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Gretchen Dillon

#EdReach Chat - EdReach - 1 views

    • Gretchen Dillon
       
      Someday hope to work with SMART boards!
  • We are now in 2012, and the 21st Century is totally upon us. The 20th Century, to be honest, is not even in the rear view mirror anymore. Blogging, flipped classrooms, iPads, mobile learning- these topics dominate the airwaves of education news and technology blogs.  With the announcement of the iBooks textbook initiative by Apple, we are entering a true era of Minority Report-style media consumption.
  • Taking the time to master these tools is not something that can be done in a 30 minute prep session before school. Mastering the education tools of this century takes a commitment to breaking down the proverbial walls of what a teacher used to be. Mastering these new teacher processes takes letting go of the idea that your day will end when you leave the brick and mortar.
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    • Gretchen Dillon
       
       Great quote to remind us of the importance of integrating technology - "You either become a 21st Century educator- or you're irrelevant."
Pedro Aparicio

Educational Technology Guy: 10 Important Skills Students need for the Future - 2 views

    • Pedro Aparicio
       
      Some of the future work skills for the year 2020. I think I'm trying to deal with two of these skills right now: new-media literacy and virtual collaboration.
  • Here are the skills:Sense-making. The ability to determine the deeper meaning or significance of what is being expressedSocial intelligence. The ability to connect to others in a deep and direct way, to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactionsNovel and adaptive thinking. Proficiency at thinking and coming up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or rule-basedCross-cultural competency. The ability to operate in different cultural settingsComputational thinking. The ability to translate vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoningNew-media literacy. The ability to critically assess and develop content that uses new media forms and to leverage these media for persuasive communicationTransdisciplinarity. Literacy in and ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplinesDesign mind-set. Ability to represent and develop tasks and work processes for desired outcomesCognitive load management. The ability to discriminate and filter information for importance and to understand how to maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniquesVirtual collaboration. The ability to work productively, drive engagement and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team
Gretchen Dillon

Beyond the Transcript: Digital Portfolios Paint a Complete Picture | MindShift - 0 views

  • Zinch, which is free for students, is designed like a social networking tool.
  • lines are blurring between social networking tools and digital portfolios.
  • Digital portfolios provide students a way to track what they’ve learned over time, compile their grades and scores and publish their completed projects. And they provide a sense of a student’s identity, one behind the transcript, when submitting their applications.
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  • Parents can involve their kids, even at a very young age, to help them not only pick their favorite works but also to assess and reflect on their learning. The reflection component, much more than the presentation element of digital portfolios, is where Barrett believes they reach their full power.
    • Gretchen Dillon
       
      I wonder when our student-led conferences will turn entirely digital?
jennifer lee byrnes

Education Week Teacher: Cultivating Student Leadership - 0 views

  • "Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it.
  • One way to have power is by feeling a strong sense of self-efficacy—a strong belief that you can accomplish your goals.
  • helping them learn to categorize information instead of just listing data.
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  • We can help our students gain the capacity to tackle unforeseen problems by emphasizing comprehension
  • We can also introduce students to what community organizers call "relational power" when we use cooperative learning activities and invite as much participatory democracy in the classroom as possible.
  • we can build relationships with students so we can learn their self-interests, hopes, and dreams, and be better prepared to more explicitly connect lessons to them. We can praise effort and specific actions more than intelligence. And we can encourage cooperative learning.
  • Good leaders also teach others.
  • "We learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we say or write...[and] 90% of what we teach.”
  • Teaching others not only requires students to reread and return to learned material but it also enhances self-confidence and provides good modeling for peers.
  • When peers teach one another, they develop respect for each others’ judgment and expertise.
  • We can also develop student leadership by creating opportunities for students to take collective action to improve their community
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    This is an interesting article about instilling leadership skills into your students.
Ruth Santiago

Transforming Information Literacy Programs | Information Literacy - Education | Scoop.it - 0 views

    • Ruth Santiago
       
      Highly useful presentation about Information Literacy that you can share with your students.
Isabel Fernandez

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Integrating technology into classroom instruction means more than teaching basic computer skills and software programs in a separate computer class. Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process.
Anamaria Recio

Google Reader (123) - 0 views

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    I enjoyed reading this article especially since I have been trying to implement blogging into the curriculum and raise interest levels in class.
jennifer lee byrnes

How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas? | Edutopia - 0 views

  • here are an endless number of engaging, effective strategies to get students to think about, write about, read about, and talk about the content you teach. The ultimate goal of literacy instruction is to build a student's comprehension, writing skills, and overall skills in communication.
jennifer lee byrnes

Can Technology Save Today's Education ? ( Infographic ) - 0 views

    • Pedro Aparicio
       
      Once in a while I can hear this comments in upper school.
  • Do you think technology and Apple in particular can do any good to our educational failures? Is is the remedy we have been long waiting for ? read the infographic below to learn more and don't forget to share it with your colleagues and friends.
    • Pedro Aparicio
       
      Technology can contribute to enhance teaching but it is not enough.
jennifer lee byrnes

Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

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    Info Lit as a core competency & how users (students) research.
Stephanie Cummings

The Global Classroom Project: Building a Global Classroom | The Edublogger - 0 views

  • We set out to help teachers improve their classroom practice, through collaborating and sharing expertise with teachers around the world …
  • We wanted our students to have regular opportunities to share, learn and collaborate with children around the world, helping them to discover our common humanity …
  • We set out to create a community which fosters global dialogue and discussion between teachers and students …
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  • We have succeeded in creating a true educational community, where teachers support each-other’s learning. find new friends, and make global connections which transform their teaching and learning spaces in unexpected and empowering ways.
Stephanie Cummings

School Library Monthly - Building Guided Inquiry Teams for 21st-Century Learners - 0 views

  • Guided inquiry is a practical way of implementing an inquiry approach that addresses these 21st-century learning needs for students.
  • An important advantage for students who use the guided inquiry approach is the variety of different competencies and knowledge they can develop.
Ruth Santiago

How e-books and a national digital library system could boost student achievement | Lib... - 1 views

    • Ruth Santiago
       
      One of the ways to ensure that we graduate information literate students.
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