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Phil Taylor

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology -- THE Journal - 3 views

  • It is quite important to include the modifier of "appropriate" to this component
  • use of video to bring the depths of the universe to the learner's eyes; the use of the Internet to give the learner instant access to thoughts and observations of humanity's greatest thinkers--these are examples of technology facilitating the application of our own senses, memories, and cognitive abilities
  • our educational infrastructure is based largely on the idea that the learner will progress far more quickly under the mentorship of a skilled instructor--both knowledgeable in the subject matter and competent in instructional methodologies
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  • Therefore, to justify the continued experimentation with and exploration of new technologies: smart classrooms, use of podcasts, access to the Internet, laptops for every child, and on and on, we need to assess our outcomes, make incremental changes in our methodologies to address shortcomings, then assess again, closing the loop in order to evaluate the efficacy of our work.
John Evans

Khan Academy Talks Analytics, OER, and iPads -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    "THE Journal Associate Editor Stephen Noonoo recently spoke with Khan Academy's Matt Wahl, who splits his time between the products and implementation teams, about the newly released iPad app, using data in the classroom, and how the company thinks schools can finally dump the "sage on the stage" model once and for all. "
John Evans

The Classroom Evolved: Creating an Active Learning Environment -- THE Journal - 8 views

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    "The Classroom Evolved: Creating an Active Learning Environment"
John Evans

7 Strategies for iPads and iPods in the (Math) Classroom -- THE Journal - 4 views

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    "Touch devices--such as iPods and iPads--represent a fundamental change in computing. They are unobtrusive, powerful, and intuitive devices that support authentic acts of learning through exploration, collaboration, consolidation, creation, and communication. Although the ideal may be a 1-to-1 deployment, even a single device can have a positive impact. "
John Evans

7 Myths About BYOD Debunked -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    "More than a decade into the 21st century and we are still keeping learners and teachers prisoners of the analog past by enforcing outdated mandates that ban and block them from using the digital resources of their world. "
Phil Taylor

Broadband, Social Networks, and Mobility Have Spawned a New Kind of Learner -- THE Journal - 5 views

  • the near ubiquity of mobile computing is producing a fundamentally new kind of learner, one that is self-directed, better equipped to capture information, more reliant on feedback from peers, more inclined to collaborate, and more oriented toward being their own "nodes of production."
  • "We've all got audiences now on Twitter and Facebook," Rainie said. "Everybody can be a publisher and broadcaster; students in particular are taking advantage of tha
John Evans

Digital Learning: What Kids Really Want -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    "Digital Learning: What Kids Really Want"
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