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Heather French

The Flip: End of a Love Affair - 4 views

plpnetwork.com/...flip-love-affair

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  • Heather French on 14 Oct 12
     
    Really good article about one teacher's experience with a flipped classroom, why she stopped using that model and how the idea of flipping made her a better teacher.
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  • Steve Henderson on 15 Oct 12
     
    Thanks for posting this - a really good synthesis of flipping w/ PBL - and why flipping is more than videos, written by somebody who knows what she is talking about.
  • Lauren Gould on 15 Oct 12
     
    Agreed Steve, and thanks for posting this Heather. It answered questions I didn't even know I had about the "flipped" classroom and is also an empowering example the important role of the teacher in student-centered learning.
  • Cole Shaw on 16 Oct 12
     
    Wow, really interesting article, thanks Heather! Love how the teacher also learned from the experience and changed her in-class teaching style...
  • Tim Johnson on 16 Oct 12
     
    Thanks Heather, for posting, and Lauren, for suggesting...anybody who is taking T440 and loves the concept but feels skeptical about its real-world plausibility should read this article.
Janet Dykstra

EdWeek - The Rise of the Tech Powered Teacher - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...06khan_ep.h32.html

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  • Janet Dykstra on 01 Oct 12
     
    Interesting commentary written by Salman Kahn (Kahn Academy) on his ideas about the correct use of technology in the classroom. He reviews the ways that he feels technology can enhance teaching and learning and the critical role that a teacher plays.
Jason Dillon

a study asking whether people are actually overloaded by information - 1 views

www.fluency21.com/blogpost.cfm

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  • Jason Dillon on 13 Nov 12
     
    "The few participants who did feel overwhelmed were often those with low Internet skills, who haven't yet mastered social media filters and navigating search engine results, Hargittai noted."
Chris Dede

Live Report from the first iPad Summit - 3 views

plpnetwork.com/...live-ipad-summit

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  • Chris Dede on 16 Nov 12
     
    Thoughtful post about technology integration for tablets
  • Susan Smiley on 17 Nov 12
     
    Yes, very interesting indeed. We've discussed a lot about the lack of professional development for implementation of iPads in the classroom, but not too much about the SAMR model (substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition), developed by Ruben R. Puentendura. He is spot on in saying "For technology to be truly innovative and impactful on students, we must get to the stage of Redefinition, in which we use technology to create and perform tasks that - prior to the existence of the technology - were inconceivable" I think this is going to be tough to overcome with the iPad. Schools are so caught up in their fad. It seems as though it's hard for anyone, even smart creative people, to use their ipads in truly creative, richer, deeper, redefining ways.
  • Matthew Ong on 18 Nov 12
     
    Thank you for sharing this post Prof Chris. I agree that we cannot 'throw the iPad in, mix and stir' to develop a new program. However, where I disagree with the approach is that it does not start with the learner. The author began with pedagogy and then technology, but I feel that there should be learning theory first and then pedagogy and technology to support both.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Controversial UN Internet Treaty Approved After United States Walks Out - 2 views

mashable.com/...un-internet-treaty-approved

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 14 Dec 12 - No Cached
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  • Drew Nelson on 14 Dec 12
     
    I clicked through some related articles on this one a little bit, and it's worth following up on. I want to know how this treaty plans to address spam and cyberattacks. It is certainly high-time for this treaty to be updated, if it has truly not happened since 1988. The internet is certainly important enough to warrant further discussion, but I feel as if I'm speaking out of turn. I do not know what other treaty exist regarding internet based telecommunication in the UN.
Chris Dede

Interest in Online Courses Could Be Peaking - US News and World Report - 2 views

www.usnews.com/...nline-courses-could-be-peaking

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  • Chris Dede on 19 Oct 12
     
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  • Chris Dede on 19 Oct 12
     
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  • Cole Shaw on 19 Oct 12
     
    This is a really interesting article, and coupled with the edX / Anant Agarwal article below from Douglas, I think it brings up additional questions. Even with all the features that Anant says will be added to edX, I feel like they are all just part of the "convenience" factor and in many cases (like grading, discussion forum), more convenience for the teaching staff than the students. It is convenient for the students to do online labwork instead of going to a physical lab, for example. So I wonder if that type of convenience is enough to convince more students to sign up to MOOCs, or if they have to fundamentally change to add more types of value?
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

