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anonymous

National Educational Technology Plan - 2 views

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  • anonymous on 07 Oct 09
     
    The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010.
  • anonymous on 07 Oct 09
     
    The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010.
Rene Hahn

Concord.org - Perspective: Are We There Yet? Contemplating Two Generations of Technolog... - 0 views

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shared by Rene Hahn on 22 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Rene Hahn on 22 Jun 10
     
    "What does the iPad have to teach educational technology about how a phenomenon becomes popular and adopted? Quite a bit. First, acceptance is high, with a half-million units sold in the first week of release. Six weeks later, Apple was selling twice as many iPads per week as Mac computers. Given some recent history, this should be surprising-the idea of a tablet device has been around for at least a decade or two, but most such devices have not experienced anything close to wide adoption. However, some specific factors have paved the way for the iPad's adoption. And these factors harbor advice that educational technology would do well to heed. Prime the technology pump. The iPhone, direct predecessor to the iPad, came onto the market amid a wave of technology that permitted small packages to deliver powerful computing. This hardware, including GPS location sensors, fast and efficient microprocessors, and the evolution of touch screen technology was a necessary condition for the emergence and success of both the iPhone and the iPad generation of devices. Define (and answer) the problem. The hugely popular mobile smartphones had an equally huge problem. People hated their interfaces. A decade of frustration with labyrinthian voicemail menus and inscrutable settings had created an army of frustrated mobile phone users with enough pent-up rage to fuel a revolution. By providing a device that was easy to use, the iPhone had identified a core problem and set a new bar for its solution, one that was quickly taken up by many others. Whet undiscovered appetites. The explosion of mobile devices also created for millions the idea of constant, away-from-home connectivity. The iPhone upped the ante significantly by providing a full browsing and even computing experience, giving consumers the expectation that they should be only inches away from powerful, networked computing at all times. Provide the practice. The iPhone defined a new set of touch-based interactions. Whi
anonymous

Executive Summary | National Education Technology Plan - 1 views

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shared by anonymous on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching “grand challenge problems” that should be funded and coordinated at a national level.
  • Just as leveraging technology can help us improve learning and assessment, the model of 21st century learning calls for using technology to help build the capacity of educators by enabling a shift to a model of connected teaching. In such a teaching model, teams of connected educators replace solo practitioners and classrooms are fully connected to provide educators with 24/7 access to data and analytic tools as well as to resources that help them act on the insights the data provide.
  • In connected teaching, teaching is a team activity. Individual educators build online learning communities consisting of their students and their students’ peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and afterschool programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations that serve students in the hours they are not in school; and parents who desire greater participation in their children’s education.
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  • Episodic and ineffective professional development is replaced by professional learning that is collaborative, coherent, and continuous and that blends more effective in-person courses and workshops with the expanded opportunities, immediacy, and convenience enabled by online environments full of resources and opportunities for collaboration.
  • anonymous on 21 Mar 10
     
    From the summary: " The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching "grand challenge problems" that should be funded and coordinated at a national level."
  • Rene Hahn on 28 Mar 10
     
    Outstanding stuff, Dan! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Rene Hahn

Edutopia Technology Integration - 0 views

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shared by Rene Hahn on 06 Apr 09 - Cached
  • he technology integration module is meant for use either after completion of the project-based learning module or with participants who are familiar with project-based learning. The module is designed for a two- to three-hour class or session. It can be used in conjunction with trainings of software applications that are used in classroom settings. "We're Here to Raise Kids": Character Development Is Key: Students prepare a day ahead for Ben Franklin Broadcast News by downloading images to be used as backdrops for the credits. Credit: Kathleen Duxbury Part One, Guided Process, is designed to give participants a brief introduction to technology integration. It answers the questions "Why is technology integration important?"; "What is technology integration?"; and "How do you integrate technology into the classroom?" Part Two, Group Participation, guides participants in envisioning technology integration. It asks participants to visit various educational Web sites. The participants are then asked to brainstorm ideas for technology integration garnered from visiting and discussing these sites. The tasks will be accomplished using group collaboration and han
  • Rene Hahn on 06 Apr 09
     
    This article is an excellent summary of why we need to integrate technology into the curriculum.
anonymous

Education World ® Technology Center: Managing Technology: Tips from the Experts - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Always run through a technology lesson before presenting it to the class -- and always have a back-up lesson prepared in case the technology fails.
  • Type directions for frequently used computer operations -- opening programs, inserting clip art, printing documents, and so on -- on index cards, laminate them, and connect them with a circle ring. Keep a set next to each computer.
  • If you're a language arts or foreign language teacher using Microsoft Word, teach your students how to use the Text to Table feature.
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  • Appoint classroom technology managers
  • When working on lengthy technology projects, print out step-by-step instructions. Include some that say "Save your work; do not go any further until you help your neighbors reach this point."
  • Turn your classroom into a museum. After a lesson using presentation software, allow students to walk around the room and view everyone else's work
  • Post a list of all your rules for technology use in a visible place
  • Attach plastic hooks to monitors to hang headphones on when they're not being used.
  • Have students turn off their monitors when you're giving directions.
  • Type PLEASE WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS on 8½ by 11 papers, laminate them, and tape one sheet to the top of every monitor
  • When working in a computer lab, assign each student a computer.
  • Have each student keep a Tech Folder for storing ongoing technology projects
  • When students are working on small group technology projects on classroom computers, divide the tasks so some students are working on the computers while others are working at their desks on another part of the project
  • Provide a sign-up sheet for the computers. When one group is finished using the computers, they must notify the next group that it's their turn.
  • Set up teams of computer helpers,
  • Never assume you know it all! Offer a free pencil to any student who teaches you something you didn't know.
  • anonymous on 24 Apr 09
     
