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Stephen Bresnick

cooltoolsforschools - home - 0 views

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com

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  • Stephen Bresnick on 01 Sep 11
     
    This site is an invaluable collection of Web 2.0 Tools for educators. On this Wikispace are links to free sites that provide teachers with some exciting and engaging tools. It is now possible to easily create SMS-based real-time responses to discussion questions, allow students to easily create Flash-based cartoons and Flash-based online posters with a ton of functionality, and even create beats online that they can then record text over (perfect for my "Romeo and Juilet Rap" assignment). Links to all of these tools and more are available from this site.
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

stager.tv/blog

technology Emerging Technology T561

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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Irina Uk

Education Week: Districts Tackle Questions Surrounding BYOT Policy - 1 views

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

EDC policy mobile

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 23 Oct 11
     
    Published Online: October 17, 2011 Published in Print: October 19, 2011, as Crafting Your BYOT Policy For the small but passionate minority of school districts that are opening doors to student-owned mobile devices, there's a lot riding on how effective the policy shift turns out to be in improving teaching and learning. I will be looking strongly at this experiment to assist with the charter school district I am putting together.
  • Bridget Binstock on 24 Oct 11
     
    I can understand a districts hesitance towards the BYOT because of its responsibility for and inability to control the accessing of inappropriate content on such devices. What I would like to see - even if in baby steps (which I know is occurring in small scale all over the country), is the creation and sharing of engaging lessons that encourage this BYOT movement and combat the urge for students to be inappropriate because of the level of motivation the lesson itself provides. And I would also like to see some of the responsibility shift from policy makers to the students for self moderation - they know what is right and wrong in an educational setting - why can't we hold THEM accountable more?
  • Irina Uk on 18 Sep 12
     
    Article addresses policy challenges in implementing BYOT
Billie Fitzpatrick

Michael Fullan's view of what's necessary for transformative change - 0 views

www.publiceducation.org/...October21.asp

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  • Billie Fitzpatrick on 26 Oct 11
     
    A great educator on what he sees as necessary for education reform; an indirect response to Christensen
Katherine Tarulli

Cellphone Ban Is a Tale of Two City Schools - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...tes-a-tale-of-two-city-schools

mobile learning technology education

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 30 Oct 11
     
    Cell phones are banned in NYC public schools, but it is the norm for students who attend schools without metal detectors to bring their phones anyway. If caught teachers are confiscating phones for up to a week, or longer, at their discretion. At schools with metal detectors small businesses have popped up around schools, storing students' phones for the school day for a small fee, similar to a coat check system. Instead of harnessing the power of mobile phones that almost every student already has, they are punishing them and/or causing them to pay money to keep them stored for the school day so that they can have them before and after school. I think this is a missed opportunity for the NYC school system not only because they are missing out on mobile learning opportunities with technology the district doesn't have to buy, but they could also be teaching the students responsible and appropriate use of mobile phones in public spaces.
Irina Uk

Students Speak Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...13social.html

backchannel social media

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  • Irina Uk on 08 Oct 12
     
    Great article about students using backchannels in schools. It discusses successes such as shy students speaking up more and students viewing their peers as more intelligent.
  • Maria Anaya on 09 Oct 12
     
    I agree that it allows shy students an opportunity to participate in way that gives them time to think through a response or in a less intense way
Junjie Liu

Unishared: Revolution in Online Education Beyond Coursera, Edx, and Udacity - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...eyond-coursera-edx-and-udacity

opencourse onlinelearning unishared student-centric

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  • Junjie Liu on 14 Oct 12
     
    The author believe startups led by young students themselves rather than old brick-and-mortar colleges and universities that will be responsible for changing the way students learn.
Mary Jo Madda

Using Media to Teach Kids About Financial Prowess - 1 views

bizkids.com

emerging technology educational_technology media

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  • Mary Jo Madda on 01 Dec 12
     
    BizKids -- same producers as Bill Nye, using media to develop kids into young businessmen and women. Media fosters entrepreneurship and financial responsibility. Interesting conceptual approach to using theories of motivation and engagement.
Pearl Phaovisaid

