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.
Need your help! The Impact of Identity Disruption and Participation in Communities of P... - 3 views
New link posted. Thank you to those who alerted me. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WKZGXX6
Google Instant search feeds our real-time addiction - CNN.com - 0 views
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By providing results before a query is complete and removing the need to hit the "enter" key, Google claims users will save two to five seconds per search
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Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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Web connections have become significantly faster over time
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U.S. Plans Major Changes in How Students Are Tested - NYTimes.com - 2 views
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The use of smarter technology in assessments,” Mr. Duncan said, “makes it possible to assess students by asking them to design products of experiments, to manipulate parameters, run tests and record data.
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not only end-of-year tests similar to those in use now but also formative tests that teachers will administer several times a year to help guide instruction
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In performance-based tasks, which are increasingly common in tests administered by the military and in other fields, students are given a problem — they could be told, for example, to pretend they are a mayor who needs to reduce a city’s pollution — and must sift through a portfolio of tools and write analytically about how they would use them to solve the problem.
Classroom iPad Programs Get Mixed Response - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Edu... - 0 views
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At those early-adopter schools, iPads are competing with MacBooks as the students' go-to gadget for note taking and Web surfing.
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the iPad's technological limitations—its inability to multitask and print, and its limited storage space—have kept students dependent on their notebooks. "That's the problem with the iPad: It's not an independent device,
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really excited about the technology but have not been "pushing the capabilities" of the device.
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What about providing students iPads so that they purchase textbooks on these devices to save resources for both the students and the school? Can we assume that all students will be comfortable using an iPad, or might there be implications for students with learning differences? What about the socioeconomic gap for students who cannot afford a computer to LOAD the books onto their iPads (even if the iPads themselves were provided)?
'Chalk and Talk' Colleges Are Challenged by India's Company Classrooms - Technology - T... - 0 views
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The most high-tech classrooms in India are not at a university but at a technology company's training facility.
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To make up for those perceived deficiencies, Indian companies spent more than $1-billion last year on corporate-training programs for new employees, according to an industry group that has been pushing for change at universities.
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Each classroom bears the name of a famous innovator—Archimedes, J.P. Morgan, Steve Jobs. In a morning class in the Benjamin Franklin classroom, I observed about 100 students learning the Unix programming language. Each seat had its own PC, and most students had opened a copy of the instructor's PowerPoint presentation and followed along on their own screen, sometimes scrolling back to see what they had missed, sometimes looking ahead.
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The End of the Textbook as We Know It - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 3 views
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For years observers have predicted a coming wave of e-textbooks. But so far it just hasn't happened. One explanation for the delay is that while music fans were eager to try a new, more portable form of entertainment, students tend to be more conservative when choosing required materials for their studies. For a real disruption in the textbook market, students may have to be forced to change.
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saying that e-textbooks should be required reading and that colleges should be the ones charging for them
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radical shift
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I would be for this. I could not believe a place so big on recycling (Harvard) murdered so many trees with the printing of course packs. I like this idea if you could get the material from other sources than just the school (say the author or publisher directly or something like Amazon). Otherwise, there is no opportunity for competition or bargaining.
The New Facebook: New Dashboard, Download Your Stuff, and Groups - 0 views
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New Facebook Groups feature - document sharing, mass email, group chat.
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Facebook's new application which allows small sub sections of friends to form groups. It includes the ability to have group chats as well as share documents and send out emails to all members of the group. I see a potential for education in that younger students who are already on facebook all the time but know less about other document sharing or collaboration features may have a new outlet for doing group work or getting help with homework.
Is handwriting becoming a lost art? | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald - 1 views
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"Soon, cursive will only be used for your signature,"
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The diminishing use of cursive handwriting often is used as a bellwether for the increased influence of technology in education and in society as a whole
One Step Closer to My Dream - 3 views
My father was a police officer and he died protecting people and making this world a better place. All my life, I always wanted to follow in my father's footsteps and follow a path with police care...
