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Kelly Frintzilas

10 free online teaching and learning tools - 3 views

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    10 featured 'free' online tools to use in your teaching and learning
Katie Reed

10 Resources for World Maths Day | Teaching News - 3 views

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    Collection of math resources (a bit late) for World Maths Day
Anna Murphy

What is TPACK? | Teaching Teachers for the Future - 10 views

  • Expert teachers now are those who can bring together knowledge of subject matter, what is good for learning, and technology (ICT)
    • djplaner
       
      Perhaps the core of what this course is trying to achieve - develop and bring together knowledge of subject material, good learning and technology
    • Michelle Thompson
       
      I take it you mean the 'core of what this course is trying to achieve' :) and I agree.
    • anonymous
       
      We are lucky to be learning how to integrate technology into our pedagogy NOW. If I had done a teaching degree when I first left school I would probably be a very different teacher.
    • Kate Petty
       
      This statement links TPACK nicely for me.  
  • We have understood for a long time that expert teachers are those who can bring together their deep knowledge of subject matter with profound understanding of what is good for learning. The combination has been described as Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and is more than the simple addition of two parts. The fusion is what enabled expert 20th century teachers to transform subject content and represent it in ways that made it accessible to individual learners in their specific contexts.
    • Michelle Thompson
       
      I love the first sentence. I would class an expert teacher as one who covers all PCK in a way that engages students' full attention.
    • Holly Hawkings
       
      I love this first sentence too, it is so meaningful and fully grasps the importance of being a great teacher versus an ok teacher. 
    • Faeza ms
       
      Agreed, in addition I find the last part of the paragraph insightful. The expert teacher transforms subject content and makes it accessible to individual learners. The idea that the teacher uses their content knowledge and their pedagogic knowledge to integrate technology in such a manner that it transforms content so as to meet individual needs. I find this conceptual picture of an expert teacher very inspirational.
    • Kate Petty
       
      Faeza, your comment about transforming content to meet individual needs struck a cord with me.  Thanks.
  • We have understood for a long time that expert teachers are those who can bring together their deep knowledge of subject matter with profound understanding of what is good for learning. The combination has been described as Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and is more than the simple addition of two parts. The fusion is what enabled expert 20th century teachers to transform subject content and represent it in ways that made it accessible to individual learners in their specific contexts.
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  • In each case, the expert teacher needs to make creative links between what is being learned (content), how it is taught (pedagogy), and the appropriate tools (technology).
    • Michelle Thompson
       
      Absolutely, this is the crux of what we should be doing as educators - not just trying to make it fun, but fulfil the curricula requirements in such a way that it is engaging and meets standards.
    • Holly Hawkings
       
      I also think that this underpins exactly what we need to do as teacher, to be able to create engaging and interactive lessons that not only meet the criteria of the curricular but are interesting and useful for the students using methods that excite and engage. 
    • Sue Day
       
      The last part of this statement,to me, means constructing knowledge by building on learning that has already taken place- using engaging and age appropriate tools.
    • Faeza ms
       
      I find the idea of finding an appropriate tool for the task to be crucial. An appropriate tool will engage and enhance the learning experience, an inappropriate tool could lead to negative experiences and negative attitudes towards technology.
    • Vicky Heng
       
      Yes, this is exactly what educators today need to do! However, I think it's going to be a challenging one. It needs experiences and effort to make this happens in our teaching. 
    • Michelle Brown
       
      I think the Possum Magic Video demonstrates a creative use of technology that makes learning engaging and fun for students and teachers!
  • In each case, the expert teacher needs to make creative links between what is being learned (content), how it is taught (pedagogy), and the appropriate tools (technology)
  • ICT is also transforming pedagogy by providing new ways to engage learners.
    • Holly Hawkings
       
      I think this shows the importance of ICT in teacher and how all teachers should be looking and engaging in ways to integrate ICT into their teaching.
    • Candace Merriman
       
      To me, this suggests that while ICT continues to transform, the current teachers and up-coming teachers such as ourselves have to modify our teaching pedagogy to incorporate these ICT's to engage the students and get them excited to learn through integrating the 'new' technology devices
    • Amanda Stokes
       
