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Vicki Davis

Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment | NEJM AI - 0 views

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mentalhealth healthcare AIchatbot AI edu_trends

shared by Vicki Davis on 01 Apr 25 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Apr 25
     
    "Generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) chatbots hold promise for building highly personalized, effective mental health treatments at scale, while also addressing user engagement and retention issues common among digital therapeutics. We present a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing an expert-fine-tuned Gen-AI-powered chatbot, Therabot, for mental health treatment."
Madeline Binder

Free Giveaway: Proven Ways to Fund Your Classroom Science Supplies - 7 views

This book was complied after interviewing teachers, principals, PTA members and nonprofit experts. Most of the events raised between $10,000 to $20,0000. There is also information on grant writin...

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Vicki Davis

ECRP. Vol 4 No 1. Moving up the Grades: Relationship between Preschool Model and Later ... - 2 views

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education research news

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."
Vicki Davis

In India, a School that Empowers Students and Teachers | Edutopia - 0 views

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education news asb unplugged best practices edreform bestpractices

shared by Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13
     
    I'm a huge fan of the American School of Bombay and visionary Shabbi Luthra - this article on Edutopia captures so much about this amazing school that uses laptops at a very young age in ways that empower students to learn, create, and share. Shabbi is passionate about bringing the best to her school but also shares expects that what is brought and discussed there will be used. Such a great school - it is well worth attending ASB Un-Plugged when they host it just to see what they are doing. It is hard to find a better school anywhere in the world.
Vicki Davis

Is The STEM Education Crisis A Myth? : NPR - 2 views

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education stem news

shared by Vicki Davis on 25 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Some education experts and policymakers argue that if the U.S. does not boost the number of workers in those jobs, that America will lose its competitive edge as a global innovator. But others say that there is no STEM crisis at all, that this is actually a myth and that colleges should integrate STEM and the humanities into a broader education.
  • You have to remember that STEM makes up only about 7 percent of the jobs in the American economy. On the other hand, we know that anybody who majors in STEM often doesn't stay in STEM. For instance, by the time most STEM majors are 35 years old, they're in management. They leave. They no longer work on the bench in the lab. So we need to produce a lot more STEM workers than we actually use initially because we lose so many of them along the way because their careers are relatively successful.
  • That is, a technical education now allows you to do anything. And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker, but then moving on to management or into a regulatory roll or into a government job. So STEM has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives 10 years down the road.
  • Vicki Davis on 25 Nov 13
     
    If you want to understand why STEM jobs are such a big deal, then this NPR interview really helps us understand why so many people are talking about STEM even though it makes up only 7% of the jobs. Read (and share) this NPR interview or download it for a listen as you travel. "That is, a technical education now allows you to do anything. And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker, but then moving on to management or into a regulatory roll or into a government job. So STEM has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives 10 years down the road."
Michael Walker

Now Playing - Night of the Living Tech - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...22lohr.html

technology change evolution

shared by Michael Walker on 23 Aug 10 - Cached
  • “Change has changed qualitatively,” says Janet Sternberg, an assistant professor at Fordham University and president of the Media Ecology Association, a research organization.
  • Adaptive innovation and experimentation, experts say, is the rule in a period of rapid change that can be seen as the digital-age equivalent of the ferment after the introduction of the printing press. “We’re experiencing the biggest media petri dish in four centuries,” observes Paul Saffo, a visiting scholar at Stanford University who specializes in technology’s effect on society.
  • Technology is by no means the only agent of change. Cultural tastes have a big influence, sometimes bringing quirky turns in the evolutionary dance.
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  • Turntables have made a niche revival, and vinyl record sales have increased 62 percent over the last decade to 2.4 million last year, reports Nielsen, a market research firm.
  • Yet evolution — not extinction — has always been the primary rule of media ecology. New media predators rise up, but other media species typically adapt rather than perish.
Roland O'Daniel

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.
Vicki Davis

FOXNews.com - Trading Nude Photos Via Mobile Phone Now Part of Teen Dating, Experts Say... - 0 views

www.foxnews.com/...0,2933,351171,00.html

ad4dcss case study digital_citizenship digital_responsibilities digital_safety education

shared by Vicki Davis on 14 Apr 08 - Cached
  • The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens' courtship behavior, police and school officials said.
  • "I've seen everything from your basic striptease to sexual acts being performed," said Reynoldsburg police Detective Brian Marvin, a member of the FBI Cyber Crime Task Force of Central Ohio. "You name it, they will do it at their home under this perceived anonymity."
  • "This happens a lot," said Kelsey, author of Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence. "It crosses every racial socio-economic group. Christian kids are doing it. Jewish kids are doing it." Male teens are also doing it.
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  • A study last year found teens are placing more of an emphasis on image and fame than in the past. Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University who studies young people's trends, found that teens are more confident and assertive than ever before.
  • Vicki Davis on 14 Apr 08
     
