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Sean McHugh on 07 Feb 13Awesome source of edtech news and articles curated for us by Tina Barseghian
pupils should be able to use Google during GCSE and A-level exams.
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Tynker - 0 views
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"Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational thinking and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. The cloud hosted system is now available to teachers, schools and districts."
1-to-1 Essentials Program | Common Sense Media - 0 views
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"1-to-1 Essentials offers the guidance you need in order to proactively, rather than reactively, address issues that schools commonly face when going 1-to-1. We encourage you to explore, customize, and choose the resources that will best support your school community."
Creative Commons Humbug - 1 views
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Will someone explain to me the benefits of a trendy system developed by Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford? Dubbed Creative Commons, this system is some sort of secondary copyright license that, as far as I can tell, does absolutely nothing but threaten the already tenuous "fair use" provisos of existing copyright law.
pr0tean: It's About Time. 4 Transformational Tech 'Training' Techniques. - 0 views
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"What are the most effective strategies for overcoming the barriers to the authentic integration of digital technologies in schools? The enquiry considered barriers to ICT (information communication technology) integration, and possible enabling solutions. Traditionally, the development of ICT expertise is facilitated by the provision of 'training courses'. However, for the duration of this enquiry this approach was suspended, in order to explore more learner-centred, collaborative approaches for managing teacher development; utilising opportunities for teachers to learn through interactions with their colleagues and with their own students. "
Should Googling in exams be allowed? | Lola Okolosie and Chris McGovern | Comment is fr... - 0 views
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It’s perhaps best to concede that this is something that would work better in some subjects – history and geography come to mind – than others, and only then for particular questions. Colleagues in the languages department might well despair at the thought of exam scripts peppered with inexplicable phraseology gathered from Google Translate.
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Why then pretend this isn’t a fact of 21st-century life, an important part of how grownups in the world of work conduct their research? The role of a teacher is varied. We are here to inspire, encourage, excite and prepare pupils for the wider world. It is bizarre to omit this cornerstone of modern life from our pupils’ most important educational experiences.
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Inside the School Silicon Valley Thinks Will Save Education | WIRED - 0 views
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AltSchool is a decidedly Bay Area experiment with an educational philosophy known as student-centered learning. The approach, which many schools have adopted, holds that kids should pursue their own interests, at their own pace.
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AltSchool mixes in loads of technology to manage the chaos, and tops it all off with a staff of forward-thinking teachers set free to custom-teach to each student.
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no administrators, no gymnasiums, no cafeterias, no hallways. There are no report cards and no bells
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This is what a 21st Century school really looks like.
A Novel Defense of the Internet - 0 views
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Well into the nineteenth century, British and American writers, critics and religious leaders regarded novel-reading with a great deal of skepticism.
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If our concerns about the enfeebling impact of the Internet and social media aren’t quite as gendered, they’re still grounded in a world view that regards the cultivation of individual morality, intellect, and productivity as a matter of public interest—and that regards shifts in personal media consumption as potentially inimical to the production of smart, informed, and upstanding citizens. But the history of the novel shows that it’s possible for us to move beyond this suspicion—though it took two centuries for novels to move from objects of derision to an accepted part of the modern reader’s diet.
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Novel-reading was once regarded as an idle occupation, just as Internet use is now.
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Novel reading was once regarded as an idle occupation, just as Internet use is now.
Four ways to tell if an educational app will actually help your child learn - 0 views
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several well-worn principles that parents, educators and app developers can use to determine what is truly educational and what is simply masquerading as such
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minds-on, not minds-off
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actively solving problems and thinking deeply
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Nine things everyone should know how to do with a spreadsheet | Macworld - 0 views
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the total count is irrelevant, as long as the app has the functions you need
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use basic formulas to do basic arithmetic on cell contents. But functions, which let you manipulate text and numbers in many other ways, are how you really unlock the potential of spreadsheets
The trouble knowing how much screen time is 'too much' - BBC News - 0 views
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For now, anyone thinking about how much time using screens and social media is "OK" will ultimately have to make a personal judgement.
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Rather than stating that social media was harmful, it suggested a more complex effect.
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increasing the time spent using technology was linked to improved wellbeing
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How Instructional Technology Coaching Can Help Teachers Create Powerful Learning Experi... - 0 views
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Students need technology that will help them meet their existing learning goals. They don’t need new learning goals that rely on a fancy new technology tool the coach or teacher wants to use.
20 ways to use a tablet in the classroom | Teacher Network | The Guardian - 1 views
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Angry Birds
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Great summary of effective uses of an iPad, interesting that they don't present Seesaw and EasyBlog as competitors either.
Defining Technology Integration (Part 2) | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom P... - 0 views
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I wanted a definition that got past the issue of access to glittering new machines and Gee Whiz applications. I wanted a definition that focused on classroom and school use aimed toward achieving teacher and district curricular and instructional goals. I wanted a definition that put hardware and software in the background, not the foreground. I wanted a definition grounded in what I heard and saw in classrooms, schools, and districts.
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“Technology integration is the routine and transparent use in learning, teaching, and assessment of computers, smartphones and tablets, digital cameras, social media platforms, networks, software applications and the Internet aimed at helping students reach the district’s and teacher’s curricular and instructional goals.”*
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The devices and software are not front-and-center but routinely used in lessons
'How my pupils' writing struggles were transformed' | Tes - 0 views
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with schools moving towards 1:1 devices in the classroom – assistive technology for writing is no longer inaccessible or convoluted. It is, in fact, readily available, accurate and remarkably intuitive
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The results have been truly astounding. Pupils that would work hard to scrawl one or two lines of text in a 45-minute writing session are now producing two paragraphs of well structured writing in 10 minutes.
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with the mechanics of writing greatly reduced, there is far more time for pupils to spend on word choice, phrasing and editing their work
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