Gates has called Khan, "the best teacher I've ever seen.
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Differences between game based learning and educational games - 2 views
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Good discussion about game-based learning and what it is (and not). For the early childhood folk, makes a strong connection between GBL and play-based learning.
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Life Skills - 4 views
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I like this resource, my son needs something just like this as he struggles with his emotions, I am sure many students would benefit from this activity.
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Does the Khan Academy know how to teach? - The Washington Post - 5 views
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An example of some of the large claims being made about Khan Academy that seem to suggest limited understanding of what makes a good teacher?
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This is an interesting one - how can a teacher be hailed as such, when there is no real interaction (questioning from the student's point of view)? The Khan Academy does have its advantages as a very useful prop to specific lessons and concepts, yet the questions posed by any learner should be equally important if effective learning is to take place. -
I agree Doreen, furthermore, the Khan Academy cannot be used as a stand alone to teaching, yet as a tool to extend understanding or to reteach concepts -
It is a useful tool I agree. Students need to have an understand of a variety of ways/strategies/methods to draw upon in order to gain a full understand of the concepts. -
Interesting to see Bill Gates making a reference to teaching skills. Last I checked he wasn't an expert in education?! -
I don't get why they are making reference to Bill Gates I don't believe he has an understanding of teaching. Although these online library can help with understanding but is it really the way we want education to go online teaching?? -
I belive that the reference to Gates arises from the fact that he's spending a lot of his money attempting to improve schools and universities. That money means that his views on what is good teaching carry significant weight. More so than his qualifications and experience might otherwise warrant.
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What is more, his videos reveal an ignorance of how we know students learn mathematics.
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The Khan Academy videos suffer from the poor PCK of the people developing the videos. The core of the argument here.
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The videos were started to help students who were already learning through the school system and needed more help without having to pay for it. A lot of people are complaining about the videos as alternatives to explicit teaching in the classroom, but aren't they great for what they were originally designed for. -
I don't think the Khan videos are doing any damage...They shouldn't be used as a stand alone, but instead as a supplement for learning, perhaps. -
I think the videos are great as a supplementary activity, it provides a different way to explain something. Good on him for attempting it. -
I like David's comment: videos aren't actually evidence of the Khan academy, just "the poor PCK of the people developing the videos.".
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Pedagogical content knowledge is an important foundation for planning lessons and for decision making during a lesson.
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All teachers make mistakes, after all, and Khan should not, the reasoning goes, be called out for making the same mistakes we all make.
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There certainly are broken models in education, but there is absolutely no evidence that competent knowledge of student learning and thinking is one that teachers can afford to jettison.
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researchers are finding evidence that particular kinds of PCK are associated with greater gains in student learning in elementary mathematics.
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The equal sign (=) i
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Many mathematics educators stress another kind of knowledge necessary to design and deliver quality instruction: pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). PCK refers to knowledge of content as it relates to teaching.
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content knowledge alone is inadequate
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How true, but how often do we see this and the reverse situation where teachers are teaching in areas where their content knowledge is lacking. -
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I agree content knowledge is crucial but there are so many more aspects needed to make it great. -
Content knowledge is important, but it doesn't matter how much knowledge a teacher has if s/he cannot teach that content in a way that the students will actually understand it and be able to apply it in future -
I agree that content knowledge is important but it is just as important to know your students and how best they learn
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The standard American curricular treatment, in which students are instructed to append zeroes to the shorter decimal to equalize the number of digits helps students to perform this task correctly, but fosters its own misconceptions.
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he exercises offer no intellectual rigor and do not address our central concern.
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PCK knows from both educational research and professional experience
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I think frankly, the best way to do it is you put stuff out there and you see how people react to it; and we have exercises on our site too, so we see whether they’re able to see how they react to it anecdotally.
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the examples Khan chooses appear selected at random and thus are, perhaps unsurprisingly, often quite poor.
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If Khan’s videos occasionally popped up in a Google search, we would be content to have him carry on. There is lots of worse information available on the web. But Khan is hailed as “unbelievable” ( Bill Gates) and his work as “sparking a revolution in education
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It is up to the teacher to assess whether or not the videos are suitable for his/her students. If the teacher chooses to use the video, then s/her can refer to the teacher information and see which questions the students answered correctly / incorrectly and identify any misconceptions. These misconceptions can then be addressed by the teacher in the classroom
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Whether small steps or large, we urge Sal Khan and his funders to put their time, effort and dollars to the best possible ends, particularly when it comes to making decisions grounded in accurate, carefully considered pedagogical content knowledge
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discuss the meaning of the equal sign frequently and explicitly, and (2) model correct use of the equal sign.
