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Check Out That Selfie: How to Use Social Media in the Classroom - US News - 0 views

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shared by Goosen E on 10 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Cook says it's important for teachers to establish clear boundaries for which social media platforms are appropriate for an educational setting, and which are better suited for personal use."You could create an account and use Twitter to post information throughout the day to report about classroom activities," she says. "Students could get involved in that in posting the posts to help them practice concise writing."Other potential uses for social media in the classroom, Cook says, span anywhere from using a Twitter hashtag for following a specific topic, or homework question to setting up a classroom blog, so students can receive outside feedback from professionals other than the teacher."Teachers and students could also reach out to authors or subject experts through social media channels and invite them into the classrooms through Skype," Cook says. "Social media provides a way to break down those usual four walls of a classroom to bring a larger, global perspective for the students."
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BYOD Needs to be BYOT - Classroom of the Future - 2 views

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shared by Goosen E on 02 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • This approach to technology in the classroom is seen as a great alternative to school-bought devices being issued the same way textbooks are issued
  • The benefits of BYOD go far beyond cost reduction. It provides students and teachers with a great degree of choice in what devices they use.
  • BYOD should actually be called BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology
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  • Dr. Emil Ahangarzadeh, Director of California’s Technical Statewide Education Technology Services
  • It’s about setting up a framework, rules, and a common purpose.
  • the need to abide by the law
  • is about finding the appropriate balance between allowing teachers and students enough choice over what technology they may use and the necessary level of control the administrators need apply
  • “According to analysts Bill Rust and Jan-Martin Lowendahl of Gartner, the best way for education technology leaders to allay the risk of pandemonium within a BYOT program is to offer their stakeholders a sustainable and viable level of choice.”
  • more than just having everyone connected to the internet at school. It’s about incorporating technology into the curriculum and equipping our students with the technological skills needed to succeed in the future
  • A major issue for most schools is bandwidth.
  • Many schools have limited internet and wi-fi capabilities.
  • Adding scores of devices to an already burdened system may take some networks over the edge.
  • This is an important variable for schools to consider before they start a BYOT program
  • what the goal of their BYOT will be.
  • Will the BYOT program focus on supporting teacher and administrator need? Will it focus on the needs of students? Or will be all inclusive.
  • no “one size fits all” solution
  • Each school will have to take several factors into consideration before it implements a BYOT program.
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The Future of Education: BYOD in the Classroom | WIRED - 2 views

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shared by Goosen E on 02 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • students bring and use their choice of technologically assistive devices in the classroom
  • No parent I know would argue for unrestricted, unmonitored online access for kids of any age
  • And these concerns are valid
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  • Distractions of games and videos Unmonitored social networking leading to bullying or predation Consumption (and creation) of inappropriate content Social status and stigma of devices
  • Personal computing changed the nature of human life forever
  • The impact of these devices on the lives of adults and children of today is amazing but it is only the beginning
  • a wave of innovation in digital assistive devices
  • devices like Google Glass
  • people are never without their smartphone and rarely out of range of a network connection.
  • human condition is radically improved by the immediacy of information and social interconnectedness that these devices enable
  • smartphone has become a seamless compliment to my human brain. With my brain and my smartphone on, I am more powerful
  • addictive
  • We are all more powerful beings armed with our devices
  • Whose responsibility is it to teach responsible use?
  • important to teach children how to use their other technology “brains” as it is to teach them to use their physical brains
  • So how are teachers and administrators to cope with the risks of unfettered online access with the responsibility to teach students how to leverage this irreplaceable technology?
  • Seek tools to manage content
  • Put policy and technology in place
  • Surround the access points with security
  • Leverage the speed of these new technologies to discover and participate in experiments with pioneering institutions in the digital world.
  • how are parents to cope with the risks of unfettered online access at school
  • supporting your local school in their efforts with BYOD and technology initiatives
  • Associating technology with learning in the minds of our children
  • These are not JUST tools for playing games.
  • both physical books and ebooks
  • read to your children
  • sources of interaction like ebooks
  • devices can be used for knowledge consumption and knowledge contribution
  • Show them how you manage your work life and home life with the help of your own devices
  • etiquette for email and SMS in the same way that you discuss the polite ways to interact personally
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Author Mark Bauerlein Says Tools of the Digital Age Distract Young People From Reading ... - 5 views

