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Vote: Is technology a boon or burden in the classroom? - The Globe and Mail - 62 views

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  • Back to article Apple vows iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent’ school textbooks Enlarge this image Vote: Is technology a boon or burden in the classroom? Published Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 12:00AM EST Last updated Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 2:29PM EST
  • dmassicg on 28 Jan 12
     
    Globe and Mail visual graph: Is technology a boon or burden in the classroom? As the world becomes increasingly digital, school boards are trying to negotiate technology's role in the classroom. Some have embraced digital tools, enhancing their classrooms with Smartboards, cell phones and social media. Others have favoured tradition, claiming technology is a distraction and a nuisance. Where do Globe readers stand? Each dot on this graph represents one person's response colour-coded by age group.
Smith Shots

Discovery learning is the new higher learning - The Globe and Mail - 32 views

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  • Smith Shots on 03 Dec 12
     
    How do your experiences as a student or teacher relate to the article? What changes do you suggest?
Roland Gesthuizen

No classrooms and lots of technology: a Danish school's approach - The Globe and Mail - 58 views

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 20 Jun 13
     
    "The first thing that stands out upon arrival at Hellerup School, where 640 students between the ages of 6 and 16 study on the former site of the Tuborg brewery in Denmark, is the absence of a fence separating the school from the street. Inside, there is no office to greet visitors. Instead, small shoes litter the floor and children of all ages sprawl on couches doing homework, play foosball or run about the open space that substitutes for classrooms. "
Tu Loan Trieu Trieu

Do 'flipped classrooms' get a pass or fail? - The Globe and Mail - 203 views

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  • Tu Loan Trieu Trieu on 28 Nov 11
     
    interviews of students in a flipped environment
Peter Beens

Part 3: Are we medicating a disorder or treating boyhood as a disease? - The Globe and ... - 18 views

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  • Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males. Part 3 of a 6-part series.
  • taking a drug for attention deficit disorder each morning has become as commonplace as downing a vitamin.
  • prescriptions for Ritalin and other amphetamine-like drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder shot up to 2.9 million in 2009, a jump of more than 55 per cent in four years.
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  • 75 per cent of them were for young males
  • “It certainly suggests the drugs are being abused,” says Gordon Floyd, president and CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario. “There's a desire for the quick fix … the idea that – ‘oh, we'll fix this with a pill' – rather than spend a few months in counselling, is pretty appealing.”
  • ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders of childhood, with core features that include an inability to focus, and hyper and impulsive behaviour. Increasingly, it's seen as a chronic condition that 60 per cent of kids never outgrow and one that experts estimate affects five per cent of children worldwide.
  • Boys are four times more likely to develop autism, three times more likely to suffer dyslexia, and two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.
  • IMS figures show ADHD prescriptions for males have increased 50 per cent since 2005.
  • Peter Beens on 25 Oct 10
     
    Last year, more than two million prescriptions for Ritalin and other ADHD drugs were written specifically for children under 17, and at least 75 per cent of them were for young males (Canadian data). Part 3 of a 6-part series.
Matt Renwick

Why some schools are giving letter grades a fail - The Globe and Mail - 41 views

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  • Instead of reporting to parents only two or three times a year, teachers began regularly communicating using an online student portfolio system called Fresh Grade.
  • ritish education researchers Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam published a widely-cited article demonstrating how increasing descriptive feedback raises student academic achievement
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      Matt Renwick on 24 Nov 14
       
      Inside the Black Box
  • Instead of Ms. Samson telling students how they are doing, they are expected to articulate to her what they learned in class, how it relates to their learning goals and where they’re struggling.
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  • standardized tests don’t predict later life success such as employment and income level
  • Ms. Samson is still required to give students a letter grade at the end of each semester, but the letters have taken on a whole new meaning to her and her students.
  • The move away from grades matches a growing belief among employers that traditional assessment is not the best way to help students develop the skills they need to succeed in today’s world.
Glenda Baker

Using technology in the classroom requires experience and guidance, report finds - The ... - 98 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article2338719

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  • Glenda Baker on 17 Feb 12
     
    interesting article about a small study on using tech in the classroom.  
dmassicg

iPads are in, cursive is out (and other education trends) - The Globe and Mail - 5 views

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  • dmassicg on 01 Dec 11
     
    iPads are in, cursive is out (and other education trends)
dmassicg

Timeline: Classroom technology from papyrus to iPads - The Globe and Mail - 100 views

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  • dmassicg on 28 Jan 12
     
    Timeline: Classroom technology from papyrus to iPads TAMARA BALUJA Wonderful timeline depicting the evolution of "tools in the classroom"
Steve Ransom

For teachers on Facebook, professionalism trumps fun - The Globe and Mail - 32 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 29 Apr 11
     
    Lots to wrestle with here: Bottom line - be wise, professional, kind, and have integrity. If we all followed these, there would be on problem
dmassicg

Timeline: Classroom technology from papyrus to iPads - The Globe and Mail - 3 views

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    Timeline: Classroom technology from papyrus to iPads
dmassicg

Technology: educational divider or equalizer? - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

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    program called DreamCatcher Mentoring
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