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Kellie Demmler

How Educators Use Pinterest for Curation | MindShift - 0 views

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  • drawn red-hot excitement for its unique visual, topic-based curation approach
  • create a densely packed visual scrapbook of public and street art to identify themes that would have easily been missed had they gathered individual photos in a folder
  • to show good design work to her media design classes
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  • share visual material for collaborations and peer critique
  • one of the main applications for Pinterest
  • social curation journalism is
  • students use Pinterest as part of a “social photography” assignment
  • assigned students in a “writing for the web” class to produce stories for their Doing It Downtown blog to use Pinterest as a curation tool for visuals, while using Storify for social media and Spotify or LastFM for music.
  • “I teach Pinterest as a visual ‘SPACE,’”
  • S is for sourcing story ideas and trending topics; P is for promotion and publishing students’ work. A is for aggregation of pictures (with suitable copyright); C is for curating top news, and E is for engaging with others.”
  • Pinterest is not without its drawbacks. Not all students, especially males, find it equally intriguing
  • But the big issue some are warning about with Pinterest has to do with its copyright policy regarding the images users pin.
  • Lawyer and amateur photographer Kirsten Kowalski likened it to Napster due to the liability its terms of service and copyright policies create for users of the site
  • Pinterest issued a statement on March 15 suggesting that, like YouTube and other social media sharing sites, it is “protected under the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (PDF),” and also tries to respond promptly to any copyright violation concerns.
  • Kellie Demmler on 26 Apr 12
     
    Looking to add visual interest to your lesson? Pinterest may be your solution! The article suggests ways in which this visual social media site can be used in the classroom and promotes SPACE - an acronym that helps students to remember the "best" uses for the site. This is interesting in terms of reaching students with varied learning styles and intelligences, developing creativity and higher order thinking, and more. However, like most tools the site does have its downfalls. It tends to be more engaging for females than males, which brings about an interesting gender debate. Its use also falls into fuzzy copyright issues - none of which are different from other social media sites. Check out the article & let me know what you think!
  • anonymous on 16 May 12
     
    Until Pinterest addresses the nudity and pornography that can pop up on the "everything" catergory, I can't recommend this site for class projects. I've banned my own children from it (both of my daughters have a board on my own account) and wish desperately that I could unsee some of the images I've seen. It seems like copyright might be the least of their worries if lewd content continues to surface. It's really too bad - I have to agree that it could be great for group or individual projects.
Kyle McCalla

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education - 9 views

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  • Kyle McCalla on 01 Mar 12
     
    This in a great article with examples of how beneficial technology is in the classroom. You get great visuals and explanations of how technology is being utilized.
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  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    This article really showed how beneficial technology is in our classroom!
  • Cheryl Mauger on 11 Jun 13
     
    This article showed good examples of how technology can benefit a classroom. The illustrations were very well presented.
  • April Oates on 11 Jun 13
     
    This is a very descriptive article. I like how it explained all of the different ways that technology has made differences.
  • Heather Humphries on 13 Jun 13
     
    This article gave some great examples. You can never have too many examples to help create a new and interesting way to teach with technology.
  • Heather Humphries on 13 Jun 13
     
    This article gave a lot of great examples. I think you can never have too many examples of using technology in the classroom to make lessons fun and new to students.
  • jme8227 on 19 Jun 13
     
    I also enjoyed the visuals, and that is a reason I believe technology is improving the classroom. Good visuals, along with audio, it makes the lesson more interesting.
  • amber alexander on 20 Jun 13
     
    I think the assessment part of the article can be very helpful for teachers. If teachers have time to use software and programs to calculate grades and keep track of student progress that would save time and be very helpful. this could help parents, as well. Sometimes schools provide things like that for teachers to use.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    I really enjoyed reading through this article. I liked how it had hands on examples on how to use technology in classrooms. The website had a lot of creative ideas.
  • Sadie Moser on 03 Oct 13
     
    I would have loved to have all the technology we do now when I was younger. Kids can "travel" across the world without leaving their seats. They can meet and interact with new people from various regions. Technology has changed the way kids learn.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    I agree with this article that there are many ways technology is improving education. I like how this article explained and showed images of how you can use technology in the classroom.
  • Riley Montgomery on 06 Oct 13
     