    Teens are really moving a lot of their relationships to cell phones as Danah Boyd said recently on a Wow2 show. This example of teenage habits of sharing photographs on cell phones is an example. Discussions of cell phone use should be a part of what parents and teachers do with kids. This makes me think twice about allowing cell phone cameras on my children's phones, but I'd rather help them be wise in using it.
Vicki Davis

From the Annointed Few to the Collective Many - 0 views

www.learningcircuits.org/0408_wilkins.html

brightideas connectingpeople govt_business hz08 hzmeta usercontent virtualcollab

shared by Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08 - Cached
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
       
      How sad!
  • the Internet has morphed from a presentation medium to an interactive platform in just a few years
  • a leading web analysis site
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
       
      I find this description of Technorati almost amusing.
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  • more than 50 percent of Americans aged 20-30 years old use Facebook
  • among Americans under the age of 35, social networking and user-generated content sites have overtaken TV as a primary media.
  • “Visitors to MySpace.com and Friendster.com generally skew older, with people age 25 and older comprising 68 and 71 percent of their user bases, respectively.”
  • We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift where individuals are indeed connecting “in ways and at levels that [they] haven’t done before”
  • Workplace communities
  • orkplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges
  • talent management is about finding, developing, and retaining key talent within the organization
  • Ernst & Young, for instance, has a significant presence on Facebook in support of its recruiting efforts
  • Google, Home Depot, Enterprise Rent a Car, and Deloitte also are recruiting using Web 2.0 tools through YouTube videos and even alumni social networks
  • “If companies keep social networks out, they will be doing a significant disservice to their bottom lines
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
       
      Understanding networks is important to students. Knowing how to be professional and what is appropriate for different spaces is vital.
  • Between 2000 and 2020, 75 million Boomers will reach retirement age.
  • The only content service with mass adoption (greater than 50 percent) was Social Networking, and this was only among respondents under the age of 35.”
  • In addition, Millennials are the first generation to spend more hours online per week than watching TV (16.7 vs 13.6).
  • some of the characteristics of Millenials, which included a desire to work in  “[open] and flat organizations” as “part of a tribe.”
  • “heavy use of technology (messaging, collaboration, online learning) as a daily part of their work lives.”
  • robust and active communities will have an easier time recruiting talented Millennials
  • they have opportunities to meaningfully connect to their peers and supervisors.
  • A retiring Boomer who is an expert in a particular field could be an excellent community manager, blogger, or wiki contributor.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
       
      Blogging might be the answer for retiring boomers?
  • Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
     
    Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities. "Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things. Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company. The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators. However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems. Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.
Dave Truss

FieldFindr: Using Ning to Connect Teachers to Volunteers | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes ... - 0 views

pairadimes.davidtruss.com/fieldfindr-on-ning

collaboration digital_citizenship experts fieldfindr pairadimes

shared by Dave Truss on 15 May 08 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 15 May 08
     
    "A portal to Connect Classrooms to the World: Global Citizens can Share Talents and Skills with Students. Teachers can find Global Citizens (Volunteers) willing to help in a field of interest that they are working on in their class."
Emily Vickery

Apple - Seminars Online - The Podcast Recipe. - 0 views

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educators podcasting

shared by Emily Vickery on 03 May 08 - Cached
  • Podcasting is one of the most explosive technologies to hit the Internet. And with literally thousands of podcasts available on Apple iTunes, the need for high-quality production is critical. In this free, on-demand, three-part seminar Apple experts take you behind the scenes to see what it takes to perform a great-sounding podcast, produce a professional show, and promote a podcast to reach as many people as possible.
  • Emily Vickery on 03 May 08
     
    Online "how to" podcasting from Apple.
Dave Truss

Wikis in the classroom: a reflection. | David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts - 0 views

pairadimes.davidtruss.com/reflection-on-wikis

blc08 pairadimes pedagogy reflection wiki

shared by Dave Truss on 15 May 08 - Cached
  • 1. Scaffolding
  • 2. Time Line
  • 3. Experts
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  • The thoughtful/reflective effort it took to write this has made this one of the most powerful things I’ve done for professional development as a teacher.
  • Grades
  • here it is
  • Before reading the feedback, my initial impression was given in my Some Assembly Required post
  • Dave Truss on 15 May 08
     
