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Kimberly George

Shaping Tech for the Classroom | Edutopia - 1 views

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  • I would even include writing, creating, submitting, and sharing work digitally on the computer via email or instant messaging in the category of doing old things (communicating and exchanging) in old ways (passing stuff around).
  • But new technology still faces a great deal of resistance. Today, even in many schools with computers, Luddite administrators (and even Luddite technology administrators) lock down the machines, refusing to allow students to access email.
  • Two big factors stand in the way of our making more and faster progress in technology adoption in our schools. One of these is technological, the other social.
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  • The missing technological element is true one-to-one computing, in which each student has a device he or she can work on, keep, customize, and take home
  • A second key barrier to technological adoption is mo
  • But resisting today's digital technology will be truly lethal to our children's education. They live in an incredibly fast-moving world significantly different than the one we grew up in.
  • These "digital natives" are born into digital technology. Conversely, their teachers (and all older adults) are "digital immigrants."
  • So, let's not just adopt technology into our schools. Let's adapt it, push it, pull it, iterate with it, experiment with it, test it, and redo it, until we reach the point where we and our kids truly feel we've done our very best.
  • Kimberly George on 04 Sep 12
     
    This relates to what we talked about in class- barriers to technology advances in the classroom. 
  • Stephanie McGuire on 05 Sep 12
     
    Oh I really like their step by step process to eventually be a teacher using new things in new ways. It makes this journey to learn technology more manageable!
Kasey Hutson

Bill Goodwyn: Technology Doesn't Teach, Teachers Teach - 0 views

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  • Technology doesn't teach. Teachers teach.
  • All of us involved in education received the same mandate this past winter from President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: to replace traditional, static textbooks with dynamic, interactive digital textbooks within the next five years. Several organizations have accepted this challenge enthusiastically and are partnering with districts every day to help transform classrooms into the digital learning environments our leaders envision. But the process is complicated.
  • We have seen the power of new technology in practice, especially when used by effectively trained teachers. In an initiative to replace traditional social studies textbooks, those students using digital tools in the Indianapolis Public Schools system, in which 85 percent of students are enrolled in subsidized lunch programs, had a 27 percent higher passing rate on statewide progress tests than students in classrooms that were not plugged in. Students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools who used digital resources achieved a 7 percent increase in their science FCAT (Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test) exams. And students of the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina increased their performance on state exams by 13 percent over three short years, thanks to digital content and passionate, technology literate teachers
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  • North Carolina's Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) perfectly illustrates both the power of effective teacher training and technology. Since 2008, CMS has provided digital science resources to Title I schools -- schools with a high concentration of students living in poverty. Along with digital content, the district provided teachers with ongoing professional development designed to show them how to build engaging lessons, enhance their current curriculum and inspire students by integrating digital media, hardware and software. The professional development, however, was not mandatory. The results could not have been clearer: The students of teachers who opted into the professional development not only closed the achievement gap between themselves and students from Title I schools that did not have the same technology, they also outperformed the non-Title I schools, amassing a 57 percent passing rate on the state's end-of-year standardized science tests, compared to the 43 percent passing rate of those from wealthier schools. These are some of the most disadvantaged students in the state, remember, and yet they caught up to -- and surpassed -- students from more affluent schools.
  • Kasey Hutson on 08 Sep 12
     
    One of the coolest points - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools provided technology resources to Title I schools, and made professional development to integrate technology into the classroom optional. Those teachers who participated in the professional development not only closed the achievement gap, but also outperformed non-Title I schools in the area.
Denise Lenihan

Educational technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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technology education

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  • Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources."[1] The term educational technology is often associated with, and encompasses, instructional theory and learning theory. While instructional technology is "the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning," according to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology Committee,[2] educational technology includes other systems used in the process of developing human capability. Educational technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications, such as wiki's and blogs, and activities. But there is still debate on what these terms mean.[3]
  • Denise Lenihan on 29 Aug 12
     
