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Sharin Tebo

4 Steps to Empower Student Voice | The Remind Blog - 39 views

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  • The term “student voice” refers to the input and perspectives of students, and describes how their voices and actions affect what happens in the classroom. Through developing their own questions, seeking out their interests, and driving their own learning, students become more involved in their education. With this involvement comes empowerment, as students are able to use their knowledge to contribute to the greater community.
  • 1. Inclusion When students feel that they matter and are included in the classroom community, they are much more likely to open up and share their perspectives.
  • 2. Integration Begin to integrate student voice into your daily lessons by creating more opportunities for students to contribute. This can come in the form of whole classroom discussion, small group activities, input on writing activities, and more
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  • At the transformational level, teachers can draw on student input to shape curricular goals for the class.
  • Student empowerment enables students to use their knowledge to contribute to the classroom and greater outside community. When students feel comfortable sharing their voices, they grow into positions of leadership.
  • Resources Encourage student voice in your classroom and school community with some of these helpful resources: Student Voice: Student Voice has toolkit filled with classroom resources, student voice stories, and more that will allow you to transform your classroom into one where students can thrive. Edutopia: Check out some of these great articles and resources for highlighting student voice in your classroom. Students at the Center: Motivation, engagement, and student voice activities. MindShift KQED: From student voices, learn what students say about being trusted partners in learning.
  • Sharin Tebo on 05 Nov 14
     
    Voice and Choice--Encouraging it in 4 steps to personalize the learning experience.
Marc Patton

Citi | Foundation - 0 views

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  • Marc Patton on 27 Jun 12
     
    The Citi Foundation supports the economic empowerment and financial inclusion of low- to moderate-income people in communities where Citi operates.
Judy Robison

Easy classroom computing - 46 views

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  • Judy Robison on 17 Jan 14
     
    "The ubermix is an all-free, specially built, Linux-based operating system designed from the ground up with the needs of education in mind. Built by educators with an eye towards student and teacher empowerment, ubermix takes all the complexity out of student devices by making them as reliable and easy-to-use as a cell phone, without sacrificing the power and capabilities of a full operating system. With a turn-key, 5 minute installation, 20 second quick recovery mechanism, and more than 60 free applications pre-installed, ubermix turns whatever hardware you have into a powerful device for learning."
Marc Patton

The Digital Generation Project | Edutopia - 36 views

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  • Kelvin Thompson on 22 Jul 10
     
    Students selected from self-produced 2 minute YouTube audition clips. George Lucas Foundation then put professional production into telling their stories.
  • Marc Patton on 05 Dec 12
     
    Today's kids are born digital -- born into a media-rich, networked world of infinite possibilities. But their digital lifestyle is about more than just cool gadgets; it's about engagement, self-directed learning, creativity, and empowerment.
Glenn Hervieux

The Digital Tattoo: Think Before You Ink - 73 views

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  • Glenn Hervieux on 08 May 15
     
    "We all have a digital tattoo, and if we do not choose how to ink it, somebody else will. Rob McTaggart discusses how we might move the fear-based cybersafety agenda forward towards a conversation about digital empowerment and supporting our students' growth in an online world."
Margaret FalerSweany

The Myths of Technology Series - "Technology equals engagement" - 73 views

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  • The Myths of Technology Series – “Technology equals engagement”
  • As educators, we have to be able to differentiate between “novelty” and “engagement”; they often look the same at the beginning, but one will quickly fade.
  • Compliance – Do this because I told you. Engagement – Do this because you are excited. Empowerment – Do this because you have the power to do something meaningful for yourself.
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  • engagement” should not be the highest bar we set for our students.  If we can develop meaningful learning opportunities that empower our students to make a difference, our impact will go beyond their time they spent in our classrooms.  Technology alone will never provide this.  We need great educators that think differently about the opportunities we now have in our world and will take advantage of what we have in front of us, and help to create these experiences for our students to do something powerful.
  • Margaret FalerSweany on 02 May 14
     
    One of a series of commentaries on the relationship between technology and learning. The comments here raise questions worth thinking about.
Trevor Cunningham

There May Not Be an App for That - Whole Child Education - 103 views

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  • I know now the secret to using any piece of technology in the classroom is to begin with clear learning goals and intentions that are based on "big understandings." O
    • Trevor Cunningham
      Trevor Cunningham on 15 May 12
       
