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Teachers have mixed feelings on using social media in classrooms - Denver Business Journal - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 12 Feb 14
     
    Survey finds over half of teachers have no plans to use social media with students/in classroom... largely because they don't understand it/don't know how to leverage it.
Steve Ransom

Expanding the Definition of a Flipped Learning Environment | Faculty Focus - 0 views

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highered flippedclassroom flippedlearning gr8

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  • “Ultimately, flipping a classroom involves shifting the energy away from the instructor and toward the students and then leveraging educational tools to enhance the learning environment.”
  • This allows students to spend time problem solving, creating, critiquing, and synthesizing in class with their peers and with their instructor. Students are more active in flipped environments which add a new level of complexity to the classroom.
  • Instructors focus on higher level learning outcomes during class time and lower level outcomes outside of class
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  • focus on involving students in the process of learning during class.
  • The true essence of the flip is really to focus on the student.
  • Flipped classrooms are interactive— sometimes even ‘messy’—because students are working together and solving problems rather than sitting passively listening to a lecture
  • are also risky. Instructors relinquish a degree of control when the energy in the classroom shifts to the students
  • “What do the students need to DO to achieve the learning outcome?”
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Mar 14
     
    An excellent synthesis of flipped learning... no smoke and mirrors.
Steve Ransom

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socialnetworking web2.0 tools comparison classroom features matrix

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  • Steve Ransom on 17 Jun 13
     
    A handy little matrix to help you make decisions regarding creating an online component to your classroom.
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Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Classroom Technology Planning #chromebook #ipad #linux - 0 views

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classroom technology planning matrix devices choice edtech adoption capabilities

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  • Steve Ransom on 09 Jan 14
     
    Nice matrix of devices and capabilities by Miguel Guhlin
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20 useful ways to use TodaysMeet in schools | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views

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todaysmeet backchannel ideas classroom tips

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  • Steve Ransom on 01 Feb 14
     
    A nice collection of ideas here on using a backchannel in the classroom.
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InCtrl :: Cable in the Classroom - 0 views

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digitalcitizenship program lessons

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  • Steve Ransom on 30 Jan 14
     
    Cable in the Classroom brings you a series of free, standards-based lessons that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These lessons, for students in grades 4-8, are designed to engage students through inquiry-based activities, and collaborative and creative opportunities. - 
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Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom | DML Hub - 0 views

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connectedlearning ebook pdf classroom teaching

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    Free eBook/PDF
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http://ipad4schools.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/teachers-new-to-ipads_v2.pdf - 0 views

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ipad education school classroom implementation pdf tips

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  • Steve Ransom on 26 Oct 13
     
    nice pdf for getting started with iPads in the classroom
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It Is Not About the Gadgets - Why Every Teacher Should Have to Integrate Tech Into Thei... - 0 views

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technology integration critique choice teachers

shared by Steve Ransom on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • On the other hand, I work with teachers now that are often running scared – very scared at times. They are blocked from using much technology, teachers that use drill and skills based software are praised, those that ask about doing anything online are scoffed at … they have to go out of their way and jump through 5 hoops all the time knowing that if things aren’t 100% smooth they will be questioned about safety, educational value, whether they have their students best interest and safety in mind and on and on. They are told (in error) that they will lose the district their e-Rate funding by having student work online or even have students working online … COPA laws will be broken, … in some schools and districts its not about making teachers integrate technology, its making administration, politicians and others see it as having value and creating an environment where it is at least OK and at best encouraged and supported. I never thought I would write such a comment, but believe me it is very ugly in places … I support 6 school districts, about 100,000 students and 8-10,000 teachers … some districts and some schools are very open and supportive of tech integration, others are extremely scared of all the things that they’ve heard of, more so than I would have thought. Good news is we are starting to make real progress … much too slowly, but progress. Yes, tech integration should not be an option, but there are still many places where it is not an option really. That’s the thinking we still need to overcome.
  • Steve Ransom on 09 Jan 14
     
    Great comment by Brian Crosby in the comment section. Does your school/district really support teachers as they aim to integrate technology... or treat them like novice children?
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Teachers Avoid Social Media Use for Classroom Learning, Survey Finds - Digital Educatio... - 0 views

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  • in their personal lives
  • due to concerns about negative repercussions
  • only 18 percent said they had integrated social media into their own classrooms
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  • more than half of teachers said they had no plans to use social media with their students.
  • they're concerned about conflicts that can occur," Cook said. "The main thing they're concerned about is parents checking up on them, combining their personal life and their professional life."
  • Eighty percent of teachers surveyed worried about negative outcomes arising from the use of social networking
  • Nearly 70 percent said they believe that parents use social networking to monitor teachers' work or personal lives.
  • establishing a clear and consistent policy on social media use
  • there are barriers
  • Only 28 percent of teachers said they could access social networking sites via computers in their schools
  • Steve Ransom on 16 Jan 14
     
    Much work to be done and knowledgeable, experienced leadership needed. Eric Sheninger is a prime example of the positive outcomes when strong leadership leads the way. http://ericsheninger.com/esheninger
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Thinking About Classroom Dojo - Why Not Just Tase Your Kids Instead? | Teaching Ace - 0 views

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    Worth thinking about
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Kathycassidy podcast interview technology edtech primary literacy writing

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  • Steve Ransom on 23 Jan 14
     
    Great interview with Canadian primary teacher and author, Kathy Cassidy. Listen to her application of technology in the classroom with primary age students as she builds literacy and facilitates learning.
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Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • “It says: ‘This person is not a drone. They can use this skill set and apply themselves in other parts of the job.’ ”
  • everyone is creative, and can learn to be more so.
  • clarifying, ideating, developing and implementing
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  • freshman seminar course at Penn State that he calls “Failure 101.”
  • “the frequency and intensity of failures is an implicit principle of the course. Getting into a creative mind-set involves a lot of trial and error.”
  • “As soon as someone in the class starts breaking the sticks,” he says, “it changes everything.”
  • “Examine what in the culture is preventing you from creating something new or different. And what is it like to look like a fool because a lot of things won’t work out and you will look foolish? So how do you handle that?”
  • be willing to fail but that failure is a critical avenue to a successful end.
  • Because academics run from failure, Mr. Keywell says, universities are “way too often shapers of formulaic minds,” and encourage students to repeat and internalize fail-safe ideas.
  • When ideas from different fields collide, Dr. Cramond says, fresh ones are generated.
  • rephrasing problems as questions, learning not to instinctively shoot down a new idea (first find three positives), and categorizing problems as needing a solution that requires either action, planning or invention. A key objective is to get students to look around with fresh eyes and be curious. The inventive process, she says, starts with “How might you…”
  • “A lot of people can’t deal with things they don’t know and they panic
  • make creativity happen instead of waiting for it to bubble up. A muse doesn’t have to hit you.”
  • Steve Ransom on 06 Feb 14
     
    Great article that has many applications to the classroom at all levels!
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