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Fátima Caballero

For Low-Income Kids, Access to Devices Could Be the Equalizer | MindShift - 0 views

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  • Access to the Internet connects kids to all kinds of information — and for low-income students especially, that access has the power to change their social structure by allowing them to become empowered and engaged, said Michael Mills,
  • The Internet is about empowerment. If we take away this access because we think certain people aren’t going to use it right, we’re no better than governments who take away voting rights from minorities.”
  • ow-income students’ test scores increased by 30 percent after they were given smartphones to access more information and instruction and to collaborate with their peers.
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  • the simple act of students using their coveted devices for study purposes makes learning more acceptable to them and to their peers.
  • it’s becoming more socially acceptable to talk about school stuff outside school because of that device. When they text or tweet about it, somehow it crosses the boundary of becoming okay. It’s not exactly cool yet, but all of a sudden it’s becoming okay.”
  • or those who don’t feel comfortable giving students their phone numbers, Mills suggests using a Google voice account, which students can call and leave messages.
  • f they have enough funds, Mills said schools should invest in a 1-1 program — a device for every student.
  • 2.   GIVE STUDENTS PROMPTS
  • guidance on how to use those devices for learning
  • 3.   PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES. “We need to think about what we are teaching
  • “This is not technology — this is Pedagogy 101
  • 4.   MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE.
  • 1.   GIVE STUDENTS ACCESS.
  • 5.   INVITE OBSERVERS TO YOUR MOBILE ENHANCED CLASS.
  • Parents, other teachers, and administrato
  • 6.   INVENTORY THE DEVICES.
  • Keep track of who owns what kind of device
  • This way, you can create flexible, shifting groups to make sure there’s a good variety of devices in every group.
  • 7.   USE DISCRETION.
  • Be careful not to publicly call out kids who don’t have a device when organizing groups.
  • 8.   USE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
  • different ways of understanding.
  • 10.   TEACH PROCESS NOT CONTENT.
  • If they don’t want to write a blog, but want to create a video, be open to it.
  • 11.   VALUE COLLABORATION. Promote group work and project based learning.
  • Fátima Caballero on 10 Jan 14
     
    For low-income kids, access to devices could be the equalizer.
Giovanna Zorrilla

How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

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shared by Giovanna Zorrilla on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Maria Montessori opens her first Children’s House in Rome, where kids are encouraged to play and teach themselves. Americans later visit her schools and see the Montessori method in action. It spreads worldwide.
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      Giovanna Zorrilla on 09 Jan 14
       
      It's good to encouraged the children to play and teach themselves 
  • “The bottom line is, if you’re not the one controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well.”
Iztchel Alcala

Sugata Mitra: We Need Schools... Not Factories - 0 views

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shared by Iztchel Alcala on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
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      Iztchel Alcala on 09 Jan 14
       
      Interesting how it relates the traditional massive style of teaching to the Victorian age where all the students had to be taught at the same pace and exactly in the same way to guarantee massive production; not anymore!
  • a bit of history: to keep the world's military-industrial machine running at the zenith of the British Empire, Victorians assembled an education system to mass-produce workers with identical skills. Plucked from the classroom and plugged instantly into the system, citizens were churned through an educational factory engineered for maximum productivity.
  • We need a pedagogy free from fear and focused on the magic of children's innate quest for information and understanding. -- Sugata Mitra
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