      ICT I feel it the way of the future, technology is always evolving and change and we must do the same. If this means changing the way in which we educate the students then that is what we must do. I am learning so many new things with this course and feel that Im beginging to learn new ways in which I can enrich the students learning.
    • Kellie Quirk
       
      This is such a powerful statement and really cements the importance of integrating ICT's into our teaching and learning. It is the way forward for engaging students and enhancing their learning journeys
    • Kate Petty
       
      Engaging learners in new ways, and ways that suit their individual needs, is the heart of what using ITCs to transform teaching and learning is all about.
    • Margaret Johnson
       
      it has transformed pedagogy by enabling learning to be inclusive
  • deep knowledge of how ICT can be used to access and process subject matter (TCK) and understanding how ICT can support and enhance learning (TPK) in combination with PCK
  • hands-on learning
  • new ways to access and process knowledge
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    Brief intro to TPACK that will be included in the week 3 material
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    Expert teachers/deep knowledge of subject/understanding of what is good learning all sums up what this course and the past courses I have been involved with for the past three years have shown me however there is still alot to learn.
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    Brief intro to TPACK that will be included in the week 3 material
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    "WHAT IS TPACK? Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)"
Jennifer Vellacott

TeachThought - Learn better. - 0 views

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    Links to loads of articles on education and technology. Fantastic site.
Tami Grl

Stick Man - Teaching Ideas and Resources - 0 views

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    Classroom ideas for the book: Stick Man by Julie Donaldson
Jennifer Vellacott

Technology and Education | Box of Tricks - 1 views

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    This page is described by boxoftricks as "some of the best free internet resources for education"  It's mostly presentation tools, or tools for organising or sharing information. Quite comprehensive.
djplaner

Direct Instruction rocks: Or does it - 3 views

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    There is a fair bit of argument about the relative merits of Direct Instruction versus Discovery Learning. This article makes the point that depending on the learning outcome and the specific details of the learning approach used that either approach can have its sweet spot.
Michelle Thompson

101 Excellent Sites for English Educators - 0 views

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    Another site to share resources - from another Diigo group.
Michelle Thompson

10 Ways To Use Technology To Teach Writing - 1 views

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    A list of tools that can be used for teaching writing using technology.
djplaner

High School Student, Jeff Bliss gives a lesson to his teacher at Duncanville, TX - YouTube - 1 views

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    A video doing the rounds in which a US high school student complains bitterly about the teaching approach used. i.e. hand out packets, read. He wants the teacher to teach, to engage the students. A lesson there about what's acceptable teaching strategies. But more broadly, there's a lesson here about the spread of smart phones with video. What happens in your classroom can be recorded and made public.  The classroom may not be as private as you think. A typical knee-jerk response may be to ban the use of device. What are the chances of that actually working? How well has it worked in schools today? What about using these tools as part of student learning?
Michelle Thompson

Blended Learning - YouTube - 1 views

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    Innovative use of blended learning, using a rotating centres approach: Teacher instruction, Group work, Technology group. They are able to do more differentiated instruction within this model and looks like they're using some digital curriculum or an LMS.
Michelle Thompson

4 Popular Screencasting Tools Being Used In Education | Edudemic - 1 views

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    An Edudemic blog that gives great advice about using screencasting tools in education, and their cost.
Karla Black

Friday Follow or Find - Flipboard | Teaching and Learning - 4 views

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    Here's a post about a brilliant blog I found. Very innovative and creative teacher using ICTs in her classroom. I've blogged here about her use of Flipboard to create magazines for her class.
Michelle Thompson

The Technoliterate | ~teacher~learner~ - 3 views

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    Great blog: The Technoliterate. Lots of visuals and interesting posts.
Michelle Thompson

The Digital Citizenship Survival Kit | Comfortably 2.0 - 4 views

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    Digital citizenship survival kit with a few household items to make the point with students. Fantastic idea! Love it! This was on another Diigo site.
Michelle Thompson

Born to Learn ~ Home - 0 views

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    Got this on Twitter. Worth looking at thought-provoking series of animations that illustrate ground-breaking new discoveries about how humans learn using Vimeo. Directed at teachers and parents.
Tami Grl

Teacher Instructional Practices Online Database (TIPOD) - 0 views

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    Teacher practices in reading, writing, math, BM
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