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James OReilly

ALPS: What's New? - 0 views

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  • The new version of the Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool is now available! Take your curriculum unit to the next level with new features that help you to organize your work, interact with your design team, and share your final draft with others.
  • Click here to open the new CCDT!
  • Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool
Claude Almansi

Ed Tech's are stupid! « Effective Digital Classrooms July 29, 2008 by dskmag - 0 views

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  • Claude Almansi on 20 Aug 08
     
    I'm thinking that in the Ed Tech rush to engage staff in the potential of Web2.0, that we have actually made it all to easy to get out of their depth. I see lessons that involve summarising the text book into power point, or Googling into a Publisher leaflet daily.
  • Claude Almansi on 20 Aug 08
     
    Bookmarked by Patricia Chin. Beyond the provocative title, a great description of present problems in the way tech gets used in the classroom, and their causes.
Claude Almansi

About PBL/Web2.0 « Effective Digital Classrooms - 0 views

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  • Claude Almansi on 20 Aug 08
     
    Via a bookmark made by Patricia Chin
  • Claude Almansi on 20 Aug 08
     
    Project Based Learning uses a 'Contructavist' approach to learning. Constructivism is the label given to a set of theories about learning which fall somewhere between cognitive and humanistic views.
Claude Almansi

Collaborative Writing - 0 views

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  • The following is a list of tools to try in the classroom to get student to use online Web 2.0 tools to collaborate, express and write.
    • Claude Almansi
      Claude Almansi on 08 Aug 08
       
      Not entirely accurate - for instance Google docs pages can be exported to several other formats than those mentioned. But on the whole, a good overview
Dennis OConnor

Internet Search Challenge - 0 views

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  • The paradoxical thing about information and searching is that the more of it there is, the less of it we will see. The results we retrieve will be a smaller and smaller sample of what's actually available. And I don't see how this trend can be reversed.
  • I don't speak Spanish, but can usually figure out the meaning of traveler's information printed in a couple of languages. My insufficiency became evident when searching online for information on La Posada, a Mexican Christmas tradition.
  • I wanted to know if there was traditional music for this Mexican celebration. I think I would have found it right away if there weren't other meanings and spellings for 'la posada.'
  • Dennis OConnor on 17 Nov 08
     
    Lately, I've encountered several searches that ended badly. That is, I could not find what I was looking for.
Hans Feldmeier

eTwinning - Homepage - 0 views

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  • Hans Feldmeier on 03 Oct 08
     
    new page as to eTwinning
Dennis OConnor

21CIF: 21st Century Information Fluency - 0 views

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  • Power Searching In a Web 2.0 world. ($99 Fee 5 CEUs) New to this site? Click the course title and you will be able to create an account and register for this 4 week facilitated class! Contact: Dennis O'ConnorOpen for enrollment! Begins February 9, 2009Login as Guest to view!
  • Introduction to Google Documents: Collaborate & Share Enroll now! February 9, 2009 1 - 5 (5 Days | One Week) 5 CDPUs Learn to use Google Word Processing Documents for productivity and collaboration. Trouble creating your account? E-Mail: wiredinstructor@gmail.comLogin as Guest to view!
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Feb 09
     
    21st Century Information Fluency Project Online Course Page: Lists 1 - 4 week courses in search skills and google docs
James OReilly

About - LiveTwitting.com - 0 views

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  • organize and consolidate twitter coverage posts during live sessions
James OReilly

Versatile, Immersive, Creative and Dynamic Virtual 3-D Healthcare Learning Environments... - 0 views

