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shared by Jill Bergeron on 17 Nov 14 - No Cached

According to a recent study of middle school science students and teachers, the teachers tended to have greater technology use.
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Do school-age students fit the digital native profile? Do school-age students surpass their teachers in terms of technology use? What roles do teachers play in shaping students' technology experiences inside the classroom?
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"In many ways," the researchers wrote, "it is determined by the requirements teachers place on their students to make use of new technologies and the ways teachers integrate new technologies in their teaching."
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"School-age students may be fluent in using entertainment or communication technologies, but they need guidance to learn how to use these technologies to solve sophisticated thinking problems," Wang noted. "The school setting is the only institution that might create the needs to shape and facilitate students' technology experience. Once teachers introduce students to a new technology to support learning, they quickly learn how to use it."
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shared by Gayle Cole on 29 Jan 14 - No Cached

Every morning we meet at 715AM in a chat room and work for 15 minutes on an important personal project.
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getting started is the hardest step
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private Campfire chat room
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We would make a commitment to show up in the chat room at the same time every day, no exceptions. We picked 715AM.
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At 715AM, we would declare what we were going to work on for the next 15 minutes. After the 15 minutes were up, we would report on what we got done.
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We were both in a place where we wanted change in our lives, and therefore were willing to give up some comfort to make it happen. We were not going to let each other down by NOT showing up. No rescheduling when something “more important” comes up,
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With three people in the chat room, it’s important to make sure it’s still focuse
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shared by Jill Bergeron on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached

From autumn 2016, students won't have to learn cursive handwriting or calligraphy, but will instead be taught typing skills, the report says. "Fluent typing skills are an important national competence,
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she points out that handwriting helps children to develop fine motor skills and brain function, and suggests handwriting classes could be replaced by handicrafts and drawing.
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"Handwriting is a totally useless skill. Maybe not as useless as compulsory Swedish, but coming pretty close to it."
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