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Chris Dede

LAUSD halts home use of iPads for students after devices hacked - latimes.com - 1 views

www.latimes.com/...-hack-20130925,0,6974454.story

lapd tablets hacking

shared by Chris Dede on 26 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 26 Sep 13
     
    This is a classic example of making a bad situation worse with a stupid response
  • Krithika Jagannath on 30 Sep 13
     
    Xu and I discussed this article in class/section. We had similar thoughts ;unfortunate as it is, this is a case of eliminating the effect and not the real cause. Perhaps this article does not fully reveal details but hopefully a real solution is being put into place...quickly.
Trung Tran

UB hopes new type of online class will transform education - 1 views

www.baltimoresun.com/...asses-20131124,0,4333547.story

Education MOOC technology learning educational_technology online emerging technology

shared by Trung Tran on 26 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Trung Tran on 26 Nov 13
     
    See why online education might be more benefiting for large state school systems who capitalize effectively on its flexibility while providing the same type of credentials.
William Vitale

Startups are about to blow up the textbook - 3 views

A question for anyone from an economics background in the class: are there theories yet about what kind of economic effects we would expect to see as a result of a rapid transition to digital forma...

started by William Vitale on 15 Oct 13 no follow-up yet
Jennifer Jocz

Education, psychology and technology: Games lessons | The Economist - 0 views

www.economist.com/...displaystory.cfm

video games

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 04 Sep 09 - Cached
  • transferring much of the pedagogic effort from the teachers themselves (who will now act in an advisory role) to a set of video games
  • Periods of maths, science, history and so on are no more. Quest to Learn’s school day will, rather, be divided into four 90-minute blocks devoted to the study of “domains”.
  • in education, as in other fields of activity, it is not enough just to apply new technologies to existing processes—for maximum effect you have to apply them in new and imaginative ways.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 04 Sep 09
     
    An article discussing the use of video games being used to replace the traditional "chalk talk". The games also combines the traditional subject-based curriculum into "domains".
  • Jennifer Jocz on 04 Sep 09
     
    An article discussing the use of video games being used to replace the traditional "chalk talk". The games also combine the traditional subject-based curriculum into "domains".
Uche Amaechi

Is Online Education More Effective Than Traditional Learning? - 2 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...ctive_traditional_learning.php

Online t561 Ed tech technology learning education

shared by Uche Amaechi on 07 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Uche Amaechi on 07 Sep 09
     
    One of the fastest growing uses of tech is online learning...
Uche Amaechi

networkleadershipskills » Leading_Organization - 0 views

networkleadershipskills.wikispaces.com/Leading_Organization

shared by Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • Openness: overall open attitude toward sharing, networking and transparency. 2. Peering: removing corporate command and control hierarchies and promoting self-organization.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      Openness is a disposition. Peering can be a skill, disposition, or as posited here, a structural affordance, or obstacle presented by the institution.
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
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  • Those in formal leadership roles must set a tone for building trust and working together through authentic collaboration
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      Trust and collaboration. Trust is definitely a disposition; collaboration can be both a disposition (to want to collaborate, because of trust and otherwise) and a skill
  • In describing Roca’s organizational shift, executive director Molly Baldwin pointed to peace circles as a defined space where staff can find common ground and “where we can see the world together” (personal communication, February 20, 2009).
    • Uche Amaechi
      Uche Amaechi on 27 Aug 09
       
      This would argue that collaboration and sharing is a skill. But is it a skill alone? Obviously you can influence people's dispositions. But does knowing whether you're trying to teach/influence a disposition or a skill make you a more effective leader?
Chris Johnson

Levers (Physics flash game) - 1 views

www.vectorpark.com/levers

interactive education educational_technology flash games learning science physics

shared by Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09
     
    A highly amusing flash game for learning physics concepts. How might a teacher use this in class?
  • Chris Johnson on 28 Sep 09
     
    What age group would benefit most from this? What could the teacher do to make sure students learn about physics and not just learn how to manipulate the simulation?
  • Shaheer Khan on 29 Sep 09
     
    I just played around with it a little bit, and I don't feel that I could use it effectively with grade 9th or grade 7th students that I was teaching last year. It is pretty much just a balancing game, but I don't think it can help learners understand any particular concepts like 'gravity' or the 'principle of moments'. For younger learners, like 6-year olds perhaps, it could help them develop an understanding of weights and balancing forces(?)... I don't know...
Garron Hillaire

