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"As a learning strategy, inquiry-based learning is all about learners constructing their own understanding and knowledge through asking questions. Unlike traditional learning methods that focus primarily on drills, memorization and rote learning, inquiry-based learning is essentially student-centered. It starts with posing questions and directly involves students in challenging hands-on activities that drive students to ask more questions and explore different learning paths. In today's post, we have assembled a collection of some useful web tools and apps that support the ethos of inquiry-based learning. Using these tools will enable students to engage in a wide range of learning tasks that are all driven by a sense of inquiry and questioning."

PDF en inglés del amrco de organizaciones Digitalmente competentes: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific-and-technical-research-reports/promoting-effective-digital-age-learning-european-framework-digitally-competent-educational Versión en español del marco: http://blog.educalab.es/intef/2016/05/23/marco-europeo-para-organizaciones-educativas-digitalmente-compententes-digcomporg/

"Con sus particularidades, las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) acompañan y habilitan el advenimiento de nuevas maneras de contar, leer y vivir los relatos. Y sea mediante la generación de nuevas obras o recreando un clásico, la literatura puede aprovechar a las TIC para experimentar y desarrollar nuevas experiencias."

From Books to MOOCs? Emerging Models of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

"Back in the 1980s, a group of social workers in Jamaica visited low-income homes one hour a week for two years, bearing age-appropriate toys for the kids and advice on child rearing for the parents. Researchers tracked the outcomes, and a generation later, the results are in. The children whose homes were visited by social workers became adults who earn wages that are 25 percent higher than those earned by peers who had not been visited. Their I.Q.s are an average seven points higher, and they are less likely to resort to crime or suffer from depression. Other studies, including several recent ones in the United States, have shown similar results, contributing to a consensus on the importance of early childhood development that has led governments around the world to increase spending on the first five years of life. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of longstanding social and economic inequality, several countries have been especially ambitious. Brazil and Chile doubled the coverage of day care services over the past decade, while in Ecuador they grew sixfold. These investments build on historic gains in child nutrition and health. But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning, particularly in the areas of language and cognition, when compared with their counterparts in wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong? ..."

"A lo largo de este fascículo podrán conocer distintas técnicas para desarrollar una práctica de estudio estratégica y eficaz. Los seres humanos aprenden desde la más temprana infancia de forma natural, pero durante la edad escolar hay algunas asignaturas que se hacen arduas y difíciles de dominar o adquirir. Veremos que con el desarrollo de hábitos adecuados se puede aprender a aprender. La organización del tiempo a través de un plan de trabajo y la práctica de técnicas de lectura comprensiva son dos pasos fundamentales para iniciar este proceso. Existen herramientas eficaces para organizar y planificar el material de estudio: las fichas bibliográficas, los apuntes, el subrayado, el resumen, los esquemas, los cuadros sinópticos y los mapas conceptuales. Ponerse a estudiar es un trabajo difícil si no se encuentra el momento oportuno, el lugar adecuado o la forma eficaz, pero les contaremos cómo pueden organizarse y adquirir un método adecuado en función de sus tiempos y de su vida cotidiana. Desarrollar hábitos como la autodisciplina, la distribución del tiempo y la capacidad de establecer prioridades, más las ganas de aprender, les servirán para mejorar su rendimiento en el estudio y para la vida en general."

Informe sobre Internet y educación basado en una encuesta a 754 jóvenes (12-17años) y a sus padres. Penetración y usos especialmente en relación con la educación. Realizado en EEUU 

Connected Learning (education system needs an update)

It seems like these days you can learn just about anything online for free, but of course some of that information is better than others. The good news is there are plenty of reputable places to educate yourself online for free, and here's a good 20 of them to get you started.

Webs útiles para el autoaprendizaje

Cursos online gratuitos.

Usos de twitter en educación en inglés

Twitter has become a powerful tool for teaching and learning. VideoAmy offers up a playlist of videos that will help you learn to use the social platform for networking, sharing resources, and more.

PeopleLink offers a unique solution for this vertical capable of delivering best in Class Video experience, flexible scalability, and a comprehensive set of data collaboration tools which make learning extremely effective & efficient.

