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Dean Mantz

Computer Lab Favorites | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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    50 1 stop learning activities that take about 15-30 minutes each.
J Black

The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views

  • According to a 2007 Pew/Internet study,1 49 percent of Americans only occasionally use information and communication technology. Of the remaining 51 percent, only 8 percent are what Pew calls omnivores, “deep users of the participatory Web and mobile applications.”
  • Shaping user behavior is a “soft” problem that has more to do with psychological and social barriers to technology adoption. Academia has its own cultural mores, which often conflict with experimenting with new ways of doing things. Gardner Campbell put it nicely last year when he wrote, “For an academic to risk ‘failure’ is often synonymous with ‘looking stupid in front of someone’.”2 The safe option for most users is to avoid trying something as risky as new technology.
  • The first instinct is thus to graft technology onto preexisting modes of behavior.
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  • First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This “Three-E Strategy,” if applied properly, has been at the core of every successful technology adoption throughout history.
  • Technology must be easy and intuitive to use for the majority of the user audience—or they won’t use it.
  • Complexity, however, remains a potent obstacle to realizing the goal of making technology easy. Omnivores (the top 8 percent of users) revel in complexity. Consider for a moment how much time some people spend creating clothes for their avatars in Second Life or the intricacies of gameplay in World of Warcraft. This complexity gives the expert users a type of power, but is also a turnoff for the majority of potential users.
  • Web 2.0 and open source present another interesting solution to this problem. The user community quickly abandons those applications they consider too complicated.
  • any new technology must become essential to users
  • Finally, we have to show them how the enhanced communication made possible through technologies such as Web 2.0 will enhance their efficiency, productivity, and ability to teach and learn.
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    First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This "Three-E Strategy," if applied properly, has been at the core of every successful technology adoption throughout history.
Barbara Moose

Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a lis... - 0 views

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    School Library Journal article on authors who Skype for free
Kristine Goldhawk

Wide Scope » Wordpress as a Replacement Course Management System - 0 views

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    Includes a link to a gradebook plugin for Wordpress. If the costs associated with Moodle (server space and time to manage) are too much, this is another cost-effective way of having a LMS without paying for Blackboard/WebCT/Vista.
Dean Mantz

Community Library for AUP - 5 views

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    AUP/RUP links from Diigo Community
Barbara Lindsey

Pleased to Tweet You: Making a case for Twitter in the classroom - 12/1/2009 - School L... - 11 views

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    PLNs for our students
Dean Mantz

Screenr - @torres21: Part 1 of 2: This is a quick overview and how to video on how to u... - 5 views

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    Marco Torres "screenr" of how to use Webspiration
Dean Mantz

Education Groups 'Extremely Concerned' over EETT Cut in Obama Budget -- THE Journal - 2 views

  • cut all funding to the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
  • proposed 2011 budget
  • infusing technology across the range of its proposed programs and school reform initiatives
Dean Mantz

Copyright, Creative Commons and Databases-Special Guests: Joyce Valenza and Buffy Hamil... - 9 views

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    Great collaborative conversation about issues addressing Copyright and Fair Use in education.
Dean Mantz

Teaching Parents Digital Citizenship at Katy ISD -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    How one TX school districts gets parents involved in teaching Digtial Citizenship.
Dean Mantz

Uses for Edmodo (All grade levels) - Google Docs - 9 views

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    Here is a list of methods to use Edmodo in education.
cecilia marie

Computer Problem Solved - 2 views

We run a robotics exhibit here in the city. Therefore we really need professional setup in our computers. There are times wherein we experience some computer problem and we really need professional...

computer problem

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