BBC News - How good software makes us stupid - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-11263559

brain learning software education google neuroscience

shared by Garron Hillaire on 13 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • "No problem - let me just enter that into my sat-nav…"
  • unless drivers pass a formidable test - called "The Knowledge" - they are not allowed to head out onto the roads in one of the iconic vehicles
  • "The particular part of our brain that stores mental images of space is actually quite enlarged in London cab drivers," explained Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
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  • The key to making us concentrate, Mr Carr suggests, is perhaps to make tasks difficult - a theory which flies in the face of software designers the world over who constantly strive to make their programs easier to use than the competition.
  • Mr Carr says that this simple experiment could suggest that as computer software becomes easier to use, making complicated tasks easier, we risk losing the ability to properly learn something - in effect "short-circuiting" the brain
  • Garron Hillaire on 13 Sep 10
     
    An argument that Good Software design is bad for learning
Brandon Bentley

"Singapore Math" - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...01math.html

singapore_math

shared by Brandon Bentley on 01 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Brandon Bentley on 01 Oct 10
     
    Curious what math teachers in our class think about this. Anyone worked with these methods?
  • Garron Hillaire on 02 Oct 10
     
    I was talking with Arene about this. He has taught math in middle school and high school in Singapore. When I asked if teaching this in the US would be effective he had some interesting points. You should talk with him to get an accurate account, but one of the questions he raised in our conversation was the following: Does this pedagogy that works in the cultural context of Singapore transfer to the United States?
Chris Dede

National STEM Video Game Challenge - 4 views

www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/Initiatives-31.html

videogame children STEM prize

shared by Chris Dede on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 16 Sep 10
     
    Big money for games that help young children learn STEM
  • Margaret O'Connell on 19 Sep 10
     
    Maybe you or someone could comment on what this has in common with the Tesla project (or what is different). Would love to hear more. As a future middle school teacher, this inspires me. The contest geared toward middle school age validates my conviction that middle schoolers can and should be learning technology ... yes, even in BPS there's got to be a way.
  • Chris Dede on 19 Sep 10
     
    TESLA is studying both how we can make math education more effective and what types of motivational inductions appeal to various types of students in grades 5-9. The emphasis in engagement is on building intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy in math, rather than using external motivation to "sugar-coat" math as yucky, but necessary. The intrinsic/extrinsic distinction is often ignored by game designers,and as a result kids who are momentarily engaged in STEM can actually be demotivated longer term. TESLA is trying to established a more nuanced view of how to build this type of game.
Lisa Estrin

States Eye Standards for Virtual Educators - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...4edtech_certification.h30.html

virtual learning

shared by Lisa Estrin on 21 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Lisa Estrin on 21 Sep 10
     
    States are starting to question whether online teachers should be required to obtain additional certification or training for virtual instruction. Some folks think a solid foundation in classroom teaching is enough and that it would present an additional obstacle to the existing challenge of recruiting high-quality teachers. But can teachers be as effective online as in the classroom without some specialized training?
amy hoffmaster

NSTA :: Journal Article - 1 views

www.nsta.org/...article.aspx

cyberlearning

shared by amy hoffmaster on 06 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • amy hoffmaster on 06 Oct 10
     
    NSTA's Science Teacher must have known we just spent the class with Paul Horowitz. Jan Mokros (TERC) is an author here
  • amy hoffmaster on 06 Oct 10
     
    "One teacher commented, "It's hard to manage the class when students become 'click happy' without really understanding what they're doing." However, requiring students to verbally explain and justify their reasoning before proceeding to the next screen was an effective solution."
quintintanderson

The great iPad debate - 3 views

Part 3 of 3. Recently, Virginia has implemented an iPad study program (Link: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/virginia_schools_launch_ipad_study_program/) and it got me thinking about the pr...

education technology iPad learning implementation pros cons limitations benefits

started by quintintanderson on 04 Oct 10 no follow-up yet
Garron Hillaire

Zapping the Brain Improves Math Skills : Discovery News - 1 views

news.discovery.com/...brain-electricity-math.html

zapping brain education technology

shared by Garron Hillaire on 04 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • THE GIST A mild electrical current improves a person's ability to learn math skills. The effect lasts up to six months. The technique could help students learn other skills besides math as well.
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  • Garron Hillaire on 04 Nov 10
     
