Two schools TMS has worked with were profiled by the Teaching Channel in this video that unpacks the Common Core Standards for elementary schools. Funny that they mention "technology" being integrated throughout the standards, but their example is of teachers watching videos of each other. I happen to know that both schools are doing much more sophisticated work that blends digital media into students' ELA and Math units, but it's not yet on the radar of CCSS evaluators (at least at the time this video was made).
Most of the apps on the iPads for the lower grades are aimed at creating and expressing ideas. In addition to Explain Everything, they include MyStory, iMovie, Animation HD, Google Earth, Book Creator, Show Me, Brushes, and Comic Life. They also feature Follett Reader and Overdrive, two subscription-based services to digital book collections.
Today's college students say the arrival of the internet was the moment that most characterized their lives, a Bronxite author found. In his book, "Generation on a Tightrope: A Portrait of Today's College Student," Arthur Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, said the internet and the tech-savvy lifestyle that sprang out of it has affected the younger generation the most.
I belong to a gooele group on e_portfolios.
http://groups.google.com/group/k12eportfolios/topics?pli=1
This site was posted as an example of a middle school using Google for their digital portfolios. As schools become more interested in using these tools, I find it useful to have examples and templates.
These documents are really good summaries of strategies and digital approaches - maybe useful for educators who are unfamiliar with the strategy and need a short, sharp description.
The defenders of the unfettered Web have their hopes set on HTML5 — the latest version of Web-building code that offers applike flexibility
This is seen by many as a battle for the soul of the digital frontier.
Since the dawn of the commercial Web, technology has eclipsed content.
this is a battle that seemed fought and won — not just toppling newspapers and music labels but also AOL and Prodigy and anyone who built a business on the idea that a curated experience would beat out the flexibility and freedom of the Web.
Chaos isn’t a business model. A new breed of media moguls is bringing order — and profits — to the digital world.
the top 10 Web sites accounted for 31 percent of US pageviews in 2001, 40 percent in 2006, and about 75 percent in 2010.
Within five years, Morgan Stanley projects, the number of users accessing the Net from mobile devices will surpass the number who access it from PCs.
For the sake of the optimized experience on mobile devices, users forgo the general-purpose browser.
But eventually our tolerance for the delirious chaos of infinite competition finds its limits.
Much as we love freedom and choice, we also love things that just work, reliably and seamlessly.
about 35 percent of all our media time is now spent on the Web
The dark side of network effects is that rich nodes get richer. Metcalfe’s law,
which states that the value of a network increases in proportion to the square of connections,
We get the Web. It’s part of our life. And we just want to use the services that make our life better.
Blame human nature. As much as we intellectually appreciate openness, at the end of the day we favor the easiest path.
But eventually our tolerance for the delirious chaos of infinite competition finds its limits.
ounder of Temple University’s Media Education Lab, now gives policy makers and education leaders a detailed plan to boost media literacy skills in their communitie
new white paper, “Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action,” by Renee Hobbs, founder of Temple University’s Media Education Lab, now gives policy makers and education leaders a detailed plan to boost media literacy skills in their communities.
"Intrigued by the technology curriculum the principal had developed (digital filmmaking by second grade), Ms. Black quickly zeroed in: had she modeled it after stellar programs elsewhere? Could it be scaled up?"
Some Ed Tech heavy hitters will be presenting/attending this conference in Long Beach CA March 3-5. Would be great to check out if you have the opportunity.