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Marcie Lewis

Making Your Blog a Success | doug --- off the record - 1 views

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blogging tips blogs blog

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  • Marcie Lewis on 08 Oct 13
     
    Great tips on having a successful blog
mardimichels

36 Core Teacher Apps For Inquiry Learning With iPads - 0 views

www.teachthought.com/...or-inquiry-learning-with-ipads

apps inquiry ipads technology learning collaboration

shared by mardimichels on 20 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • mardimichels on 20 Oct 13
     
    Inquiry based learning with iPads - some useful apps.
garth nichols

Are You Checking Work Email in Bed? At the Dinner Table? On Vacation? | Mother Jones - 2 views

m.motherjones.com/...-addiction-research-work-email

staff_development professional_growth Email technology

shared by garth nichols on 05 May 14 - No Cached
  • garth nichols on 05 May 14
     
    Email restrictions work to make a better learning environment. Choose wisely what and when to send them...and when to respond. Responding means you're available and open to these Emails!
Carolyn Bilton

Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement | Edutopia - 1 views

www.edutopia.org/...stories-heather-wolpert-gawron

engagement

shared by Carolyn Bilton on 28 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • nteraction
  • Discussions help clear the tense atmosphere
  • earning by doing
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  • When we use tech, it engages me more and lets me understand the concept more clearly
  • elations between the text and the outside world
  • How does this event relate to current times?
Tim Rollwagen

Using Social Media to Teach Visual Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...literacy-classroom-dave-guymon

shared by Tim Rollwagen on 27 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Tim Rollwagen on 27 Mar 14
     
    Increasingly, educators are acknowledging and welcoming the relative advantages of social media into the teaching and learning process. From creating school Facebook pages to connecting students with experts via Twitter, social media has taken root as a legitimate classroom learning and communication tool.
Adam Caplan

The Balancing Act of Screen Time (Long Version) | Beth Holland - 1 views

brholland.wordpress.com/...ct-of-screen-time-long-version

edtech iPad screentime

shared by Adam Caplan on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • “Today, if I were to lose the devices (iPads) that that my students have,” writes Shawn, “I would mourn the loss not of the technology but of the voices that my students have gained through having them.”
  • “Innovation shouldn’t look like a tablet or a laptop. It should look like a learning environment where students—with teachers at their side— choose their learning targets and aim to hit them.” writes Grant Lichtman (@GrantLichtman)
  • Adam Caplan on 09 Jan 14
     
    Another good discussion on the topic being called "screen time", from Beth Holland (my fav!). 
  • garth nichols on 09 Jan 14
     
    I really liked the idea of what goes into the iPad and not just what it can do... The school has an unconventional take on the iPad's purpose. The devices are not really valued as portable screens or mobile gaming devices. Teachers I talked to seemed uninterested, almost dismissive, of animations and gamelike apps. Instead, the tablets were intended to be used as video cameras, audio recorders, and multimedia notebooks of individual students' creations. The teachers cared most about how the devices could capture moments that told stories about their students' experiences in school. Instead of focusing on what was coming out of the iPad, they were focused on what was going into it. - The Smart Way to Use iPads in the Classroom, April 15, 2013
Justin Medved

Clearing the Confusion between Technology Rich and Innovative Poor: Six Questions - 3 views

novemberlearning.com/...-innovative-poor-six-questions

staff_development professionaldevelopment

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  • Justin Medved on 04 Feb 15
     
    "Test your own level of innovation.  If you answer no to all Six Questions when evaluating the design of assignments and student work, than chances are that technology is not really being applied in the most innovative ways. The questions we ask to evaluate implementation and define innovation are critical." Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web? Did the assignment develop new lines of inquiry? Are there opportunities for students to make their thinking visible? Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world? Is there an opportunity for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)? Does the assignment demo "best in the world" examples of content and skill?
garth nichols

If School Leaders Don't Get It, It's Not Going to Happen | Eric Sheninger - 2 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...leaders-dont-ge_b_6214906.html

CAIS Leadershipt Edtech

shared by garth nichols on 01 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • For those educators and schools that are either resistant to or unsure about using social media, I challenge you to move from a fixed to a growth mindset to create schools that work better for kids and establish relevance as a leader in your district, school, or classroom.
  • Begin to strategically utilize an array of free social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate important information (student honors, staff accomplishments, meetings, emergency information) to stakeholders in real-time. Consistency aligned with intent is key.
  • Take control of you public relations by becoming the storyteller-in-chief to produce a constant stream of positive news. If you don't share your story someone else will and you then run the chance that it will not be positive. Stop reacting to public relations situations you have limited control of and begin to be more proactive. When supplying a constant stream of positive news you will help to mitigate any negative stories that might arise.
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  • Establishing a brand presence should no longer be restricted to the business world when schools and districts now have the tools at their fingertips to do this in a cost-effective manner. Simply communicating and telling your story with social media tools can accomplish this. When you do, the brand presence develops solely based on the admirable work that is taking place in your district, school, or classroom.
  • Connect with experts, peers, and practitioners across the globe to grow professionally through knowledge acquisition, resource sharing, engaged discussion, and to receive feedback. This will not only save you time and money, but will open up your eyes to infinite possibilities to truly become a digital leader. Who would not want to tap into countless opportunities that arise through conversations and transparency in online spaces? Don't wait another second to start building a Personal Learning Network (PLN).
  • If you are an administrator, stop supporting or enforcing a gatekeeper approach and allow educators to use free social media tools to engage learners, unleash their creativity, and enhance learning. Hiding behind CIPA is just an excuse for not wanting to give up control. If you want students that are real world or future ready, they must be allowed to use the tools that are prevalent now in this world.
  • Schools are missing a golden opportunity and failing students by not teaching digital responsibility/citizenship through the effective use of social media. We need to begin to empower students to take more ownership of their learning by promoting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the use of mobile learning devices if schools do not have the means to go 1:1. By BYOD I don't mean just allowing kids to bring in and use their own devices in the hallways and during lunch. That is not BYOD. Real BYOD initiatives allow students to enhance/support their learning experience, increase productivity, conduct better research, and become more digitally literate.
  • garth nichols on 01 Dec 14
     
