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Avenue4Learning - The Tool Isn't The Problem - 1 views

  • The tool isn’t the problem. WE are the problem. If we don’t know how to provide options for students and then get out of the way, we aren’t transforming their learning. In my opinion, children need to have access to MULTIPLE devices so that they can make decisions about what best suits them for a specific learning activity.
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    Explains the need for freedom and choice in a 1:1 program.
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    Good read. Having tool options forces people to think about which option is best (since they are not always equal, depending on situation). Interesting though how many people just want to be told which tool to use, avoiding the messiness of having to find the best tool (which will always be a moving target). What happens when the "teller" or "tool decider" is no longer around? Hmm.
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Wolfram Problem Generator: Online Practice Questions & Answers - 0 views

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    Looks like it might a great way to supplement students Homework or flipping the classroom?
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A REAL paradigm shift in education - 0 views

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    "Traditional instruction places far too much emphasis on content. The problem isn't just that what students need to know can't be known. The unreasonable amount of information dumped on them, the brief life in memory of most of it, and easy electronic access to a near-infinite amount of it, make merely delivering information a poor use of time. Focusing on the real world rather than on second-hand textbook versions of reality, and understanding the process by means of which sense is made of that world, are keys to new worlds of performance."
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4 surprising lessons about education from data collected around the world - 1 views

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    "The test of life is not whether we can remember what we learn in school, but whether we are prepared for change," says Schleicher. "Whether we are prepared for jobs that haven't been created and to use technology that haven't been invented to solve problems we just can't anticipate today."
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SAMR Model - Technology Is Learning - 3 views

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    Looks great site lots to explain and look.
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    Interesting to me that as tech is more effectively used, the less apparent it becomes. This speaks to the power of the user of a tool. You don't usually think of a plumber as being good at a wrench, you just know he has the knowledge and experience it takes to get you out a bind when it comes to a plumbing problem. The more our 6th graders use their laptops this year, the less the teaching and learning seems to focus on the laptop itself. An example of this is the 6th grade trip to Budapest for the Fall of The Red Star and '56 Hungarian Revolution against the Russians. Tech was not the focus, but was a powerful tool for collecting pictures, pooling discoveries, and getting feedback on writing and thinking. The final product created from these things was a 1956 student lead assembly. The assembly itself was not tech heavy. Students read reflections, personal poetry on the subject, and a only a few tech elements were outwardly visible during the assembly. Student thinking became the focus and the power of this production. The more I reflect on this assembly the more I am convinced that if tech was not a part of these students undertakings, this program would not have been as much as success. The ability Ms. Herbert and Mr. Valezy had in giving feedback on student writing and questions for the Hungarian guest speakers. The videos posted to YouTube and pictures students viewed of each others experiences in Budapest, the map Mr. Farren and Mr. Valezy created to help support the student's inquiry of Budapest in 1956 were all invaluable tools that supported student thinking. This doesn't mention all of the many ways we don't see students using tech. They might be communicating outside of class using Skype or G-chat, giving each other opinions or ideas in a comment in a Google Doc, or using cell phones to collect and share experiences behind the scenes. In the end we saw the culmination of a plethora of techniques some tech heavy and some not as much
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    Great summation, Joel. I agree, the more effectively tech is used, the less we notice it. Reminds me of the fact that we often define technology as being those things that don't always work, like a computer. But things like a toaster or TV are not considered technology by many. We don't teach TV or toaster use in "tech class".
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    Would agree with Bill great summary Joel. Problem or challenge is to get people to realise this and then embrace the tech or choose the right time to use tech.
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Coke's Solution To The Social Media Problem - Video - 4 views

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    Awesome. This will be a great one to share with the students....
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    Brought to you by.... social media. Pretty funny though. Was worried I wasn't going to be able to drink Coke while wearing it. Apparently, that's not a problem.
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Instead of an AUP, how about an EUP (Empowered Use Policy)? | Dangerously Irr... - 0 views

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    I like this alternative policy idea. It is succinct, simple, and dare I say maybe even...inspiring. It lacks details for accountability, and specific lingo for transfer of responsibility, but let's be honest, how often to we actually read acceptable use policies? If there was a problem, it's covered in the "respectful and kind" language. Doing something like this is sure to catch student attention set a positive tone for the use of tech.
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