We know diversity in tech is a problem, but what's the solution? | VentureBeat - 3 views

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 28 Nov 11
     
    "This is our second Sputnik moment. At a time when women hold only 24 percent of STEM jobs and blacks and Hispanics also fare poorly in these fields, we better get this argument about diversity of talent right or else it's going to be a very expensive moment, indeed."
  • Allison Browne on 28 Nov 11
     
    I like the ethic and attiude that this article promotes. I have seen this gap for a long time and I have heard the meritocracy argument as well. The fact is that people who benefit from a system want to believe that they inherently earned their spot due to superior intellect, personality, etc. It is difficult to believe that you are a member of an organization because others feel you belong there and your presence reinforces the establishd culture of power.
Jaclyn Ruszala

1-to-1 Computing: Turning Around School Technology - 6 views

thejournal.com/...-around-school-technology.aspx

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  • Bridget Binstock on 07 Dec 11
     
    This article explains why the district chose laptops over tablet and how the community is helping to turn the schools around.
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  • Allison Browne on 08 Dec 11
     
    This is a very throrough article.If replaceing computers every 4 years and maintaining them is only 4% of the budget, I wonder what all the resistence is to schools maintaining computers. Is 4% still too much? Is 4% specific to this Alabama district? Also, I felt individualized instruction for foreign language would be the best way to transition a school towards networked individualized learning in a school environment. It's silly that everyone in elementary schools has to take the same language simply because there is only one foreign language teacher. Instead of a Spanish teacher you would need to hire multi-lingual specialists who are able to monitor langauge acquisition. Cool future!
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 09 Dec 11
     
    "The teachers that were involved said that if every kid had their own computer, we could do amazing things". It would be interesting to know if the teachers presented some concrete ideas of 'amazing things'. It would also be interesting to know whether they have a bank of spare laptops to loan to the students while the defective ones are getting fixed. I have a feeling that in the not-so-distant future the choice between a tablet and a computer may become a moot point. The hardware that powers a MacBook Air and iPad is very similar. We have laptops that double as tablets and tablets that are paired with a keyboard to be used as a laptop. Eventually these two will merge.
  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 19 Dec 11
     
    Great overview of the issues -- I agree with Kasthuri -- I think the issue will become moot
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Educational Technology Experts Skeptical About Apple's iBooks | Fast Company - 2 views

www.fastcompany.com/...tional-technology-world-reacts

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 24 Jan 12
     
    "In the post-textbook world, content mashups on social platforms like Edmodo will be more prevalent and will be accompanied by adaptive content sequences driven by smart engines. This feels like a jog sideways rather than a step forward."
Maung Nyeu

Board approves Idaho online class requirement - Boston.com - 3 views

www.boston.com/...ss_requirement_up_for_final_ok

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  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Nov 11
     
    Online education for high school students is not an option, it is mandatory. Idaho Education Board approved that at least two credits of online class is required to graduate from high school. Idaho is first in the nation to mandate online class. We have read articles and discussed in class pros and cons of online learning. However, should online learning be mandatory for high school students? Do you think it is a good idea?
  • Ayelet R on 04 Nov 11
     
    Having online education for the sake of online education does not seem like a good idea to me. If it saves them enough money that they can improve classroom education, that might be worth it, but I'm not convinced that this is worth doing.
  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Nov 11
     
    Agree with Ayelet. Idaho board of education went through this despite heavy criticism from public. Instead of making it an option, Idaho makes it mandatory. Online education may not work for some students. They may feel that it has been pushed down their throat.
Andrea Bush

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...05tablets.html

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  • Andrea Bush on 22 Sep 12
     
    This New York Times article speaks to a growing number of schools across the nation embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach. Given that it was published last year, do you feel like the concerns or objections raised are still relevant? Have some been debunked? Is it too early to tell?
Matthew Ong

5 myths about education, technology and 21st century skills - 1 views

www.waldenu.edu/...ry_-_Dispelling_Five_Myths.pdf

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  • Matthew Ong on 18 Sep 12
     
