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Steve Ransom

Students Are 'Hacking' Their School-Issued iPads: Good for Them - Audrey Watters - The ... - 1 views

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hacking students 1:1 ipads implementation

shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • too often “the computer is being used to program the child. In my vision the child programs the computer
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Oct 13
     
    Implementation gone awry. Audrey Watters nails the key issues surrounding computers in education (via Seymour Papert) and in 1:1 implementations. The personal computer.... needs to be personal.
Steve Ransom

talking word processor | Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 26 Sep 13
     
    WordTalk is a powerful free tool that ought to be on every computer in every school where Microsoft Word is installed on a Windows computer! This is a tool that has the potential to benefit ALL learners, especially any who struggle with reading or writing. I'm adding WordTalk to my list of Extra Special Learning Resourses.  WordTalk is a high quality free add-in that provides convenient, versatile and customizable text-to-speech for any document written or opened in Microsoft Word. It works in every version of MS Word, from Word 97 through Word 2010; and it's available to run on every version of Windows from Windows 98 through Windows 7.
Steve Ransom

Schools work on computer, keyboard skills so students capable of taking online exams | ... - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 13 Nov 13
     
    Are we losing our minds?
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Teachers Avoid Social Media Use for Classroom Learning, Survey Finds - Digital Educatio... - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 16 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • 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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It is Personal and Dangerous Now | Rethinking Learning - Barbara Bray - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 01 Jan 14
     
    Always important to reflect on...
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'Brilliant Bus' shrinking digital divide - CNN.com - 0 views

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bus computer lab digitaldivide gr8 technology

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  • Steve Ransom on 01 Nov 13
     
    This is certainly better than nothing, and what a generous spirit she is. But, kids need ubiquitous access. This has to change.
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Our Screwed Up Approach to Instructional Technology - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 23 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Rather than building instructional technology into regular budgets, schools and districts seem to constantly fall into this kind of big burst, headline-making, "special occasion" spending. Why do they do it that way? Simple. Administrators, along with many teachers, parents, and other voting members of the community continue to view computers as a nice-to-have extra, something to play with after we finish all that regular school stuff.
  • We don’t help kids at all by teaching them specific software, except for the few in specific vocational certification programs. Instead, how about helping kids understand how to use and be productive with any technology they might encounter? The flexibility to adapt to whatever new tools enter that workplace is a far more valuable skill than learning PowerPoint inside and out.
  • Steve Ransom on 23 Jun 13
     
    How does your district make IT/learning decisions?
Steve Ransom

Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: No Longer Optional: Tech that Makes Life A Little Less D... - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • If you are in the position to make policies that impact educators, you better get into their classrooms, learn, and understand their world. —
  • Steve Ransom on 09 Jan 14
     
    How does your district approach technology adoption decisions? Are they largely imposed upon teachers?
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What's the Impact of Overzealous Internet Filtering in Schools? | MindShift - 0 views

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cipa filtering

shared by Steve Ransom on 03 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • “The over-filtering that occurs today affects not only what teachers can teach but also how they teach,”
  • “creates barriers to learning and acquiring digital literacy skills that are vital for college and career readiness, as well as for full participation in 21st-century society.”
  • “It’s not a magazine, we’re not just consumers, we’re creators, we’re users.”
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  • most students have unfettered access to these forbidden sites through the phones in their pockets and backpacks, on their home computers and in many public libraries – often with no adult guidance
  • it has to be learned in context in a supportive environment,”
  • (a) obscene; (b) child pornography; or (c) harmful to minors.”
  • defining the three measures is up to each community, creating widely varied implementation from district to district
  • and their answer to any requests was usually no.
  • Their view was that if the filter is blocking it, there’s no reason for you to see it,”
  • Krull implemented a teacher login system that lets staff override some blocked sites. He’s working on a similar system for students that would grant varying degrees of access depending on grade level.
  • nearly three times as many teachers of low-income students than those with middle- and high-income students said this lack of access was a “major challenge” in their ability “to incorporate more digital tools into their teaching.”
  • eliminating filters isn’t the answer to debugging the problems with CIPA.
  • There’s not a right or wrong; it’s a lot about community values
  • “It’s not if you have a filter or not, it’s really about to what degree do you filter, how do you filter?”
  • Steve Ransom on 03 Jul 14
     
    Teachers should have the professional courtesy of managing blocked/filtered sites
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