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  • Virtual 3-D Healthcare Learning Environments
  • The author provides a critical overview of three-dimensional (3-D) virtual worlds and “serious gaming” that are currently being developed and used in healthcare professional education and medicine.
  • Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations Theory
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  • Siemens’ Connectivism Theory
  • accelerating momentum
  • there are some fundamental questions which remain unanswered.
  • it is beneficial to address while the race to adopt and implement highly engaging Web 3-D virtual worlds is watched in healthcare professional education
  • Therefore, Roger’s Diffusion of Innovations Theory [5] and Siemens’ Connectivism Theory [6] for today’s learners will serve as theoretical frameworks for this paper.
  • A 3-D virtual world, also known as a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW), is an example of a Web 2.0/Web 3-D dynamic computer-based application.
  • applications that enable social publishing, such as blogs and wikis
  • the most popular virtual world used by the general public is Linden Lab’s Second Life (SL)
  • health information island
  • US agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health conduct meetings in SL to discuss the educational potential of SL
  • virtual medical universities exist all over the world
  • The term “avatar” is an old Sanskrit word portraying a deity which takes on a human shape
  • Trauma Center
  • Virtual worlds are currently being used as educational spaces [1] and continue to grow in popularity on campuses and businesses worldwide. Furthermore, access to versions of virtual worlds on the Web, such as “Croquet,” “Uni-Verse,” and “Multiverse” are predicted within two to three years to be mainstream in education
  • Some educators may balk at adopting this technology because there is a learning curve associated with the use of 3-D virtual worlds.
  • By allowing students time to interact with other avatars (eg, patients, staff members, and other healthcare professionals) in a safe, simulated environment, a decrease in student anxiety, an increase in competency in learning a new skill, and encouragement to cooperate and collaborate, as well as resolve conflicts, is possible.
  • High quality 3-D entertainment that is freely accessible via Web browsing facilitates engagement opportunities with individuals or groups of people in an authentic manner that illustrates collective intelligence
  • Advanced Learning and Immersive Virtual Environment (ALIVE) at the University of Southern Queensland
  • Who would imagine attending medical school in a virtual world?
  • Problem-based learning groups enrolled in a clinical management course at Coventry University meet in SL and are employed to build learning facilities for the next semester of SL students. This management course teaches students to manage healthcare facilities and is reported to be the first healthcare-related class to use SL as a learning environment.
  • Another example of a medical school using SL is St. George’s Medical School in London.
  • Stanford University medical school
  • Another virtual world project developed by staff at the Imperial College in London, in collaboration with the National Physical Lab in the United Kingdom, is the Second Health Project
  • Mesko [35] presents the top 10 virtual medical sites in SL.
  • The development and use of 3-D virtual worlds in nursing education is increasing.
  • there are reported advantages to having students engage in these emerging technologies
  • Let’s have fun, explore these fascinating worlds and games, and network with others while respecting diverse ways of life-long learning and current researchers’ findings.
  • there is an underlying push in higher education to adopt these collaborative tools and shift the paradigm from a traditional Socratic method of education to one possessing a more active and interactive nature
  • One may view online virtual worlds and serious gaming as a threat to the adoption and purchase of high-fidelity computerized patient-simulation mannequins that are currently purchased for healthcare-profession training. For example, nurses may login into SL and learn Advanced Cardiac Life Support at their convenience, and it costs virtually nothing for the nurse and perhaps a nominal fee for the developer.
  • The educational opportunity in SL may not be a replacement for the doctor- or nurse-patient interaction or relationship, but SL may serve as an adjunct or pre- or post-learning tool.
  • one recalls when critics questioned the validity and reliability of the stethoscope invented by Laennec in 1816 and how today it is second nature to use this assessment tool.
  • 2006 health fair
Dennis OConnor

Information Fluency Copyright Resources - 0 views

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copyright fair_use annotated bibliography

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  • Valenza, Joyce. NeverendingSearch Blog. Fair use and transformativeness: It may shake your world [blog]. april 1, 2008 [cites 8 November 2008] Available from the Internet. < http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1420024142.html > We all know that copyright & fair use are 'gray area' issues in this web 2.0 world of ours. It's difficult to teach these concepts without also considering the exceptions and 'what if' scenarios that we bump into daily on the open web. Valenza explores new ideas and definitions that extend the boundaries of fair use.
  • Dennis OConnor on 07 Nov 08
     
    Detailed 'webliography' of copyright and fair use resources. Includes links to micromodules and flash games. Annotations give you a solid idea of the content of each website. Prepared by 21st Century Information Fluency Staff
Ryan Armitage

New guidelines for Fair Use! - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - 0 views

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  • Ryan Armitage on 11 Nov 08
     
    New guidlines for Fair Use
Frances Bell

Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning » Working and Learning - 0 views

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  • paper is the idea that the ‘industrial model’ of schooling is becoming dysfunctional
    • Frances Bell
      Frances Bell on 20 Dec 08
       
      Shouldn't you mention relationship between decline of liberal arts eduction concept and industrialisation?
  • has been linked to a discourse of employability
    • Frances Bell
      Frances Bell on 20 Dec 08
       
      Funding in UK focused on 16-19 Skills Agenda , see NIACE briefing info at their site, giving the lie to LIFELONG learning
J Black

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  • netTrekker d.i. wants to send you to NECC '09 in Washington, D.C. June 28-July 1! We understand the difficulties with funding concerns and cutbacks for out-of-state travel. We want to help! netTrekker d.i. will award two $1500 scholarships to assist educators with conference registration, travel expenses, etc., to NECC '09.
  • J Black on 01 Feb 09
     
    netTrekker d.i. wants to send you to NECC '09 in Washington, D.C. June 28-July 1! We understand the difficulties with funding concerns and cutbacks for out-of-state travel. We want to help! netTrekker d.i. will award two $1500 scholarships to assist educators with conference registration, travel expenses, etc., to NECC '09.
Dennis OConnor

Geezers online and implications for schools - 0 views

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  • While school leaders (rightly) focus on the importance of the Internet in students' lives and education, we ought to also seriously be considering what this report says about how we communicate with our parents and communities. And asking what exepectations we should have of all teachers of an online presence and use of digital communications.
  • Most of our parents fall smack into the Gen X category - that which has a disproportionately high percentage number of online users and is increasingly likely to look for information online.
  • Too often educators think of students as their "customers." Dangerous mistake. Children no more choose their  schools than they choose their physicians or shoe stores. Parents who wouldn't choose a bank that does not allow online account access won't choose a school that doesn't offer online gradebook access either.
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Feb 09
     
