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Carley Figgins

THE Journal - 1 views

thejournal.com/...allenges-facing-education.aspx

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  • Challenge 1: professional development. Key among all challenges is the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate new technologies into their classrooms yet who are unprepared or unable to understand new technologies.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Educators need to be trained or the students will not get the full benefits of technologies available in the classroom.
  • Challenge 2: resistance to change.
  • Challenge 4: delivering informal learning. Related to challenge 3, rigid lecture-and-test models of learning are failing to challenge students to experiment and engage in informal learning. But, according to the report, opportunities for such informal learning can be found in non-traditional classroom models, such as flipped classrooms, which allow for a blending of formal and informal learning.
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  • Challenge 3: MOOCs and other new models for schooling.
  • Challenge 5: failures of personalized learning. According to the report, there's a gap between the vision of delivering personalized, differentiated instruction and the technologies available to make this possible. So while K-12 teachers seem to see the need for personalized learning, they aren't being given the tools they need to accomplish it, or adequate tools simply don't exist.
  • Challenge 6: failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
  • However, there is still an assessment gap in how changes in curricula and new skill demands are implemented in education; schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices as a consequence of these changes.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      Challenge #1 is definitely important for teachers who have been working in the education field for some time. I think it would be very hard to incorporate technology into learning if you haven't used any technology in the classroom for 15 years!
  • Challenge 1: professional development. K
  • Resistance to technology comes in many forms, but one of the key resistance challenges identified in the report is "comfort with the status quo.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      "Comfort with the atatus quo" imterested me a lot. As a teacher I plan on jumping on new and exciting ways to teach my students instead of settling with the norm.
  • significant challenges are preventing widespread effective implementation
  • challenges are systemic and some related to the technologies themselves,
  • Among those issues are challenges that represent significant constraints on the adoption of technology in education.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Technology in education to the degree it is being used is a fairly new concept and will come with some hesitation.
  • Teresa Keith on 05 Aug 13
     
    This article discusses the challenges of professional development, resistance to change, MOOCs and other new models for schooling, delivering informal learning, failures of personalized learning, and failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments. It also talks about emerging trends, opportunities, and technologies.
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  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I liked this article because it clearly defines the challenges of technology use while teaching. It's concise and simple to understand.
  • cassandra clum on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article examines a few of the same challenges I face personally with the use of technology in MY future classroom. As a fairly tech functional person, I fail to see the relevance of "high tech" in a math class. I am minimally accepting a few items, however, I personally this semester am struggling with a college math course because my own learning style cannot compute the excessive use of technology for a lower level math course. I love math and enjoy the challenges, but I fail to see how selecting one problem for a set and uploading a picture to BB for other students to correct is in any way useful.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    From this article, I learned of the many challenges faced within educational technology. It lays out the challenges and makes it easier for an understanding of the challenges faced. Each challenge makes it easier for these challenges to become over turned.
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    This article definitely asks some good questions but I'm not sure that they answered all of the completely. There is a lot that needs to go into an online classroom like the teachers need to have a completely different type of training if they are going to teach online and not in the classroom. how do you keep a child engaged when they are not right there with you? Also the student needs to have the ambition to do the work. I know for myself that having online classes is not an option because I become distracted and for a teen or younger the number of distraction in the world is countless.
kristel coulter

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - 0 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...using_technology.htm