    An interesting article that debunks certain myths like administrators and teachers having a shared understanding of technology and 21st century skills and that teachers feel prepared to use technology or teach 21st century skills after their preservice training.
Harley Chang

The King of MOOCs Abdicates the Throne - 3 views

www.slate.com/...cessful_for_most_students.html

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  • Harley Chang on 21 Nov 13
     
    Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Udacity, has openly admitted that his company's MOOC courses are a lousy replacement for actual university class and instead will be taking his company to focus more on corporate training. I personally will reserve further judgement until after I finish the readings for next week.
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  • Grif Peterson on 21 Nov 13
     
    I posted this article in G+ a day or two ago. Some of the better commentary surrounding this article below. Tressie McMillan Cottom: "Thrun says it wasn't a failure. It was a lesson. But for the students who invested time and tuition in an experiment foisted on them by the of stewards public highered trusts, failure is a lesson they didn't need." Rebecca Schuman: "Thrun blames neither the corporatization of the university nor the MOOC's use of unqualified "student mentors" in assessment. Instead, he blames the students themselves for being so poor." Stephen Downes: "I think that what amuses me most about the reaction to the Thrun story is the glowing descriptions of him have only intensified. "The King of MOOCs." "The Genius Godfather of MOOCs." Really now. As I and the many other people working toward the same end have pointed out repeatedly, the signal change in MOOCs is openess, not whatever it was (hubris? VC money?) that Thrun brought to the table. Rebecca Schuman claims this is a victory for "the tiny, for-credit, in-person seminar." It's not that, no more than the Titanic disaster was a victory for wind-powered passenger transportation."
  • Molly Wasser on 29 Nov 13
     
    Grif - where did the Stephen Downes quote come from ? I read the Rebecca Schuman article and don't really agree with her. To expand on the Schuman quote you posted - it's really interesting how she says the massive lecture format doesn't work but then provides two examples of massive technology that do work - texting and World of Warcraft. This relates directly to some of what we talked about earlier this semester. I don't think it's the 'massive,' as Schuman implies, that causes the failure of a MOOC. It's part of the design. Once the design is better and more engaging, then MOOCs may find that they have higher retention rates. Schuman: Successful education needs personal interaction and accountability, period. This is, in fact, the same reason students feel annoyed, alienated, and anonymous in large lecture halls and thus justified in sexting and playing World of Warcraft during class-and why the answer is not the MOOC, but the tiny, for-credit, in-person seminar that has neither a sexy acronym nor a potential for huge corporate partnerships.
  • Grif Peterson on 09 Dec 13
     
    The Downes quote was from OLDaily, which is a daily listserve of his that I subscribe too. I think the difference between texting/WoW and MOOCs is that, while both have many many users, the former two have means in which those groups are disaggregated into smaller units that are largely responsible for the UX/individual growth that goes on. I agree with you that massive is not necessarily the failure, in fact, I think it's the best thing they have going for them. However, until the design can leverage meaningful collaboration, like WoW and texting, the massive will remain a burden.
Mirza Ramic

Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...gree-holders-survey-finds.html

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  • Mirza Ramic on 23 Nov 13
     
    "Although Coursera's founders have presented their MOOCs as a way to democratize higher education by making it available online, free, to anyone in the world, the Penn survey found that in the United States and developing countries alike, most Coursera students were well educated, employed, young and male."
  • Trung Tran on 24 Nov 13
     
    FYI, I went to Penn last year and was aware of this type of survey. Apparently, if you have a chance to look into their methodology, then they probably select a far larger number of Penn alumni than a representative portion. Considering that many Penn alumni love the idea of taking classes for free at their Alma Mater, I feel a bit skeptical about that reported unusually high percentage of bachelor's degree holders.
  • Molly Wasser on 29 Nov 13
     
    I think that this makes a lot of sense. You have to be very self-motivated with a desire to learn AND have the online resources and time to take a MOOC. That's a lot - and I would guess that people who are highly educated tend to be self-motivated. And then young men probably have more time than working parents. There's a lot of constraining factors despite the 'openness' of a MOOC.
Laura Stankiewicz

Adventures in Twitter fiction - Ted Talk - 3 views

This was interesting, Heidi! Thanks for sharing. I can't tell how I feel about the idea of "Twitter Fiction," but it is something I'd like to learn more about.

