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Henry Thiele

FRONTLINE: digital nation: an online interactive learning tool for frontline's digital ... - 17 views

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shared by Henry Thiele on 03 Feb 10 - No Cached
  • Henry Thiele on 03 Feb 10
     
    Teachers are tapping into technology and digital media for learning. Watch How Google Saved a School and discuss the hype and the hopes for improving education through technology. More and more educators are tapping into the power of digital media and technology for teaching and learning. The variety of information resources available online is simply staggering. Explore how teachers and students are using the power of social media to promote students' active engagement, critical thinking and literacy skills. New Forms of Learning. It doesn't need to happen in school. Because it's visual, interactive and social, learning can happen anywhere with digital media as people collaborate and share about a wide range of topics and issues that matter to them. Technology and School Improvement. Technology may transform schools by promoting student engagement and creativity. But critics fear that too much focus on technology takes attention away from what's really needed to improve schools: capable, well-trained teachers; student-centered learning methods; and smaller class sizes. Hope, Hype and Reality. Are today's learners really different from previous generations? Compelling images of students using digital technology are impressive, but the research evidence on the impact of technology on learning is more mixed. And it's sometimes hard to separate the scholarship from the marketing hype, given the deep investment of technology companies in promoting the idea of technology's transformative potential.
alexandra m. pickett

Favorite Resources - 125 views

Hi. Here was my top 10 list in february 2008 twitter - http://twitter.com - microblog, community of practice, communication, support Second Life - https://secure-web14.secondlife.com/join/- to cr...

Favorite Resources

started by Clif Mims on 09 Mar 08 5 follow-ups, last by alexandra m. pickett on 09 Apr 08
drew polly

TSM Resources - home page - 0 views

www.tsm-resources.com

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shared by drew polly on 13 Feb 09 - Cached
  • drew polly on 13 Feb 09
     
    Technology for Secondary/College Mathematics website with lots of resources about mathematics applets, tools and information.
Dean Mantz

Top News - How tech drives success in Title I schools - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...index.cfm

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shared by Dean Mantz on 25 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The report, "Leveraging Title I and Title IID: Maximizing the Impact of Technology in Education," and the guide, "A Resource Guide Identifying Technology Tools for Schools," were released Sept. 24 by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the National Association for State Title I Directors (NASTID)
  • For instance, acccording to the report, Kansas's Technology Rich Classrooms program saw a 10.4 percent increase in third grade state reading scores. In Arkansas, the Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom project saw third graders' literacy proficiency increase from 67 percent to 84 percent, and among fourth graders from 47 percent to 69 percent.
  • Sixty-seven percent of Title I students have access to a cell phone outside of the classroom, 79 percent have a music or video device, and 46 percent have access to a computer, according to Project Tomorrow's 2008 Speak Up survey data.
  • Dean Mantz on 25 Sep 09
     
    Title I improvements with technology integration.
jwcurlin

Science for Kids - Fun Experiments, Cool Facts, Online Games, Activities, Projects, Ide... - 1 views

www.sciencekids.co.nz

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  • Science facts Enjoy a wide range of information and fun science facts that are sure to surprise and amaze you. Technology facts Check out our cool technology facts featuring robots, cell phones, computers, the Internet and more. Animal facts Animals are an endless source of amazing facts. Find out what makes sharks, dogs and other animals so special. Chemistry facts Learn more about metals, atoms, elements, solids, liquids and gases with our range of interesting chemistry facts. Earth facts Our earth is a fascinating place that is home to such wonders as volcanoes, rivers, deserts and more. Scientist facts Find out more about the scientists who changed the world we live in thanks to their research and discoveries. Space facts Enjoy our space facts and learn the truth behind some of the mysteries that relate to distant stars and galaxies. Planet facts Focus on the planets that share our solar system, read amazing facts about Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and more. Funny facts Relax and enjoy the funny side of science with some crazy facts and information that will bring a smile to your face.   Experiments are an awesome part of science that allow students of all ages to engage in fun and exciting hands on learning experiences that they are sure to enjoy. Experiment with different things an
  • jwcurlin on 10 Feb 19
     