    Administrators in Education...please read!
Derek Doucet

7 Homework Assignments That Guarantee Learning and the Secret Sauce That Makes Them Work - Brilliant or Insane - 0 views

www.brilliant-insane.com/...auce-that-makes-them-work.html

personalized learning homework pedagogy edtech

shared by Derek Doucet on 06 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • 1 – Read from a self-selected novel
  • With reading as our most important out-of-class activity, my average student read more than 25 books each year.
  • 2 – Read an article, blog post, or other content on a social network
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  • What if teachers leveraged social media and other Internet content? Encourage students to read a bevy of items from their favorite online spaces. Steer them to content related to your class. Challenge them to locate something thought-provoking. Imagine the discussions that might ensue.
  • 3 – Talk about X on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest
  • 5 – Write a song, paint a picture, or design a building
  • 6 – Play a game
  • Derek Doucet on 06 Nov 15
     
    Making learning a normal part of their day...
jenniferweening

Developing a Growth Mindset in Teachers and Staff | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...wth-mindset-teachers-and-staff

shared by jenniferweening on 22 Jan 16 - No Cached
    • jenniferweening
      jenniferweening on 22 Jan 16
       
      - how many of us need to be reminded of this as well?!  - we say that it's important for the kids to fail and try again, but how often are we willing to do the same in our teaching? 
  • Fixed mindset people dread failure, feeling that it reflects badly upon themselves as individuals, while growth mindset people instead embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and improve their abilities.
  • We have to really send the right messages, that taking on a challenging task is what I admire.
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      jenniferweening on 22 Jan 16
       
      Besides just doing away with grades, how can we actually convince students that failure is part of the process? As much as we tell them that it's about challenging themselves, when it all boils down to it, at the end of the grading period we still have to put a number on their report card. So hard to reconcile!
  • Parents around the dinner table and teachers in the classroom should ask, ‘Who had a fabulous struggle today?
  • how to model a growth mindset amongst students and one of her key principles is encouraging teachers to see themselves as learners, and, just like students are all capable of learning and improving, so too are teachers
  • A second principle requires that schools provide opportunities for teachers to try new things and make mistakes.
  • what will teachers and the school learn as part of the process, rather than whether the new idea is going to be a success or a failure.
  • inked to it, and equally vital, is providing a chance for teachers to reflect upon their new ideas and consider what they learned from the process. Ideally, this reflection should focus less on whether the idea was a success or a failure, but rather on what the teacher learnt from the process.
tantoniades

Life in a 21st-Century English Class | MindShift | KQED News - 4 views

ww2.kqed.org/...n-a-21st-century-english-class

shared by tantoniades on 17 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Finally, technology is embedded into the structure of all we do. It’s part of how we research, how we capture information, and how we display our learning. It’s never an accessory tacked on at the end.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      This is where I need to get.  I'm still very much in the "tacking on" phase.
  • My students started by creating a Flickr feed, Facebook page, a YouTube account, a Tumblr blog, and a Twitter account. They decided that visual representations of their knowledge would be the most powerful. So some of my students created photographs depicting images that they felt best represented modern trafficking. These photos were then edited in Picnik, and posted to our blog.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      I dont know what half of these things are, but I'm going to find out - we do Beloved, which is really similar thematically, and my assessment for the unit is really similar (even if it's not tech-based...yet).
  • A few years ago I tried to teach this idea to a grade 12 class when we were studying essay writing. They didn’t get it. But in the context we were using, after comparing social media content, it made perfect sense to my grade 11 students.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      I find this really annoying.  
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  • The Museum Box site allows you to build  an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Students can display anything from a text file to a movie. My students will be using this platform to argue their thesis, rather than writing a traditional essay.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      Intriguing.  Go on...
  • My students have started designing our curriculum units. Seriously. While transitioning to our current unit, we discussed the possibilities as a class.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      I dont mean to be a crank, but this has everything to do with teaching, and nothing to do with technology.
  • Before the technology/constructivist shift in my classsroom, I would have taught all of this quite traditionally. We’d read books, answer questions, and then address those questions in class. I’d lecture a lot, with supplemental grammar lessons here and there, and I’d include some type of artistic project to achieve viewing and representing objectives. The whole design would have been extremely teacher centered. And at the end of it all, I’d hope they learned something about writing and thinking. Instead, inquiry and technology are a natural part of our English classes.
    • tantoniades
      tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
       
      Again, I know I'm being a cynical old grump, but you cannot use "technology" and "constructivist" like they're two parts of the same idea.  I think it's perfectly feasible to imagine a constructivist classroom that runs without tech, and vice versa.  Both of them running in harmony...that's the dream, all right.
  • tantoniades on 17 Nov 15
     
    An article about some ways technology can be used to help an inquiry-based high school English class...
  • Derek Doucet on 17 Nov 15
     
    Hey Tony - I think you'd be really interested in TPACK - a tech integration framework that looks at pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge and tech knowledge. For more info check out tpack.org! We'll be looking at these in our third face to face but it sounds like you're ready to delve!
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