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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
Jennifer Hern

by : Yahoo! Tech - 0 views

tech.yahoo.com/...us_twitter_literature

Twitter Twitterature tweets literature

shared by Jennifer Hern on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • The "tweets" of Emmett Rensin and Alexander Aciman combine the knowledge of an English major with the snarky shorthand of a teenager's text message.
  • "It's funny if you've read the books," said Rensin, who has read them at his tender age of 19.
  • "I'm not going to say it's high art," said Aciman, whose favorite author is Marcel Proust. "There is some value to it, I feel, aside from the fact we're making available the idea behind great works of art."
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 25 Oct 09
       
      Not really propelling education in my book. Ha ha. Book... twitterature...
Niko Cunningham

Google is now entering the US Education Thought-Space - 4 views

googleblog.blogspot.com/...comes-to-google-improving.html

technology education google educational_technology

shared by Niko Cunningham on 29 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Niko Cunningham on 29 Oct 09
     
    Google has US Education in its crosshairs.... Google is name-dropping all sorts of work in the education space in its forum to help redefine American education : Harlem Children's Zone, NCLB, A Nation at Risk, Sesame Street................. Here's a snippet: "And according to McKinsey's Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools report, if the U.S. had in recent years closed the gap between its educational achievement levels and those of higher-performing nations, our GDP in 2008 could have been $1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher. That's 9 to 16 percent of GDP!"
Robert Schuman

Augmented Reality Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost to Marine Mechanics - Ar - Gi... - 1 views

gizmodo.com/...peed-boost-to-marine-mechanics

t561 AR augmented reality mechanic vehicle automotive military marine

shared by Robert Schuman on 27 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Robert Schuman on 27 Oct 09
     
    During our augmented reality online discussion, I had mentioned the usefulness of creating an augmented reality application for those wishing to do mechanical work on their vehicles. The marines are nowing making use of an augmented reality application that does just that.
Jennifer Jocz

Virtual businesses: Going to the office in Second Life - CNN.com - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...ond.life.virtual.collaboration

second life virtual virtual communication virtual worlds technology business

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • But if companies are to make the most of virtual collaboration, employees will have to learn that what works a bricks-and-mortar workplace may not be right for the virtual world.
  • Another issue is that virtual teams can't take advantage of the kind of impromptu "water cooler" conversations that occur in a real workplace, where colleagues can share information they may have forgotten to communicate in meetings.
  • Kahai says that lack of human contact can also lead to feelings of isolation, but adds that virtual worlds such as Second Life can help by recreating the water-cooler experience.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 08 Nov 09
     
    Discusses the use of virtual worlds for business collaboration
Jennifer Jocz

News: Tweeting in Class - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...twitter

twitter education

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 05 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Suddenly, I’m not just the one at the front just dispensing everything, and the students aren’t just sort of milling about doing their thing — we’ve actually got a team of people working together. And Twitter is the glue that holds the team together.”
  • It’s also a data-gathering resource. Live discussion threads, Campbell noted, give professors loads of data on the previously mysterious question of what exactly is going on inside the heads of students during a lecture. No longer is a student’s ability to participate in classroom discussions contingent upon whether he is willing to raise his hand and has the good fortune to be called on, he said.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 05 Nov 09
     
    Discusses some pros and cons of using twitter in the classroom
Chris Dede

Tech advances in the classroom -- baltimoresun.com - 1 views

www.baltimoresun.com/...andheld22nov22,0,6903407.story

handheld testing motivation

shared by Chris Dede on 22 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Ando Endano on 22 Nov 09
     
    Teachers in Baltimore give students hand-held input devices for test-taking (working link)
  • Chris Dede on 23 Nov 09
     
    handheld testing devices for classrooms
pradeepg

A researcher whose work ties into our class discussion - 0 views

web.media.mit.edu/~sandy

technology education learning data analysis

shared by pradeepg on 18 Oct 11 - Cached
  • pradeepg on 18 Oct 11
     
    Yesterday afternoon, some of us were at a talk by Prof. Alex Pentland I found several of the topics tie back to our class discussion. In particular, his thoughts that only the individual should have ownership over personal data and others may seek permission to access it was, I felt appropriate. Of course for young students it appears more complicated. I am considering reading his papers ( at least the non technical parts :) His ideas can impact learning in the class room too ! Please share your thoughts !
Jennifer Lavalle

Enrollment in Online Courses Increases at the Highest Rate Ever - 2 views

chronicle.com/...28204

shared by Jennifer Lavalle on 12 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Lavalle on 12 Oct 11
     
    For those of you in Professor Wiske's class, this makes our course work all the more relevant. For the purposes of this class, what technologies are effective in providing the tools for teachers and students to engage in quality online education? Certainly a question that, based on these numbers, is only going to grow more complex with time...
James Glanville

Montessori in the 21st Century - 1 views

www.elizrosshubbell.com/...21stcentury.html

montessori educational_technology learning

shared by James Glanville on 17 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • James Glanville on 17 Oct 11
     
    Interesting look at mapping 21st Century Skills to Montessori .
  • Bridget Binstock on 17 Oct 11
     
    I am a fan of the Motessori approach and am encouraged to see that they are mapping the new technology skills to the tenets of what has been working so well for them already.
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.
pradeepg

Home | Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) - 0 views

www.nwea.org

shared by pradeepg on 25 Oct 11 - Cached
  • pradeepg on 25 Oct 11
     
    Not quite as dynamic as the school of one usage of data. Still, they offer individual and comparative data analysis for teachers to work with.
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.
Bridget Binstock

Creating Educational Success at Home - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...08tucker_ep.h31.html

educational reform

shared by Bridget Binstock on 17 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 17 Oct 11
     
    Interesting article about why other education systems work and how/why the US's might consider changing.
anonymous

