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Garron Hillaire

SAS® Curriculum Pathways® uses Connexor Technology to Help Teach Children Wri... - 2 views

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Writting Skills Immediate Feedback technology

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  • The product includes Writing Reviser, which provides immediate feedback and enables students to correct and improve their work on the spot. Writing Reviser encourages students to ask questions experienced writers ask automatically - at every stage of the composition process.
  • tailoring advice to the student’s own work
  • Garron Hillaire on 26 Sep 10
     
    Software that tailors writing advise to the student
Angela Nelson

Guess who's winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | Ven... - 1 views

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Writing Code Tech Literacy K-12

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  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    Program in Estonia designed to have all students age 7 to 16 learn to write code in a drive to turn children from consumers to developers of technology.
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  • Heather French on 05 Sep 12
     
    I just posted an article from Wired onto twitter about this! http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/09/estonia-reprograms-first-graders-as-web-coders/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru I wonder how deeply the program goes in coding or if it is more in line with applications like "Move the Turtle".
  • Angela Nelson on 05 Sep 12
     
    I am very curious, as well, and trying to find more information. I think it would necessarily be a program that expands with their comprehension and maturity... starting with very basic "Move the Turtle" applications and then grown with the student, hopefully to real world application, as they go until age 16!
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 06 Sep 12
     
    Who initiated this ProgreTiiger program? The Estonian government? Local IT companies? Concerned parents who disparately wanted their children to learn to code? Estonia is very wired country and it's economy has found a niche in IT services, so much so that it's even been dubbed "eStonia" (http://e-estonia.com/). This program seems to be an example of market forces guiding educational policy since there are clear incentives for it's population to be technologically literate to ensure it's competitiveness and dominance in the tech sector (see: The Many Reasons Estonia Is a Tech Start-Up Nation (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577464343888754210.html) A little blurb on how "plug-in" Estonia actually is: "The geeks have triumphed in this country of 1.3 million. Some 40 percent read a newspaper online daily, more than 90 percent of bank transactions are done over the Internet, and the government has embraced online voting. The country is saturated in free Wi-Fi, cell phones can be used to pay for parking or buy lunch, and Skype is taking over the international phone business from its headquarters on the outskirts of Tallinn. In other words, Estonia - or eStonia, as some citizens prefer - is like a window into the future. Someday, the rest of the world will be as wired as this tiny Baltic nation." (http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia) p.s. I hate sensational titles like "Guess Who's Winning the Brain's Race" Learning coding doesn't automatically make your brain bigger or necessarily increase your intelligence. Sure, it's a very useful skill, but I wonder what classes will be cut out to make time in the school day for coding. Coding vs recess: Tough call.
  • Irina Uk on 06 Sep 12
     
    Hmmm.... I read about Estonia being very plugged in as well. I wonder if there is research on whether the kids are actually learning better as a result. I think that you have a point Jeffrey. It depends what the cost is. If kids are missing some critical lesson because they are coding at such a young age, there may be a trade-off. On the other hand, maybe the skills they are obtaining from coding are more critical. I wonder...
  • Angela Nelson on 06 Sep 12
     
    Ideally, the tech skills would be used to enhance and deepen some of the other curriculum areas. But, yes, 7 years old may be young.
Eric Kattwinkel

The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative - 2 views

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collaboration

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  • Boardman teaches students how to express their ideas and how to tell stories —and he encourages them to use video, music, recorded voices and whatever other media will best allow them to communicate effectively. He is part of a vanguard of educators, technologists, intellectuals and writers who are reimagining the very meaning of writing and reading.
  • the idea of the author as someone who works alone to produce something that is hers comes from the Enlightenment—and from then until now is only a “blip in time.”
  • “The 6th graders were running down to library class, banging down the door to get in, which you don’t often see,” Flemming said.
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  • Consider a party, he says. A guy named Bob may have hosted, but if there weren’t any guests, the party wouldn’t exist. We call it Bob’s party, but is it really his?
Katherine Tarulli

New Writer Website With Online Classes, Workshops, Content. Is It Worth The Money? - 1 views

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online learning writing technology education

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  • Katherine Tarulli on 02 Oct 11
     
    LitReactor is a new web site offering writing classes, workshops and social networking, but only a small portion of it's content is free. 
Jennifer Hern

Quest Atlantis : Transformational Play Spaces - 1 views

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MUVE virtual_reality literature writing Frankenstien

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  • Jennifer Hern on 10 Oct 09
     
    Apparently my simulation idea about having students take on roles as career professionals has already been done. A drove of statistical consultants (the students) are helping the mayor (NPC), get re-elected. The most interesting Worked Example is Modern Prometheus, where students learn about literature and writing through a MUVE.
Brigham Hall

Selling Lesson Plans Online, Teachers Raise Cash and Questions - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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capitalism salary teacher pay intellectual property

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  • Brigham Hall on 22 Nov 09
     
    When a teacher writes a lesson plan, does the intellectual property (IP) belong to the teacher, the school, or both? This article discussing the online lesson plan marketplace and the debate over who (teacher, school) gets the proceeds. What do you think?
  • Brigham Hall on 22 Nov 09
     
    When a teacher writes a lesson plan, does the intellectual property (IP) belong to the teacher, the school, or both? This article discussing the online lesson plan marketplace and the debate over who (teacher, school) gets the proceeds. What do you think?
Irina Uk

Education Week: Educators Craft Own Math E-Books for Common Core - 1 views

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eBooks textbooks mathematics 'Common Core'

