This presentation contains data about how Baby Boomers use the internet. It charts the rise of broadband, wireless connections, and a variety of internet activities, including e-commerce.
This presentation pulls together the latest Pew Internet data about how teens use the internet, their cell phones, and other technology. It explores how the world of digital natives is different from their predecessors.
During his presentation, the Kansas State University professor breaks down his attempts to integrate Facebook, Netvibes, Diigo, Google Apps, Jott, Twitter, and other emerging technologies to create an education portal of the future.
"It's basically an ongoing experiment to create a portal for me and my students to work online," he explains. "We tried every social media application you can think of. Some worked, some didn't."
"Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, spoke about "As learning goes mobile" at the Educause 2011 annual conference. He described the Project's latest findings about how people (especially young adults) use mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet computers. He discussed how the mobile revolution has combined with the social networking revolution to produce new kinds of learning and knowledge-sharing environments and described the challenges and opportunities this presents to colleges and teachers. Technology has enabled students to become different kinds of learners and Lee will explore what that means. "
This article talks about Google wanting to be able to scan through its users' emails. It discusses how Google will need to present its idea and case before a judge, before the final decision is made.
What is a "story" here consists of more than one type of media (images + text, audio + images, etc) that are assembled on the web, and can be presented on the web or embedded into other web sites.
"Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends."
Great presentation from project red. See slide for the "which technology practices improve learning the most."
#1 Technology is integrated into EVERY intervention class.
Jeff Han presents a touch computer screen that you can use multiple fingers on a computer screen. The coolest thing he did in this video is you can have the lava lamp application.
Watch Gov 2.0 Summit presentations and other interviews " Government as a Platform Gov 2.0 Summit brings together innovators from government and the private sector to highlight technology and ideas that can be applied to the nation's great challenges.
has to think, be flexible, change, and use a variety of tools to solve new problems. We change what we do all the time. I can guarantee the job I hire someone to do will change or may not exist in the future, so this is why adaptability and learning skills are more important than technical skills
Adaptability and learning skills -- this is why building a PLN is so important!!
I say to my employees, if you try five things and get all five of them right, you may be failing. If you try 10 things, and get eight of them right, you're a hero. You'll never be blamed for failing to reach a stretch goal, but you will be blamed for not trying.
focus, energy, and passion around the points they want to make.
first 60 seconds of your presentation is
Summers and other leaders from various companies were not necessarily complaining about young people's poor grammar, punctuation, or spelling—the things we spend so much time teaching and testing in our schools
the complaints I heard most frequently were about fuzzy thinking and young people not knowing how to write with a real voice.
Writing with voice = blogging -- give students a voice, this means first person, NOT third person writing.
Employees in the 21st century have to manage an astronomical amount of information daily.
There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren't prepared to process the information effectively it almost freezes them in their steps.”
rapidly the information is changing.
half-life of knowledge in the humanities is 10 years, and in math and science, it's only two or three years
“People who've learned to ask great questions and have learned to be inquisitive are the ones who move the fastest in our environment because they solve the biggest problems in ways that have the most impact on innovation.”
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developing young people's capacities for imagination, creativity, and empathy will be increasingly important for maintaining the United States' competitive advantage in the future.
The three look at one another blankly, and the student who has been doing all the speaking looks at me and shrugs.
The test contains 80 multiple-choice questions related to the functions and branches of the federal government.
Let me tell you how to answer this one
reading from her notes,
Each group will try to develop at least two different ways to solve this problem. After all the groups have finished, I'll randomly choose someone from each group who will write one of your proofs on the board, and I'll ask that person to explain the process your group used.”
a lesson in which students are learning a number of the seven survival skills while also mastering academic content?
students are given a complex, multi-step problem that is different from any they've seen in the past
This IS flat classroom digiteen and Horizon project and other projects where teachers are pushing kids to have novel answers to novel questions.
how the group solved the problem, each student in every group is held accountable.
ncreasingly, there is only one curriculum: test prep. Of the hundreds of classes that I've observed in recent years, fewer than 1 in 20 were engaged in instruction designed to teach students to think instead of merely drilling for the test.
. It is working with colleagues to ensure that all students master the skills they need to succeed as lifelong learners, workers, and citizens.
I have yet to talk to a recent graduate, college teacher, community leader, or business leader who said that not knowing enough academic content was a problem.
critical thinking, communication skills, and collaboration.
seven survival skills every day, at every grade level, and in every class.
College and Work Readiness Assessment (www.cae.org)—that measure students' analytic-reasoning, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and writing skills.
2. Collaboration and Leadership
3. Agility and Adaptability
Today's students need to master seven survival skills to thrive in the new world of work.
4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
7. Curiosity and Imagination
I conducted research beginning with conversations with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders. With a clearer picture of the skills young people need, I then set out to learn whether U.S. schools are teaching and testing the skills that matter most.