    Fun for all ages not just kids/students.
Clif Mims

STEM-Works - 9 views

www.stem-works.com

Resources Science Math Technology Technology-Integration Engineering Games

shared by Clif Mims on 20 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Clif Mims on 20 Aug 13
     
    A resource for everyone passionate about getting children eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.
Ninja Essays

7 Resources For Essay Writing That Make a Teacher's Life Easier - 0 views

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  • Ninja Essays on 17 Sep 15
     
    "What's the toughest part of your work as an educator? You are used to teaching lessons…you already have the knowledge, so it's not that difficult to express it. However, the task of motivating your students to write falls in another category. It's hard for you to take control over the process and explain how they should infuse their creativity into the rigid form of academic writing. The following 7 online resources will help you teach essay writing in a more inspiring way."
Dean Mantz

About | FreshBrain - 0 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 16 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Why call it an Organic Release? We think this perfectly describes how freshbrain.org will evolve and grow. As new technologies emerge and mature, we will add them. As more and more teens do projects and activities, enter contests, participate in scholarships and have discussions, the value of the site will grow. Some companies might call this their General Availability release, we think that Organic is a much better term!
  • help educate teenagers about new technologies within a hands-on environment. "I wanted to give kids a chance to explore with technology, to be creative." Ferrario was also frustrated by the fact that schools struggle to keep up with the constant evolution in technology.
  • Dean Mantz on 16 Feb 09
     
    Social collaboration for teens and their education counterparts. Free resource for education to share, create, and connect projects by teens with teens.
Dean Mantz

Reedy Technologies "Helping Teachers Integrate Technology" - 0 views

www.lynnreedy.com

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shared by Dean Mantz on 18 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Welcome to Reedy Technologies.  This site has been designed to provide technology resources to educators. Its focus is to assist teachers in the integration of technology across the curriculum.
Ben Rimes

Teacher Challenge - 11 views

teacherchallenge.edublogs.org

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  • Ben Rimes on 04 Feb 11
     
    Technology integration challenges for teachers from Edublogs.org. Ideas on how to kick-start you technology integration in your classroom. Good resource for teachers that like the DIY approach to self-development.
Jeff Johnson

100 great articles on educational technology 2008 - 0 views

c4lpt.co.uk/2008review.html

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 28 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 28 Dec 08
     
    I was taking a look at all the resources that I had collected during 2008 in my LearnTech Library as well as those that I had posted in the LearnTech News, to identify those that I particularly enjoyed, that inspired me, made me think and/or I just found useful. There were many, but I finally narrowed my list down to 100 (see below).  I then fed all the titles into Wordle to generate a word cloud and identify trends in this collection of my favourite resources.  Here it is -my review of 2008 - click on the image for the full-size image.
Michael Johnson

