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Sarah Bylsma

10 Good iPad Book Creator Apps to Use with Your Students ~ Educational Technology and M... - 0 views

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    Just in time for my summative book assignment
Justin Medved

Pushing, Pulling, Nudging, Lifting | Aaron Vigar - 0 views

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    Love this honest post from Aaron "This has certainly been true of my journey with Cohort 21. A true meeting of the minds, at the end of each session I feel like anything is possible, but when I get back to the very busy and  imperfect world in which I actually teach (this isn't a suggestion about my school, but true of everywhere) I feel it incredibly challenging to see how the big ideas I love to talk about look in the particular setting of my classroom. It's easy to get tied up trying out new technologies or aiming for a certain look to the classroom, and forget that what I really want is the simplest and most complicated goal: to help my students be happy and learn."
mardimichels

Digital overload: How we are seduced by distraction - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Are you seduced by digital distractions? (Um, aren't we all?!)
garth nichols

The Secret Skill Behind Being An Innovator | LinkedIn - 0 views

  • Let’s look more closely at what is happening, conceptually, when we make an analogy. “The essential requirement for analogical thinking,” Holyoak and Thagard write, “is the ability to look at specific situations and [] pull out abstract patterns that may also be found in superficially different situations.” That’s important, so I’ll say it again in a slightly different way: A useful analogy reveals the deep commonalities beneath superficial differences.
  • What does this allow us to do? The scientists Kevin Dunbar studied used analogies, first, to formulate hypotheses that they could then test. Their thought process went something like this: If we know that X does Y when Z, is it possible that A does Y when Z, too? Let’s find out. That’s often how innovations get their start, in the lab and elsewhere: by taking a familiar starting point and using it as a launch pad to explore new territory.
  • The appearance in the transcript of words indicating uncertainty, such as “maybe,” “I don’t know,” and “I don’t understand,” was often followed by an attempt to draw an analogy—to compare the ambiguous situation to a situation with which the scientists were familiar.
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  • At such moments, the scientists were employing analogies as different sort of bridge—a conceptual catwalk that provides just enough space to move forward and keep searching for solutions. As Schunn writes: “Scientists and engineers do not always seek to completely eliminate uncertainty (and indeed, sometimes it is not possible to do so) but often drive problem solving with the aim of converting it into approximate ranges sufficient to continue problem solving.”
  • To aid in finding just the right analogy, it helps to have a deep pool of potential targets. The Boston Strategy Group, a consulting firm, has created an online gallery of sources of analogical inspiration for its consultants and their clients to use. We can do this, too—bookmarking or pinning websites that inspire connections, keeping a folder of ripped-out articles or pictures from newspapers and magazines. A class or a workplace team can create a shared repository of analogical targets.
  • The best use of an analogy, as we’ve seen, is as as a bridge—and once we’ve crossed over the bridge, we can leave it behind.
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    Great article for why analogies are important
mardimichels

Webinar Series - 1 views

  • EdTechTeacher offers free, live webinars throughout the school year aimed at helping educators integrate technology effectively in the classroom. This is a great opportunity learn something new as well as to network with other teachers from across the country and around the world. We hope that you will join us online for our next event.
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    Free live webinars aimed at helping educators integrate technology
Sarah Bylsma

GamePress - Create, Share, Play. on the App Store on iTunes - 0 views

  • GamePress is a game creation app that allows anyone to make the games of their imaginations with no programming or graphic design
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    Have your students create their own games
Tim Rollwagen

6 Channels Of 21st Century Learning - 1 views

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    How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context?
Tim Rollwagen

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

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    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.
Tim Rollwagen

Content Curation Through the SAMR Lens - 0 views

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    There are a variety of helpful tools to choose from to make content curation fun and useful. It's important to choose a tool that will grow with you as you strive to use technology as a tool that helps you "Teach Above the Line" and transform learning.
Derek Doucet

How Assessment Can Lead to Deeper Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Here's an illustration of that process:
  • The reflection step in this on-going learning cycle is an essential element where assessment happens.
  • Having students play an active role in this step is distinctive for two reasons:
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  • The assessment process itself helps students develop critical thinking and analysis skills.
  • The process also helps students internalize knowledge, turning what and how they learn into a well of resources they can use in the future.
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    A great reminder of why we need to give the keys to the students and let them drive from time to time.
garth nichols

Google Debuts Education Tool Oppia for Teaching Others - 3 views

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    Want to flip the flip of the flip?
Sarah Bylsma

5 Important Web Tools Students Can Use to Create Educational Games ~ Educational Techno... - 0 views

  • In education 1.0, online games which are nothing else but electronic worksheets were played in one unidirectional  way and there was only way correct way for players to win ; in education 2.0 commercial  games have made it into the educational scene and teachers and students started using them, examples of these games include: SIMs, World of Warcraft, Portal. However, in education 3.0, learners are not only using these commercial games in unique ways but they are also using several platforms to create their own games.
  • JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint.
  • Purpose Games allows you to create your own games, host your own groups / classes, study for a test, or just dazzle us with your knowledge. PurposeGames is a completely FREE service!
Tim Rollwagen

SAMR Examples by Jim Cash on Prezi - 1 views

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    Examples using SAMR
Sarah Bylsma

A New Wonderful Wheel on SAMR and Bloom's Digital Taxonomy ~ Educational Technology and... - 1 views

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    SAMR and Blooms Taxonomy Wheel
Bart van Veghel

Why Being a Perfectionist Can Hurt Your Productivity - 0 views

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    Do you ever back door brag about being a perfectionist? Unlike other obsessions and addictions, perfectionism is something a lot of people celebrate, believing it's an asset. But true perfectionism can actually get in the way of productivity and happiness. I recently interviewed David Burns, author of "Feeling Good," who has made this exact connection.
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