    This was an interesting article that showed off many interesting things that can help students become more engaged in what is going on. The article gives a good summary of the different technologies used and more importantly how it helps students better understand what subject it pertains to.
  • Lori Lacey on 11 Oct 13
     
    I loved the idea of using language exchanges through technology.
Kellie Demmler

UDL Book Builder - 1 views

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  • Kellie Demmler on 04 Oct 13
     
    UDL Book Builder is a great tool to create and publish digital books designed to support learners by using universal design for learning principles. Multiple points of entry, visual, auditory, vocabulary hyperlinks, and thought-provoking questions can be embedded to scaffold learning for all students.
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  • Lori Lacey on 11 Oct 13
     
    I like the idea of digital books and teachers adding their ideas for an enhanced lesson. Thanks for posting.
  • Debbie Voight on 18 Oct 13
     
    Using UDL book Builder is a helpful resource to acquaint your students with grade level reading options. It helps bring technology into the classroom and into their lives with another form of learning style. Children seem to want to read more when there is a screen in front of them and they also enjoy going at their own pace. This is a wonderful tool for teachers to use to help students who need to hear the words on the page, as well as, give students who may have their work finished a place to use their energy on reading and creating books of their own choosing.
  • Alyson DeWitt on 18 Oct 13
     
    I also like the idea of having digital books as a teacher because I can always have them on a tablet or Ipad without weighing myself down. What I do not like is that my assistants do not have the same access to them. I would like to have all of the staff in my classroom be on the same page with the curriculum that I am teaching.
kristel coulter

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - 0 views

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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.
Patrick Irby-Allshouse

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology - 1 views

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  • Bailey Berry on 03 Oct 13
     
    I picked this as one of my articles because I liked how it broke down how to effectively implement educational technology into your classroom into five points. it breaks down what could be a large amount of material and information into five points so its easier to understand.
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  • Laura Chapman on 03 Oct 13
     
    I like this article. I really like how it kind of spells out the use of technology and how to use it . The five points make it easy to read and easy to follow.
  • Sarah Clark on 03 Oct 13
     
    I find this article fascinating on how they have complied all of the information into 5 components of "educational technology". It makes it concise and simple to visually see and digest mentally.
  • Carley Figgins on 22 Oct 13
     
    I found this article to be to the point and full of details. It allows for the easiest description of educational technology. It breaks down the topic making it easy to understand and grasp. The five points created within this article create an easy understanding.
Benjamin Thompson

boys vs girls on the internet. - 2 views

It is interesting how they keep telling us that boys use computers more than girls, but with smart phones and social networking sites it has already started to shift the balance. http://www.infor...

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Carley Morrison

Technology In Education - Why? - 8 views

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  • christina schaber on 01 Mar 12
     
    Submitted by: Jake Glasgow, Instructional Technology Specialist from Upstate NY There has been a lot of chatter lately about whether integrating technology into the classroom is having an impact on student learning. "Where is the data that justifies the millions of dollars spent on technology?"
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  • Zach Colegrove on 23 May 12
     
    This article gives many reasons on why technology is an important tool in education.
  • Travis Hughes on 07 Jun 12
     
    I like the information given in this article
  • Nick Ramsey on 04 Oct 12
     
    Check out the video on this article. It opened my eyes on how quickly we are evolving with our technology.
  • stormyg on 11 Jun 13
     
    This article gives us some reasons why we should be incorporating technology within our teaching strategies. One of the main reason is access. Our students are able to access the internet more then his/her teacher.
  • Carley Morrison on 26 Sep 13
     
    The following article is an excellent resource on why technology in education is useful and important.
  • Rachel Longnecker on 26 Sep 13
     
    I like this article. It explains, in ten ways, reasons why we would need technology in educations. I especially like "Reason 8: Weight" because my brothers book bag on a regular day easily weighs 20lbs. The reason is because of all the books he carries around for school. Yes it is his fault for not using his locker but you do have to pay a fee ,at the begging of the year, to use the locker. My main point is that I worry about his back, he does not worry because he is an athlete but still.
  • Lindsay Pasco on 29 Sep 13
     