      The very foundational theme of using technology for empowerment and broadcasting voice. The true value of iPads is not their capacity for exploration, but for their function as creation tools
anonymous

5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) - From Tom on Edu... - 166 views

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  • technology needs to be — above everything else — in the service of learning. Administrators who fail to articulate the connection between iPads and learning often hamper their iPad initiative.
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      anonymous on 05 Dec 12
       
      Why Ipads
  • put the iPads in the hands of teachers who understand that active learners learn best
  • Focusing on iPad-versus.-laptop comparisons stifles the ability to see how the iPad facilitates student-centered learning
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  • Simply handing a teacher an iPad in advance won’t serve to address these challenges when the school year starts
  • Teachers need instruction on how to incorporate the devices into the learning process, which is quite different than trying out a few apps
  • School administrators should be explaining to their constituents that the iPad supports essential skill areas — complex communication, new media literacy, creativity, and self-directed learning. Instead of focusing on the convenience of ebooks, they should instead be emphasizing the incredibly immersive and active learning environment the iPad engenders and the unprecedented opportunities to develop personalized, student-centered learning. They should highlight some of the beneficial consumption, curation, and creativity activities the iPad facilitates — as well as the student empowerment it inspires.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Dec 12
     
    "While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them. "
  • anonymous on 05 Dec 12
     
    "While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them. "
Jon Tanner

Powerful or Pitiful? When Will We stop Being Victims? « 21st Century Collabor... - 67 views

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  • Jon Tanner on 05 Dec 10
     
    Great blog addressing the apathetic excuses many of us hear (and sometimes use) to explain why we can't do what we know we need to.
Peter Beens

Matt Damon's clear-headed speech to teachers rally - The Answer Sheet - The Washington ... - 185 views

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  • A Gardner on 31 Jul 11
     
    Wonderful speech by Matt Damon @ Save Our Schools March in DC
  • Dianne Hugdahl on 31 Jul 11
     
    Empowerment! Teachers helping students find their own abilities. Great speech by Matt Damon who really appreciates his education experience that helped him. e was an emerging learner and through the fostering of teachers his life has grown.
  • Peter Beens on 01 Aug 11
     
    Here is the speech that actor Matt Damon gave today to thousands of teachers, parents and others who attended the Save Our Schools march on the Ellipse near the White House to protest the Obama administration's education policies that are centered on standardized tests.
Marti Pike

Teachers: Five Ways to Ease Back into School | Edutopia - 49 views

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  • planning to see kids on my first day or two back to school
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      Find a techy way to arrange this for my 5th grade teachers missing their students now in Middle School.
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      Perhaps a lunchtime Skype!
  • If you know that on that first day you will return to your classroom you'll have a friend to help and talk with it'll be much easier.
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      For the kids too.  See if parents can let you know who they are then make arrangements for them to pass notes in the halls and meet at lunch. 
  • fun back-to-school tasks
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      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      Rebuild my webpage.  Create my first 3 Committee webpages so I'll feel like I'm ahead. Watch video clips and TedEd flip them. Marti Pike less than a minute ago Print, read, and mark up interesting articles that might be used in class or committees.  
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  • Our mindset is the key to how we experience our reality. If we can help our minds land on thoughts that are energizing, empowering, and affirming then we'll experience our return to school in an easier way.
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      See also Carol Dweck's Mindset.  
  • The key is learning to shift these stories into interpretations that offer possibilities and empowerment
  • a rut story. A different interpretation could be
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      This committee they've made me chair might turn out to be a powerful Think Tank on issuses that are important to me. I'm looking carefully for applications. 
  • Our thoughts create our realities
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      "Nothing is but what thinking makes it so."  Shakespear
  • rejuvenated
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      I spent time at the Family History Center. 
  • no more than three hours a day of work.
    • Marti Pike
      Marti Pike on 13 Aug 14
       
      It felt that way because I did the things I enjoyed about my job...and a few "must dos."
Siri Anderson

Cow Tipping Press - A New Way to Think About Disability - 17 views

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  • Siri Anderson on 12 Oct 17
     
    Met the founder of this organization last night. What a charming and thoughtful foray into changing the discourse around the real lives and interests of people with various disabilities.
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