    Trying out this whole bookmark thing 
Kasey Hutson

the Edthena blog - about better coaching for teachers and using technology - 0 views

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blog coaching teachers using technology edtech

shared by Kasey Hutson on 09 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • The public perceives education as of the government. The public is demanding better education options. The public is asking for real progress in the way of education reform. And yet, the government is now sitting on the sidelines waiting till next year.
  • To those lawmakers who claim to be education advocates and committed to real change in education -- take education off your lipservice list and put it on your to-do list. Stop using education and education investment as a bargaining chip to get your other deals done.
  • However, without a concerted effort to "place bets" on the ideas that have the potential to transform education, how can we ever expect to "hit it big" when it comes to education technology?
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  • Edhtena is a technology platform that's focused on schools. And yet, schools sometimes don't have the right technology upgrades to support technology like Edthena.  Sure, the computers are powerful enough. Sure, the internet bandwidth is there. But the software -- mainly the browser -- that users have may not deliver the best experience.  This is why we're so excited by Microsoft's announcement to automatically update Internet Explorer for all users. LOTS of schools are still running LOTS of computers with Windows XP with old versions of IE. Now, teachers won't have to worry about what version software they have. And IT departments won't have to worry about capacity to update everyone over time.  Everybody wins here. Thank you, Microsoft.
  • Kasey Hutson on 09 Sep 12
     
    I'm biased because this blog is from my childhood best friend's older brother (whew), but he has a really cool start-up company that is focused on educational technology and, further, on using technology to provide teachers feedback. Adam is a TFA alum, originally from Virginia Beach, who is passionate about teaching and helping teachers improve their craft. Worth checking out!
Allie

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/archive/2012/10/24/it-s-the-difference-between-techno... - 0 views

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  • Allie on 24 Oct 12
     
    Its the difference between 'Technology for Learning' and 'Technology in Learning'
Allie

Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students - 0 views

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technology education classroom motivation effects

shared by Allie on 06 Sep 12 - Cached
  • When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they are in an active role rather than the passive role of recipient of information transmitted by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast.
  • The teacher is no longer the center of attention as the dispenser of information, but rather plays the role of facilitator, setting project goals and providing guidelines and resources, moving from student to student or group to group, providing suggestions and support for student activity
  • Allie on 06 Sep 12
     
    This was both interesting and helpful. All teacher especially teachers who believe technology should not be in the classroom should understand the benefits of technology. Motivation is one benefit that stuck out to me because it makes sense to use modern tools to help students accomplish more and want to learn.
Carly Guinn

Crossing the Digital Divide: Bridges and Barriers to Digital Inclusion | Edutopia - 0 views

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    • Denise Lenihan
      Denise Lenihan on 01 Sep 12
       
      Just what we were talking about in class about the "Paradox of Technology"
  • At the same time, many schools continue to demonize cell phone use during school, which may be an outdated policy. Not only are there an increasing number of educational applications for mobiles but, as Blake-Plock suggests, prohibiting phones now means "disconnecting the kid from what's actually happening in most of our lives."
    • Carly Guinn
      Carly Guinn on 04 Sep 12
       
      Related to "Bring Your Own Device" discussion -- what does increasing technology mean in the classroom?  Can teachers compete with phone apps?
  • Students who are excluded from the digital universe know exactly what they're missing
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  • "The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education: Those who have the opportunity to learn technology skills are in a better position to obtain and make use of technology than those who do not."
    • Carly Guinn
      Carly Guinn on 04 Sep 12
       
      Something interesting to keep in mind as a teacher:  besides support from families, what digital/technological support do some students have access to and others don't?
  • This refers to literacy, not only with hardware and software but also with the vast global conversation that the Internet enables.
  • Only when there's equal opportunity for everyone to become literate in these technologies so that they're creating and not just consuming content can we begin to imagine closing the digital divide.
  • It's whether communities can leverage the capacity of networks to make learning more authentic and powerful for students.
Emily Wampler