    I really liked this article on technology in education because I feel that it provides a lot of different reasons why we should be incorporating technology in the classroom. I think that with students having access to more they are able to learn more than what could be provided in the lesson.
  • Sadie Butts on 01 Oct 13
     
    I liked how this article pointed out the availability of the internet and technology for students. Instead of replacing the role of a teacher, technology is used to enhance teaching.
  • Bethany Hooser on 01 Oct 13
     
    I agree with this article on the fact that allowing technology in the classroom increasing the depth of understanding. It allows for the student to be able to visually see problems being worked out, and they can access it whenever and where ever they want.
  • Eddie Johnson on 04 Oct 13
     
    I like how this article points out that technology is not a substitute for the teacher, but it is a tool that can be used to increase student learning.
David Rutledge

Education 3.0: Embracing Technology to 'Jump the Curve' | Innovation Insights | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • Education 3.0 is what I believe we can aspire to so as to educate our students, at all levels, in ways that actually promote 21st-century skills and prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow (aka, the jobs that don’t exist today but which will be required in the future). It’s the coming together of creativity, outcomes, critical thinking, big data, personalization, and much more. For me, it’s really the confluence of three crucial education elements: Neuroscience, Cognitive (Learning) Psychology, and Education Technology. And so, in this first blog post, I will begin to discuss the infrastructure for Education 3.0: Education Technology.
  • From Pencils to Personalized Learning: What is Ed Tech? Ed Tech has taken on a whole new meaning in the last two decades. While some might argue that Ed Tech began with the humble pencil, I’m really talking about technology that is web-based, digital, and/or mobile. I’m talking about websites, apps, LMS’, hardware, software, and anything else with an ‘e’ in front of it. I’m talking big data, little data, personalization, and machine learning. I’m talking about dashboards, on-demand reports, and visualizations of information. Education technology has changed what we can deliver, how we can assess, and how we might connect learners to each other, to instructors, and to content. And that connection changes … well, everything.
  • the education sector is focusing far too much about what existed yesterday, some about what exists today, and very little about what will exist tomorrow. He challenged the “Choice Architects” of today to stop creating employees for the jobs of yesterday and start focusing on careers of tomorrow.
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  • The point is, the lower the usage of technology in classrooms, the harder it is to teach 21st century skills. When academics ignore a future that is not just technology intensive, but dependent, our graduates go into life under-prepared (if not unprepared) to work, live, and thrive.
  • David Rutledge on 27 Sep 13
     
    Education 3.0
Ashleigh Clark

A Map of Education Technology Through 2040 [#Infographic] | EdTech Magazine - 0 views

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  • It is likely, however, that cloud-based technology will be the foundation for educational technology and that remote, online learning will continue to grow at a faster pace.
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 27 Sep 13
       
      I feel like this will likely be the case in the future.  With technology growing so fast and all, I feel that online learning will grow more and technology based in the classroom will grow more as well.
  • Will the developing world catch up with the developed world? Will residential colleges be as popular as they are today? And what about degrees…will they still mean something to employers?
    • Ashleigh Clark
      Ashleigh Clark on 27 Sep 13
       
      These questions are very important to ask our selves.  Especially as teachers.
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  • This visualization attempts to organize a series of emerging technologies that are likely to influence education in the upcoming decades. Despite its inherently speculative nature, the driving trends behind the technologies can already be observed, meaning it's a matter of time before these scenarios start panning out in learning environments around the world.
  • Matt Britland
  • The future is about access, anywhere learning and collaboration, both locally and globally. Teaching and learning is going to be social. Schools of the future could have a traditional cohort of students, as well as online only students who live across the country or even the world. Things are already starting to move this way with the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs). For me, the future of technology in education is the cloud. Technology can often be a barrier to teaching and learning. I think the cloud will go a long way to removing this barrier. Why? By removing the number of things that can go wrong.
  • Ashleigh Clark on 27 Sep 13
     
    The reason why I chose this article is because of the picture. It shows what they think technology will be like in eduction by 2040.
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