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John Evans

Why Social Media Curriculum is Critical in Schools - 140 Character Conference by Lisa Nielsen - 5 views

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shared by John Evans on 09 Apr 10 - No Cached
  • It is unfortunate that in the 21st century many schools have deemed adolescent socialization among each other or with their teachers as inappropriate. This is the pervasive outlook despite the fact that educators are fully aware that 1) A healthy part of adolescent development includes socialization and 2) Research from those like the National School Board Association indicate that most students use social media to discuss educational topics and other studies (like this one from the CCSE) indicate students who are using social media to discuss schoolwork perform better.
  • Across the nation, most schools have banned students from accessing authentic communication hardware or software, positioning school as a place where socialization is kept to a minimum, learning is teacher directed, and conversations are teacher, rather than student, driven and/or maintained. This of course does little to prepare students from effectively navigating the online environments they have access to and should be prepared to navigate outside of school.
  • Schools that have taken the "don't ask, don't tell" approach to the social media curriculum are neglectfully choosing to look the other way as students communicate, collaborate, and connect in worlds devoid of adults. The result can be that just as in the real world, without any adult supervision, students could be at risk and are existing without models for appropriate behavior.
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  • Additionally if educators refuse or are prevented from becoming a part of these online places they are not speaking the language or joining in the real-world environments of their 21st century students. That said, I don't believe there should be an actual "social media curriculum" but rather social media must be integrated into the curriculum. Additionally, we need another name for these environments. Yes they can be social, but they are often more than primarily social environments.
  • The other important piece to this equation is educating parents, guardians, families
Phil Taylor

Beyond Current Horizons : Reworking the web, reworking the world: how web 2.0 is changing our society | Technology, children, schools and families - 1 views

www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/web-20-is-changing-our-society

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shared by Phil Taylor on 27 May 10 - Cached
  • Web 2.0 is transforming our society. Online tools that support collaborative communities are redefining how firms do business, how retailers engage customers, how politicians energize voters, how journalists inform readers, how teachers educate students, how friends maintain relationships, and how individuals shape their own identity.
Anthony Beal

Apple iPad 2 family Review - PCWorld - 2 views

www.pcworld.com/...an_improvement_all_around.html

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shared by Anthony Beal on 10 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Anthony Beal on 12 Mar 11
     
    "When connected to the HDMI adapter, the iPad 2 will display a duplicate version of the contents of its screen on an external monitor. Want to demo an education app via a projector or HDTV for a classroom full of kids? The iPad 2 makes it possible." " An Improvement All Around"
John Evans

Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary shake-up | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...ary-schools-twitter-curriculum

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shared by John Evans on 25 Mar 09 - Cached
  • The proposals would require:• Children to leave primary school familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication. They must gain "fluency" in handwriting and keyboard skills, and learn how to use a spellchecker alongside how to spell.
  • Children to be able to place historical events within a chronology. "By the end of the primary phase, children should have gained an overview which enables them to place the periods, events and changes they have studied within a chronological framework, and to understand some of the links between them
  • An understanding of physical development, health and wellbeing programme, which would address what Rose calls "deep societal concerns" about children's health, diet and physical activity, as well as their relationships with family and friends. They will be taught about peer pressure, how to deal with bullying and how to negotiate in their relationships.
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  • The six core areas are: understanding English, communication and languages, mathematical understanding, scientific and technological understanding, human, social and environmental understanding, understanding physical health and wellbeing, and understanding arts and design.
  • The proposed curriculum, which would mark the biggest change to primary schooling in a decade, strips away hundreds of specifications about the scientific, geographical and historical knowledge pupils must accumulate before they are 11 to allow schools greater flexibility in what they teach.
John Evans

Audioboo - 1 views

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shared by John Evans on 06 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Dennis OConnor on 26 Apr 11
     
    "We are a mobile & web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and upload audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear."
John Evans

More teachers flexing around homework - The Globe and Mail - 8 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article1370262

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shared by John Evans on 20 Nov 09 - Cached
  • John Evans on 20 Nov 09
     
    "More teachers flexing around homework "
Phil Taylor

Learning and Sharing with Ms. Lirenman: Using Twitter in a Primary Classroom - 0 views

learningandsharingwithmsl.blogspot.ca/...tter-in-primary-classroom.html

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shared by Phil Taylor on 16 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • first one is that's it's really important to inform your students' families that you'll be using twitter for learning
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