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  • The development of written language changed the way human beings developed, in large part by influencing brain development and expressed new brain-mediated capabilities that had previously been un-expressed.
  • Children need real-life experiences with real people to truly benefit from available technologies. Technologies should be used to enhance curriculum and experiences for children. Children have to have an integrated and well-balanced set of experiences to help them grow into capable adults that can handle social-emotional interactions as well as develop their intellectual abilities.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Children need to have hands on experiences that will enhance their learning capabilities.
  • As parents think about the future they need to realize two things: technology is not going to go away and we are in the midst of a major sociocultural quantum shift. These technologies are revolutionizing the world our children will live in. So our task is to balance appropriate skill-development with technologies with the core principles and experiences necessary to raise healthy children. We must keep the core principles of healthy development in mind as we incorporate these technology and tools. If we do that we'll be fine. And at the heart of any healthy child is the opportunity for enriching and nurturing interactions with other human beings. I think the key to making technologies healthy is to make sure that we use them to enhance or even expand our social interactions and our view of the world as opposed to using them to isolate and create an artificial world.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Children need to have balance. They need opportunities for using technology in the classroom; however, technology should not over take the educational goals.
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  • In addition, there are a number of specialized programs that allow children with certain information-processing problems to get a multimedia presentation of content so that they can better understand and process the material. They are able to see the written words and see a visual image and hear the sounds — all at the same time. Combining these sensory-modalities helps a child to more efficiently internalize information about a topic. If they have, for example, an auditory processing difficulty or a reading disorder they may be very bright but they don't read very efficiently so if something is read to them on a CD-ROM with visual images they are better able to internalize the information. This helps these children feel better about themselves because they perform better. They're not as afraid of school anymore.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      For children who have a special need programs assist with the developmental need of that child. These programs help to build self esteem in children who have communication issues and have a difficult time processing information to be able to have a hands on approach to share their thoughts.
  • Jennifer Flanigan on 09 Nov 10
     
    This article talks about pros and cons with young children and using technology in the classroom. He says that it needs to be done at particular times and should take away from the social development that these children at this age are learning. Timing is everything to technology and children at a young age. Parents and teachers need to take in account, when they are using the technology application what are they missing out on? Social interactions, play time, nap time or just free time. This time could also be a time where the parent and the child can spend time together to learn and teach each other about what they are doing with the technology.
Laura Chapman

The Role of Technology in Early Childhood Programs - 0 views

www.earlychildhoodnews.com/...article_view.aspx

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  • To evaluate whether computers are developmentally appropriate for children over age three, we need to determine the developmental needs of these children. Children this age are developmentally within Piaget’s preoperational stage. This means they are concrete learners who are very interested in using newly learned symbolic representation - speaking, writing, drawing (including maps and geometric figures) and using numbers. Further, children this age are extremely active and mobile. They often have difficulty sitting still; they need frequent changes in learning modalities; and they want a variety of physical experiences involving dance, physical play, climbing and sports. Preoperational children are also are continuing their mastery of language, and exploring various facets of social behavior.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      We should evaluate children to see if they are ready for certain programs. This theory states since some children have problems sitting still the children need more changes and opportunities to move.
    • Kelsey Short
      Kelsey Short on 29 Sep 13
       
      I do not think evaluating children will help us decide whether or not they will be ready for technology. The new generations are picking it up on their own earlier and earlier. I think the generations we will be teaching will expect this as a daily part of life by the time they reach even the preschool age.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is important to know the developmental needs of children. I agree that there should be a variety of physical environment in physical experience and exploring. I think that within the next few years children will already be dependent of the technology and use it in the everyday life, which is important to know because then we must incorporate it in the classroom.
  • Clearly many of these developmental needs match up well with appropriate use of technology in the classroom, especially exploration, manipulation of symbolic representation, matching alternative learning styles, and quickly changing learning modalities that individual students can control and pace to meet their individual needs. It is also a very powerful tool for students with specific learning disabilities.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Every child is different and has different developmental needs and we need to meet the needs of every child.
  • The use of computers in a fully integrated classroom is endless. Software can be used to create books, with dictated tests and illustrations; photos of children and the community can be taken with digital cameras and then combined with text and pictures to create journals, biographies, wall newspapers, school/home communications, and neighborhood documents. Older children can use scanners, font selection, and various graphics application, to develop power-point presentations to show the rest of the class and parent gatherings. And, of course, Internet sites can be accessed to do research on almost all topics. There are also wonderful opportunities for correspondence activities with children throughout the world.
  • curtis McFarland on 10 May 10
     
    This article talks about the use of technology in early childhood classes.
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  • Jessica Cordle on 22 May 12
     
    This talks about how technology can be integrated and how technology will become a big part of the classroom in the future.
  • Jordan Griggs on 01 Oct 13
     
