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Bradford Saron

The Rise of K-12 Blended Learning-Report - 0 views

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    According to this report, all we have to do to "fix" education and reform for kids is to, adopt Apex Learning as our content provider, adopt PowerSchool as our SIS, adopt Blackboard as our MIS and online grade-book, and adopt NWEA MAP as our assessment tool. See, problem solved. 
Bradford Saron

Three Ways of Integrating Technology in Schools | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Clas... - 0 views

  • The first way is in the classroom. Most teachers with abundant access to electronic devices have integrated desktops, laptops, interactive white- boards, and clickers into their lessons.
  • The second way of integrating technology is in the school. Combining online instruction for individual students tailored to their academic needs and interests with regular classroom instruction have emerged in past few years as “blended learning.”
  • The third way are for-profit and non-profit K-12 cyber schools such as Agora (PA) and Florida Virtual School where students receive online instruction at home or elsewhere and get their diplomas without entering school buildings.
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    A thoughtful analysis of #edtech integration (system wide). 
Bradford Saron

What Does Technoratis State of the Blogosphere Report Mean for Education Bloggers? - Th... - 1 views

  • Almost half of all content consumers surveyed by Technorati trust traditional media sources less than they did five years ago
  • Equally interesting is the fact that almost 50% of content consumers surveyed by Technorati trust the content that they’re finding on blogs—a number that rivals the 60% of content consumers who trust the content they find in print newspapers, television broadcasts and radio programming.
  • 60% of all bloggers surveyed spend between 1 and 3 hours per week working on their blogs—and the average blogger posts new content to their site 2-3 times per week.
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  • mobile blogging is becoming more and more popular. 
  • If those kinds of trends continue—or start to find their way into the edusphere—that can only mean two things: Blog content will continue to play an important role in driving conversations in all fields. My own content could be drowned out, lost in the sea of posts being published by writers who are investing more time than I am in their blogs.
  • The lines are blurring between the blogosphere and social media spaces like Facebook and Twitter:
  • Bloggers spend more time interacting in social media spaces than the average American.
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    Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. The article blends well with Clay Shirky's analysis of the death of print. This is why. 
Bradford Saron

If we were really serious about educational technology | Dangerously Irrelevant - 0 views

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    Want a 21st Century, technologically blended environment in your school? Directions are right here. 
Bradford Saron

The Myth of eLearning: There Is No 'There' There -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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    A great call to continue the "blended learning" environment. 
Bradford Saron

Free Technology for Teachers: Three Purposes for Classroom Blogs - 1 views

  • Here's a cartoon explanation that I made about one of the benefits of teachers having blogs. 
  • Better yet, make students authors on a blog and have them post prompts for their classmates to respond to
  • Demonstrating:By making students authors on a group blog or by having them maintain their own individual blogs they can demonstrate what they've found through research, what they learned, and what they have created to demonstrate their learning.
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    Great article about blogging in a blended classroom. 
dennis dervetski

Gmail - Inbox - dervetski@gmail.com - 0 views

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    Blended Learning/Digital Tools
Guy Leavitt

Flipped Class Method Gaining Ground | District Administration Magazine - 0 views

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    Example of how one district in Mich is using the flipped classroom
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