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Nick Siewert

GPS helps teach Sartell-St. Stephen students important lessons | sctimes.com | St. Clou... - 0 views

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  • They hope the high-tech tools will engage technically savvy students.
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      Not even sure this qualifies as high tech any more.
  • “When you get to go outside and learn and observe, it’s a lot better than just reading about it in a book,”
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      From the mouths of babes...
Allison Gevarter

N.J. schools explore using iPads as teaching devices | NJ.com - 5 views

www.nj.com/...hools_explore_using_ipads.html

ipad schools classroom education

shared by Allison Gevarter on 23 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Allison Gevarter on 23 Sep 10
     
    Really interesting article on a school district in New Jersey that is testing iPad use across multiple classroom subjects . The district purchased 60 devices for students in the testing program. Pending the results, they are considering providing all of their high school students with the device as early as next year.
  • tyreek moore on 24 Sep 10
     
    Thanks for contributing this great article. I am going to closely monitor this "experiment" and may potentially seek to interview some of the teachers who created this iPad curriculum for the various courses.
  • Maura Wolk on 24 Sep 10
     
    I'd really like to see one of these lessons in action- this sounds cool. I wonder, do the ipads stay in the classrooms?
Chris Dede

3-D equipment gives school lessons an added dimension | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas... - 3 views

www.dallasnews.com/...310dnmet3Dschools.27e7761.html

3-d visualization learning Texas Instruments

shared by Chris Dede on 03 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Chris Dede on 03 Sep 10
     
    Does this type of 3-D aid learning? And what type of research evidence is needed to establish this
Cameron Paterson

Will technology kill the academic semester? - 1 views

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  • online program that lets students start class any day they want and finish at their own speed
  • The open format of Jefferson's program, called Learn Anytime, means students don't move through classes in groups. None of Mr. Smith's 400 online students will have a discussion or do a group project with classmates
  • "It doesn't allow students to get a deep understanding of the content."
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  • Regardless of criticism like that, the model is spreading.
  • ther than programs like Learn Anytime, online education generally mimics the familiar face-to-face template. A group of students moves through course work at a set pace and discusses the lessons, typically in a course forum. Jefferson's effort to break that mold grew out of a dual-credit project with a local public-school system. Since 2007, Learn Anytime has exploded from a couple of hundred students to nearly 1,300
  • Mr. Johnson's classroom isn't just virtual. It's also largely automated.
  • "The next frontier in online learning," says Mr. Anderson, "is to merge the social stuff with the self-paced stuff."
  • Cameron Paterson on 12 Oct 10
     
    Ford T. Smith is helping to bulldoze one of the most durable pillars of academic life: the semester.
Eric Kattwinkel

TED talk: 7 ways games reward the brain - 1 views

www.ted.com/...ys_games_reward_the_brain.html

gaming neuroscience motivation

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 02 Nov 10
     
    A look at the way games deal with motivation, and lessons for business, education and government. I'd be curious to know how many non-game enthusiasts would be convinced.
Jennifer Hern

Education Week: Teachers Using Cellphones for Classroom Lessons - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...972usschoolscellphones_ap.html

cell_phones classrooms

shared by Jennifer Hern on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Much more attention has gone to the ways students might use phones to cheat or take inappropriate pictures. But as the technology becomes cheaper, more advanced, and more ingrained in students' lives that mentality is changing.
  • Teachers who have incorporated cell phones into their classes say that most students abide by the rules. They note that cheating and bullying exist with or without the phones, and that once they are allowed, the inclination to use them for bad behavior dissipates.
anonymous

YouTube Teacher Channel - 1 views

www.youtube.com/teachers

shared by anonymous on 28 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 28 Sep 11
     
    Free Youtube channel dedicated to use just for teachers. Allows teachers to provide video content to their students and also archive recordings of their own lessons.
  • Jennifer Lavalle on 28 Sep 11
     
    COOL! Here, Chris Anderson, the creator of TED discusses how YouTube is changing education. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY
Kinga Petrovai

STEM Innovation Challenge - 1 views

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shared by Kinga Petrovai on 04 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Kinga Petrovai on 04 Oct 11
     
    This sounds like an interesting competition for students to be involved in. I think this would serve as a great tool that teachers can design their lessons around in order to make the learning relevant
  • Bharat Battu on 05 Oct 11
     
    very interesting Kinga. To throw in another STEM-related competition, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is about to begin its second year. Open to middle school, high school, and college/graduate students, the contest challenges students to create innovative video games that promote STEM learning while being accessible to underserved populations: main website: http://www.stemchallenge.org
anonymous

3-D Projections Enhance Learning - 1 views

www.prnewswire.com/...s-across-europe-130768968.html

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  • anonymous on 05 Oct 11
     
    Equipment provided by Texas Instruments in this study
Shawn Mahoney

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

Web 2.0 instruction participation

shared by Shawn Mahoney on 24 Oct 09 - Cached
  • 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
  • He and other teachers first found Twitter valuable for reaching out to colleagues and locating instructional resources
  • short-form communications may have for students’ thinking and learning are not known
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  • Twitter has not caught on among school-age children as quickly or universally as other Web 2.0 tools, such as Facebook or MySpace: Only about 1 percent of the estimated 12 million users in the United States are between the ages of 3 and 17, although young adults are the fastest-growing group of users, according to recent reports.
  • get students engaged in the content and processes of school.
  • “It’s getting kids who aren’t necessarily engaged in class engaged in some sort of conversation.”
  • A recent study, however, renewed concerns about the potential negative impact of the latest technological applications. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that adults who attempted multiple tasks while using a range of media simultaneously had difficulty processing the information or switching between tasks.
  • Mr. Willingham, who is the author of the new book, Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom.
  • Somebody’s got to create something worth tweeting
  • Shawn Mahoney on 24 Oct 09
     