    I agree that children need evaluations but with the way society is growing, I believe that it will be normal for this age of students to be using computers and technology of this sort. I believe it needs to be introduced into the classroom early, so that they get a feel for it early on. More and more classrooms use technology as a basis for learning and if students don't have a feel for how certain applications and tools work, they will be lost and far behind their generation. Taking into account diversity and that some students may not have technology resources at their home, it is good to use them in the classroom so that they can gain knowledge of these tools.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I'm not an early childhood education major, but I believe that it's important for students to become familiar with technology at a young age. One point that the article made was that there needs to be more resources available. This is vital within the classroom because when I was growing up, a classroom usually didn't have more than two or three computers for students to use. Because of the shortage in supplies, I always felt like using the computer wasn't that important for me to learn because we didn't experiment with them.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 01 Oct 13
     
    I like the article but one thing stuck out to me and that is "Preschool and kindergarten children should first be introduced to computers one at a time, or in small groups." I think this quote is controversial, to me that is. I think technology needs to be introduced to students at a later age like maybe 4th grade. Just definitely not preschoolers and kindergarteners. Lets say you show a kindergarten child a picture of an apple and you only show them pictures of things and you do not integrate actual apples or trips they will only perceive the item as what they saw. My main point is if you show a picture of a red apple and say this is what an apple looks like they will memorize an apple as being that red apple on the screen. Then when they go take a test on fruits and the question says: What color is an apple? A) red B) green or C) red or green. The child will pick A when the correct answer would be C. They will pick A because they only saw a red apple during that lesson.
  • Laura Chapman on 03 Oct 13
     
    I really like how this article addresses the DAP of computers in an early childhood classroom.
Sarah Criswell

Should We Connect School Life to Real Life? - 9 views

blogs.kqed.org/...hoolwork-impact-the-real-world

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  • Jerimiah Schluep on 09 Oct 12
     
    I really like this article because it addresses the need for learning to be relevant to the students. It is important for students to use what they have learned and technology provides a great outlet for that use.
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  • Sarah Criswell on 23 Oct 12
     
    Should We Connect School Life to Real Life? Excerpted from Will Richardson's new TED Book Why School: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere. Richardson offers provocative alternatives to the existing education system, questioning everything from standardized assessments to the role of the teacher.
  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    I really enjoyed reading this article. I thought it was interesting because it brings students into different ways of learning!
  • Cheryl Mauger on 11 Jun 13
     
    I really enjoyed this article. I thought it would be a method of learning to implement in your own classroom.
  • April Oates on 11 Jun 13
     
    I think that it is really important to be able to connect school with real life, but also be aware of the perspective that a person may have. The differences are hard to see sometimes. Great article.
  • amber alexander on 20 Jun 13
     
    I think we should connect school to real life. Students do not like school because they feel like they will never need it in real life. Instead of making school boring teachers should be as creative as they possibly can while fitting in the core standards. It will make our 8 to 9 hours days more exciting and our jobs easier because most students will WANT to be involved instead of being forced because their guardians put them on the bus that morning.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I think this article was important because it gave examples of how technology helps relate students to the real word. Most students struggle with learning because they do not see why they need to know this. But by connecting curriculum to real life situations through technology, students will be more willing to learn.
  • Kelsey Short on 02 Oct 13
     
    This article really reflects my standards of education. I enjoy the constructivist layout of these classrooms. I feel as if children do miss out on education when all they learn is test and textbook information. I like the idea of creating something unique and originally because this seems more real world applicable.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article was interesting and it had some good examples of doing an assignment in a more active way. These ideas and use of material could make things interesting and spark a lot of creativity. I like doing making videos and other things, even though it is really stressful. It just makes school fun along with getting your required standard material.
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I liked how this article talked about students doing and creating things with meaning. Now just a bunch of activities to put in the "Friday Folder", but actual experiences that they can relate to real life and really learn something.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    I know when I was in high school, my class always wanted to know how we were going to use our learning in the real world. More often than not, the teacher told us that we would not use the learned skill outside of the classroom. This kept many of the students from caring about their work or learning. I think to keep students excited about learning, it should relate to the real world.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    I like how this article talks about relating school work to the real world. I think this would help students bring knowledge of the world into their school academics.
  • Debbie Voight on 25 Oct 13
     
