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Casey Folk

Caifornia District Takes Computer Labs Virtual -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • Casey Folk on 04 May 12
     
    Desktop Virtualization | News Caifornia District Takes Computer Labs Virtual The Woodland, CA Unified School District has replaced its legacy computer lab desktop systems with virtual desktops. The district estimated it saved 90 percent of the cost of powering 300 of those systems when it moved to Pano Logic's zero client computing desktop virtualization solution.
Jerimiah Schluep

Visiting Ancient Egypt, Virtually By D. D. GUTTENPLAN Published: October 2, 2012 - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...03iht-educledeweb01.html

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  • Jerimiah Schluep on 09 Oct 12
     
    This article is about making ancient civilizations into 3-D virtual worlds where people can log on and virtually explore these ancient worlds. This would be an excellent tool for social studies. Students can now have a more hands-on approach to learning about ancient civilizations.
Cara Collins

Classes Make Virtual Science Trek to Mt. Kilimanjaro By Dian Schaffhauser September 25,... - 0 views

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  • Cara Collins on 10 Oct 12
     
    This article talks about scientists researching Mt. Killimanjaro and the biomes, then they aloow the students to take a virtual science trek to see the discoveries.
Kellie Demmler

Computer Graphics World - Knowledge and Career - 11/08 - 0 views

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  • Kellie Demmler on 24 Apr 10
     
    The Immersive Education Initiative, currently holding the Boston Summit (http://immersiveeducation.org/) is promoting virtual and augmented reality.
Ashley Perry

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

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  • In the case of 3D printers, physical models of fossils or proteins or molecules or other objects can be whipped up on the fly, allowing students to interact with them. In the case of virtual and remote labs, schools that lack resources to buy costly equipment will be able to fill in the gaps with less costly alternatives, allowing students to engage in experimentation, even if that experimentation isn't direct.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I think that it is great that they have already thought about technology for the future. I also think it is great that they have been able to come up with some sort of solution to the schools who can't provide such high tech technology in their schools.
  • Also in the near term is mobile learning.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 26 Sep 13
       
      I strongly believe that mobile learning is not an affective way to teach any grade level.
  • In the near term, cloud computing was identified as the top trend.
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  • In the longer term, four to five years, the two technologies identified in the report were 3D printing and virtual and remote laboratories.
  • I the mid-term, NMC identified learning analytics — the use of data and analytics to customize education for individual students — and open content (also known as open educational resources) as significant technologies that will impact education. The report characterized OER as essentially the opposite of cumbersome, expensive, and quickly outdated textbooks.
  • To recap, the report's authors identified five key trends impacting education over the next five years. Those included: An increasing shift toward blended learning, online-learning, and technology-driven collaborative learning; The growth in the potential of social networks to allow teachers to engage students online; Openness of educational resources and technology is "becoming a value"; BYOD is becoming more common as the cost of technology drops for students; and The role of the educator is being challenged as resources become more accessible on the Internet.
  • Emerging Technologies
    • Ashley Perry
      Ashley Perry on 03 Oct 13
       
      Emerging technologies are extremely important to embrace in the classroom
Drew Finley

Intercultural Education and Virtual Reality - 0 views

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  • Drew Finley on 09 Mar 10
     
    This article talks about a tool that has been designed and tested in a classroom setting thats uses a virtual reality theme.
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...
Cody Sarensen

Virtual Reality in Education - 0 views

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  • Cody Sarensen on 01 Oct 11
     
    Virtual reality can work for educators as a tool in assisting students to become immersed in a learning environment where they can participate in their own learning in a technology based environment. My name is John Shaffer. I am a seventh grade Science teacher in Academy School District Twenty in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Heather Humphries

Virtual Learning For Little Ones: Raises Developmental Questions - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...03younglearners.h06.html

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  • Heather Humphries on 13 Jun 13
     
    I think this article is interesting because we have to keep in mind the importance of what we are requesting a student to use the technology for. Important quote from the article "So I say to my students, 'If you wouldn't give a worksheet to teach this concept, why on earth would you give them an electronic worksheet?' Technology should be providing an experience that children would not get otherwise, to add a new dimension to their understanding"
Ashley Perry

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

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  • 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.
Cindi Bausum