    effective tech management techniques
Rhys Daunic

The Heritage of Digital and Media Literacy | KnightComm - 0 views

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  • literacy is beginning to be defined as the ability to share meaning through symbol systems in order to fully participate in society
  • “text” is beginning to be understood as any form of expression or communication in fixed and tangible form that uses symbol systems, including language, still and moving images, graphic design, sound, music and interactivity.
  • New types of texts and new types of literacies have been emerging over a period of more than 50 years.
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  • information literacy, media literacy, media education, visual literacy, news literacy, health media literacy, and digital literacy, among others
  • disciplinary backgrounds of the stakeholders
  • wide scope of the knowledge and skills involved
  • These concepts must not be treated as competitors
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      yet they compete for the focus of transformational efforts of educators, and time within the curriculum.  
  • a closely-knit family
  • information literacy has typically been associated with research skills. Media literacy typically has been associated with critical analysis of news, advertising and mass media entertainment. Health media literacy has been associated with exploring media’s impact on making positive choices related to nutrition, exercise, body image, violence and substance abuse prevention. Digital literacy is associated with the ability to use computers, social media, and the Internet
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      interesting to see how they have settled in.  I have always considered media literacy to encompass all of the above.  technical skills necessary to "access... and create... in a variety of media".  info literacy to "access and synthesize" info.  the focus on critical analysis within media literacy can be applied across the curriculum -- health is one area of focus, violence another -- both subjects impacted greatly by media messages.   * quotes refer to the NAMLE.net Definition of Media Literacy.  
  • “digital and media literacy” is used to encompass the full range of cognitive, emotional and social competencies that includes the use of texts, tools and technologies; the skills of critical thinking and analysis; the practice of message composition and creativity; the ability to engage in reflection and ethical thinking; as well as active participation through teamwork and collaboration.
  • empowered to speak out on behalf of the missing voices and omitted perspectives in our communities
  • By identifying and attempting to solve problems, people use their powerful voices and their rights under the law to improve the world around them
  • spiral of empowerment
  • active participation in lifelong learning
  • both consuming and creating messages
  • consistent with constructivist education
  • Common Core State Standards Initiative (2010) points out, “To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, report on, and create a high volume and extensive range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new. The need to research and to consume and produce media is embedded into every element of today’s curriculum.”
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
       
      there it is.  we have to emphasize this statement explicitly in development of units addressing the specific standards? 
  • Essential Competencies of Digital and Media Literacy 1.    ACCESS Finding and using media and technology tools skillfully and sharing appropriate and relevant information with others 2.   ANALYZE & EVALUATE Comprehending messages and using critical thinking to analyze message quality, veracity, credibility, and point of view, while considering potential effects or consequences of messages 3.   CREATE Composing or generating content using creativity and con­fidence in self-expression, with awareness of purpose, audience, and composition techniques 4.   REFLECT Applying social responsibility and ethical principles to one’s own identity and lived experience, communication behavior and conduct 5.   ACT Working individually and collaboratively to share knowledge and solve problems in the family, the workplace and the community, and participating as a member of a community at local, regional, national and international levels
  • “Teachers understand media’s influence on culture and people’s actions and communication; as a result, teachers use a variety of approaches for teaching students how to construct meaning from media and nonprint texts and how to compose and respond to film, video, graphic, photographic, audio, and multimedia texts
  • “preservice, inservice, and staff development programs that will focus on new literacies, multimedia composition, and a broadened concept of literacy”
  • Understand how people use media in their personal and public lives Recognize the complex relationships among audiences and media content Appreciate that media content is produced within social and cultural contexts Understand the commercial nature of media Use media to communicate to specific audiences
  • But genuine educational change in K–12 and higher education does not come about simply by generating documents or developing written standards
  • What is needed now is a clear and compelling vision of the instructional practices
  • Rhys Daunic on 05 Jun 11
     
    Regarding what's missing from the Core Common Standards -- new texts, new media, viewing...  Where does "complexity" of new media text get taught? How will teachers learn to parse it?  Is new media analysis and production a discipline?  Yes in my opinion.  Is it interdisciplinary? Yes.  Media related to various content areas have their own criteria.  Video, photography, blogs, social networks and the systems that deliver them are, in a way, their own languages. They are increasingly dominating how our society functions, informs and represents itself.  HOW can this still be an afterthought for educators?  Fear?  Uncertainty on how to proceed?  Because it's not tested? The text landscape is more complex than the textbook.  
Pablo Zatz