Teaching in Social and Technological Networks « Connectivism - 9 views

www.connectivism.ca/?p=220

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shared by Michael Johnson on 17 Feb 10 - Cached
  • The model falls apart when we distribute content and extend the activities of the teacher to include multiple educator inputs and peer-driven learning.
  • Skype brings anyone, from anywhere, into a classroom. Students are not confined to interacting with only the ideas of a researcher or theorist. Instead, a student can interact directly with researchers through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, and listservs. The largely unitary voice of the traditional teacher is fragmented by the limitless conversation opportunities available in networks. When learners have control of the tools of conversation, they also control the conversations in which they choose to engage. Course content is similarly fragmented. The textbook is now augmented with YouTube videos, online articles, simulations, Second Life builds, virtual museums, Diigo content trails, StumpleUpon reflections, and so on.
  • Traditional courses provide a coherent view of a subject. This view is shaped by “learning outcomes” (or objectives). These outcomes drive the selection of content and the design of learning activities. Ideally, outcomes and content/curriculum/instruction are then aligned with the assessment. It’s all very logical: we teach what we say we are going to teach, and then we assess what we said we would teach. This cozy comfortable world of outcomes-instruction-assessment alignment exists only in education. In all other areas of life, ambiguity, uncertainty, and unkowns reign. Fragmentation of content and conversation is about to disrupt this well-ordered view of learning. Educators and universities are beginning to realize that they no longer have the control they once (thought they) did
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  • I’ve come to view teaching as a critical and needed activity in the chaotic and ambiguous information climate created by networks.
  • In networks, teachers are one node among many. Learners will, however, likely be somewhat selective of which nodes they follow and listen to. Most likely, a teacher will be one of the more prominent nodes in a learner’s network. Thoughts, ideas, or messages that the teacher amplifies will generally have a greater probability of being seen by course participants. The network of information is shaped by the actions of the teacher in drawing attention to signals (content elements) that are particularly important in a given subject area.
  • While “curator” carries the stigma of dusty museums, the metaphor is appropriate for teaching and learning. The curator, in a learning context, arranges key elements of a subject in such a manner that learners will “bump into” them throughout the course. Instead of explicitly stating “you must know this”, the curator includes critical course concepts in her dialogue with learners, her comments on blog posts, her in-class discussions, and in her personal reflections. As learners grow their own networks of understanding, frequent encounters with conceptual artifacts shared by the teacher will begin to resonate.
  • Today’s social web is no different – we find our way through active exploration. Designers can aid the wayfinding process through consistency of design and functionality across various tools, but ultimately, it is the responsibility of the individual to click/fail/recoup and continue. Fortunately, the experience of wayfinding is now augmented by social systems. Social structures are filters. As a learner grows (and prunes) her personal networks, she also develops an effective means to filter abundance. The network becomes a cognitive agent in this instance – helping the learner to make sense of complex subject areas by relying not only on her own reading and resource exploration, but by permitting her social network to filter resources and draw attention to important topics. In order for these networks to work effectively, learners must be conscious of the need for diversity and should include nodes that offer critical or antagonistic perspectives on all topic areas. Sensemaking in complex environments is a social process.
  • Aggregation should do the same – reveal the content and conversation structure of the course as it unfolds, rather than defining it in advance.
  • Filtering resources is an important educator role, but as noted already, effective filtering can be done through a combination of wayfinding, social sensemaking, and aggregation. But expertise still matters. Educators often have years or decades of experience in a field. As such, they are familiar with many of the concepts, pitfalls, confusions, and distractions that learners are likely to encounter. As should be evident by now, the educator is an important agent in networked learning. Instead of being the sole or dominant filter of information, he now shares this task with other methods and individuals.
  • Filtering can be done in explicit ways – such as selecting readings around course topics – or in less obvious ways – such as writing summary blog posts around topics. Learning is an eliminative process. By determining what doesn’t belong, a learner develops and focuses his understanding of a topic. The teacher assists in the process by providing one stream of filtered information. The student is then faced with making nuanced selections based on the multiple information streams he encounters
  • Stephen’s statements that resonated with many learners centers on modelling as a teaching practice: “To teach is to model and to demonstrate. To learn is to practice and to reflect.” (As far as I can tell, he first made the statement during OCC in 2007).
  • Modelling has its roots in apprenticeship. Learning is a multi-faceted process, involving cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions. Knowledge is similarly multi-faceted, involving declarative, procedural, and academic dimensions. It is unreasonable to expect a class environment to capture the richness of these dimensions. Apprenticeship learning models are among the most effective in attending to the full breadth of learning. Apprenticeship is concerned with more than cognition and knowledge (to know about) – it also addresses the process of becoming a carpenter, plumber, or physician.
  • Without an online identity, you can’t connect with others – to know and be known. I don’t think I’m overstating the importance of have a presence in order to participate in networks. To teach well in networks – to weave a narrative of coherence with learners – requires a point of presence. As a course progresses, the teacher provides summary comments, synthesizes discussions, provides critical perspectives, and directs learners to resources they may not have encountered before.
  • Persistent presence in the learning network is needed for the teacher to amplify, curate, aggregate, and filter content and to model critical thinking and cognitive attributes that reflect the needs of a discipline.
  • Teaching and learning in social and technological networks is similarly surprising – it’s hard to imagine that many of the tools we’re using are less than a decade old (the methods of learning in networks are not new, however. People have always learned in social networks).
  • We’re still early in many of these trends. Many questions remain unanswered about privacy, ethics in networks, and assessment.
  • We’re still early in many of these trends. Many questions remain unanswered about privacy, ethics in networks, and assessment.
  • The tools for controlling both content and conversation have shifted from the educator to the learner. We require a system that acknowledges this reality.
  • In order for these networks to work effectively, learners must be conscious of the need for diversity and should include nodes that offer critical or antagonistic perspectives on all topic areas. Sensemaking in complex environments is a social process.
  • In order for these networks to work effectively, learners must be conscious of the need for diversity and should include nodes that offer critical or antagonistic perspectives on all topic areas. Sensemaking in complex environments is a social process.
  • In order for these networks to work effectively, learners must be conscious of the need for diversity and should include nodes that offer critical or antagonistic perspectives on all topic areas. Sensemaking in complex environments is a social process.
  • Michael Johnson on 17 Feb 10
     