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  • Irina Uk on 03 Oct 12
     
    This article describes the efforts that individual teachers in Utah are making to rewrite textbooks to be aligned to the standards that they are teaching in class. These teachers are writing eBooks and getting a lot of positive feedback from state officials because of the use of technology to meet student needs. They did not have a textbook that fit their integrated approach to teaching math, which they aligned to CCSS, so they took the matter of creating a textbook into their own hands. I think this is a prelude to how textbook creation is changing as a result of technology. Teachers are now able to construct books in a way that fit exactly the objectives they are covering and meeting there students where they are at.
Harvey Shaw

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t561 Emerging Technology education assessment

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  • Harvey Shaw on 16 Sep 12
     
    Great overview on current efforts to improve assessment, particularly the idea of "stealth assessment". Strongly emphasizes the role of technology in building assessments that track the entire problem solving process - and how these tools can evaluate both hard and soft skills. Last sentence nails it: "That's the promise of a better test: By drawing a map that more accurately reflects our world, we may discover far more promising paths to get where we want to go." Chris Dede gets a big shout out!
  • Daniel Melia on 16 Sep 12
     
    I'd say this is the best piece of writing on education and technology for a general-readership that's been posted thus far. (Thanks for tracking it down, Harvey.) It made me think that someone needs to write the education world's version of "Moneyball"--who will be our Billy Beane?
Maung Nyeu

Codecademy: Next Frontier In Digital Education Movement - Forbes - 1 views

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Emerging Technology online technology education learning t561

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  • Maung Nyeu on 04 Dec 11
     
    Code Academy wants to teach everyone how to write software for free.
Nick Siewert

Education Week: A 'Disruptive' Turnaround Vision - 0 views

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  • Nick Siewert on 02 Sep 09
     
    "Dramatic mission creep on one hand, and the dissolution of families and communities on the other, have made teaching impossibly difficult and beyond the skill set of average people," writes Gisèle Huff.
Garron Hillaire

Writer Neal Stephenson Unveils His Digital Novel The Mongoliad - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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writer stephenson social digital publishing

shared by Garron Hillaire on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
  • The company, based in Seattle and San Francisco, has developed what it calls the PULP platform for creating digital novels
  • aterial like background articles, images, music, and video. There are also social features that allow readers to create the
  • There are also social features that allow readers to create their own profiles, earn badges for activity on the site or in the application, and interact with other readers.
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  • Stephenson isn’t writing the book alone. There’s a team led by a writer Mark Teppo; it also includes Greg Bear, author of Blood Music and other science fiction novels. Stephenson compared the experience to writing a TV show, and not just because it’s a team of writers.
  • Garron Hillaire on 01 Sep 10
     
    The PULP platform is an example of a writer trying to respond to people wanting more than traditional publishing. If this platform, or something like it, was widely accepted by people it might build a better case for alternative forms of publishing in education
Jason Outlaw

US Congressman Introduces Measure to Address Crisis in K-12 Computer Science Education - 0 views

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Computer Science Education Congress K-12

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  • Jason Outlaw on 22 Sep 10
     
    The further along I go, the more I am realizing that we have fully arrived in the information age. For our nation to compete globally - we must get out of the trap of growing media consumers, technology consumers, and information consumers. We must grow a generation of students who not only use technology, but understand technology so that they can become active technology producers, so that they can create, innovate, imagine, and disrupt. Possibly, understanding computer science will be as important as learning to read and write - the new literacy.
Margaret O'Connell

Use Diigo To Help Write Your Next College Essay or Term Paper - 0 views

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Diigo

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  • Margaret O'Connell on 02 Sep 10
     
    Makes sense
Cameron Paterson

AAUP: New-Media Literacies - 0 views

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t561 media education

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  • the instructor’s role is to be a guide, not a technical
  • expert
  • Cameron Paterson on 01 Sep 10
     
    Jason Ohler writes about digital storytelling
Uche Amaechi

How Do Japanese Kids Learn Kanji | Learn That Language Now - 1 views

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learning education technology t561

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  • Uche Amaechi on 04 Sep 10
     
    How technology affects language and writing differently  in logographic languages
Garron Hillaire

Is handwriting becoming a lost art? | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald - 1 views

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education handwriting technology

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  • "Soon, cursive will only be used for your signature,"
  • 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
  • Garron Hillaire on 15 Nov 10
     
    Technology instead of hand writing? ok.
  • Amanda Comperchio on 16 Nov 10
     
    I think handwriting is already a lost art, but I'm sad to see it go. Perhaps teaching handwriting can go by way of the art teachers, and we'll be able to save it in schools as an art form.
Uche Amaechi

Computer-Generated Articles Are Gaining Traction - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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technology T561 education

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  • Uche Amaechi on 11 Sep 11
     
    Computers that can pass the Turing test and write. What does this portend for education?
Nick Siewert

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Danish pupils use web in exams - 2 views

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testing exams innovation cheating e-learning international integrity

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  • Nick Siewert on 04 Nov 09
     
    Schools in Denmark are piloting a program which allows students to use computers with internet access on national writing exams.
Maung Nyeu

Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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online learning technology education learning

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  • Maung Nyeu on 05 Nov 11
     
    After School officias from Little Falls, Minn., visited Apple HQ, they decided to spend $1.2m on 1700 iPads. Late Mr. Jobs in an interview with Wired mangazine said, "what's wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology." "Mr. Jobs blamed teachers' unions for the decline in education." Walter Issacson, the biographer of Steve Jobs, writes Bill Gates and Steve Jobs "agreed that computers had, so far, made surprisingly little impact on schools - far less than on other realms of society such as media and medicine and law."
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