Education Week: Q&A: Quest for 'Digital Wisdom' Hinges on Brains and Machines - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...06techinterview.h32.html

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  • So the sense is that wisdom, in the future, is putting together symbiotically what the brain does best and what machines do even better.
  • One of the ways is to be a little tolerant. All technology breaks down. When our cars break down, we don’t immediately get back on horses. And we don’t teach horseback riding in school. When technology breaks down, we fix it and move on.
  • we have to figure out how to use the technology in a way that is powerful and not trivial.
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  • the very best thing we can do is more sharing.
  • Teachers that are most successful with technology are not the ones who do it for the kids.
  • Emily Wampler on 02 Oct 12
     
    Ideas about the integration of technology in the classroom
smsanders

My Struggle With Technology - 2 views

www.the21stcenturyteacher.com/...21-my-struggle-with-technology

teacher stuggle technology

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  • smsanders on 11 Sep 12
     
    This is an interesting counter to the positives about technology that we talked about last class. Just something to think about.
  • Emily Wampler on 12 Sep 12
     
    It's also fascinating to read some of the teacher responses that people have posted to this website: many good suggestions, ideas, and comments for this teacher struggling with technology integration.
Emily Wampler

Technology Is Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Emily Wampler on 03 Nov 12
     
    So, according to this, most teachers believe digital technology is detrimental to kids' attention spans and perseverance.  But is it?  This research seems like it could be a bit skewed... 
Kylee Ponder

Kelly Meeker: From Legos to Raspberry Pi: The Most Creative Startups in Education Techn... - 0 views

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  • The key to educational technology success will not only be solving a problem (although that's a necessary first step) -- it will be creating a tool that can be used universally, whether it's across classrooms or across devices, without special tools or special training
    • Kylee Ponder
      Kylee Ponder on 29 Aug 12
       
      "The key to educational technology success will not only be solving a problem (although that's a necessary first step) -- it will be creating a tool that can be used universally, whether it's across classrooms or across devices, without special tools or special training."
Carly Guinn

The Young and the Digital | S. Craig Watkins - 0 views

theyoungandthedigital.com

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  • Carly Guinn on 04 Sep 12
     
    Great source of online articles regarding "teens and technology" -- gives a great POV on incorporating technology into education
Stephanie McGuire

Digital Literacy Includes Learning to Unplug - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • The new digital divide isn’t between children who have access to computers and devices and those who do not. It’s between kids whose parents are saying “turn that thing off” and those whose parents don’t limit their access — because they don’t know how, or because they’re not available to do it.
  • Instead of closing the achievement gap,” said the author of the Kaiser study, “they’re widening the time-wasting gap.”
  • The F.C.C. is considering creating a “digital literacy corps” to teach productive uses of the computer and Internet to students, parents and job seekers
  • Stephanie McGuire on 05 Sep 12
     
    A problem lies also in the time wasted on technology. Education needs to include WHEN to use technology for learning purposes.
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  • Madeline Grygiel on 05 Sep 12
  • Madeline Grygiel on 05 Sep 12
     
    "A study published in 2010 by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that children and teenagers whose parents do not have a college degree spent 90 minutes more per day exposed to media than children from higher socioeconomic families"... why is this? Parents busy working? Lack of resources (e.g. books)? Home environment (e.g. no yard to play in outside)?
  • Stephanie McGuire on 06 Sep 12
     
    Thank you for sharing the original article, very interesting and well written! What a difference in time wasted per day. I would agree with your ideas of why that might be. So I certainly think a digital literacy core could be a helpful and useful investment! I also think education for parents is just as important as students to learn to use the Internet to learn new information and be creative.
Denise Lenihan

20 Education Technology Books You Should Be Reading | Edudemic - 0 views

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technology books

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  • Denise Lenihan on 06 Sep 12
     
    If its still hard for you to transition to having EVERYTHING on the computer, here are helpful TEXTBOOKS you can have in your classroom for Edu Technolog. Maybe for those who are also more reluctant to things online? 
Kylee Ponder

