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Virginia Glatzer

Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really. - 7 views

  • We design backward from human knowledge, in other words, and we sequence knowledge in ways that suit the learner’s prior and current knowledge. What else could a curriculum be?
  • Well, this works fine if the present is just like the past; if ideas turn into competent action automatically; and if theory, not effects, matters most.
  • suppose today’s content knowledge is an offshoot of successful ongoing learning in a changing world – in which ‘learning’ means ‘learning to perform in the world.’
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  • learning in a changing world – in which ‘learning’ means ‘
  • knowledge is the growing (and ever-changing) residue of the main activity of trying to perform well for real.
  • The point is to do new things with content, not simply know what others know
  • the point of learning is not just to know things but to be a different person
  • but I learn based on the attempts to perform and feedback from trying
  • Conventional views of curriculum and instruction have no good explanation for it.
  • What is the aim of any curriculum?
  • In games (and in life), I begin with performance challenges, not technical knowledge. I receive no upfront teaching
  • Knowledge is an indicator of educational success, not the aim. Thus, the conventional view of curriculum and the process of conventional curriculum writing must be wrong:
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    Grant Wiggins
Ty Yost

Impact Games - Play the News - 0 views

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    It combines an element of fantasy sports where you predict the future with great background information (maps, opinions of world leaders, and video clips) as well as the higher-order thinking required to say not just what you think WILL happen, but what SHOULD happen.
Michelle Krill

Raise Your Hands (Techlearning blog) - 0 views

  • Thus, your action item is to begin leveraging video technology to observe your peers and establish an RSS Reader to begin reading on a daily basis.
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      This is an easy in for our teachers. RSS is something they can 'get' pretty easily and learn to build on their own.
  • we need to stop talking about why we can't and start talking about how we can
  • The number of learners in a classroom should be at least one more than the number of students in a classroom!
Darcy Goshorn

Yenka Interactive Simulations - 2 views

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    from the serv
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    Science, math and technology simulations that work great in the computer lab or on your interactive whiteboard.
Ben Louey

Supported Browsers, Plugins & Operating Systems for Blackboard Learn Release 9 - Facult... - 0 views

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    Blackboard is committed to supporting the two most recent versions of client software for each major release of Blackboard Learn™ when possible. These levels of support may change depending on contractual obligations or lack of support from vendors. The following tables list the supported operating systems and browsers for use with Blackboard Learn Release 9.
anonymous

Spacecraft blasts off in search of 'Earths' - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Are your science teachers following this mission? Follow more here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html You can even follow Kepler on Twitter! There's an RSS feed, as well. What a great way of showing science in action.
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    The story of a NASA mission to discover more 'Earths.'
Virginia Glatzer

EdTech Action Network - 0 views

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    How do you talk to stakeholders?
Darcy Goshorn

Virginia Education Wizard - 1 views

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    cool interactive guide to careers and colleges. It's obviously geared towards students in Virginia, but their Interest Assessment is one of the most engaging ones I've seen and would be a useful tool for any students exploring potential careers. I like that particular tool so much that I'm adding it to this list.
anonymous

Sputnik Moment: 21st-Century Rocket Boys & Girls | edtechdigest.com - 2 views

  • What we are missing in the 21st century is the view that technology is not the gadgets and the hardware and the software. It is not the atoms or the photons or the electrons pulsing through the Internet or our home appliances. Rather, the technology is us. According to Dr. Kane, “Technology is human creativity and artistic expression… it is knowledge in action… knowledge with a purpose… it is the art in science and engineering…” According to this view, “technology is the space between our minds and our hands.” It is our imagination, our ability to tell stories, our drive to exist and make the world a better place. For Dr. Kane, “…this space is where the speed of light generation operates.”
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      What do you think of this paragraph? Do you agree?
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    A great discussion starter article for your teachers.
Darcy Goshorn

Scratch Project Planning Worksheet - 2 views

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    Informative diagram worksheet that guides you along the path to creating your Scratch program. 
Darcy Goshorn

Scratch Project Storyboard Printable - 3 views

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    A printable storyboard template for students to use to plan or design their Scratch programming.
anonymous

Projects: A better way to work in classroom groups - 4 views

  • Drag members into the teams you want to reassign them to.
  • You have several options for team-level permission settings: Public to wiki: All wiki members can view and edit pages Protected to wiki: All wiki members can view pages, but only members of this team can edit pages Private: Only members of this team can view and edit pages Custom: Define custom permissions (on available to Super-plan wikis or wikis on Private Label sites)
  • To add a new page, just click the New Page icon in the action menu. This will create a new page on the team (not on the main area of the wiki), so it will be protected by the same permissions as the rest of the team.
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  • Your team also has a special set of files, separate from the files for the main area of the wiki. If you upload a file while editing a team page, it’ll be added to the files for that team.
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      Doesn't this Projects idea just REALLY make wikispaces a POWERFUL tool? Y' gotta LOVE it!
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    "We're calling this new feature Projects. Whenever you have a particular assignment or activity, you can create a project for it, then define teams of members, each with its own unique pages, files, and permissions. Team content (that is, pages and files) are grouped together, separate from the main area of the wiki. That way, students in teams can do their group work completely independently from other teams."
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