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Creative Educator - Authentic Audiences - 1 views

  • Suzy is a teacher, Joey is an architect, and every one of those million students are scientists.
  • If our students are engaging in and producing work that could actually benefit humankind, we have an imperative to showcase this work for authentic audiences. Not “when they grow up,” but now. Today.
  • For too long, our students have worked tirelessly for an audience of one: their teacher.
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  • allow students to create products and performances that demonstrate the knowledge acquired as well as celebrate students’ abilities to apply, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize their learning.
  • Showcasing products and performances for peers, parents, and the community affirms both the value of the work and of the student.
  • Showcasing products and performances for peers, parents, and the community affirms both the value of the work and of the student.
  • Showcasing products and performances for peers, parents, and the community affirms both the value of the work and of the student.
  • Showcasing products and performances for peers, parents, and the community affirms both the value of the work and of the student
  • Effective methods for engaging authentic audiences for students abound:
  • A digital audience allows students to present their work to students around the world.
  • parent conferences, a child’s declaration
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SpeEdChange: If school isn't for collaborating, why does anyone come? - 5 views

  • A learning environment in which students make most decisions
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      Classroom design and collaboration are intertwined. How does your environment promote student-centered learning and collaboration?
  • Every place they go, people will be using a flood of differing devices. Every place they work people will be Skyping, Twittering, Chatting, Texting, working together in Google Docs, translating, searching for information and data, and building social networks
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      How are you teaching/supporting the use of these (age-appropriate) skills/tools within your curriculum?
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10 Ways Teacher Planning Should Adjust To The Google Generation - 0 views

  • The age of knowing is slowing giving way to an age of data navigation, and what students need help with should be adjusted accordingly–even if in ways other than the ideas below.
  • Google is crucial to creating a response rather than finding one
  • Actually make social networks and media channels part of curriculum
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