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Active Tech by @ICTMagic - 1 views

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shared by Martin Burrett on 17 Aug 16 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 17 Aug 16
     
    Technology is often lambasted for creating lazy, passive cyber couched-potatoes. While the hours we endure bathed in flickering pixel light, slumped in a variety of contorted lurching positions over the input device of our choice is hardly the recipe for a healthy body. Yet, technology is becoming ever more part of our active lives and it is also spilling out into the 'real' world. As teachers, we can insist technology, or we can make it part of our classroom repertoire for PE and beyond.
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Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom: Sylvia Libow Mart... - 12 views

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  • Patti Porto on 28 May 13
     
    "Join the maker movement! There's a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators, this maker movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. The active learner is at the center of the learning process, amplifying the best traditions of progressive education. This book helps educators bring the exciting opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom."
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Unlocking Learning Mastery | Edutopia - 8 views

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shared by edutopia .org on 14 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • edutopia .org on 14 Jun 12
     
    Gamification is one response. By embedding diverse achievements into activities and assessments, learning progress can be refracted infinitely. These systems would be able to more flexibly respond to unique learner pathways and abilities, and would further serve as encouragement mechanics -- instead of one carrot stick, there are hundreds. And not just carrots, but every fruit and vegetable imaginable.
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ECRP. Vol 4 No 1. Moving up the Grades: Relationship between Preschool Model and Later ... - 2 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 14 Sep 13 - Cached
  • This trend is especially prevalent in programs that serve low-income children. Compensatory early childhood programs such as Head Start and state-sponsored pre-kindergarten for low-income families and preschoolers with special needs are designed to help children acquire skills needed for later school success.
  • Beginning in the 1980s, leading early childhood experts expressed concern about the wisdom of overly didactic, formal instructional practices for young children (e.g., Elkind, 1986; Zigler, 1987). They feared that short-term academic gains would be offset by long-term stifling of children's motivation and self-initiated learning. Later research suggests that these early concerns were warranted
  • They cautioned that early academic gains in reading skills associated with didactic instruction of preschoolers "come with some costs" that could have long-term negative effects on achievement.
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  • imilarly, when the highly didactic Direct Instructional System for the Teaching of Arithmetic and Reading (DISTAR) was discontinued after third grade, children's previously high achievement in reading and mathematics declined
  • Vicki Davis on 14 Sep 13
     
    Interesting study of children, preschool and later school success. "Children's later school success appears to have been enhanced by more active, child-initiated early learning experiences. Their progress may have been slowed by overly academic preschool experiences that introduced formalized learning experiences too early for most children's developmental status."
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Project Based Learning Viewed Through a Digital Lens - 15 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 25 Jun 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 25 Jun 10
     
    Often we search for meaningful ways to integrate digital technology in project based learning activities given to our students. We also would like our students to develop a thorough understanding of the concepts underlying the work - after all this is the purpose of the project. Giving students the opportunity to complete and present their project through a digital lens has one great advantage - student engagement. This in turn causes students to develop a more in depth understanding of concepts.
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Stimulating Critical Thinking through a Technological Lens - 13 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 04 Aug 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 04 Aug 10
     
    Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).
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New Learners? New Educators? New Skills? - Emerging Technologies for Learning - 0 views

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shared by Roland O'Daniel on 21 Mar 09 - Cached
  • key skills required today
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      Are these the 21st century skills? While it's important to REFOCUS on literacies, it's the refocus and refinements of the literacies that enhances the 21st century skills.
  • Learning Activities
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      These are interesting, but do they REALLY work? How would you assess learning?
  • traditional activities of teachers and learners
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      A return to the Barr and Tagg "Learner Centered Paradigm"
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  • Augmented – the course takes place in a traditional classroom setting, but technology is used to enhance the learning experience
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      A different term for HYBRID learning?
  • Subject matter expert
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      Faculty member - teacher
  • Planning for and fostering interaction The prominence of social technologies has created an opportunity for educators to increase the level of learner-learner and faculty-learner dialogue. Interaction can occur around ideas, content, or simply open discussions
    • David Peter
      David Peter on 21 Mar 09
       
      Moore spoke of learner/content interaction. Technology quickly becomes the connection between learner and everything.
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PBS & CR 2.0: Remixing Shakespeare for 21st Century Students - Classroom 2.0 - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 17 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 17 Mar 09
     
    Cool Webinar tomorrow - Live Webinar with the Folger Shakespeare Library on Wednesday, March 18 from 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time (5:00pm start Pacific Time, 12 midnight GMT). Our speakers will present and demonstrate methods for teaching Shakespeare using digital media. The educational activities to be presented were developed by trained workshop leaders and teachers during the Folger's Teaching Shakespeare Institutes and sessions. Participants will learn practical and exciting ways they can incorporate Shakespeare's King Lear and other literary works into history, social studies, English, and language arts instruction. I try to understand why we cannot use these as credits - they are free and they are announced a few days a head of time -- but still, they are valuable learning experiences.
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Educational Leadership:Revisiting Teacher Learning:A Framework for Learning to Teach - 0 views