    Reading this article made me get excited about the possibilities of teaching with creativity and application. I agree with the author when she wrote, "I'd rather know that my kids were creating something of meaning, value, and I hope, beauty for people other than just their teachers, and that those creations had the opportunity to live in the world. That they were thinking hard about audience. That they were learning how to network and collaborate with others. That they were developing "proficiency with the tools of technology," learning to "design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes," and becoming literate in the process. Real work for real audiences is, of course, hard to find in the current standardized testing regime." I could not have said it better myself! It seems that employers are looking for people who possess the quality of "working well with others". This new integrated classroom setup would allow for so many different learners to excel! Incredible article!
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    I enjoyed this article but also disagreed with it due to the fact that it is not possible for most students to complete some of these because they may not have access to a computer. They are great ideas but you have to look at your students before making it an assignment.
Rachel McAnespie

Physical Education and Technology - 7 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...-and-technology_b_1662957.html

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  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    When I first started reading this article, I wasn't sure where it was going to lead me. However, I really enjoyed it. I never really thought about video games being used as a educational tool.It was a pretty interesting article!
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  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I was attracted to this article because i thought it was different and interesting. I never thought about using technology in physical education! very cool idea.
  • Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
     
    I didn't really think video games could be used for a learning process. I think that is pretty neat.
  • Jordan Griggs on 01 Oct 13
     
    I love that technology has made education fun for students. Sometimes it is extremely hard to get a point across to a child, but by using resourceful tools such as play (physical education ) and video games that are fun and enjoyable, students are more likely to learn it and WANT to learn it. I really like this idea.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I didn't know that special needs individuals have to work against their nature as they get older to engage in physical activity. I found that information to be very interesting and humbling. However, in regards to technology, I think it's awesome that students will be able to use video games for physical activity. It's a fun and successful way to engage the students.
  • Bethany Hooser on 01 Oct 13
     
    I never really thought that video games could be used for educational purposes. Especially, for physical activity. I think this article was very interesting to read. I like the idea!
  • Kelsey Short on 02 Oct 13
     
    With this article I really do not agree with the concept. Gym and physical education to me are the only times children are able to become motivated and active in groups and individually. I do however like the idea of using it for children with disabilities because it gives them opportunities they never really before had. I would hate to see this be the next generation of gym class though for our regular education children as well.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    I love that special needs classes are incorporating this "active" technology into their daily routines. I do not think this technology would be an adequate replacement for physical education in regular classrooms, but I do think it can be used as a reward or "field trip" in the classroom. It is a safe and cheap way to get students moving.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    This article was very interesting. I think using this technology in a physical education classroom is a good idea. It not only promotes physical skills but academic skills also.
  • Cindi Bausum on 05 Oct 13
     
    I enjoyed this article and think using technology to get students moving is a great concept. Students who have special needs especially benefit from this technology and have fun while doing it.
  • Riley Montgomery on 06 Oct 13
     
    This article was very interesting, I think it is a great idea to help students who don't enjoy physical activity as much as they do games to be able to enjoy exercise.
  • Lori Lacey on 11 Oct 13
     
    The idea of using programs to get the kids moving, and assist special needs development was interesting and fun.
  • Alyson DeWitt on 18 Oct 13
     
    I am a special education major and we use technology in gym class all the time. We use the WII to play just dance as a warm up or on a "fun" day. It is so much fun to see kids participate in gym class when the wouldn't otherwise.
  • Debbie Voight on 25 Oct 13
     
    I could not believe that reading this article, "More than one-third of U.S. adults (over 72 million people) and 17% of U.S. children are obese. Between 1980-2008, obesity rates doubled for adults and tripled for children." This is alarming! It is so crucial that we incorporate more physical activity with our students and their learning. It will not only keep their attention, but it will also help us as teachers keep them engaged and more focused. Enjoyed reading this article!
  • Megan Fout on 21 Nov 13
     