    Connected to a few class discussions (including one in HT 500 about multitasking)... *potential for greater/more diversity in discussion/participation than in person *what do we mean when we say "multi-task"? *weighty topics/140 characters Somebody's got to create something worth tweeting
Chris Dede

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

twitter classroom teaching

shared by Chris Dede on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Chris Dede on 21 Oct 09
     
    What does twitter add to classrooms?
Xavier Rozas

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

disruptive innovation distance learning educational technologies

shared by Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • “It’s not a research-based tool,” said Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. “The most important thing to remember is that we have no idea what impact these tools have on learning, and it will take a decade to answer that question.”
  • A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia programs have also shown some positive impact on learning. But few scientific experiments can show a direct link between the use of such technology and student achievement.
  • “The medium is not enough,” he added. “People talk about the vital importance of Web 2.0 and 3.0, and that kids have got to acquire those skills. But we can’t all just be contributing to wikis and tweeting each other. Somebody’s got to create
  • Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09
     
    Good article that plainly states, Web 2.0 and 3.0 are tools that if used properly can engage and effect teaching and learning beyond traditional classroom spaces.
Jennifer Hern

The School of One - The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 - TIME - 1 views

www.time.com/...934027_1934003_1933977,00.html

School_of_One differentiated_learning virtual_tutoring

shared by Jennifer Hern on 14 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Each day, students in the School of One are given a unique lesson plan — a "daily playlist" — tailored to their learning style and rate of progress that includes a mix of virtual tutoring, in-class instruction and educational video games. It's learning for the Xbox generation.
Jennifer Hern

Education Week: Pre-K Lessons Linked to TV Produce Gains in Literacy, Study Says - 0 views

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Pre_K literacy low_income TV television video_games video

shared by Jennifer Hern on 01 Nov 09 - Cached
  • on average made significant gains in acquiring skills such as naming letters, knowing the sounds associated with those letters, and understanding concepts about stories and printed words
  • Jennifer Hern on 01 Nov 09
     
    Research study on how TV, and educational interactive video games improves the literacy of low-income, Pre-K children.
Yan Feng

10 Things That Will Be Obsolete in Education by 2020 - 6 views

www.itslearning.net/-obsolete-in-education-by-2020

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shared by Yan Feng on 20 Oct 11 - No Cached
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  • Yan Feng on 20 Oct 11
     
    Interesting.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 20 Oct 11
     
    I thought the word "satchel" was already obsolete? HA! And does anyone else agree that they use the term "obsolete" very loosely in some of their explanations - for example HOMEWORK - doesn't "some work at school and some work at home" still constitute homework? And about Standardized TEACHING - until Standardized TESTING goes away, HG and supporters can advocate for this type of teaching reform, but try as we might (and many of us do offer alternative lessons and assignments to take advantage of the multiple intelligences within our classroom), end of the day, we still have to get our kids to pass those tests. It is how we as students, teachers, schools, districts, states and a nation are continually evaluated as being successful.
  • anonymous on 24 Oct 11
     
    I think this article is a little odd too. I think that a lot of times, writers of articles want to make these large shocking claims in their headlines. When you read the actual body of the text though, it becomes evident that the term "obsolete" isn't what they're after - but rather, it's about renaming or altering the way we think about current systems. Also, I was interested in what they meant by changing the actual architecture of schools. When I looked into the gallery though, it was a group of photos of a bunch of weird structures that didn't really show anything about schools (maybe the outsides?).
  • Ayelet R on 27 Oct 11
     
    Also, I can't imagine that education will make the fear of failure extinct. It may make failing a bit more tolerable with individualized instruction, but I can't image that the pressure on students to succeed will decrease; it seems more likely that it will increase.
  • Erin Sisk on 31 Oct 11
     
    I appreciated that they mentioned learning HTML. I wish I learned that in school -- I think basic web design should be a 21st century skill.
Bridget Binstock

Putting Text Messaging BACK in the Classroom - 0 views

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text messaging education emerging technology learning

shared by Bridget Binstock on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 12 Oct 11
     
    See a need, build something to meet the need, and go from there... StudyBoost is the result of a brother watching his brother and friend try to study for the GMAT without carrying around the book. Born: an IM client that allows for collaboration on questions and answers applicable to the test by both students and teachers - wherever and whenever. For Wiske's class - wouldn't this fit nicely into the CoI and PI models? If so, why wouldn't school embrace this use instead of worrying about inappropriate use of phones in class? Make the lesson or assignment engaging enough - generative enough - to hook and sustain appropriate interaction on the device that 93% of children have ACCESS to? Sounds like a win-win?
Tommie Anthony Henderson

8 Observations on flipping the classroom - 0 views

www.ictineducation.org/...on-flipping-the-classroom.html

shared by Tommie Anthony Henderson on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 25 Oct 11
     
    Using Podcast and Youtube as a method for instructing students has picked up a lot of attention among teachers. But, as our conversation with the School of One shows, the methods for demonstrating the effectiveness of this teaching tool needs a lot of work. This article discuss some of the potential issues with using technology resources to create lessons for students as oppose to traditional teacher lecture.
  • Bridget Binstock on 27 Oct 11
     
    I applaud this article and its poignant way of explaining how this model defeats the best practices of interactive classrooms and takes us BACKWARDS in our thinking rather than forward.
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