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shared by Jackie Gerstein on 04 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Jackie Gerstein on 04 Jul 09
     
    Teachers learn best by applying clear standards of practice and by engaging in active learning
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50 stimulating classroom starters (pdf) - 0 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 28 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 28 Aug 09
     
    What are they? * Each activity can be completed easily in five to fifteen minutes. * Late arriving students can easily join in. * Activities are fun rewarding and educational. Why do them? * Reward and don't punish students who come to class on time. * Encourage punctuality. * Value student time. * "I can't start because there aren't enough students in class yet," is not an acceptable excuse to begin class late. Begin on time with a class starter, so students are immediately stimulated and ready to learn!
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STEM across the school - 0 views

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shared by Martin Burrett on 13 Feb 19 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 13 Feb 19
     
    "The importance of offering a broad curriculum within the school system cannot be over-stated, allowing students to explore a range of topics that spark their interest, and potentially inspire them to follow a career path that can have a positive impact on their lives, society and the environment. STEM activities (built around Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) offer a broad range of opportunities, opening up the potential of enquiry based learning that is relevant to the world we live in. Many education systems globally place a great emphasis on a STEM curriculum for all students, no matter of age, race, gender or ability, but what STEM based activities work best in your setting, helping students see the world differently, and potentially inspiring to enter STEM careers of the future?"
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Grading and Its Discontents - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 8 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 13 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Most students bring with them an unhealthy attitude toward grading that has been instilled in them by parents and schoolteachers, an attitude based on the flawed assumption that grades are supposed to function as "carrots and sticks." Consequently, it's not enough for me to simply convey the mechanics of my grading policy; I must also ensure that students acquire a more accurate conception of grading, one that will enhance—rather than impede—their learning.
  • Since grades have only instrumental value—rather than any intrinsic value—they must be treated as only means to some end, and never as ends in themselves. I tell my students: If your primary goal in college is to receive good grades, you will probably view the required work as an onerous obstacle and you're not likely to feel very motivated to do the work. But you are most likely to receive good grades when you are so focused on learning that grades have ceased to matter.
  • The students seems to be assuming that they already had a full score and that the professor is therefore responsible for taking away some of what rightfully belonged to them. Needless to say, that is a mistaken assumption.
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  • Learning is never directly caused by anything that a professor does. It happens as a result of the student's own activities (reading, thinking, writing, etc.), while the professor can only facilitate that process. Since the responsibility for learning lies with the student, so does the burden of demonstrating that he or she has actually achieved that learning.
  • You are not your grades. I want my students to avoid defining themselves in terms of a grade. I want them to know that grades represent nothing more than someone's assessment of one or more instances of their academic performance. Given the nature of the grading process and the limited purposes for which it is designed, the grades they receive are in no way a reflection of who they are as people or even what they are capable of achieving in the long run.
  • Professors rarely observe their students outside of the classroom or lab, which is why we are in no position to judge how hard or long someone has studied. We can only assess their actual performance. A student using ineffective methods of study would have to work a lot harder and a lot longer than a student who is using effective methods
  • Some students must invest more time and effort than other students in order to receive the same grade. That may seem unjust, I tell students, but it simply mimics the way "real life" functions
  • being told that the entire life plan of a young man or woman depends on what grade I give them does put me in an awkward situation psychologically: I don't wish to be the person who destroys someone's dream, but I also have a strong need for integrity. It would be best for both parties if students simply do not share this kind of information with faculty members.
  • I believe that when students see their grades as pieces of information, rather than as external rewards or punishments, or as mechanisms of control, they are much more likely to discover the joy that is inherent in the very experience of learning.
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eSchoolNews - Students want more use of gaming technology - 0 views

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shared by Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08 - Cached
    • Brian C. Smith
      Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08
       
      Is it only the test scores? I worry about the actual translation of math skills to real world problems rather than having students do well on a test or beat their friends for bragging rights.
  • Nearly two-thirds of middle and high school students said “let me use my own laptop, cell phone, or other mobile device at school.”
  • While 53 percent of middle and high school students are excited about using mobile devices to help them learn, only 15 percent of school leaders support this idea. Also, fewer than half as many parents as students see a place for online learning in the 21st century school.
    • Brian C. Smith
      Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08
       
      With a gap of 38% between students and admins you'd think the administrators might actually approach students, the most untapped resource in the school community, about how they might see the use of mobile devices to help or enhance thier learning and communication.
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  • And even fewer teachers, parents, and school leaders want students to have access to eMail and instant-messaging accounts from school.
  • Keeping school leaders well informed is the first step toward helping to bridge this disconnect
    • Brian C. Smith
      Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08
       
      There are many, many timely and effective ways for school leaders to stay informed themselves. Why are they not taking advantage of these? Let's teach them to fish.
  • Hopefully, the results of this survey will reach them. If school leaders become more familiar with student views,
    • Brian C. Smith
      Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08
       
