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Arizona Department of Education

At the start of the year we were given the Horizon Report on the future of technology and learning to read. One of the more distant predications was the use of gaming for learning. This article is from the NY times. It is followed by a Q&A with Thomas Paul Gee.

"After discussing and examining their media lives, students were asked to use a simile to explain their media lives. For example, one could say, "My media life is like a young puppy... it's full of life, friendly, hyper, and hard to calm down.""

I think that we'd all agree with these eight points, especially those regarding time. There is definitely a role for the teacher librarian in facilitating these strategies.

"With all of this comes new risks and new benefits to consider - such as a new social etiquette within social media, and potential privacy issues as we store more information off local machines and onto the so-called "cloud"."

"While the first instinct in schools and districts is often to block services such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and even some blogging platforms, the positives of these tools often outweigh the negatives. When used well, social media tools connect all stakeholders in a school community in a ways that have never before been possible. "

How Scoopit can be used by teachers and students.

One media review of the new Grade 6 cybersafety online course found here: https://www.digitallicence.com.au/home

Cloud to take up 90% of IoT data by 2020, says IDC. IDC's FutureScape report reveals the latest findings and predictions on the Internet of Things (IoT) between 2015 and 2020. CBR highlights 10 need-to-know predictions from the report's findings. 1.

Content curation: what is it? what actions are involved? what are some best practices? some uses? best tools?

Denis Masseni, a Monash university lecturer and a director of Sponsor-Ed has written a report called "Why Schools are spooked by social media" (2010) which presents findings from a survey of 140 principals on the subject of social media. It's a positive take on SNS use in schools. This site links both the 34 page paper and a small radio interview (8 mins) which is well worth a listen.

"Have you ever Googled yourself ? Have you ever checked your virtual identity? Do you know that you leave a digital footprint every time you get online? Do you know that whatever you do online is accumulated into a digital dossier traceable by others ? These and several other similar questions are but the emerging tip of the sinking iceberg.One that is packed full of concerns related to issues of our online identity and privacy issues."

Ideas, techniques and scope and sequence for teaching Digital Citizenship.

I just added Digital Technologies Hub as a separate topic but including it here as I think it fits too - similar descriptions https://www.digitalTechnologieshub.edu.au/teachers/australian-curriculum

Brilliant observations about how ongoing formative assessment reflects student's improved use of digital tools

This is a blog entry report of a webinar in which the presenters discussed using technology to transform learning. "It empowers students to use the tool to access information and engage in the creation of a new product. Fisher emphasized the need to shift to student-centered work; the student is the producer rather than consumer. To make this happen learners need ample opportunities with authentic tasks in alternative instructional contexts." There are lots of suggestions for hardware and apps, with links to the ideas and resources discussed.

Great tools and slide shows