    I really like the idea of using games like the Wii for fitness but there is ways around all of it because it just requires the use of one hand. However there are other game systems out there that require your whole body to be interactive to score on the games. Is we are to use this great tool in the schools I feel that it should be one of those systems.
  • holly luce on 12 Dec 13
     
    I really like the thought of using fun games to get the gets active and moving and playing. I agree about the wii, there are games like the xbox kinec where they use the whole body and not just the hands with the controllers.
Kellie Demmler

With Google Play For Education, Google Looks To Challenge Apple's Dominance In The Clas... - 1 views

techcrunch.com/...les-dominance-in-the-classroom

google techcrunch apps technology Education

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  • Google Play for Education,
  • aims to simplify the content discovery process for schools,
  • the real key to Google’s new product is the fact that it enables administrators to distribute applications to their entire team. If a teacher wants to shoot content to a couple hundred Android devices, they simply have to type in their group’s name and voila, Google will push that sucker out to everyone on the list.
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  • Teachers will now be able to search for and recommend learning content by category, grade level, and a variety of other criteria, and will have the opportunity to discover content recommended by other educators
  • mall businesses have been adopting Google’s productivity software in droves, and the interest has started to grow among school boards who want to introduce tablets into their classrooms and use Google Apps as the standard.
  • Through its Google Apps products, Google allows students and teachers to collaborate in realtime through Web apps, while using already-familiar tools like Google search and Gmail.
  • Kellie Demmler on 30 May 13
     
    Google Play for Education is not just a new search engine.  Google is poising itself to compete with Apple in the Education market.  Really like that apps can be pushed out across multiple devices with one click.  
kristelmcoulter

Should kids have a computer in their room? - 4 views

www.earlychildhoodnews.net/...-have-a-computer-in-their-room

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    • kristelmcoulter
      kristelmcoulter on 01 Oct 13
       
      I do not agree that children should have computers in their rooms. I feel that there are way too many opportunities for bullying and questionable sites for children to get into. If the computer is in a public location we can monitor to make sure the programs the children are going into are good sites.
  • jme8227 on 19 Jun 13
     
    I like this site it was informative, but mostly I like that it's interactive aned allowed you to comment.
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  • amber alexander on 20 Jun 13
     
    Well, I am younger and I always had a computer. When I was younger the computer was in my moms room. I think that was because we were young and barely knew how to work it. We also lived in an apartment. When we got a house we had a computer room. My mom would come in when she wanted and it didn't matter if the door was open or not. As my sister and I got older we did what we wanted and our mom really did not care. I think it is more about how you raise your kids. It is also important to remind parents that their children are going to have certain experiences whether they like it or not. Some things in life and on the internet all kids do whether it is bad or good and once you do it you get over it and move on to the next thing. I would let my teenagers have a computer in their room and I want my children to know they can be open with me. I am open with my parents and I tell them everything because they are pretty cool parents and do not hassle be about much so I feel comfortable.
  • Cheryl Mauger on 20 Jun 13
     
    This article is informative and is up to the parent, their situation , their child and what circumstances you have going on in your home on answering the question of the article. I really liked the article and the views in it.
  • Bethany Hooser on 01 Oct 13
     
    I grew up with a computer in my room. I would use it to create things in paint and to play my educational games on. I do not think that having a computer in your child's room is a bad thing. it allows for the children to get used to how to use computers. This article gives different view points on this topic and gives good evidence to support the sides.
  • Kelsey Short on 02 Oct 13
     
