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Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students - 0 views

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      janie reneau on 26 Mar 11
       
      Using technology in the classroom improves collaboration, engagement, and problem solving.
  • When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information. Technology use allows many more students to be actively thinking about information, making choices, and executing skills than is typical in teacher-led lessons. Moreover, when technology is used as a tool to support students in performing authentic tasks, the students are in the position of defining their goals, making design decisions, and evaluating their progress. The teacher's role changes as well. The teacher is no longer the center of attention as the dispenser of information, but rather plays the role of facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources, moving from student to student or group to group, providing suggestions and support for student activity. As students work on their technology-supported products, the teacher rotates through the room, looking over shoulders, asking about the reasons for various design choices, and suggesting resources that might be used. (See example of teacher as coach.) Project-based work (such as the City Building Project and the Student-Run Manufacturing Company) and cooperative learning approaches prompt this change in roles, whether technology is used or not. However, tool uses of technology are highly compatible with this new teacher role, since they stimulate so much active mental work on the part of students. Moreover, when the venue for work is technology, the teacher often finds him or herself joined by many peer coaches--students who are technology savvy and eager to share their knowledge with others.
  • When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. The student is actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information. Technology use allows many more students to be actively thinking about information, making choices, and executing skills than is typical in teacher-led lessons. Moreover, when technology is used as a tool to support students in performing authentic tasks, the students are in the position of defining their goals, making design decisions, and evaluating their progress.
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      janie reneau on 26 Mar 11
       
      One goal for teachers is to provide students with life-long skills. Utilizing technology in problem solving is authentic.
  • janie reneau on 26 Mar 11
     
    3.This site comes from a research project sponsored by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement/U.S. Department of Education.The purpose of the site is to report on the effects of technology on students and classrooms.The audience for this site would be teachers interested in keeping up with technology in their classrooms.The site uses data collected from projects in classrooms.The design is a report of the results of data collection on actual technology projects and how they affected student learning.The results were positive in that students developed confidence, worked harder at problem-solving, developed peer collaboration skills, and learned to use computer skills in the real world.A negative was that teachers observed students using the tools more than completing the tasks.
Bob Abrams

Education Week: A Special Report on Informal Science Education - 0 views

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  • Bob Abrams on 08 Apr 11
     
    As concern mounts that U.S. students lack sufficient understanding of science and related fields, it has become increasingly clear that schools can't tackle the challenge alone. This special report explores the field often called "informal science education," which is gaining broader recognition for its role in helping young people acquire scientific knowledge and skills. Opportunities abound outside the classroom to learn about science, and to inspire a passion for it. Zoos and science museums, robotics clubs, science competitions, and online games are just a few of the options to engage American youths. Education Week reporters examine what informal science education looks like in practice, and what we know about its impact, its potential, and the challenges it faces.
BreAnna Evans

1 to 1 Schools - 0 views

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shared by BreAnna Evans on 22 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Yup, tell them that a teacher doesn’t know every­thing, put your­self in a vul­ner­a­ble posi­tion.  At the same time you will build a cul­ture of hon­esty, a value for life-long learn­ing, and dis­play a trans­par­ent and vested inter­est in the suc­cess of your stu­dents
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      BreAnna Evans on 23 Mar 11
       
      I think this helps many new ed tech teachers out there.
  • No mat­ter what your sub­ject, there is an oppor­tu­nity to pro­mote proper and mean­ing­ful use.  Our roles as edu­ca­tors will not be fully real­ized unless we are able to guide stu­dents toward becom­ing skilled and capa­ble cit­i­zens with an appre­ci­a­tion for knowl­edge.
  • BreAnna Evans on 22 Mar 11
     
    Blogs about 1:1 schools. Information on recent political issues and support for tech tools.
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