    From Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog. Doug provides a link to the new Generations Online in 2009 report from the Pew Internet project. The chart of Generational Differences In Online Activities is an eye opener. (Since I have geezer eyeballs, the title of this post really appeals to me!)
Dennis OConnor

FAQ Information Literacy Online Classes - 0 views

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21cif.com faq online classes moodle information fluency informationliteracy

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  • How many hours a week will this take? Courses take about 5 hours per week. (You can certainly spend more time if you wish.) Will I be working alone or with a group? You'll be working with an online teacher who monitors the course on a daily basis. Our classes are fully moderated. That means you're working with a facilitator and other members of the class to learn together. You'll be able to get help, ask questions, and learn from both the facilitator and other participants.
  • Can I preview the courses? Yes, follow the link below to our Moodle online learning system . When prompted, login as a guest. This allows you to see an outline version of the courses without enrolling.
  • Do you have free materials? Yes, almost all of our materials are free online at 21cif.com. You'll find many years of research based curriculum materials on our site. We support our research project by offering online classes, conference presentations, and custom online programming for educational and corporate clients.
  • Dennis OConnor on 06 Feb 09
     
    Frequently asked questions about Information Fluency / Information literacy moodle based online classes.
Claude Almansi

Social websites harm children's brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscien... - 0 views

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  • 'I'm not against technology and computers. But before they start social networking, they need to learn to make real relationships with people.'
  • Claude Almansi on 26 Feb 09
     
    Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young people more self-centred. The claims from neuroscientist Susan Greenfield will make disturbing reading for the millions whose social lives depend on logging on to their favourite websites each day.
Randy Rodgers

Obama calling for more schooling --either more hours or more days. - Lynn Sweet - 0 views

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  • economic progress and educational achievement have always gone hand in hand in America.
  • The source of America's prosperity, then, has never been merely how ably we accumulate wealth, but how well we educate our people. This has never been more true than it is today. In a 21st century world where jobs can be shipped wherever there's an internet connection; where a child born in Dallas is competing with children in Delhi; where your best job qualification is not what you do, but what you know - education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity and success, it is a prerequisite.
  • of the thirty fastest growing occupations in America, half require a Bachelor's degree or more. By 2016, four out of every ten new jobs will require at least some advanced education or training.
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  • politics and ideology have too often trumped our progress.
  • Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars. It's not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.
  • the first pillar in reforming our schools - investing in early childhood initiatives.
  • Early Learning Challenge Gran
  • better standards and assessments
  • They are spending less time teaching things that don't matter, and more time teaching things that do
  • challenge our states to adopt world-class standards that will bring our curriculums into the 21st century.
  • develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking, entrepreneurship and creativity.
  • money is tied to results
    • Randy Rodgers
      Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
       
      Research doesn't support the idea that money=successful schools, unfortunately.
  • using data to track how much progress a student is making and where that student is struggling
    • Randy Rodgers
      Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
       
      Individualization--good plan
  • I am calling on a new generation of Americans to step forward and serve our country in our classrooms. If you want to make a difference in the life of our nation; if you want to make the most of your talents and dedication; if you want to make your mark with a legacy that will endure - join the teaching profession. America needs you.
  • third pillar of reform -- recruiting, preparing, and rewarding outstanding teachers.
  • extra pay to Americans who teach math and science
  • if a teacher is given a chance but still does not improve, there is no excuse for that person to continue teaching
  • fourth part of America's education strategy - promoting innovation and excellence in America's schools.
  • I call on states to reform their charter rules, and lift caps on the number of allowable charter schools,
  • We can no longer afford an academic calendar designed when America was a nation of farmers who needed their children at home plowing the land at the end of each day.
  • expand effective after-school programs
  • rethink the school day to incorporate more time - whether during the summer or through expanded-day programs
  • let us all make turning around our schools our collective responsibility as Americans. That will require new investments in innovative ideas. That is why my budget invests in developing new strategies to make sure at-risk students don't give up on their education; new efforts to give dropouts who want to return to school the help they need to graduate; and new ways to put those young men and women who have left school back on a pathway to graduation.
  • The fifth part of America's education strategy is providing every American with a quality higher education - whether it's college or technical training.
  • simplify federal college assistance forms
  • the goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the year 2020.
  • Adults of all ages need opportunities to earn new degrees and skills
  • bottom line is that no government policies will make any difference unless we also hold ourselves more accountable as parents.
  • Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 09
     
    President Obama's first address on educational reform.
Concetta Gotlieb

A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 09 May 09
     
    An incredible tool for deciding which visualization to use depending on the type of content you are teaching
Randy Rodgers

PicApp Search results for Dallas Cowboys - 0 views

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  • Randy Rodgers on 13 Oct 09
     
    20 million plus free images for your website, blog, etc. A little heavy on celebrities (okay, a LOT heavy), but still a good resource.
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