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Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

How Not to Lose Teaching Knowledge - 1 views

blog.tomsnyder.com/...not-to-lose-teaching-knowledge

teaching training professional development

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 10 Oct 11
     
    "We tend to look for ways to increase student learning time but rarely carve out time for teacher learning."
Niko Cunningham

Point counterpoint of altruism in society - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...091012230456.htm

learning education social altruism

shared by Niko Cunningham on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Niko Cunningham on 15 Oct 09
     
    Culture is more important than genes in developing potentially self-harming altruistic behavior.. But wait - this paper says the opposite (and throws religiousness in for good measure). Let the academic debate continue! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070405170133.htm
Niko Cunningham

Brain-Computer Interface Allows Person-to-person Communication Through Power Of Thought - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...091006102637.htm

networked thinking VR AR distributed networks emerging technology

shared by Niko Cunningham on 06 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Niko Cunningham on 06 Oct 09
     
    For those with "locked-in" syndrome, this development could be a blockbuster...
Nick Siewert

Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/...does-the-brain-like-e-books

digital books reading neuroscience child development ebooks

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  • Nick Siewert on 15 Oct 09
     
    Discussion on whether digital reading differs neurologically from paper reading.
Xavier Rozas

-CALICO Awards - CALICO - 0 views

calico.org/page.php

educational technologies emerging technology distance learning

shared by Xavier Rozas on 24 Oct 09 - No Cached
  • Language-learning Website Award--The Esperanto "Access to Language Education Award" CALICO, Lernu.net, and the Esperantic Studies Foundation present this award to a website offering exceptional language-learning resources. The winning website is recognized at CALICO's annual conference banquet, and its developers are presented with an Award Certificate and a prize. Noncommercial (cost-free) websites, created and/or maintained by CALICO members, are eligible for this award.
  • Award Winners 2009 Français interactif [visit the website]
  • Xavier Rozas on 24 Oct 09
     
    Good list of free and pay online language learning resources. See the awards list.
Jennifer Hern

Currents - Virtual Classrooms Could Create a Marketplace for Knowledge - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...07iht-currents.html

virtual_classroom

shared by Jennifer Hern on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • The magazine told of a new building at the University of Miami, doughnut-shaped and carved up into 12 rooms. Professors stood in the hole and had their image projected into every room simultaneously. Faculty productivity was said to have soared. What was lost in intimacy would, readers were assured, be made up for by feedback buttons on students’ chairs, including one for “I don’t understand.”
  • Thanks to broadening Internet access, advances in multimedia and the market potential of millions of historically underserved learners among the developing world’s youth and the rich world’s adults, modern versions of the doughnut building are flowering globally: systems through which chunks of teaching can be “scaled up,” in business jargon, and beamed to hundreds of thousands worldwide.
  • Allow anyone anywhere to take whatever course they want, whenever, over any medium, they say. Make universities compete on quality, price and convenience.
  • Jennifer Hern on 08 Nov 09
     
    Virtual professors? I think a virtual Dede would be cool, but I like knowing his mustache is real, and not bought in a virtual hair salon.
Chris McEnroe

Any ideas for a Forum platform? - 5 views

T561, I'm looking for ideas. I'm helping to develop a training for teachers in an inner city school. The training involves the Teaching for Understanding with Technology Framework and I want to c...

forum; technology education Online

started by Chris McEnroe on 21 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
Jennifer Lavalle

Inflating the Software Report Card - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...-results-despite-the-hype.html

shared by Jennifer Lavalle on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Lavalle on 12 Oct 11
     
    Speaking of being wary of marketers pitching 'magical digital products'...this study found "no discernible effects" on high school students standardized test scores - of course, we must ask how the effects were measured (what the test actually tests) and measure in what ways software has a meaningful effect on student's learning...
  • Melinda Schindler on 13 Oct 11
     
