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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
Steve Ransom

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

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teachers classroom socialmedia education students integration

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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

Teachers Avoid Social Media Use for Classroom Learning, Survey Finds - Digital Educatio... - 0 views

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teachers socialmedia roadblock obstacle risk leadership

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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
Steve Ransom

Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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creativity failure gr8 highered

shared by Steve Ransom on 06 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • “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!
Steve Ransom

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/UserFiles/CW/File/Childrens_Services/Childrens_Safeguard... - 0 views

www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/...onal_Settings_October_2011.pdf

education socialmedia aup policies planning risk tips pdf handbook

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  • Steve Ransom on 12 Dec 13
     
    Using Social Media and Technology in Educational Settings Considerations, guidance and risk assessment templates for schools and educational settings considering the use of Social Media
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