Microsoft Word - 121192.doc - 121192.pdf - 76 views
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Not only do they cheat, but they justify their behavior as business as usual’
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However, ‘academics who once praised the Internet for giving students more access to information are now worried it is providing students with easy access to pre-written essays
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However, where calculators make it easy for students and adults to make quick calculations, they are ‘becoming a mental crutch for students, rather than a tool that promotes higher order learning’
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If students designed their own school… it would look like this - 113 views
Three reasons to learn with Howard Rheingold - 23 views
Inevitable - Resources - 1 views
Spaced repetition - Lesswrongwiki - 22 views
Annie Murphy Paul on Why 'Digital Literacy' Can't Replace The Traditional Kind | TIME.com - 117 views
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Both the author of the article and the people she criticizes are making a fundamental mistake. It is an illusion that kids once learned facts in some deeper way. If the tree octopus had been presented in a book, the kids would have made the same mistake. Much of traditional teaching was not about absorbing certain facts but about learning techniques for accessing those facts. The internet and google really have changed the way we access information. The real challenge is how to restructure knowledge itself to take advantage of the new forms of accessibility. And as for using technology in the classroom: banning computers is like forcing kids to memorize arithmetic tables in an age when everyone has a calculator. We don't need slide rules nor an abacus and there is no reason to teach kids how to use them.
For Public Schools, Twitter Is No Longer Optional - Forbes - 0 views
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Good points, but completely misses the most powerful part of this - learning with others. but, from a branding expert, I guess this is primarily what they are concerned with - protecting and promoting one's brand. The sad part in this is that for some admins, it might actually take a piece in Forbes by a marketing person to catch their attention rather than the countless educators who having been promoting this message... and more.
Mapping Plastic Pollution - 67 views
A Comprehensive Index to Educational Hashtags Teachers Must Know about ~ Educational Te... - 1 views
10 Expectations - YouTube - 61 views
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To Get Students Invested, Involve Them in Decisions Big and Small | MindShift - 60 views
Great lecture: what was it about again? | News | Times Higher Education - 55 views
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