The Problem with Lecturing - 13 views
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An example of student preconceived notions preventing them from learning scientific concepts.
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Thanks, Diana. I can use this article in two of my other classes.
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Great video - key quote "You can forget facts but you can't forget understandings." Yes - I would agree that Merseth and a number of other HGSE professors structure their courses for engagement in a similar manner. Requiring reading & active reflection (by via a written brief, case preparation, or online quiz) before the class / lecture is a great way to prep for deeper engagement and understanding. The genius in Mazur's approach is to use technology to assess before class and during class what his students understand and, more importantly, don't understand AND then tailor what he presents next to address misconceptions.
How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education | Magazine - 3 views
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One teacher claims that "The idea is to invert the normal rhythms of school, so that lectures are viewed on the kids' own time and homework is done at school." - Do you agree that this is a good solution?
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I too am intrigued by this "inverting" of time spent in the classroom and at home. My idealized model would be to introduce learners to new material at their own pace out of the classroom (allowing for pausing, note taking, reflecting and/or rewinding) and focus classroom time on face to face guiding and coaching of clusters of students or individual students engaged in applying or exploring the current material. To help facilitate this (and assist with accountability) some brief form of pre-assessment before class or at the start of class could illuminate for student and teacher alike what material has been mastered and what needs more attention. The research report from the TIE Foundations summer reading appears to support this type of hybrid approach. => Marsha Lovett, Oded Meyer, and Candace Thille (2008). The Open Learning Initiative: Measuring the effectiveness of the OLI statistics course in accelerating student learning.
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An added benefit of tools such as Khan Academy is the option for reinforcement. In a traditional K-12 school environment students do not have the option to watch a video of their class or spend personalized time reviewing a concept they need more time with during class time due to the required pace of school curriculum. An online learning tool allows a student to watch a lesson as many times as needed and to learn from an expert. Often if a student needs help outside the classroom the only people they turn to is parents, who may or may not know about the content themselves.
Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure - 0 views
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I read this article this afternoon, and thought of it when I was doing work for my wiki assignment. I am looking into the blog Teachers Love SMART Boards (http://smartboards.typepad.com/) and I saw that the author of the blog also works for Teacher Online Training, which offers courses (for a fee) for teachers interested in implementing technologies in their classroom, or using the technology they currently have in a more meaningful way. The majority of the blog was reviews of free sites or education-oriented tools from outside sources, but there were a few posts that dealt with the programs offered by TOT. It made me wonder whether the blog was intended to be impartial, or a form of advertising... He mentioned his job in the company at the beginning of most if not all of the posts that promoted their programs, but these new guidelines may put this blogger in a sticky situation.
Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 0 views
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shared articles on the separation of church and state, pondered the persistence of racism, and commented on tobacco regulation in Virginia now and during the Colonial period—all in the required Twitter format of 140 or fewer characters
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He and other teachers first found Twitter valuable for reaching out to colleagues and locating instructional resources
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short-form communications may have for students’ thinking and learning are not known
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At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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A contrarian view. "Some education experts say that the push to equip classrooms with computers is unwarranted because studies do not clearly show that this leads to better test scores or other measurable gains."
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First of all - the girl in the picture of this article is reading Nancy Drew - who else spent most of their childhood with their head buried in a mystery series? :-) Secondly, I cannot tell you how valuable mud was to my childhood. Had I not been at a camp every summer where I was able to play around in mud and run through the woods all day, I would not be the person I am today. I think I did most of my growing and much of my learning in informal environments such as camp. It sounds to me like this school is trying to replicate those learning experiences...in a classroom. Not saying it's the way to go...but certainly an interesting model. Thanks for sharing!
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Waldorf philosophy is different approach. For example, children learn to write first before they learn to read. As a result children may learn to read as late as 8 or 9. It's based on the anthroposophy philosophy. Children's who parents value these things will do well in a school without technology. Children who are plugged in at home would have a difficult time. This is effective for private school but not public school.
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