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emcomish

Mobile Learning Portal - 3 views

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    This website, hosted by the Learning Technology Center in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, is designed to be a central point of access to the wide range of research, projects, and other resources related to the use of mobile technologies in learning environments.
Emi

Five Cool, Easy Things You Can Do in Google Earth - Earth Help - 1 views

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    Google Earth has many great uses that we can apply and make our lessons transcurricular.
Diana Laurillard

'Teaching as a Design Science' by Diana Laurillard - 20 views

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    Teaching is changing. It is no longer simply about passing on knowledge to the next generation. Teachers in the 21st century, in all educational sectors, have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionals - architects, engineers, town planners, programmers - teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving what they do. But teaching is not treated as a design profession. Every day, teachers design and test new ways of teaching, using learning technology to help their learners. But their discoveries remain local. By representing and communicating their best ideas as structured pedagogical patterns, teachers could develop this vital professional knowledge collectively. Teacher professional development has not embedded in the teacher's everyday role the idea that they could discover something worth communicating to other teachers, or build on each others' ideas. Could the culture change? From this unique perspective on the nature of teaching, Diana Laurillard argues that a 21st century education system needs teachers who work collaboratively to design effective and innovative teaching.
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    I never thought of it this way. It's a great concept. We need to understand that design is not about beauty, but about vision, about following a process and always trying to make a dent. And of course, this will only be achieved by the use of crowd wisdom and the sharing process.
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    Teaching by design is an interesting way to contemplate the way we teach. I suppose, I am always designing bridges to each and everyone of my students. One student understands the concept given in a traditional manner while the other needs to walk up the hill and see it from afar. Either way I have to figure out how to get my student to understand.
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    True......even i did not think of it this way!!yes even i now think teaching is now a design science. With technology changing every day, we as teachers will have to think of new ways to use the new tools and as individual isolated teachers we wont be able to keep pace and do justice so we all will have to share and work collaboratively to design innovative ways to teach effectively.
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    Dear Diana, I can't agree more on your proposals. In fact the peer2peer learning that we propose and expect from children in class has to become a MUST between teachers. I am not a teacher but I have experienced hoy there is Little sharing between teachers of same "level" of education in same school, almost NO dialog between those of different levels, and scarcely any between other teachers. How to rebuild this communication is crutial, and not only between heads and teachers but also upon other school staff, which sometimes get more information about each child environment and learning attitude than teachers or tutors themselves because they do see students in "non directed" situations react to real life problems.
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    You are so right. One thing I like about the school I work with is the enthusiasm some teachers have for finding new tools. Some of us work collaboratively and it makes a real difference. Unfortunately this is not the case with the whole school, but I believe there will come a time when this will be the only way to work. Thanks for sharing!
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    Thank you for Diana for your thought inspiring article. I think that the teachers who understand and master this 'design science' are really going to use ICT to leverage their teaching and their students learning. Institutes will probably need mature 'innovators' to drive the concept of 'design scientists' forward. In addition i believe we will also need a 'design artist' to create a ICT learning culture within the organization too.
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    Thank you for sharing as a new person to the Teaching Profession I found collaborating efforts have worked really well for me and I am always willing to learn from others and share my ideas with them to get their input and it have proven fruitful. Working as a team and sharing with others to get a different point of view is always important.
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    In my opinion the most important thing is -given teaching will be treated as a collective design science- learning about how to apply new ways of teaching on our individual children. The newest would probably not always be the best and what worked in other schools elsewhere might not work in your own school. So let´s also stress how to individualize collective knowledge again and break it down to everyday usable teaching aid that we can evaluate.
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    I totally agree with your opinion about education, specially when you talk about collaborative work among teachers to help our students build knowledge .THank you
nbcoordinator

What most schools don't teach - 2 views

shared by nbcoordinator on 01 Jun 14 - No Cached
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    A great site to get started with programming! Lots of resources!
connie64

Peparing Teachers to use Technology - 1 views

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    We cannot take for granted that teachers are confident with technology. This reality is present in Maltese schools. Teachers need help and support and they prefer to ask their peers for help instead of the authorities.
Noemí Seijas

Agrega - Portada - 1 views

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    Repositorio Educativo de la Comunidad Educativa Española Agrega 2 is an initiative developed by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Red.es and Spain's regional governments. The federation of educational digital object repositories Agrega is a platform with nodes in all regional government education departments. The educational content which can be found therein is organised around the curriculum covering pre-university education and is prepared for downloading and direct use by the teaching staff and the students.
rebecca58

More than 50 ways to tell a digital story - 8 views

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    This is a great website which explores the amazing range of digital tools that are available to tell a story. Have a look! I am sure you will find something new you can use in the classroom to encourage children to tell stories.
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    Thank you for sharing! I'm interested in digital storytelling so it's a very good resource for me.
pbelogia

Free Music Archive - 1 views

shared by pbelogia on 01 Jun 14 - Cached
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    The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet.Every MP3 you discover on The Free Music Archive is pre-cleared for certain types of uses that would otherwise be prohibited by copyright laws that were not designed for the digital era.
jamesnoronha

Learn to code - 0 views

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dippsw

Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educati... - 0 views

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    Education.com provides activities, worksheets, videos, expert advice and a school directory to give parents information and ideas to help kids reach their full potential and make learning fun.
dawnackroyd

Reviews & Age Ratings - Best Movies, Books, Apps, Games for Kids - 3 views

shared by dawnackroyd on 30 May 14 - Cached
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    Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.
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    I love the articles they provide on digital citizenship.
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    I really like the digital passport resources - I wonder if anyone knows about a similar resource a digital passport for teachers??
kafkaontheshore

Is there any example for Latin America? - 2 views

example about what??? I´m from argentina may be i can help you :)

mamitajuliana

Change the culture - 3 views

All this tools are amazing!! I am very surprised about the quality and quantity of ICT tools in the web. I Think that teachers in different countries are afraid of the changes... they do not belie...

started by mamitajuliana on 31 May 14 no follow-up yet
Inan Dönmez

Microsoft Educator Network - 3 views

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    You'll probably love it :) Join the worldwide community of educators who are passionate about ensuring learners are prepared to thrive in the global economy.
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    Yeah indeed it is among the great resources an educator can find.
gabrielcuarto

Resources for ESL EFL teachers - 4 views

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    In this webpage you will find activities for the different integrated skills to develop when you're acquiring a Second or Foreing language. It works primarily as a database for software or other webpages to carry out activities related to SLA/FLA. Hope you like it!
amitap

Creativity tools for iPad users - 3 views

Nice article for creativity tools for iPad use: http://edtechreview.in/news/1221-great-creativity-tools-that-every-teacher-with-an-ipad-must-know?utm_source=EdTechReview™+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_camp...

ICT education primary

started by amitap on 31 May 14 no follow-up yet
Harry Kalantzis

NASA's Eyes on the Solar System - 3 views

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    Eyes on the Solar System is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time.
sebasan

Home Page | Futurelab at NFER - 0 views

shared by sebasan on 31 May 14 - Cached
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    Futurelab at NFER is (registered charity number 313392) is committed to developing creative and innovative approaches to education, teaching and learning. We achieve this through a mixture of research, workshops, CPD, training, courses, inset days, events, school development (through our enquiring schools programme), and resources across the UK and internationally.
missbini

Resources for teachers beyond just apps and websites. - 7 views

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    This is where I go for my digital citizenship curriculum which I run K-6 every year. It's a must for every school.
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