Bill Goodwyn: Technology Doesn't Teach, Teachers Teach - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...n-the-classroom_b_1857369.html

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    • Kylee Ponder
      Kylee Ponder on 07 Sep 12
       
      Technology doesn't teach - teachers teach. Interesting concept to think about. Can't technology HELP teachers teach more effectively?
Emily Wampler

At the Intersection: technology, CommonCore, and PBL « LifePractice Learning - 0 views

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  • Emily Wampler on 14 Oct 12
     
    Super short sketch of one person's interpretation of the relationship between standards, PBL, and technology.
Kylee Ponder

Free Technology for Teachers: Oral History of Route 66 - 0 views

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Route 66 education Google Map SOL

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  • Kylee Ponder on 27 Nov 12
     
    Awesome way for teachers to integrate both Social Studies and literature along with studying an interesting time in the U.S.'s history! Relates well to SOL USII.6 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century by a) explaining how developments in factory and labor productivity, transportation (including the use of the automobile), communication, and rural electrification changed American life and standard of living; b) describing the social and economic changes that took place, including prohibition and the Great Migration north and west;
Emily Wampler

Connecting the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAU... - 0 views

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    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      And wonder where they get the idea that "funds are plentiful" in education?  Hmm...
  • The greatest challenge is moving beyond the glitz and pizzazz of the flashy technology to teach true literacy in this new milieu. Using the same skills used for centuries—analysis, synthesis, and evaluation—we must look at digital literacy as another realm within which to apply elements of critical thinking.
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      This is really true; just because students may be "digitally savvy" doesn't mean they are competent/scholarly users of these digital technologies.  
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  • Digital literacy represents a person’s ability to perform tasks effectively in a digital environment, with “digital” meaning information represented in numeric form and primarily for use by a computer. Literacy includes the ability to read and interpret media (text, sound, images), to reproduce data and images through digital manipulation, and to evaluate and apply new knowledge gained from digital environments. According to Gilster,5 the most critical of these is the ability to make educated judgments about what we find online.
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      It's interesting how they emphasize the higher orders of thinking here-analyze, judge, apply, evaluate, etc.  There's probably lots of room for creative thinking within digital literacy, too.  
  • Visual literacy, referred to at times as visual competencies, emerges from seeing and integrating sensory experiences. Focused on sorting and interpreting—sometimes simultaneously—visible actions and symbols, a visually literate person can communicate information in a variety of forms and appreciate the masterworks of visual communication.6 Visually literate individuals have a sense of design—the imaginative ability to create, amend, and reproduce images, digital or not, in a mutable way. Their imaginations seek to reshape the world in which we live, at times creating new realities. According to Bamford,7 “Manipulating images serve[s] to re-code culture.”
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      Ah ha!  There's the bit about creative thinking.  They just give it a different name: visual literacy.  
  • Competency begins with understanding
  • The idea that the world we shape in turn shapes us is a constant.
  • In the end, it seems far better to have the skills and competencies to comprehend and discriminate within a common language than to be left out, unable to understand
    • Emily Wampler
      Emily Wampler on 31 Aug 12
       
      I think this definitely is true, and is a good reason why we need to incorporate digital literacy in the classroom. 
  • the concept of literacy has assumed new meanings.
  • Children learn these skills as part of their lives, like language, which they learn without realizing they are learning it.3
  • A common scenario today is a classroom filled with digitally literate students being led by linear-thinking, technologically stymied instructors.
  • Although funds may be plentiful
Kim Pratt

eSchool News | - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com

technology education news resources edtech

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  • Kim Pratt on 05 Sep 12
     
    Lots of good articles on school technology.
Allie

Teachers and Technology for Elementary Reading Instruction: iRead - 0 views

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technology teachers

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  • Allie on 12 Sep 12
     
    This will be interesting to read! Coming Oct. 2012
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