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Media Awareness Network (MNet) | Home - 1 views

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    "Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people. To learn how to get the most out of the tools and resources on this site, visit our help section and our site map."
anonymous

Official Google Docs Blog: For Beginners: 3 Getting Started Guides - 0 views

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    These three guides cover the basics about Google Docs and have tidbits of information on features you may not know too much about. If you already use Google Docs spreadsheets, but aren't so familiar with presentations, you can read this guide to learn, for example, how to embed an online presentation in your blog.
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Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving: Learning and Teaching Technology in Co... - 0 views

  • A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource.Over the past 20 years, library media professionals have worked to move from teaching isolated library skills to teaching integrated information skills. Effective integration of information skills has two requirements: (1) the skills must directly relate to the content area curriculum and to classroom assignments; and (2) the skills themselves need to be tied together in a logical and systematic information process model.
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    Michael Eisenberg article integration of technology skills.
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Bloom's Taxonomy and the Digital World - Open Education - 0 views

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    Open Education blog post about the new Bloom's Taxonomy and the digital age.
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Benefits - 0 views

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  • After more than 10 years studying laptop computing in schools, Saul Rockman (2003) concludes that one of the most important benefits of a laptop program is an increase in 21st century skills. "Developing the ability to learn independently, collaborate with peers to accomplish work, and communicate the conclusions of your work are the core of 21st century skills, and a highly valued set of competencies in the world outside of school.
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      These skills are critical for students in a vocational school
  • Although laptops primarily provide students with opportunities to develop 21st century skills, their use also impacts state achievement tests.
  • A 2000 study, also by Rockman, found that teachers in laptop schools showed significant movement toward constructivist teaching.
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  • This is not about technology or software, it is about teaching kids."
  • Laptop schools often report a surge in parental and community involvement once laptops have been introduced.
anonymous

Open Source Software in Education (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT - 0 views

  • Academia has adopted open source software for some online learning initiatives because it addresses persistent technical challenges
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Open Educational Resources infoKit / What are Open Educational Resources - 0 views

  • Several of these 'movements' or 'philosophies' have been significant within the education community both in terms of research and learning & teaching (particularly educational technology).
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      What are the "movements"
  • Whilst the terms 'Open content' and 'Open courseware' are
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Debating the Value of College in America : The New Yorker - 0 views

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    Why do we need colleges and how it that going?
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Myth of Bell-to-Bell Instruction Vs. "Golden Rule of 15 Minutes"| The Committed Sardine - 1 views

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      Engage students in the learning process so they are not passive learners
  • Keeping the core of instruction to these golden 15 minutes also allows for 20 minutes of student work at the end of class, what I call the "exit price."
  • Many teachers have been told to teach from bell to bell. Unfortunately, some teachers believe this means they must stand and deliver in front of the board for 50 minutes. Big mistake!
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  • During teach-back, I break objectives into smaller steps and concepts, do 10-second mini-lectures on a "baby" concept in the context of a problem, then immediately put up several problems on that baby concept and fire questions at several different students, asking them to teach the class to apply what I taught by doing the problems
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Linux for Education - 0 views

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    Welcome to the GNU/Linux Educational Server. Here you will find collections of useful courses to help you better use the educational applications found on the educational distributions. There are also forums, chatrooms, courses, and help materials at your disposal.
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