The Retriever Weekly > Opinions > Finally! Something better than Blackboard - 2 views

www.retrieverweekly.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=7529&format=html

online learning education technology blackboard delivery platform EDC ETLO

shared by Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • free way
  • Blackboard's interface for discussion boards is very clunky -- it isn't at all visually appealing, doesn't group topics, doesn't have tags, doesn't provide a good search facility and doesn't support formatting
  • "I really like the visual layout, with a timeline of post summaries on the left, and the post itself on the right, with annotations about responses, statistics, poster, etc. Being able to tag posts is very helpful. It's easy to get all of the posts on a particular topic or associated with a particular assignment."
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
  • Pearl Phaovisaid on 31 Oct 12
     
    In light of our recent Blackboard Collaborate class during Sandy, I got curious as to what other good online delivery platforms are out there. I am preparing to teach the MIT App Inventor curriculum to some high school girls on the other side of the world and am wondering if maybe there's a better alternative to Skype. I came across Piazza, which is free and seems to be gaining traction in higher ed. I also once took an online course with Kaplan and really liked their interface, but don't remember what it was and now it seems they are moving toward a platform called "KapX." If anyone can recommend additional platforms, please let me know.
Komal Syed

Blossoms project - 4 views

blossoms.mit.edu/...g_lessons_mit_blossoms_program

learning online technology

shared by Komal Syed on 21 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Komal Syed on 21 Oct 12
     
    I found this to be an Interesting approach/take on video based learning/lecturing , anyone has any information on where the MIT blossoms project is headed or its potential impact?
  • Cole Shaw on 21 Oct 12
     
    Hi Komal, I work for the PI of Blossoms, Prof Richard Larson (but not on Blossoms). Send me an e-mail if you have some specific questions and I can put you two in contact, or we can chat sometime about it. I know you are working on video-distribution for your research synthesis, sorry it never occured to me that Blossoms might be on your radar screen!
  • Cole Shaw on 29 Oct 12
     
    Hi Komal, sorry for the late response--the Diigo notification went to my Spam box so I didn't see that you had responded. Let me ask Prof. Larson those things and get back to you.
Seema Marwaha

Advancements in contact lenses - Augmented Reality integration? - 2 views

www.business2community.com/...ents-in-contact-lenses-0311391

t561 augmented reality emerging technology

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  • Lauren Gould on 21 Oct 12
     
    Thanks for posting Seema. In response to the the Google Glasses Project video in particular, I am wondering if it is actually feasible that people will be using that kind of AR in our lifetime?
Chris Dede

Technology Is Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...udents-learn-teachers-say.html

teachers survey impact technology

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  • Chris Dede on 01 Nov 12
     
    The important thing is not the use of technology, but the new types of content, pedagogy, assessment...
  • Heather French on 02 Nov 12
     
    I just logged on to post the same article! The interesting perspective that I got from the article was that the teachers continued to harp on this idea that in order to retain student's attention they needed to constantly "tap-dance" for their class. Instead of learning from this attention shift, teachers are becoming annoyed by it. Use the technology to give the responsibility of engagement to the students and only wear the tap shoes when necessary to facilitate a deeper understanding etc.
Rupangi Sharma

10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that all Educators Should Know Abo... - 1 views

www.emergingedtech.com/...ucators-should-know-about-2012

technology education augmented reality learning Emerging Technology online educational_technology Social

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  • focused on enhancing learning outcomes by leveraging data
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 09 Sep 12
     
    The author has updated his list that he made a yr ago. Comparing to that, he has kept the below 4 from last year's list. (apple ipad&other tablet devices, gamification of education (although last year he used the phrase ''gradually taking hold'' for this), student response systems and other synchronous tools, open educational resources).  He seems to be  an advocate of 'flipped classroom' but as mentioned within the article 'Educators Evaluate ''Flipped Classrooms'' posted by Prof Dede on Aug 29th, whether all of these 10 are 'transformative' is a different question. They are 'emerging' though. Some of the new entrants for this year include those everyone else here has been sharing such as free online courses with potential for credentials, BYOD move within classroom and effective data usage in learning settings. To me it seems like he is closely paying attention to the emergence of the last category. 
  • Rupangi Sharma on 10 Sep 12
     