      Suggestion: Listen and talk (sparingly) to the students in your schools, get to know them. One of the best strategies for learning I ever learned was to "know your students well". Listen to the students in your schools and you will learn a lot.
  • his vision for the ultimate school is one where the teachers and the principal actively seek and regularly include the ideas of students in discussions and planning for all aspects of education—not just technology.
    • Brian C. Smith
      Brian C. Smith on 30 May 08
       
      Exactly.
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Technology Integration Matrix - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 16 Apr 08 - Cached
  • The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below.
  • Levels of Technology Integration into the Curriculum
    • Scott Weidig
      Scott Weidig on 16 Apr 08
       
      What a resource. At each indicator there is a QT video detailing the project, learning design and outcomes. This will be a wonderful tool for future integration initiatives.
  • Vicki Davis on 16 Apr 08
     
    This amazing matrix is wonderful to share.
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  • Vicki Davis on 16 Apr 08
     
    Technology integration matrix from Florida. This amazing resource was picked up from Lucy Gray. Really amazing.
  • Dave Truss on 16 Apr 08
     
    WOW!
  • Dave Truss on 16 Apr 08
     
    Considers: Levels of Technology Integration into the Curriculum -compared to- Characteristics of the Learning Environment.
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7 Real Time Data Online Science Investigations: Project-Based Learning Designed to Deve... - 15 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 10 Apr 10 - Cached
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  • David Wetzel on 10 Apr 10
     
    Students learn how to conduct science investigations in the same manner as scientists, as they learn to analyze sets of online real time data to solve problems.
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Program « Problem Solving with Smithsonian Experts - 3 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 09 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 09 Apr 10
     
    Cool webinars and expert activities. I just love these -- go to this website and sign up! Dr. Wayne Clough, former president of Georgia Tech (my alma mater) now runs the smithsonian and they are doing some of the coolest things! Here is a list, but go to the website to join in. " Day One: Understanding the American Experience Tuesday, 13 April 2010 11:00 to 11:50 am EDT How do we change a stereotype? 12:00 to 12:50 pm EDT What can science tell us about American history? 2:00 to 2:50 pm EDT What does clothing communicate? Day Two: Valuing World Cultures Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:00 to 11:50 am EDT Who owns music? 12:00 to 12:50 pm EDT What happens when a people meets its past? 2:00 to 2:50 pm EDT How does design solve everyday problems? Day Three: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe Wednesday, 28 April 2010 11:00 to 11:50 am EDT Are there other worlds out there? 12:00 to 12:50 pm EDT How have we imagined other worlds? 2:00 to 2:50 pm EDT How do we grasp the vastness of the universe? Day Four: Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:00 to 11:50 am EDT What do modern animal bones tell us about biodiversity? 12:00 to 12:50 pm EDT How can we learn about nature's most elusive animals? 2:00 to 2:50 pm EDT How (and why) do we count living things?"
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Much to Learn in March - Daylights Savings Time & St. Patrick's Day - 3 views

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  • Learning Today on 15 Mar 11
     
    education, holidays, students, school, classroom, lessons, activities
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Please help: Technology activities vs. Technology that supports learning - edtech VISION - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 24 May 09 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 24 May 09
     
    I think this is a great idea... let's see some wisdom shared by many educators:-)
  • Dave Truss on 24 May 09
     
    I am collecting real examples from teachers to help compare the difference between an assignment that is "a technology ACTIVITY" vs. one where "technology SUPPORTS STUDENT LEARNING". Could you please help me out and fill out this short form:
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Wikipedia:School of Open course/February 2014 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 19 Feb 14
     
    So, you want to know how to edit Wikipedia? There's a course for you. We are delighted to announce a new round of our free online course, "Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics & Beyond" (#WIKISOO). The course runs from 25 February - 8 April 2014, and is now open for enrollment. As many of you know already, WIKISOO teaches the nuts and bolts of Wikipedia. We focus on building and improving articles related to Open Education. Enrollment is open to all. We'd especially like to invite past students to re-register: your knowledge and experience will be valuable to your fellow students, and it's also a great opportunity to deepen your learning about Wikipedia and OER. WIKISOO students learn about the values and culture that have driven hundreds of thousands of volunteers to build Wikipedia. Through your work in the course, you will join an effort that has generated millions of free articles in hundreds of languages since 2001. The course covers the technical skills needed to edit articles, and also offers practical insights into the site's collaborative norms and social dynamics. You will graduate with a sophisticated understanding of how to use Wikipedia both as a reader and as an active participant. Sign up is free.
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SpellingCity for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on the iTunes App Store - 3 views

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shared by Cara Whitehead on 15 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Cara Whitehead on 15 Sep 13
     
    VocabularySpellingCity is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging learning games using any word list. The most popular activities are Spelling TestMe, HangMouse, and our vocabulary games, available to Premium Members. The most popular word lists are Sound Alikes, Compound Words, Hunger Games and SAT Words. This is a free app!
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