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shared by Goosen E on 04 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • people age 18-34 are consistently less knowledgeable about current events than their elders.
  • The survey found that the knowledge gap was widest on foreign affairs.
  • Bauerlein says young people are in the thrall of Facebook, texting and other digital distractions that keep them from learning about anything more meaningful than, say, who went with whom to the school dance.
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  • "What do 15-year-olds care about? They care about what all the other 15-year-olds are doing," Bauerlein says. "Anything that puts them in touch with one another they're going to use."
  • he says the digital age has changed something fundamental about the family structure, and the result is that young people are less closely under the guidance of adults than ever before.
  • Left unchecked, these developments could result in a new age dark of ignorance, Bauerlein warns, or as a blurb for his book puts it, "Sacrificing our future to the least curious and intellectual generation in national history."
  • "I give speeches to 18-year-old boys who don't read the paper and I say, 'You're in college and just met the girl of your dreams. She takes you home to meet her parents. Over the dinner table her father says something about Ronald Reagan, and you don't know who he was. Guess what? You just went down in their estimation and probably in your girlfriend's estimation as well. Is that what you want?'"
  • Bauerlein tells students that "reading the paper gives you more breadth of knowledge.
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Vision Of ArriveAlive.co.za | Arrive Alive South Africa - 1 views

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shared by Goosen E on 02 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • Vision Of ArriveAlive.co.za
  • "To develop an effective road safety information portal that will enhance awareness of road safety and save lives"
  • enhance and provide more information on these and other international efforts to improve road safety.
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  • assist the following target groups: The Department of Transport Officials at the Arrive Alive Campaign Road users Tourists Students and scholars doing research projects on road safety. Private business in a variety of industries including motoring, trauma and healthcare, legal and insurance companies Victims of road accidents and their families
  • will also benefit visitors from other countries worldwide  - and especially other road safety initiatives and campaigns in Africa!
  • knowledge can only be shared through the unselfish contributions from people with expertise in a wide variety of fields
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3 Key Challenges Of Implementing eLearning In Africa - eLearning Industry - 2 views

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shared by Goosen E on 25 Jan 17 - No Cached
  • 30 October 2015
  • eLearning has the potential to play a pivotal role in the transformation of the delivery of quality education across the continent.
  • has to shift from one that is highly dependent on physical infrastructure such as schools and colleges, physical learning materials, and in class education delivery to one that makes extensive use of interactive education technology.
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  • Africa has the highest growth rates in eLearning in the world for four out of the five self paced eLearning products and services, including packaged content, custom content development services, cloud-based authoring tools, learning platform services, installed authoring tools, and installed learning platforms.
  • there are three central challenges that continue to exist which hinder effective implementation of eLearning in Africa.
  • Internet Access / Connectivity.
  • Availability Of Locally Developed Content And Curriculum Online.
  • Training And Professional Development.
  • South Africa’s peak connection speed was measured at 16.8 Mbps in the first quarter of 2015, giving it a world ranking of 112th.
  • A large proportion of the educational software produced in the world market is in English.
  • where English language proficiency is not very high, especially outside urban areas, this represents a serious barrier to eLearning. There are significant challenges in terms of language patterns and local language usage (especially in serving the youngest populations), and as such there is a need for locally developed content.
  • Teachers on the continent have been brought up in education systems with limited technology and they find it difficult to utilize technology to engage and support learning.
  • A huge challenge is to develop and implement training and professional development for teachers so they may embrace teaching with technology and understand the benefits of teaching with technology as a way to advance the academic outcomes of students
  • In South Africa, Microsoft has trained over 31,000 teachers and school leaders on ICT integration with the aim of enhancing teaching and learning and having an impact on nearly 4 million learners. Over 800 trainers from the South African Department of Education have been trained to roll out, scale and sustain the Microsoft Partners In Learning program.
  • The goal of delivering a high quality education to every child in Africa remains unfulfilled, but technology presents an opportunity for this to be a reality
  • Africa is an emerging market for eLearning, however the continent continues to lag behind developed economies in the effective implementation of eLearning. What are the key challenges that have to be taken into account when implementing eLearning in Africa and what strategies are being applied to overcome these challenges?
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