    The thoughtful/reflective effort it took to write this has made this one of the most powerful things I've done for professional development as a teacher.
Mark Miller

Will at Work Learning: What Work-Learning Audit Reveals - 0 views

www.willatworklearning.com/...what-work-learn.html

professionaldevelopment techintegrator

shared by Mark Miller on 04 Apr 08 - Cached
  • The more contact, the more learning (for the most part), however there are benefits from learning from experts (e.g., store managers, head clerks), though the worker has to have at least some signicant contact with them to create this benefit. You'll notice that district staff have only a little impact and regional and corporate staff have none.
    • Mark Miller
      Mark Miller on 05 Apr 08
       
      test note
    • Reggie Ryan
      Reggie Ryan on 04 Apr 08
       
      Contact time need for learning. The further away people are, the least chance of learning.
  • Reggie Ryan on 04 Apr 08
     
    Possible theory and practice to use for development of PLN model for schools
  • Reggie Ryan on 04 Apr 08
     
    What Work-Learning Audit Reveals
Vicki Davis

The Teachers' Podcast - The New Generation of Ed Tech PD - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08 - Cached
  • About
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08
       
      These podcasts are by Mark Gura and Dr. Kathy King who are teachers, ed tech experts, authors and professors.
  • cory plough on 29 Mar 08
     
    First time I have come across this. Like Teachertube for podcasts.
  • cory plough on 29 Mar 08
     
    Teacher podcasts.
  • Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 08
     
    Boy, there are a lot of podcasts here, and it looks like they are all done by just two people!
Said Kassem Hamideh

Text editor with built-in real-time writing support - 20 views

www.mindbounce.com

all_teachers edublogger technology language edu_trends techintegrator web2

shared by Said Kassem Hamideh on 25 Dec 09 - Cached
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  • Said Kassem Hamideh on 25 Dec 09
     
    A micropayments model allows students to solicit feedback from a wide net of scholars and experts, one piece of feedback at a time: the first-ever knowledge market place to be superimposed over a text editor.
David Wetzel

12 Expert Twitter Tips for the Classroom: Social Networking Classroom Activities That E... - 15 views

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witter education technology tips for the classroom social networking online resources teaching and learning activities making connections between concepts

shared by David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 30 Mar 10
     
    A dozen activities are presented for using an online education technology tool to engage students in classroom activities to develop a better understanding of concepts.
Claudia Ceraso

ELT notes: Some things I am certain of (for now, this is beta, OK?) - 17 views

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techintegrator motivation learning2.0 mycomments metaphor blogfodder

shared by Claudia Ceraso on 28 Mar 10 - Cached
  • teaching is worth discussing. Anything else can be found for free on the Internet.
  • Good technology use in the classroom is transparent and intertwined.
  • Motivation is a drug. It is a short-term target.
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  • Better make people "addicted" to learning, to the process, to the autonomy of it. There are intrinsic reasons why this is pleasurable, meaningful and long lasting per se.
  • 7) Mind the use of the word "enhance" when linked to learning. Mind the gap. Old things are just old things.
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
       
      Note my comment: "This is such a good point! We do not advance from the early airplanes by sticking to using double winged biplanes or 'enhancing' the propeller engine. If a blog is used to 'enhance' the sharing of homework then the point of a blog is missed."
  • 9) Standards are for things that fit a pattern. When educators claim that creativity is a "21st century" essential skill, we need to accept the limitations of striving for standards. Assessment and standards are cousins.
  • Doubt, question and never, ever just assume.
    • Dave Truss
      Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
       
      This should be a poster to put in classrooms:-)
    • Gabriela Sellart
      Gabriela Sellart on 30 Mar 10
       
      Communicating results is becoming more and more frequent.(#4) Doubting out loud doesn't seem to grant you an "expert" degree, which I notice is the aim of many educators who are blogging. Particularly those who write in Spanish.
    • Claudia Ceraso
      Claudia Ceraso on 31 Mar 10
       
      The poster in the classroom... Interesting. I would change the phrase to "Remember your teacher also expects to learn lots from you". Few teachers are comfortable doubting in front of their students. Perhaps, with reason ;-)
  • Dave Truss on 28 Mar 10
     
    So many quotable quotes in this post! Wonderful 'deep' thinking.
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