I'mOk App - Gamefying the act of staying connected to parents - 0 views

www.imok.com/?utm_source=Labnotes+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b26466195d-Labnotes_Test7_19_2010&utm_medium=email

shared by anonymous on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 26 Oct 11
     
    I'mOK is a mobile app that rewards your kids for taking responsibility for staying connected. Checking in with parents is gamefied so that by checking-in to locations earns you points.
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    interesting premise.. first thing I thought was, it's taking something kids *might* be into (gameification, badges, etc) and mixes it with something they dread (letting their parents know where they are, what they're doing) -- what's the point for kids? What benefit can they draw? Why would they want to earn badges or points in game/app their parents suggested? ... But as the homepage suggests, the premise of parents using this app/system to translate the app's points into real-life rewards (a currency system that parents & kids can negotiate together)... that's an interesting idea. Maybe this kind of arrangement can actually work in some cases. But with gameification in general, I'm wondering about the likelihood of true internalization. Usually we're wondering the question of if kids are actually learning content for the long-term when intertwining it with the motivating factors of game elements. But now this adds on a layer of moral values, obligations, responsibility... are kids going to internalize that they should keep their parents in the loop cause their parents worry, it's the right/responsible thing to do? Or will it stay at the "well I'm earning points/money/privileges"...
anonymous

Kinect TV And Sesame Street Hack The Next Generation Of TV - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...eet-discovery-project-columbia

shared by anonymous on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 26 Oct 11
     
    Xbox Kinect TV plans to bring interactive, immersive experiences to live action television and children's books with the help of National Geographic and Sesame Street's Workshop. Xbox is unveiling a sharp idea for the next generation of television: interactive, live-action content, produced in partnership Sesame Workshop and National Geographic. I was actually working at Sesame when this idea was first introduced. Many were skeptical but I'm glad to see they are going to try and utilize this technological movement forward.
Chris McEnroe

µTorrent 3.0 - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client - 2 views

www.utorrent.com/ut3

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    Does anyone have any experience with this tool. It looks like a very interesting example of a Intelligent Web Filtering. Wow! Good side is that this is like Tivo for the web. Bad side is that you better have nothing else to do but look at the web. Also an interesting take on Personal Learning Networks.
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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    I am familiar with BitTorrent, and it's interesting Chris that you came about it excited for its uses in education. But have you read or heard about the controversy surrounding it? In a nutshell- BitTorrent is a technology that allows large collections of files and data to be shared across the internet in a decentralized, peer-to-peer manner. A person who has the original files decides to share them via BitTorrent, so others can download from him/her. But as the others begin downloading the files, they also start sharing the pieces they've downloaded with the ever-growing set of new users asking for the file. BitTorrent works like a growing web- in order to download files shared via BitTorrent - you have to share the pieces you get with others. More downloaders = more uploaders as well, ensuring popular files will always be accessible. The benefits - this is cheap and decentralized, no need to pay to host the files on the web. The users who have the file are sharing the file from their own computers with others requesting it. And this can be permanent - if you host a BitTorrent to share a file, you have that sharing channel last forever (not relying on external services that cost $ or can be shut down).
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    BitTorrent is a really powerful technology that allows large amounts of files and data to be shared quickly with a limitless number of people. It's scalability at no cost. Could be a great tool for educators to share content across the globe in a hassle-free way. Even the folks at Khan Academy are excited to use it: from: http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html "For Khan Academy, BitTorrent was a natural extension for it stated mission of "a world-class education for anyone anywhere," Sal Khan tells Fast Company. Kahn was excited for activist educators to be able to download the Academy's entire portforlio, burn it on a CD, and distribute it to rural or underdeveloped areas otherwise unable to access it without a broadband connection. "I think the single most fun thing about BitTorrent," Khan adds, "is this content will never die. A nuclear bomb could hit our offices tomorrow and could take down our servers, but its going to sitting somewhere in the world on somebody's server." He added, "We don't care about monetizing the content; we just care that it gets used."
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    But despite the prospects of BitTorrent being a great technology to allow sharing of digital content freely, to allow downloading of vast amounts of data that can then be stored offline and shared with anyone... the rest of the article (http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html) mentions that Google was unhappy with Khan's decision to use BitTorrent. Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. Why? This is the controversy: BitTorrent's power to share digital content in a decentralized way, where the more popular a file is, the faster it'll spread-- has led it to become the most popular method of digital piracy out there today. This has quickly become the most common use of BitTorrent, far exceeding the sharing of legitimate digital content. It's become a nightmare for the movie, music, software, and video gaming industries. A summary of the legal issues surrounding BitTorrent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent
  • Chris McEnroe on 30 Oct 11
     
    Hey Bharat, I am so glad I asked. I had no idea. Very interesting. New dimension to the concept of free knowledge vs. intellectual property. I think the kids at my school are using this to share music. I'll have to check it out. I find this conflict- "Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. " so intriguing. At first glance it looked to me like a vision of networked learning that was aimed at an authentic task with authentic participants (as portrayed by actors :).
seth kutcher

Excellent Computer Repair Service - 2 views

My work relies heavily on computer. That is why I cannot afford to delay my report just because I am having computer problems. I bought this computer unit 5 years ago and maybe because it is alread...

computer repair

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Chris McEnroe

Business Collaboration Software - Collaborative People Systems | Saba Collaboration Sui... - 1 views

www.saba.com/...collaboration-suite

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    This company seems to package much of the free software for social networks within a company. They present an interesting vision of how it all might work as people collaborate on a project and utilized the system to find the right human resources. This looks sort of like the descriptions of what networked learning should (kind of) look like in schools. This is the industry model. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkP49rBrq68&feature=player_embedded
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

shared by Diego Vallejos on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • 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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