Education technology: Catching on at last | The Economist - 0 views

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  • The idea that technology can revolutionise education is not new. In the 20th century almost every new invention was supposed to have big implications for schools.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Technology is a growing importance in education
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      I agree that education is continually changing and technology is where we are seeing a lot of the rapid changes and developments.
  • Games get pupils more engaged, says Nt Etuk, the founder of DimensionU, which develops interactive games to teach mathematics and science. A lot of programming, design and artistry go into creating apps where students can compete with or assist each other, and which reward successful activity.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Playing games that are geared toward math and science helps to aid in the teaching concepts of these subjects
  • Persuading schools to buy is only the first step, though. America’s teaching unions fear a hidden agenda of replacing properly trained humans with some combination of technology and less qualified manpower, or possibly just technology. Unions have filed lawsuits to close down online charter schools, including what looks like a deliberately obtuse proposal to limit enrolment at such virtual schools to those who live in their districts.
    • kristel coulter
      kristel coulter on 27 Sep 13
       
      Many teachers are trying to persuade schools to buy computers for their classroom
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  • In many classrooms, too, computers have been used to improve efficiency and keep pupils engaged. But they did not transform learning in the way their boosters predicted.
    • Lindsay Pasco
      Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
       
      There is always going to be room for improvement in the classroom. From the teacher to the technology.
  • wikis to podcasts to training videos, are allowing both children and adults to pursue education on their own, either instead of learning in schools or colleges or as a supplement.
  • Teaching programs that monitor children’s progress can change that, performing a role more like that of the private tutors and governesses employed long ago in wealthier households.
    • Cindi Bausum
      Cindi Bausum on 04 Oct 13
       
      Technology has a great benefit of meeting individual children's needs.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    This article is a good article to get some contrast on technology in schools. I think it is important to understand both sides.
  • Eddie Johnson on 03 Oct 13
     
    This article is about how technology is used in the classroom to increase student growth. It also shows how technology can be used to make lessons fun.
  • Riley Montgomery on 06 Oct 13
     
    I think it is a great idea to use technology to make the classroom less dull. Anything that helps the student become more interested in what is going on and is educational is a great tool for teachers.
cassandra clum

Magical Thinking - 1 views

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  • Vendor-driven hype and wishful policy thinking over robots, increasingly sophisticated artificial  intelligence software, and expanded virtual teaching feed private and public fantasies about replacing teachers and schools. Taking a step back and thinking about what parents, voters, and taxpayers want from schools–the social, economic, political, and individual goals–makes magical thinking more of a curse in the inevitable public disappointment and cynicism that ensue after money is spent, paltry results emerge, and machines  become obsolete. I end with the obvious point that magical thinking and the accompanying curse afflicts not only educators but also the rest of us, as these homeowners found out:  
  • cassandra clum on 03 Oct 13
     
    I agree with this article to a certain extent. The suggestion of the TechEd award winner noted in this article that by simply providing the technology to children, that they will automatically be curious enough on their own to absorb limitless amounts of knowledge is RIDICULOUS. However, I do believe that when used appropriately, tech can open the door to more resources (i.e. the comment made on the article by the Spanish teacher) to aid in the learning process. I don't believe however that given the choice to self educate or play with her barbies, my 2 year old is going to begin reviewing the importance of American History. Just a thought.
Chad Cupp

Handhelds, Avatars, and Virtual Aliens - 1 views

www.gse.harvard.edu/...handhelds.html

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  • Chad Cupp on 30 Jan 10
     
    Here is an article that discusses how games can be integrated into the classroom and be used for learning purposes using technology such as computers and augmented reality devices. It also discusses the challenges that they have faced creating and implementing these games into a learning environment and the challenges that they feel they'll have to face to make it more successful.
  • Kellie Demmler on 30 Jan 10
     
    Great article. Chris Dede is brilliant - I've been studying with him the last two semesters and have played Alien Contact. In fact, I am currently working on developing an augmented reality tour of the Black Heritage Trail in Boston. If you are interested in learning more about AR and VR, you may want to check out these videos: http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD2-6-107.html and http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/learning/LD2-3.html
Shandra Smith

Meridian Article: Virtual Circles - 2 views

www.ncsu.edu/...index.html

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  • Shandra Smith on 25 Apr 10
     
    This is a neat take on how we can get students to think beyond the text when discussing pieces of literature in class.
Tammie Furness

Using Technology in the Classroom - 1 views

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  • Tammie Furness on 01 May 10
     
    Kristy shared this with our 203 group. Students can make a "virtual" poster for a class project and incorporate you tube videos, pictures, sounds, etc. Very creative and unique! I will definitely use this website. I think it would work well with groups or individuals.
  • Desiree Haislett on 05 May 10
     
    How do you attach the stuff? I would like to maybe use this in the future, but not too much. Posters probably get old after a while.
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