    I think for a child to have a computer in their room at home depends on the age and maturity of the child. Some children would just sit around all day on their computer on facebook, playing World of Warcraft, or other unproductive activities. If the purpose of the computer is mostly for educational uses or the child is old enough to make their own choices then it would be fine to have the computer in their room.
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I didn't have a computer in my room but I was really the only person to use it besides my mom. she used it for business and emails and i used it for paint, educational games, and pinball. If I had had it in my room I can only imagine I would have spent more time on it. I also agree that having a computer in the room of a child is dependent on age and maturity but it almost seems as if in today's society children need quick access to the internet and age or maturity isn't a huge factor. But this is coming from a girl how didn't get a Facebook until she was nineteen. So i shy away from introducing social networking to younger kids but now that I've seen some of the school controlled networks, I think they could be beneficial and having a computer in their own room would probably make them more comfortable using it.
  • Laura Chapman on 03 Oct 13
     
    personally I don't think children should have computers in their rooms. If they are going to have one, I think they should have them in a centrally located spot where the child can be supervised. However that is my opinion and I liked how this article talked about it being case by case, and depending on the child and or the parents, and the intended use of the computer.
  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I agree with Laura that children should not have computers in their rooms, it should be located where parents can actively see what their children are doing. But I did like how the article highlighted about the dependence on the family situations.
Heather Humphries

Differentiated Instruction: Getting Personal with Technology - 4 views

www.edutopia.org/truction-technology-elementary

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  • Heather Humphries on 13 Jun 13
     
    This is a great example of using computers and technology to create differentiated learning within one classroom.
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  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    This is a wonderful article raising the concerns of using technology with children of such a young age (when it discusses kindergarten use pixie). I believe instruction with technology has drastically changed and is getting better for its actual purpose in the classroom. Other than something fun for the students to play with.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    As a special education major, this article really relates to daily activities I can experience in the classroom. Technology gives special education teachers an opportunity to watch students learn on their own at their own levels, rather than teaching at an intermediate level where all kids can learn.
  • Debbie Voight on 25 Oct 13
     
    I so enjoyed reading this article about new ideas of learning with students. It is imperative that we, as future teachers, learn to engage students where they are at and also where they are going. It's incredible to think how fast computers and technology have changed our lives, however this fast-paced world of new gizmos and gadgets is the "norm" for our students. When the article talked about, "The school hardly seems like it would be ground zero for high-tech educational innovation. It occupies a clean but unremarkable building on a quiet wooded street near a seemingly endless series of strip malls. Many of the teachers, and almost the entire corps of key technology leaders, are older women -- not your stereotypical technology mavens. Yet these veteran educators are living proof that success lies not in the flashiness of the gizmos you have but in how well you use them." It will be critical that we keep up with the ever-changing types of technology so that we can best serve our students.
Dominic Corbin

More Blacks and Latinos Admitted to Elite New York High Schools - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ite-new-york-high-schools.html

seems it's a little unfair to base an admission on one test. I hope there are other things that go into consideration. But it is nice minorities have opportunity.

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  • Dominic Corbin on 01 Mar 12
     
    The number of black and Latino students who were accepted at one of eight highly selective high schools in New York City increased from last year, according to admissions statistics released on Wednesday by the city's . The uptick for the two groups reverses a years-long decline in admissions to the schools, where admittance is based on a single test.
Ashley Perry

The Education-Technology Revolution Is Coming - US News and World Report - 0 views

www.usnews.com/...echnology-revolution-is-coming

shared by Ashley Perry on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • According to Pew research, 60 percent of students say their technology expectations are still not being met. But it is clear that today's students have more options than ever, with virtual schools, open education initiatives and massive open online courses, and online classes and programs.
    • Sadie Butts
      Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
       
      This statistic communicates to me that students are not satisfied with their experiences with technology in schools. Education is not an avenue in which students should be entertained. Sometimes less is more.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      Before technology and even in today's schools there wasn't many choices to deliver a lesson let alone many ways to incorporate the lesson physically. With technology today, teachers are able to teach globally with web conferencing. They can use immersive education domes to bring the lesson to life. Technology has brought so many opportunities to schools, but there are also disadvantages.
  • Typically students had few choices of any kind, particularly before new options, globalization, and competition began to put cracks in the traditional model of education delivery. But technology has finally tipped the balance. Today the power to drive real change lies with the learner, not the institution.
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  • There are a lot of reasons but one of the biggest is the way that technology has given rise to a new kind of education consumer—the active learner—who is using technology to drive change in ways that we haven't seen before.
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      The emergence of the active learner is extremely important! I think it's a great thing that learners are coming out and wanting to be hands on and active and push towards a new classroom of the future!
  • Sadie Butts on 26 Sep 13
     
