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Tom McHale

Kids Create -- and Critique on -- Social Networks | Edutopia - 1 views

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  • "With Web 2.0, there's a strong impetus to make connections," says University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow, who studies how people learn and teach with social networking. "It's not just creating content. It's creating content to share."
  • And once they share their creations, kids can access one of the richest parts of this learning cycle: the exchange that follows. "While the ability to publish and to share is powerful in and of itself, most of the learning occurs in the connections and conversation that occur after we publish," argues education blogger Will Richardson (a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).
  • In this online exchange, students can learn from their peers and simultaneously practice important soft skills -- namely, how to accept feedback and to usefully critique others" work.
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  • "I learn how to take in constructive criticism," says thirteen-year-old Tiranne
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  • Using tools such as the social-network-creation site Ning, teachers can easily develop their own networks, Mosea says. "It is better to create your own," he argues. "If a teacher creates his or her own network, students will post as if their teacher is watching them, and they'll tend to be more safe. "You can build social networks around the curriculum," Mosea adds, "so you can use them as a teaching resource or another tool." An online social network is another tool -- but it's a tool with an advantage: It wasn't just imposed by teachers; the students have chosen it.
  • Sheri Edwards on 24 Jun 09
     
    "Self-Directed Learning When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
  • Sheri Edwards on 24 Jun 09
     
    Self-Directed Learning "When students are motivated to create work that they share online, it ignites an independent learning cycle driven by their ideas and energized by responses from peers."
Jennifer Dorman

New Study Shows Time Spent Online Important for Teen Development - MacArthur Foundation - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Dorman on 02 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dorman on 02 Jan 09
     
    Key points: -There is a generation gap in how youth and adults view the value of online activity. -Youth are navigating complex social and technical worlds by participating online. -Young people are motivated to learn from their peers online. (this is a key finding in the study and very relevant to educators) -Most youth are not taking full advantage of the learning opportunities of the Internet. (another finding that could impact the way teachers engage students in online learning) "The research demonstrates that, although many young people are developing a broad range of sophisticated new literacy and technical skills, they are also facing new challenges in how to manage their visibility and social relationships online."
Fred Delventhal

Smart.fm - The World's Sharpest Learning Tool. - 18 views

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 23 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 23 Jul 10
     
    Smart.fm takes the burden out of learning by automatically creating a learning schedule that adapts to the individual's performance and needs. The system combines proven learning science with the latest in adaptive, semantic and social Web technologies. Powered by personalized learning algorithms, Smart.fm measures memory strength on a granular item by item basis. The algorithms are based on decades of research on optimum learning patterns in the fields of cognitive science and neuroscience.
Cleve Couch

Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Teaching Media Literacy - 0 views

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shared by Cleve Couch on 24 Jan 13 - Cached
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      Cleve Couch on 24 Jan 13
       
      Only 76% of my current students have internet access at home via laptop or PC
  • U.S. students may learn something about evaluating sources in research paper assignments and learn to recognize propaganda in social studies, but that's often the extent of their media literacy instruction.
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      Cleve Couch on 24 Jan 13
       
      We have more than 1400 students at my middle school; we share two carts of laptops with 30 laptops each among more than 400 sixth graders--very limited amount of access time.
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  • spurred by students' access to unlimited information on the Internet.
  • Can students learn to recognize bias, track down sources, and cross-check information?
  • One of the most basic strands of media literacy emphasizes the skills and knowledge students need to locate and critically assess online content.
  • digital media literacy skills are vastly underrepresented in the curriculum for all but the most advanced students (as, indeed, are offline critical-thinking and reading-comprehension skills).
  • Choosing appropriate search engines, following relevant links, and judging the validity of information are difficult challenges, not only for students of all ages, but also for most adults, including many teachers.
  • Although based on offline rather than online media literacy, the study found that explicit media literacy instruction increased both traditional literacy skills, such as reading comprehension and writing, and more specific media-related skills, including identification of techniques various media use to influence audiences.
  • From video games to social networks, incorporating what students are doing online into the school curriculum holds great, and perhaps the only, promise for keeping students engaged in learning
Clif Mims

iHistory Podcast Project - 15 views

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Podcast Audio Social-Studies Secondary Inquiry-Based-Learning PBL

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  • Clif Mims on 26 Feb 10
     
    "A secondary school project using podcasts and mp3 players to study australian history"
Tom McHale

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Tom McHale on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mr. Regier sees things evolving fairly rapidly, accelerated by the increasing use of social networking technolo
  • The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more “learning by doing,” which many students find more engaging and useful.
Jennifer Dorman

Earth Day Footprint Calculators - 32 views

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shared by Jennifer Dorman on 19 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Jennifer Dorman on 19 Apr 10
     
    This is a ShareTabs that compiles great carbon, energy, and resource footprint calculators.  Perfect for Earth Day. 
Mary Phillips

KlabLab | The Education Co-Creation Network - 0 views

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  • Mary Phillips on 06 Apr 12
     
    The bomb-diggity learning resource for teachers and students! KlabLab feature songs and music videos about all sorts of topics. Very good stuff, definitely worth exploring. 
Clif Mims

Whyville! - 18 views

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  • Clif Mims on 13 Jan 10
     
    "Whyville is a virtual world geared for teen and pre-teen girls and boys. Whyville's millions of registered "citizens" come from all over to learn, create, and have fun together. Whyville is their world. Whyville has places to go, things to do, and of course, people to see. Whyville has its own newspaper, its own Senators, its own beach, museum, City Hall and town square, its own suburbia, and even its own economy - citizens earn "clams" by playing educational games. And much, much, much more!"
Jennifer Dorman

Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia - 0 views

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Integrated Studies Project Learning Technology Integration Teacher Development Social and Emotional Assessment firewall computers

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  • Jennifer Dorman on 10 Nov 08
     
    How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Dean Mantz

Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms - 17 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms.
  • high quality images of historic map documents
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