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Rudy Godoy

Creating Future TEDsters - TED Fellows 2009 - 0 views

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ted tedsters education

shared by Rudy Godoy on 18 Feb 09 - Cached
  • I listened intently sure that the secret formula for creating a TEDster would be revealed to me. And I listened with a sense of urgency because my future TEDsters are, at this very moment, sleeping in back row of Life Science class, skipping third period Algebra, and lighting fires in the second floor bathroom.
  • They are students for whom school is devoid of relevance, assignments lack purpose, and grades fail to motivate. Students who slide by or fail out develop a preservational mode called I don't care – an especially effective meme prevalent in under-served urban schools.
  • My future TEDsters need instead to be active participants co-creating their learning experiences around global issues that lend real-world relevance to their schooling.
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  • Technology is a critical facet of this interconnectedness and should be recognized and embraced as the paradigm shifter that it is. Just as the TEDsters who twitter and live-blog during TED Talks use their devices to share and synthesize information, my kids' devices need to be first permitted in the classroom, and then leveraged for all they're worth.
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      Rudy Godoy on 18 Feb 09
       
      El dilema aquí es el incorporar los dispositivos que tienen hoy los niños en el proceso de aprendizaje
  • Until educators learn to use tech tools to adapt their methods and provide greater individualized instruction, future TEDsters will continue to languish in schools inadequate in meeting their needs.
  • Rudy Godoy on 18 Feb 09
     
    Juliette LaMontagne, TED Fellow, discusses the need for teachers to adopt techonology and use it in the learning process. This is key to be able to offer individualized education, foster curiosity and learning on kids.
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Rudy Godoy

Computer science major is cool again - 0 views

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computerscience school

shared by Rudy Godoy on 17 Mar 09 - Cached
  • computer science majors are critical for the U.S. economy because their training provides them with computational thinking and problem solving skills that they can deploy in any industry.
  • When you compare the demand for jobs with the production of computer science undergrads, we're way short. It's clear there's an opportunity here.
Rudy Godoy

Grown Up Digital » EU study says video games benefit children - 0 views

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tapscott netgen games video

shared by Rudy Godoy on 13 Feb 09 - Cached
  • “video games can stimulate learning of facts and skills such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and innovative thinking, which are important skills in the information society.”
  • “Schools should pay attention to video games and inform children and parents about benefits and disadvantages that video games can have.”
  • The stereotype that gaming is a solitary, violent, anti-social activity just doesn’t hold up. The average teen plays all different kinds of games and generally plays them with friends and family both online and offline,
  • Rudy Godoy on 13 Feb 09
     
    Tapscott comenta acerca de un reciente estudio que sostiene que los juegos de vídeo son de beneficio para los niños, ya que les enseñan hechos y habilidades esenciales para su desenvolvimiento en la sociedad del conocimiento.
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