    I think Karen Cator makes a good point in the article when she talks about standardized tests being the sole gauge for assessing the effectiveness of the programs. While the programs may be used with the intent to improve test scores, I'd also argue it's important for digital literacy to be valued as a skill in its own right. Thus while test scores may not reflect the sought-after results, other important skills may still have been developed by using the programs.
Bridget Binstock

Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...03mobile.h04.html

education technology iPad

shared by Bridget Binstock on 20 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 20 Oct 11
     
    I know that some of us in our other classes have been discussing iPads and their use in the education space, and I dug this up from my archives as some of what teachers and admins have to say about buying and using the iPad in their schools.
  • Maung Nyeu on 22 Oct 11
     
    Bridget, The potential for iPad may realize even more with the availability of online textbooks, which may include videos. The availability of various apps will influence the proliferation of iPad. Upside - novelty, excitement, and no back breaking bag packs, downside- penmanship may suffer and teachers may have to do some extra homework! http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/07/11/putting-the-ipad-to-work-in-elementary-classrooms.aspx
  • Bridget Binstock on 24 Oct 11
     
    Maung - I actually attended Gagliolo's session at ISTE this summer as I, too, am a proponent of this new technology, but as you point out, this means "extra homework" for the teacher. And most teachers I know are already strapped for time and professional development and are not interested in a new device that is "one more thing" they have to learn and use in an overwhelming standards based curriculum environment. The only way (in my opinion) that we can get teachers to embrace this new technology is to have it do something MORE efficiently and easily than something THEY ALREADY do. It cannot be an add-on. It has to replace something overtasking from their plate.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: Applicable Teaching Tools - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...01tablets.h05.html

education apps iPad technology disability

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 18 Oct 11
     
    Educators are discovering that iPads and other tablet computers offer new routes to learning for students with disabilities
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  • Bridget Binstock on 18 Oct 11
     
    Kasthuri - I attended a session at ISTE last summer on using the iPad with Special Needs students (my oldest son has special needs) and discovered many apps that are created for "typical" learners can be adapted for students with special needs. The particular app and use in this article has (in my opinion) one huge advantage and one huge disadvantage. The advantage is price and therefore more widespread accessibility. Augmented Communicative Devices (http://www.abilityhub.com/aac/aac-devices.htm) can cost thousands of dollars. The iPad ($500-800) and app ($100) keeps the cost well below that and can give SES students with this particular need a greater chance in getting the device. The Disadvantage (in my opinion) is the FINE MOTOR skills necessary to operate the touch screen feature of the iPad. The children that I have seen who need this device to communicate have multiple issues at work that prevent them from isolating their fingers in such a way to make this a feasible way for them to communicate effectively. Some of the devices you can see in the link have distinct boundaries that account for mobility and fine motor deficiencies that make the use of the device successful to those who need that adaptation. I am not knocking the iPad for Special Needs students, simply pointing out that it is not the best tool for everyone.
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 18 Oct 11
     
    Hi Bridget, I agree that it may not be for everyone. Would the use of a stylus rather than fingers make it easier to use the app?
  • Bridget Binstock on 18 Oct 11
     
    Strictly speaking from my experience, the children that I have observed using these devices have Cerebral Palsy (or other muscular issues at work) to the extent where holding any device is not feasible for them. But I can see how a stylus might help specific students overcome this deficiency. Allison has had even more exposure to SN students than I have, so perhaps she can share some insight here.
Kinga Petrovai

Kids under two should be 'screen free' says American Academy of Pediatrics - 2 views

diigo.com/0kgg3

technology education learning social

shared by Kinga Petrovai on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Kinga Petrovai on 18 Oct 11
     
    Article warns against effects of screen time on the developing mind. The article also states that quality programs are only educational if the child understands the content and context, which children under two usually can not.
Diego Vallejos

Solar-powered internet school set to benefit children in rural Africa - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...nternet-school-children-africa

technology education learning Africa rural

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  • Diego Vallejos on 28 Oct 11
     
    "Resilient mobile classroom incorporating laptops, video camera and electronic blackboard will work in areas without electricity"
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