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TeachersFirst: The web resource by teachers, for teachers - 0 views
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TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus.
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.
AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy - Topics A to Z - 3 views
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AdLit.org offers lots of articles that provide research-based and best-practice information for educators, parents, and others interested in helping young people become better readers and writers. Click below to find articles organized by topic or browse an alphabetical list of all our articles.
Educational Leadership:Learning in the Digital Age:The New WWW: Whatever, Whenever, Wherever - 10 views
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counteract the New WWW's potentially harmful impact on youth, educators must use technology to create learning experiences that are real, rich, and relevant.
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Next will come 4G, in which data rates are expected to be 100 times faster than those in this first 3G wave. As the delivery platform of broadband content and functionality shifts from computer to personal device, we will be surrounded by a multimedia aura that accompanies us wherever we go
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The plan is that you'll use your phone to spend money everywhere, all the time.
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Three quick games to help your child read - 10 views
Schools plan curriculum overhaul - Parentcentral.ca - 6 views
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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.
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Karen Grose, the board's system superintendent, said it no longer makes sense to try to cram piles of facts into young minds.
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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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Class Struggle - When teachers reject the Internet - 6 views
Teacher Magazine: Students Turn to Web for Homework - 6 views
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Homework has really changed since Mario Garcia was a kid.
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Nowadays, his son, Mario R. Garcia, 14, relies on the Internet as much as, if not more than, his textbooks — at least at home.
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Garcia said it's important for parents to show an interest in their children's homework.
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The Committed Sardine - blog - 5 views
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While unrestricted recreational video gaming may have deleterious effects on academic achievement and aggressive behaviour, educational video games can present a powerful tool for increasing student learning.
Let Faculty Off The Hook -- Campus Technology - 3 views
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Still, and this may be true for many decades to come, most college and university classrooms are designed for teacher presentation; the shape of the room, the acoustical design, control of lighting, lack of sufficient technology in the room, the furniture, security, window treatment, and so on, the space itself screams lecture. Likewise, parent and incoming student expectations have the force of centuries of fixed models about what teaching and learning are supposed to be. Such cultural memes (like physical genes), so ingrained, change ever so slowly.
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