    The technologies that can have the best impact on education are evolving quickly from year to year, and the pace seems to be quickening.
Chris McEnroe

The Himalayan Times : Can technology enhance educational quality? - Detail News : Nepal... - 1 views

www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php

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  • If the government fails to provide these technologies in delivering services to the people,
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 14 Dec 11
       
      Uh oh- How would this float in the US political climate- the government is responsible for creating a just society. It would be nice if we could articulate a working premise like that.
  • The internet facility has made it possible for the students to access and submit assignments online from wherever they wish.
  • to create a just and equal society.
  • Chris McEnroe on 14 Dec 11
     
    It's interesting to compare the conversations around ICT and education throughout the world.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - National -... - 3 views

www.theatlantic.com/...250564

Education finland reform

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 30 Dec 11
     
    "Yet one of the most significant things Sahlberg said passed practically unnoticed. "Oh," he mentioned at one point, "and there are no private schools in Finland." This notion may seem difficult for an American to digest, but it's true. Only a small number of independent schools exist in Finland, and even they are all publicly financed. None is allowed to charge tuition fees. There are no private universities, either. This means that practically every person in Finland attends public school, whether for pre-K or a Ph.D."
  • Allison Browne on 02 Jan 12
     
    Equity in teaching education would be a good start.
  • Bridget Binstock on 03 Jan 12
     
    I love this quote, too: 'As for accountability of teachers and administrators, Sahlberg shrugs. "There's no word for accountability in Finnish," he later told an audience at the Teachers College of Columbia University. "Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted."' American's are SO good at blaming everything and everyone ELSE for what is wrong with education in this country. Good for Sahlberg. I might just have to move my family to Finland!
Tommie Anthony Henderson

10 ways schools are teaching internet safety - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...s-are-teaching-internet-safety

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  • Tommie Anthony Henderson on 12 Nov 11
     
    Using third-party resources and having students act as investigators are some of the many ways educators are teaching about online safety and responsibility
Ayelet R

For today's learners, it just clicks - 3 views

www.smh.com.au/...ust-clicks-20111113-1ndwi.html

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 17 Nov 11
     
    This articles featuring various stances on technology in the classroom. Arguments are made for technology-heavy curriculum, classrooms free of technology and responsible and effective technology use with thorough professional development and teacher facilitation. Another voice adding their two cents to the technology in the classroom conversation. I think that the most well informed angle expressed in the article is the opinion that we need better teachers and careful use of technology when it's inclusion will improve the learning potential more than if it weren't used.
Chris McEnroe

Structuring Personal Learning Environments for Students: Useful Guidance from... - 3 views

21k12blog.net/...ul-guidance-from-wendy-drexler

technology education learning students personal pln

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  • Maung Nyeu on 26 Nov 11
     
    A student's step by step guide to structuring her own personal learning environment. It demands more responsibility from students.
  • Chris McEnroe on 27 Nov 11
     
    The Personal Learning Network is a concept that has some overlap with the concept of Digital Teaching Platforms.
Hannah Williams

Rubric for Assessing Creativity and Innovation - 1 views

tcboe21.wikispaces.com/Creativity+and+Innovation

education 21st Century Skills t561 innovation creativity

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  • Hannah Williams on 27 Sep 12
     
    This is a great resource to check out some ideas of how to assess 21st century skills. (This is in reference to our conversation in the section on Monday.) The rubric on the page (you can download it) uses the following categories as: Expertise (in at least one domain), Inquisitiveness (Exhibition of curiosity, inquisitiveness, wonder, openness and excitement), Flexiblity (and adaptability), Ambiguity (toleration of and response to ambiguity), Unique Ideas (original, unique and cogent ideas, phrasing and products)
Harley Chang

The King of MOOCs Abdicates the Throne - 3 views

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

MOOC education technology learning educational_technology online

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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.
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