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Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens - 74 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...t_makes_youth_more_engaged.php

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  • improved media literacy dramatically increased students' exposure to diverse perspectives and increased the likelihood of youth online engagement
  • among adults as well, Internet users were more civically-engaged
  • outh engagement in interest-driven online communities was associated with increased volunteer and charity work and in increased work with others on community issues. The Internet can serve as a gateway to online and offline civic and political engagement, including volunteerism, community problem-solving, and protest activity.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Feb 11
     
    "Arguably, the upheaval, activism and revolutions in of the last two months may serve to counter what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. Moreover, those that do participate in politics and activism online do so in shallow ways, the so-called "slacktivism." But recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Feb 11
     
    Interesting to read that time spent by many youth online can still promote engagement with the broader society.
Roland Gesthuizen

Gary Stager: First We Kill the Teacher Unions! - 117 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...kill-the-teacher_b_123421.html

Huffingtonpost education politics teacher garystager union

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Feb 11
     
    If the educational neocons succeed and break the backs of teacher unions, what do they think would happen? What would magically occur the next day? How are schools expected to improve? I demand that these Democratic tough guys and gals tell me what they will do next.
Roland Gesthuizen

Innovative Learning Environments Expos - Leading Practice and Design - Department of Ed... - 41 views

www.education.vic.gov.au/...expo.htm

review resources learning innovative education learningspaces facilities

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Feb 11
     
    A series of four ILE Expos held across Victoria in 2010 focused on exemplary practice in new or modified spaces at different ages and stages of learning.
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Learning spaces - Technology Architecture and Furniture - Library learning co... - 32 views

www.learningplace.com.au/...content.asp

technology eLearning learningspaces facilities

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Feb 11
     
    Image gallery of learning spaces built by some Australian schools
Roland Gesthuizen

Drill Down: Mobile Devices in Education -- THE Journal - 105 views

thejournal.com/...drill-down.aspx

mLearning mobile eLearning learningspaces survey parents education engagement

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Feb 11
     
    "As educators continue to weigh the many considerations attached to allowing student-owned handheld devices on campus, Speak Up asked parents what good they think the use of mobile technologies would have on their children's education."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Feb 11
     
    Interesting to look over the perceptions reported by parents.
Roland Gesthuizen

When is it in the public interest to do something unethical and unprofessiona... - 27 views

gtceblog.wordpress.com/...g-unethical-and-unprofessional

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  • When is it a matter of legitimate and compelling public interest to do something unethical and unprofessional?
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Feb 11
     
    'Blowing the whistle' on wrongdoing, misconduct or incompetence is usually considered heroic. There have been some celebrated cases in the last couple of years of people who have done it , with mixed success.  Nurses and teachers for example, have found themselves in front of disciplinary panels of their professional bodies for taking hidden cameras in to their workplace and secretly filming their clients - the patients and students they believed were getting a poor deal.
Roland Gesthuizen

iPads for Learning - Why the iPad? - 134 views

www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/why-ipad

iPad pilot tablet review school technology Apple evaluation resources

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  • To date, feedback from participating schools has been overwhelmingly positive. For instance the touch screen interface of the iPad is proving to be a great success for students with special needs.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    "We, here at the Victorian government school system, are proud of our internationally recognised eLearning achievements. The iPads for Learning trial is no exception. We are working with Apple to test the value of the iPad, and the applications it can access, as an additional opportunity to engage students and to improve their educational attainment."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    Review website by state government to share resources and evaluation for iPads and tablet computers used in a school setting. Includes details of current pilot schools.
Roland Gesthuizen

E-Book Sales Rise in Children's and Young Adult Categories - NYTimes.com - 28 views

www.nytimes.com/...05ebooks.html

eBook Nook reading student children marketing marketshare trend NYTimes

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  • now that e-readers are cheaper and more plentiful, they have gone mass market, reaching consumers across age and demographic groups, and enticing some members of the younger generation to pick them up for the first time.
  • Kids are drawn to the devices, and there’s a definite desire by parents to move books into this format,” Ms. Vila said. “Now you’re finding people who are saying: ‘Let’s use the platform. Let’s use it as a way for kids to learn.’ 
  • I didn’t buy it until I knew that the teachers in middle school were allowing kids to read their books on their e-readers
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  • the family used the local library — already stocked with more than 3,000 e-books — to download titles free, sparing her the usual chore of “lugging around 40 pounds of books
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    "Ever since the holidays, publishers have noticed that some unusual titles have spiked in e-book sales. The "Chronicles of Narnia" series. "Hush, Hush." The "Dork Diaries" series. At HarperCollins, for example, e-books made up 25 percent of all young-adult sales in January, up from about 6 percent a year before - a boom in sales that quickly got the attention of publishers there. "
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    Interesting to read how children are now increasingly choosing to buy eBooks and a role for schools.
Roland Gesthuizen

Free Computer books Download | Online computer ebooks | online free computer science eb... - 158 views

www.freebookcentre.net

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    "Freebookcentre.net contains links to thousands of free online technical books. Which Include core computer science, networking, programming languages, Systems Programming books, Linux books and many more."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Great collection of Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics and Electronics books.
Roland Gesthuizen

No more pencils, no more books: this Vancouver school has embraced iPads, iPods and apps - 107 views

www.vancouversun.com/...story.html

PrimarySchool Vancouver Canada iPads iPods App school VancouverSun elearning mlearning

