“This represents a shift away from the view of education as the process of intellectual engagement through which we learn to think critically and toward the view of education as mere training. In training, you are trying to find the right answer at any cost, not trying to improve your mind.”
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Promoting Twitteracy in the Classroom | Apace of Change - 0 views
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i think a great way to use twitter is to go to twitter search - see what people are saying about a topic. i know i've used it in the last week to get up to date info on internet safety restrictions and how to break through some of the barriers keeping us from good educational web activities.
Editorial Observer - Cutting and Pasting - A Senior Thesis by (Insert Name) - NYTimes.com - 9 views
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Not everyone who gets caught knows enough about what they did to be remorseful.
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“The big sleeping dog here is not the moral issue. The problem is that kids don’t learn if they don’t do the work.”
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Google For Educators - 0 views
Nik's Quick Shout: Survey Results: Mobile learning for ELT - 1 views
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The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the level of awareness and openness to mobile learning among English language teachers. I also wanted to find out to what degree and how teachers were already using mobile learning both in their teaching and and professional development and to establish whether they would be willing to pay for and use mobile content. The survey also collected information about the teachers' existing access to mobile services and the kinds of device they are using to get access to mobile Internet.
Apture - - 18 views
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Application that allows you to learn more about anything you highlight on a website without having to leave the page; make the internet an even greater resource for students!
Bookmarklets | Readability - 11 views
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This tool is fantastic when I want to have the class read a paper version of an internet article, OR when the ads are so distracting that I can't concentrate on what I'm reading.
Over 100 ideas for using Twitter in the Classroom | Emerging Internet Technologies for ... - 12 views
Search Engine's YouTube channel launches: Does the Internet make you dumber? Boing Boing - 4 views
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This video is funny and does a good job of questioning why we care about rote memorization. Why isn't it good enough just to go and look up information? Why must we scold ourselves if we don't have it memorized? Has some great applications to educational debate today and where technology fits.
Free Technology for Teachers: Lesson Plans for Teaching Web Search Strategies - 0 views
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The Google for Educators community has nine lesson plans for teaching Internet search strategies. The lessons are divided into three modules. The lessons start with the basics and conclude with advanced search strategies.
indispensibletools / FrontPage - 0 views
Funny Exam Answers - Internet Classics - 0 views
Nameless, Faceless Children (Blogs & Internet Safety) | Julie A. Cunningham - 7 views
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I would say that they primarily need protected from themselves… that they need help moderating their web presence until they understand the full ramifications of things they say online. I don’t think that means they need to be anonymous. I do think that anonymity tends to foster less responsible behavior, in both children and adults alike
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Hear hear! Boogeyman tactics don't work. Educators and parents should be online, modeling the sort of digital citizenship we hope for our children and students - the kind that will keep them safe.
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Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life.
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Great article demonstrating the threats of real life and juxtaposing them with the threats of having an active, online life. Might be a good conversation starter with tech facilitators at your school.
Monitor: The net generation, unplugged | The Economist - 6 views
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Questions raised: Who actually makes up the population of digital natives? What do we really know about them? What are their behaviors actually demonstrating online?
Stanford Study of Writing - Home - 15 views
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This is a great piece to have your staff discuss.
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