    Discusses the role of teachers in the learning  process through social networks: He gives seven roles 1. Amplifying, 2. Curating, 3. Wayfinding and socially-driven sensemaking, 4. Aggregating, 5. Filtering, 6. Modelling, 7. Persistent presence. He ends with this provocative thought: "My view is that change in education needs to be systemic and substantial. Education is concerned with content and conversations. The tools for controlling both content and conversation have shifted from the educator to the learner. We require a system that acknowledges this reality."
Matt Clausen

The Snorkel: A Resource for Educational Technology Coordinators - 0 views

www.thesnorkel.org/welcome.htm

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  • Matt Clausen on 06 Nov 08
     
    A support forum for K-12 Technology Leaders
Dean Mantz

Technology Integration Matrix - 22 views

fcit.usf.edu/matrix.php

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shared by Dean Mantz on 29 May 11 - No Cached
  • Dean Mantz on 29 May 11
     
    Very nice 5x5 cell matrix measuring technology integration from Florida Center for Instructional Technology.  There are quicktime videos of lessons available as well.
Clif Mims

Siemens STEM at DEN - 8 views

stem.discoveryeducation.com

Math Science Engineering Technology Resources DEN Lesson-Plans

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  • Clif Mims on 31 Jan 10
     
    Science, technology, engineering and math resources
Dean Mantz

MEDIA Carts: SMART Boards - 0 views

www.kent.k12.wa.us/...smartboard.html

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shared by Dean Mantz on 01 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Dean Mantz on 01 Dec 08
     
    Kent School District informational technology resource page. The site provides tutorials, guides, SMART Technology assistance, and other resources.
Clif Mims

Learning in Hand - iPod touch in Education - 4 views

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  • Clif Mims on 27 Jan 10
     
    "An educator's resource for using some of the coolest technologies with students."
Clif Mims

HippoCampus - Free Educational Multimedia - 2 views

www.hippocampus.org

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  • Clif Mims on 11 Dec 12
     
    "HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world..."
Jeff Johnson

Education Week: Federal 'Mega-Event' Showcases School Technology - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...33edtech.h28.html

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 30 May 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 30 May 09
     
    Several hundred teachers, administrators, and educational technology specialists from around the country recently joined researchers and national experts in Washington to highlight effective ways to use tech-based resources, including television programs and computer games, to support literacy instruction.
Dean Mantz

techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders - 2 views

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  • Dean Mantz on 11 Jan 09
     
    The online resource for Education Technology leaders.
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