re•fuse•nik (n) somebody who refuses to agree to, take part in, or cooperate with something, especially on grounds of principle (informal)
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The rise of the Digital Refuseniks - Newspaper Tree El Paso - 0 views
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Student must learn to use technology to do things other than surf the web and update their MySpace accounts (See my previous piece: Eating the Napkins). Research, collaboration, problem solving, and content creation are all things that need to be taught in school,
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After a certain amount of time, if students are not receiving the proper technology integration in their classes, parents just have to say “You are not a digital immigrant. You are a digital Refuseniks, and we won’t tolerate that silliness any longer. My kid needs technology instruction just as much as she needs math and reading. There are no excuses for not having it. What is this school doing to help my child use technology?”
'We don't need a Twittericulum' - Telegraph - 0 views
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Greenfield's latest book, ID: The Quest for Meaning in the 21st Century, which has just been published in paperback, has become a bible for parents, many of whom possess none of the computing skills that are second nature to their teenagers. Its warning theme is that, as software becomes more sophisticated, increasingly young people opt for escapism rather than real life.
Blog de Guillermo Lutzky: Asnos cargados de libros - 0 views
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El plan de estudios de talla única debe desaparecer.
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Estoy de acuerdo! Cada estudiante debe estudiar su propio plan de estudios.
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Estoy a favor de que los niños aprendan sobre lo que les interesa bajo la guía de expertos y profesores que les indiquen direcciones razonables.
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Roger C. Schank
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ipodclassroom - home - 2 views
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Well organised campaign...lots of ideas re itouch ipods in classroom/school admin/student/parent/world
50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching - 18 views
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50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
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Assign portfolio pages to each of your students, and allow them to display and discuss their work.
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COATS maintain student work online. collab, share with parents, colleagues, admin
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Create a calendar on the wiki and encourage students to add their own personally important dates.
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COATS can I add a widget for google cal?
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Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.
Google Calendar: Scheduling Translators - 0 views
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Scheduling translators for student-teacher conferences? Use a Google Calendar!
The Innovative Educator: Fix Boring Schools, Not Kids Who Are Bored - 35 views
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stop trying to fix the student to fit in the setting of the school and start fixing the schools to engage our children. We need to help students find their passions using tools they choose, use, and know will help them grow their wings and soar to the heights which most of their teachers and parents were never allowed to reach.
parentella - 34 views
Building a Better Teacher - NYTimes.com - 20 views
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There was no shortage of prescriptions at the time for how to cure the poor performance that plagued so many American schools. Proponents of No Child Left Behind saw standardized testing as a solution. President Bush also championed a billion-dollar program to encourage schools to adopt reading curriculums with an emphasis on phonics. Others argued for smaller classes or more parental involvement or more state financing.
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This record encouraged a belief in some people that good teaching must be purely instinctive, a kind of magic performed by born superstars.
I Can Teach.co.uk - 0 views
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Where music and learning come to life - a rich variety of music to enhance the learning environment plus carefully selected links for teachers, parents and students
EUROPHILEXPORT - 0 views
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Online Shopping Portal between European and Asian Country
6 girls arrested in Facebook teacher attack invite - Yahoo! News - 41 views
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Sadler said the teachers targeted by the threatening comments were shocked by the arrests because the six girls were good students. Some held leadership positions while others had top grades.
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"I don't understand their motivation. I don't think they think about the consequences because they're young. They're pretty immature then."
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Children's stresses are so great that they can act out on their frustrations. Parents need to monitor what their kids are doing on communication devices."
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Everyone gets frustrated. This is NOT a reasonable conclusion for being frustrated or stressed. What is evolving in the fabric of our youth that to even consider such actions, let alone make them public, is even possible? There don't appear to be disturbed young girls. The fact that they are likely "normal" in every respect makes this story even more disturbing.
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10 years after laptops come to Maine schools, educators say technology levels playing f... - 31 views
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“At our house, there are signs, 'No Facebook from 7 to 9:30,'” Angus King said. “Part of it is supervision, he said. You don't hand the keys to your car to your teenager without rules.
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That seems quite sensible. Step up and be a parent. Set reasonable guidelines.
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CR Survey: 7.5 Million Facebook Users are Under the Age of 13 - 0 views
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Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, 7.5 million of them were younger than 13, according to projections from Consumer Reports’ latest State of the Net survey.
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more than 5 million were 10 and under
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Is it time to change the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to make following it's intent more realistic?
ClassDojoBehavior Management Software - 0 views
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"ClassDojo makes it easy to keep my students alert and on-task."
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Print or email beautiful behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff
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A superb online class management system. Award points for good behaviour and working hard. Take points away for late homework and being unkind. You can set your own headings to customise for your class. You can even update it using your mobile device's web browser. It's one of the best sites that I have shared. Try it. I will be! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Management+%26+Rewards -
An amazing website that I use with the children cycles. ClassDojo is a very useful Behavior Management Software
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