Twelve learning technologies with big education potential | eSchool News - 0 views

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  • Pablo Zatz on 31 May 13
     
    Important look at the future of technology in education.
wiljennings419

Survey Finds Strong Support for Educational Technology - 2 views

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shared by wiljennings419 on 16 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • wiljennings419 on 16 Mar 11
     
    A recent survey commissioned by Cisco revealed that education is transitioning to the new "connected learning" networked economy, which requires technological skills development for increased global competitiveness in education.
anonymous

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology - 0 views

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edtech networked_learning technology_integration

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  • anonymous on 09 Apr 09
     
    The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) is a collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education and training.
Pablo Zatz

Edudemic - Education Technology, Apps, Product Reviews, and Social Media - 1 views

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  • Pablo Zatz on 27 Dec 12
     
    Fantastic resource for all things technology in education
Sue Morris

National Education Technology Plan 2010 | U.S. Department of Education - 0 views

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  • Sue Morris on 19 Apr 10
     
    Draft National Education Technology Policy available for public comment
  • anonymous on 27 Apr 10
     
    Thanks for sharing this, Sue. Important reading for ALL!!!!
Pablo Zatz

Educational technology magazine - 0 views

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  • Pablo Zatz on 16 Nov 10
     
    Great source for research based technology in education and educational technology
Sue Morris

6 Technologies That Will Shape Education -- THE Journal - 5 views

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  • Sue Morris on 14 Apr 10
     
    What is going to influence technology in the next 5 years? What are the critical issues? Read the K-12 edition of the annual Horizon Report
  • anonymous on 19 Apr 10
     
    Thanks for sharing this, Sue. Everyone should take a few minutes to read this and also check out the Horizon report.
wiljennings419

Are schools ready for cloud computing? - 1 views

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  • wiljennings419 on 17 May 11
     
    Are Educators Ready for Cloud Computing in Schools? By Patrick Ledesma on May 16, 2011 3:34 PM | No Comments | No Recommendations In 2001, Mark Prensky coined the terms "Digital Natives" and "Digital Immigrants" to describe the differences between adults and students in using technology. Educators are the "Digital Immigrants" who have to adapt and learn how to integrate technology into their lives. Students are "Digital Natives" born into a culture and lifestyle where technology immersion is the norm.
Rene Hahn

Integrating Technology into the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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shared by Rene Hahn on 25 Jun 09 - Cached
  • 4. Seek out Web-based professional development. I am finding that Web-based training is very appealing to classroom teachers simply because there is no time in a school day to learn how to use/integrate technology. In many districts today, planning time has been significantly reduced. This leaves teachers with either early morning, after school, weekend, or Web-based training as the only options for technolgoy professional development. Web-based training, if designed effectively and utilized rich multimedia, gives teachers convenient anytime, anwhere training. In fact, I created a Blackboard course about Blackbord that utilizes interactive streaming flash video. If a teacher wants to learn how to create and and suggestions for integrating a wiki in a Blackboard course, they simply watch a streaming video on how to accomplish this. This, then, allows teachers to apply skills and have complete control over their own learning/training pace. I think more teachers need to inquire/push for Web-based technology professional development to their I.T. departments and administrators; not just be provided with hyperlinks to online tutorials that merely show you how to use educational software.
  • Rene Hahn on 25 Jun 09
     
    Simply a comment from an educator, and their spelling is appalling! However he/she makes a good point about web-based PD.
Rene Hahn

Educational Simulations Corporation - Educational Games|Human Geography|Real Life Simul... - 1 views

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  • Rene Hahn on 27 Jan 11
     
    Real Lives is a unique, interactive life simulation game that enables you to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world. Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, human geography, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more! Educational games are a great way to way to make learning exciting, and simulation games are best of all, putting you in control of the learning experience.
anonymous

National Ed Tech Plan Puts Technology at the Heart of Education Reform -- THE Journal - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 10 Nov 10
     
    Important reading for all educators, especially those interested in preparing our students for life in today's ever-changing landscape.
anonymous

What Are the Top-10 Ed Tech Priorities for 2010? -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • Keeping educators up to date on the latest technologies to help them be more effective in their teaching environments;
  • Using technology to "scale improvement" and "accelerate reform";
  • Developing systems and strategies that will help educators use assessment data to improve student learning;
  • anonymous on 15 Jan 10
     
    "Developing systems and strategies that will help educators use assessment data to improve student learning;"
anonymous

14 Technologies Educators Should Watch in 2010 -- THE Journal - 3 views

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shared by anonymous on 21 Jan 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 21 Jan 10
     
    There are some interesting finds in this article; although, I would say we are all utilizing most of these technologies all ready as part of our practice.
  • Sheila Tebbano on 21 Jan 10
     
    I was just about to add this article when I saw you already had. I agree that we are using many of them. I would like to know more about the Epson projector that is an IWB. I believe that product is somthing to watch!
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