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    "For students attending one of Vancouver's most popular public schools, the classroom is an exciting world of iPads, iPods, apps, laptops and SmartBoards. Even the youngest children at Elsie Roy elementary in Yaletown are using iPads as they learn to write the letters of the alphabet, pull them together into words and tackle basic addition and subtraction with colourful and interactive applications that make learning feel like fun."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Integrating mLearning into the primary school classroom.
Roland Gesthuizen

Art lovers offered virtual galleries - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - 68 views

www.abc.net.au/...3127891.htm

Art mapping GoogleStreetView gallery ABCnews

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    "Art lovers will be able to stroll through some of the world's most famous galleries at the click of a mouse after Google put the venues online using Street View technology. In a collaboration with 17 leading galleries in nine countries, the US internet giant took equipment from the cars it used to map cities and recorded the galleries so they can now be enjoyed by anyone with web access."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Virtual art tours by Google
Roland Gesthuizen

eClassroom - 62 views

www.learningplace.com.au/...online

eLearning eClassroom online learning school education 2011

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Significant disruptions are occurring throughout the State of Queensland due to natural disasters. This website provides schools, teachers and parents with the capability to support student learning activities during possible school closures or where students or teachers are unable to physically attend school.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Feb 11
     
    Other educators might be intersted in these strategies being adopted by Queensland Australian shools to keep students engaged with learning, despite school closures due to recent natural disasters.
Roland Gesthuizen

How Cyclone Yasi compares around the world | Latest news on the Queensland Floods | New... - 21 views

www.news.com.au/...story-fn7ik2te-1225998762870

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Feb 11
     
    " IF you're struggling to grasp the magnitude of Tropical Cyclone Yasi, consider this: it is so large it would almost cover the United States, most of Asia and large parts of Europe. "
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Feb 11
     
    Cyclone Yasi is about to strike land in North Queensland as I enter this post on the evening of 2 Feb 2011. This is a good comparison and visualisation that other teachers could use in their classroom to explain to students.
Roland Gesthuizen

ISTE 2011 Conference - Philadelphia - 42 views

www.isteconference.org/2011

ISTE2011 conference event technology eLearning teaching education iste 2011

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Jan 11
     
    ISTE is excited to return to the city of inspiration and innovation for our ISTE 2011 conference, dedicated to the theme of "Unlocking Potential." Philadelphia-a city known for historical firsts and the collaboration of great minds-is the perfect backdrop for the active, inquisitive educators who converge at ISTE's annual conference and exposition every year.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Jan 11
     
    Great ICT and technology conference that I am attending this year.
Roland Gesthuizen

Create a Highly Organized, Synchronized Home Folder with Dropbox - 138 views

lifehacker.com/...nized-home-folder-with-dropbox

dropbox productivity organization filemanagement backup sync LifeHacker

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 28 Jan 11
     
    "When you love Dropbox like we do, you start syncing more and more stuff. The more stuff you sync, the harder it is to organize. Here's a simple way to sort quickly and stay organized across multiple computers, Windows, Mac, or Linux. We're going to deal with two things here: organization and synchronization."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 28 Jan 11
     
    Good file management advice for teachers syncing files between home and school across different computers then organizing these into folders.
Roland Gesthuizen

Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes | Video on TED.com - 106 views

www.ted.com/...aufenberg_3_ways_to_teach.html

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 15 Jan 11
     
    "Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching -- including a key insight about learning from mistakes."
Roland Gesthuizen

imoot 2011 - 61 views

2011.imoot.org

moodle 2011 imoot iMoot2011 event online conference

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jan 11
     
    iMoot is an annual event where the Moodle community of over 32 million users are provided the opportunity to join together on a global scale. This web based event engages a global audience of Moodle practitioners, administrators and decision makers in one event for an online e-conference with a difference!
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jan 11
     
    Here is a Moodle event to add to your 2011 online calendar. :-)
Roland Gesthuizen

If Students Learn Differently, Why Do Public Schools Only Support One Way? « ... - 66 views

mobilelearningblog.com/...c-schools-only-support-one-way

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  • true change for the better most often happens in a disruptive manner
  • learning should be tailored to the needs of each individual student
  • learning styles that match the instructor’s teaching style can be a significant factor in developing “smart kids.”
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jan 11
     
    "I've been reading the book Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen recently. While I'm only half-way through the book, it has provided some interesting and thought-provoking ideas about lesson content, pedagogy and individual student needs as they relate to pubic schools."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jan 11
     
    An review that reflects on our different learning styles. Has anybody read this book?
Roland Gesthuizen

Drape's Takes: The Educator's Guide to the Creative Commons - 45 views

drapestakes.blogspot.com/...guide-to-creative-commons.html

creativecommons education video youtube curriculum copyleft presentation

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Dec 10
     
    "As not every teacher understands how to implement the Creative Commons into their curriculum, I thought I'd take a minute to explain how I would use it if I was in their shoes."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Dec 10
     
    A good illustration why creative educators like the creative commons.
Roland Gesthuizen

Habits and Habitats: Rethinking Learning Spaces for the 21st Century - 92 views

www.ryanbretag.com/blog

learningspaces design education teaching learning

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  • The question is how will you change the school from a collection of classrooms to a robust multidimensional learning space capable of fostering well-educated, 21st Century citizens?
  • As Sir Ken Robinson stated, “If we are looking for new pedagogical practices, we have to have facilities that will enable those to happen.”
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Nov 10
     
    In many classrooms, the picture is all too familiar: desks in rows, a clear front of the classroom, podium off-center in the front, etc.. Does this image speak to the beliefs we state about 21st Century Learning? Are these spaces best capable of fostering the development of our vision for a well-educated global citizen? Have the spaces been intentionally designed in a way that supports learning and teaching?
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