"25 RECURSOS PARA TRABAJAR DE FORMA COLABORATIVA Durante el proceso de trabajo los integrantes de un grupo deben comunicarse entre sí y con el profesor, compartir documentos y editarlos en tiempo real o establecer tareas y asignarlas a cada miembro del grupo. Los siguientes recursos ofrecen la posibilidad de realizar muchos de estos pasos en cualquier momento y lugar a través de Internet y con la ayuda de las nuevas tecnologías. Entornos de trabajo 1. Office365. El entorno colaborativo de Microsoft proporciona un espacio para la creación de minisites, grupos de trabajo, almacenaje en la nube, chat o edición online de documentos, entre otras herramientas útiles para trabajar de forma colaborativa. 2. Zoho. Grupo de aplicaciones web que permiten crear, compartir y almacenar archivos en línea. También incluye chat, videoconferencias, mail, calendario y herramientas de ofimática en línea. 3. Google Apps for Education. Entorno colaborativo enfocado especialmente al ámbito de la educación, en el que se incluyen diversas herramientas de Google que permiten trabajar en línea: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Docs o Sites. 4. Edmodo. Plataforma educativa que permite compartir documentos e información y comunicarse en un entorno privado, a modo de red social. Recursos para comunicarse, debatir y colaborar 5. Blogger. Herramienta de creación de blogs de Google, sencilla y eficaz, para todo tipo de usuarios. 6. WordPress. Una de las herramientas de creación de blogs más completas, ya que permite personalizar y adaptar la bitácora a las necesidades de cada usuario. 7. Tumblr. Plataforma de microblogging centrada sobre todo en la imagen, aunque permite también incluir textos, videos, enlaces o audios. 8. Wikia. Sitio web que permite al usuario crear de forma sencilla su propio wiki en el que incorporar contenido de forma individual y colaborativa. 9. Wikispaces. Espacio para creación y alojamiento de Wikis. Cuent

"1. Blogging enables reflection. This is true for both students and educators. Too often do we go through our days, class to class, with minimal opportunities for reflection on our experiences or the information that we have acquired along the way. Blogging offers the opportunity to take a step back and connect with our learning and place it in the context of the bigger picture. Make reflection an assignment or part of another assignment - it is an important component to learning. For students: This is not the easiest thing to accomplish - blogging takes time and that is a finite resource during a busy class period. There is great opportunity in academic support periods or advisory classes for students (particularly in 1:1 schools) to blog. Many advisory classes take place throughout the day, which is a great break point for students to create based on their learning from that day. For teachers: This type of reflection can and should be compiled into your lesson planning for future lessons. Take what you learned from teaching and learning that day and incorporate it into the next day's lessons. Find time to do this during a conference period during your day or right after school. Yes, it is tough to get in the habit of doing a new thing - but once you start using reflection through blogging, I think that your lesson planning will be easier and much more meaningful. 2. Develop an Authentic Audience An authentic audience is a great way to increase rigor and in all of my experiences has led to increased performance by students. Authentic audiences in blogging could mean any number of things - family members, students from other classes, students from other buildings, other teachers, individuals interested in the content from around the world, etc. A student knowing that their work may be seen by people other than what they consider their 'typical audience' (read: teacher) typically spends more time and exerts more effort to creating a quality p

"As an educator who is addicted to Twitter I have always read about students getting introduced to Twitter and wondered how it would work. After reading and reading I have finally decided to give it a go. Here is my introduction to Twitter in my classroom. Last Tuesday, the day started like any other. Roll call, discussion, introduction to an activity and a bit of a laugh with my Year 7 and 8 Technology class. We had been discussing the importance of being an active online user and being a positive digital citizen (the students are preparing some presentations for Year 2-3 children later in the term). The conversation moved into learning environments and we discussed the small and "un-student friendly" (their words) environment that they were currently sitting in. "Take the teachable moment and run with it" my inner, energetic teacher yelled from my shoulder. So there we were talking about the "Ultimate Learning Environment", when one of my students asked me "Why is social media so big?". Good question I thought, why is it 'so big'. So we unpacked that question and broke it down. We talked about Social Media and what it was and how it worked, they gave me excellent examples and we tied it back into our discussion about digital citizenship. From this point, as a class, we decided we would use social media to help us with our learning. The students had no idea how it could work. I suggested twitter and how I use it. We pulled up my profile and saw how it worked (discussion only). The decision was then made -> Let's ask the twitterverse to help us!! On rolled Monday 5th May and in our first class (I see this group twice a week) we decided that tomorrow would be the day, we would ask twitter for their advice on "What makes a GREAT learningenvironment?". The students already have some fantastic ideas and a plan of where they want to see their environment heading but they needed some depth to their plan and some other opinions outside of