelopm... - 5 views
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What my school is learning, and what current research suggests, is that teachers don’t improve by listening to someone tell them how to do something newer or better in their classrooms. They learn by working together to address problems they themselves identify in their schools and classrooms. This type of staff development goes by many names, but I’ll use the term “collaborative PD.” The problems with old PD are so many, and the benefits of collaborative PD so great, that the days are surely numbered for the former. Yes, old-style professional development is doomed.
High Techpectations: New Google Custom Search Engines and Handouts - 1 views
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For the upcoming Chicago Tech Forum, this week I developed a handout and a Google Custom Search engine devoted to finding iOS resources. I culled my collections of links related to iPods, iPhones, and iPads to identify the best resources and moving forward, I plan to keep adding to this.
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.: How Power Could Make You More Creative - 4 views
Google+ Tips and Tricks - Google Docs - 2 views
Minecraft - 1 views
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