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started by Heidi Larson on 20 Oct 13 1 follow-up, last by Laura Stankiewicz on 20 Oct 13
Benjamin Berte

BBC News - Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...10207486.stm

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  • Nick Siewert on 03 Jun 10
     
    Odd, but I'm having a hard time feeling concerned over the theft of this furniture.
Parisa Rouhani

Obama urges students to work hard, stay in school - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Parisa Rouhani on 09 Sep 09
     
    I'm missing something because i don't understand why she feels scared to be in the country because POTUS is telling kids to stay in school.
Chris Johnson

Opinion: The First-Person Immersion Myth (Gamasutra) - 0 views

www.gamasutra.com/...news_index.php

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    • Chris Johnson
      Chris Johnson on 05 Sep 09
       
      I tend to agree with the author, though I would be interested in seeing evidence to support his claims. I remember playing the classic horror survival game "Alone in the Dark" (from 1992) The graphics were fairly primitive by today's standards, the controls could be clunky, but I felt more immersed in the experience, even upon replaying years later. By contrast, I played through first-person shooter and survival horror game F.E.A.R. recently. The graphics are very realistic and the controls are smooth, but something was missing that kept it from being an immersive experience for me. People who haven't played the original "Alone in the Dark" may recognize more with games like "Resident Evil" in comparison with "Half Life".
  • saves developers from having to develop
  • has a high learning curve for those who haven’t already experienced many first-person games
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  • The reason for that is likely that we are used to seeing games and movies play out before us in a third-person view.
  • Having an avatar gives us a strong frame of reference,
  • Are first-person games inherently more immersive? A lot of developers seem to presume that they are,
  • most of us do is identify with the character
  • the “silent hero” dilemma
  • do a somewhat better job by at least allowing the player to make some dialog choices -- but still, the character isn’t you
  • What makes a game immersive or otherwise is not the viewpoint
  • because his world is so well-realized
  • we’ve come to our own conclusion that first-person games are inherently intuitive and more immersive, simply by virtue of their camera position
  • a couple people mailed me to say that they feel I have too closely tied character identification with immersion, and that’s not my intention
  • Chris Johnson on 05 Sep 09
     
    This is an opinion article that talks about immersion and the first-person camera angle in video games. He argues that game developers should re-evaluate the assumption that the first-person viewpoint is inherently more immersive than other gaming experiences.
Chris Johnson

Levers (Physics flash game) - 1 views

www.vectorpark.com/levers

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shared by Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09
     
    A highly amusing flash game for learning physics concepts. How might a teacher use this in class?
  • Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09
     
    What age group would benefit most from this? What could the teacher do to make sure students learn about physics and not just learn how to manipulate the simulation?
  • Shaheer Khan on 29 Sep 09
     
    I just played around with it a little bit, and I don't feel that I could use it effectively with grade 9th or grade 7th students that I was teaching last year. It is pretty much just a balancing game, but I don't think it can help learners understand any particular concepts like 'gravity' or the 'principle of moments'. For younger learners, like 6-year olds perhaps, it could help them develop an understanding of weights and balancing forces(?)... I don't know...
Devon Dickau

Harrisburg University Plans Week-Long Social Media Blackout - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...university-pla_1_n_716197.html

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  • A Pennsylvania college is requiring students to power down and unplug from social media -- for an entire week.
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
       
      Interesting social experiment
  • He decided to conduct an experiment using a convenient sample: Harrisburg's student body
    • Devon Dickau
      Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
       
      What do you think about using a college student body for this type of experimentation? Do the students feel violated?
  • Devon Dickau on 17 Sep 10
     
    What are the implications of being "off the grid" in terms of the Internet while in college? How dependent are we on this technology?
  • Margaret O'Connell on 19 Sep 10
     
    I saw some (bad) reality tv program about a family who did this and the wonders it resulted in for this family's quality of life ... I like this idea, especially coupled with discussion afterward among the participants who can, perhaps, realize what all the time spent in Facebook, Twitter, texting, etc. takes away from ....
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