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Thoughts By Jen » Blog Archive » Yes, I am Frustrated - 1 views
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For the last few months, there has been a grumbling in my soul regarding my "Personal Learning Network" - or as I prefer to call them "my friends online". Instead of moving forward, it feels we have come to a crossroads and have stalled. As the dweller that I am - I have spent some time in self-reflection of why this might be (both as a participant and also as a grateful receiver of info). …..and just decided to share my thoughts. 1. The honeymoon is over. The newness of wonderment with this thing called "twitter" or "PLN" is now over. We are getting to know each other - the true parts of each other - and seeing each others pros and cons. With familiarity at times can come contempt. The being on our best behavior (whether some of us ever really were - grins) has also faded and there is impatience and nit picking where before there was compromise and "this I can ignore." Plus, the small network that was manageable is now huge - and at times overwhelming and overstimulating. Because the "honeymoon" is over - reality is settling in…..which can be a good thing, as well as bad - it just seems (to me) that we are not as nice to each other as we used to be.
Playing Tag or Digital Games? Why Not Both? | MindShift - 0 views
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most educational games deal a lot in the “Who?, What?, When?, and Where?” while the questions I hear from young kids are more of the “How?” and “Why?” variety
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The fundamental problem is not that learning isn’t fun, it’s that we’re answering questions that kids aren’t asking (Who?, What?, When?, Where?) instead of giving them tools to experiment, build on, and share their own ideas
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Gee, hasn't Papert and Stager said this for years?
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views
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Scratch, a free iconic programming language and active learning community provided by MIT, is a learning platform EVERYONE involved in education should know how to use. This is a bold claim, but I'm ready to defend it more than ever after spending four weeks working with Scratch this past semester with my UNT pre-service education students. Together, we learned about the primary Scratch project types (Animations, Games, Simulations, Music, Art, and Stories) as well as other possibilities. Teaching about Scratch and with Scratch enabled me to model project-based learning for my students, and enabled them to learn first-hand the power (as well as challenges) of discovery learning. Scratch challenged all of us, since it took everyone outside our comfort zones. When you ask students to create a word processing document, a spreadsheet, or a presentation, there's a VERY high likelihood they have past experiences with those activities. None of my students had ever used Scratch prior to our class, and many had never tried any kind of computer programming previously. Scratch is a very open environment, so it is ripe for creativity and creative expression. Our schools are too often devoid of opportunities for creative expression, and the invitation for students to demonstrate their learning with Scratch can change this. Few things made me happier this semester than my students discovering how THEY could be successful using Scratch to communicate with others, and resolving to share it with their own students when they begin teaching. This is one example from a student's blog reflection about Scratch and Chris Betcher's 2010 K-12 Online Conference presentation, "Teaching Kids To Think Using Scratch."
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a VERY Bold claim.
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Scratch, a free iconic programming language and active learning community provided by MIT, is a learning platform EVERYONE involved in education should know how to use. This is a bold claim, but I'm ready to defend it more than ever after spending four weeks working with Scratch this past semester with my UNT pre-service education students.
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I will be attempting to use Scratch with my high school sped class. I think I can scaffold this appropriately.
Can Mobile Devices Transform Education? - 1 views
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February 2011 | Volume 53 | Number 2 Make Parents Your Partners Can Mobile Devices Transform Education? Rick Allen The popularity of smartphones, including Droids, iPhones, and BlackBerries, that now have GPS, texting, voice, and multimedia capabilities has prompted industry and education reformers to shine the light on these mobile devices as vehicles suitable for transforming K–12 learning for the 21st century. Although they present challenges as well as potential benefits, education experts reason that these powerful small computers motivate students; provide constant access to the wealth of knowledge, tools, and experts on the web; and are cheaper and more plentiful than laptops or desktop workstations. "A big c
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"cognitive audit trail"
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Students also said they used their wireless devices to look up information on the Internet and consult with other students to share tips for solving problems or clarify their understanding of concepts with the teacher.
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What was their digital learning space?
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Pascack Valley Regional High School District in northern New Jersey goes high-tech, giv... - 0 views
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If you were to walk around our classes, you’d see students using Google Docs to share documents, to peer edit their papers. You’d walk into a science classroom and they may be using a Wiki space so that they can their data that they’re getting from an experiment
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Now we’ve had students that have been collaborating on projects with students in Taiwan, China, and we have an Italian class that holds class very early in the morning every Friday morning with a school in Italy
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Basically, in every class, we’re using laptops to take notes on Microsoft Word
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That is an AWFUL lead in!
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