    I chose to share this article because I believe that technology can enhance education, but school is not all about entertaining students and measuring up to their technology expectations. There can be a good balance between technology enhancement and traditional instruction.
Lindsay Pasco

6 Technology Challenges Facing Education -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • Challenge 1: professional development. Key among all challenges is the lack of adequate, ongoing professional development for teachers who are required to integrate new technologies into their classrooms yet who are unprepared or unable to understand new technologies.
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      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is important to know and understand the challenges with technology in the education field. I think that this is important because it can help to keep those challenges minimal in the classroom. I think it is important that the students do not become too dependent on technology.
  • Challenge 4: delivering informal learning. Related to challenge 3, rigid lecture-and-test models of learning are failing to challenge students to experiment and engage in informal learning. But, according to the report, opportunities for such informal learning can be found in non-traditional classroom models, such as flipped classrooms, which allow for a blending of formal and informal learning.
  • According to the researchers, teachers and school leaders often see technological experimentation as outside the scope of their job descriptions.
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  • Challenge 3: MOOCs and other new models for schooling.
  • Challenge 2: resistance to change. Resistance to technology comes in many forms, but one of the key resistance challenges identified in the report is "comfort with the status quo."
  • Challenge 5: failures of personalized learning. According to the report, there's a gap between the vision of delivering personalized, differentiated instruction and the technologies available to make this possible.
  • Challenge 6: failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments.
  • However, there is still an assessment gap in how changes in curricula and new skill demands are implemented in education; schools do not always make necessary adjustments in assessment practices as a consequence of these changes. Simple applications of digital media tools, like webcams that allow non-disruptive peer observation, offer considerable promise in giving teachers timely feedback they can use."
Sadie Moser

The Over-Equipped Classroom - 0 views

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  • the mere presence of networked laptops is likely to improve the way students think, explore and work in teams
  • a classroom might be over-equipped
  • the presence of certain tools in large numbers might distort the educational experience and actually interfere with learning
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      Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
       
      Kids find learning more fun with technology, but many find distracting games or apps to utilize during learning.
  • strategic deployment is a suitable and sensible alternative to abundance
  • Deliberate use leads to efficiencies, cost savings and customized learning opportunities
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      Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
       
      This may be true for some students, but you will always have a few who will still find ways to play games during work time.
  • Discernment - wise and thoughtful decision-making - requires the suspension of absolute belief long enough to consider risks and then prepare risk management plans
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      Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
       
      If every school would asses their risks with the incorporation of technology, money could be saved and funds could be used towards various technology programs or other areas in the school.
  • Bandwagons thrive on blind allegiance and unquestioning loyalties
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article describes how schools should determine the uses and quantity of technology in their classrooms. Proper planning and risk management should be completed prior to equipping the school with possibly unnecessary technology.
Jordan Griggs

What is the Most Innovative Use of Technology? | Digital Learning Environments - 5 views

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  • Kellie Demmler on 07 Jan 10
     
    Digital learning environment designed for differentiated education.
  • Jordan Griggs on 02 Oct 13
     
    This article just makes it clear that the use of I-CAN is really a great tool for classrooms. This tool makes it easy for children to communicate with others and be independent with their own projects. It allows creativity and that is something we need more of in the classrooms.
  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I think the I-CAN technology seems really neat. It's like out Blackboard at oul but it also has job opportunity postings and is more tuned to the professional side of college students.
Cody Seesholtz

5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 - 0 views

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  • Cody Seesholtz on 19 Jan 10
     
    This article supports my opinion in several ways, I strongly believe in interactive whiteboards aka Smartboards and introducing netbooks and laptops into the education system. I do believe that schools need to buy netbooks for the students and use them like textbooks, you receive it and you keep it in good shape and return it at the end of the year. This would help close the social status gap and equalize opportunities for all students.
Drew Finley

Committee on Science and Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities - 0 views

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  • Drew Finley on 09 Mar 10
     
    This article talks about the implications of technology in the grade school setting such as virtual realities, virtual communities etc...
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