    This sounds like a disruptive innovation. Zap the brain!
  • Margaret O'Connell on 08 Nov 10
     
    whoa ...
amy hoffmaster

IPad a Therapeutic Marvel for Disabled People - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...31owen.html

ipad therapeutic

shared by amy hoffmaster on 30 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Since its debut in April, the iPad has become a popular therapeutic tool for people with disabilities of all kinds, though no one keeps track of how many are used this way, and studies are just getting under way to test its effectiveness, which varies widely depending on diagnosis.
  • “Making things less complicated can actually make a lot of money
  • amy hoffmaster on 30 Oct 10
     
    thoughts on using iPad for people with physical disabilities
Eric Kattwinkel

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch

creativity

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 06 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Eric Kattwinkel on 06 Nov 10
     
    An animated presentation of Sir Ken Robinson's views on education, esp. its effects on creativity and innovation. It's 11+ minutes, but I found it went quickly.
  • Garron Hillaire on 06 Nov 10
     
    Rsa Animate is becoming one of my favorite distractions. It is interesting to compare Kahn with RSA. both using similar media for presentation of ideas. Production quality and content very different. Is this reflective of the difference in goals?
Brandon Bentley

Microsoft targets 250 million teachers, students globally by 2013 in Partners in Learning - 1 views

www.vanguardngr.com/...y-2013-in-partners-in-learning

Microsoft ICT

shared by Brandon Bentley on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Brandon Bentley on 10 Nov 10
     
    Article mentions a 10-year $500 million commitment by Microsoft to transform education systems around the world through technology. "The programme will assist teachers, school leaders and students globally on effective ways to use ICT in the classroom environment." But doesn't really give any specifics. Is this money well spent?
  • Margaret O'Connell on 12 Nov 10
     
    This Microsoft Partners in Learning site (http://www.microsoft.com/education/pil/partnersInLearning.aspx) has good info on this great program. Here's a good video I saw there: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/us/details/5672418a-839d-46e5-9b19-7a68d15d4b09 Btw, thanks for this! It is a perfect addition for my team's wiki project :-)
Margaret O'Connell

Women in Engineering - The Numbers - 2 views

www.adafruit.com/...men-in-engineering-the-numbers

women

shared by Margaret O'Connell on 07 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • I am very curious as to why the number of women pursuing engineering degrees has effectively stayed the same, while the number of women attending college grows by about 20,000 each year. At the same time, I think it’s fair to say that engineering as a profession, and technical professions in general, have become less stigmatized as exclusively male. So it’s a bit discouraging to see that the number of women pursuing a career in this field has basically stagnated. And I am at a loss to explain why. What do you think?
  • Natalie Hebshie on 07 Dec 10
     
    Hi Margaret, There's some interesting research around this question that points to bad messaging as the culprit. In case you're interested, here is a link to some market research the Engineer Your Life coalition did. The NAE also has an interesting research report called "Changing the Conversation." Natalie
Eric Kattwinkel

The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative - 2 views

spotlight.macfound.org/...g-and-writing-is-collaborative

collaboration

shared by Eric Kattwinkel on 23 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • 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?
Bridget Binstock

Experts Wary of New Tablet for Babies, Toddlers - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...04mct_catablet.h31.html

Emerging Technology children development tablet

shared by Bridget Binstock on 21 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Bridget Binstock on 21 Sep 11
     
    How young is TOO young to get technology in front of children? Baby Einstein DVDs are used as early as a few weeks old to "babysit" (entertain, soothe, and occupy) a baby - is the tablet just the newest "babysitter" on the market?
  • Stephen Bresnick on 24 Sep 11
     
    That's WAY too young to "babysit". We have been learning in Joe's class this week that parents using media as a means of parental substitution can have deleterious effects on a child's emotional development and ability to internalize good media messages and reject dangerous media messages. Giving babies tablets when they are that young reeks of lazy parenting, in my opinion. Unless the tablet becomes that "Transitional Object" that we are reading about in Turkle/Resnick's class....Gotta love when all of the class readings converge into similar ideas!
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