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To quote a fellow student, Lucas Naughton states, 'ICT must be used to enhance and amplify the learning rather then becoming the point of the learning'. I get that there are holes in the Khan videos however if we are using them to enhance learning then why cant the teacher design an entire lesson around one video. They can discuss the missing misconceptions. They can provide other methods/concepts and they can create practice activities all around a Khan video. Remember-enhance and amplify the learning using these ICT's. Cheers Angela Woodward -
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Khan will put the video out there and see how people react to it.
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There's no actual looking for student ability/interest - it seems as if he's more interested in teaching what he want to talk about.
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How does Newsweek become a credible source? Surely people know better than to blindly accept a newpaper's arbitary titles?
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Wikipedia mentions Khan's education: "Khan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science in 1998. Khan also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School" I can't see a Bachelor of Education in there. I would have thought that this would be essential, and the first stepping-stone, to acquire an understanding of PCK and how students learn. Danielson and Goldenburg state that "content knowledge alone is inadequate for quality instruction" and that many videos are prone to creating further confusion for students. They also go on to say that Khan's explanations are frequently off target in addressing likely student questions that experienced teachers would anticipate and elicit. Maybe a four-year stint at USQ might be in order? . -
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Digital Nutrition: for a balanced, healthy tech lifestyle - Blog - 1 views
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Just like with diets and food nutrition we would benefit from considering how we can create digital lifestyles which support our whole wellbeing. There are occasions which we might indulge in some mental candy, we might need to use technology to relax and unwind – but when we use it to cope in a way which distracts us from dealing with the issue, problems arise. Using the word addiction in this conversation stigmatises technology users and the challenges facing parents and educators to effectively integrate technology into both leisure and learning in a balanced way that is tailored to the needs of individuals.
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Digital Nutrition: a lovely way to phrase ICTs. Changing attitudes towards ICTs in education towards positive acceptance.
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Digital Nutrition: a lovely way to phrase ICTs. Changing attitudes towards ICTs in education towards positive acceptance.
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Should all kids learn to code? - Daniel Donahoo - ABC Splash - http://splash.abc.net.au... - 0 views
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We shouldn’t be surprised that an industry built on computer languages should see those languages as just as important as literacy and numeracy. But are they?
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Logic programming is at the core of much of what coders do. It is a way to look at a problem, the world, or a piece of technology and work out what to do with it.
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What we are actually talking about is learning the art of logic. And, despite how that sounds, learning logic can be great fun. So, when someone says “everyone needs to learn to code”, hear it as “our students would benefit from understanding logic”.
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It is important to remember that computer code is written in “languages” and language is a tool.
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Good background article about the teaching of coding skills, and the importance of logic.
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Say it quick, say it well - the attention span of a modern internet consumer | Media Ne... - 0 views
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while students coming through the schools system in this always on world benefit from instant access to a wealth of information from numerous sources, their attention span and desire for in depth analysis is consequently diminished. The current generation of internet consumers live in a world of "instant gratification and quick fixes" which leads to a "loss of patience and a lack of deep thinking".
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Possibly one of the biggest hurdles we will encounter as educators - shorter attention spans and limited patience for learning.
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In a world of instant gratification and where an alternative website is just a mouse click away website owners need to find ways to firstly grab the attention of a user, and then keep it for long enough to get your message across.
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Possibly one of the biggest hurdles we will encounter as educators - shorter attention spans and limited patience for learning.
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Toolbelt Theory - Ira David Socol - 8 views
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This is so true when teaching SWDs, by bringing the information to them and teaching them how to use it, opens a world of information and development for each student individually. By teaching special needs, it is imperative for the teacher to be open minded to all that is afforded them within the education system.
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Very interesting theory I had not considered or heard of. I do believe a lot of the time students are set up to fail in the "test" environment. However I need to do some more research as I'm wondering about the basics of literacy and numeracy and how this all fits together. I can see huge benefits for special needs, and like he says, we all have "special needs" in certain areas.
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Using iPads effectively in Early Grades - 6 views
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This is a very informative article about the benefits of iPads in early years. As many schools are now considering their use it is a timely article
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Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance - 13 views
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Thanks for the article! I found this really interesting as I think as educators we do need to find that balance that works well in your classroom. There may be students that struggle with technology so I'm not sure if you would continue to use it as much as other classrooms...... Very interesting!!
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Hi All, I found this article to be very pertinent to this weeks content in EDC3100. I hope some of you can benefit as well: ABSTRACT (Copied from Sciencedirect) Technology integration in K-12 classrooms is usually overly teacher-centered and has insufficient impact on students' learning, especially in enhancing students' higher-order cognitive skills. The purpose of this project is to facilitate science teachers' use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as cognitive tools to shift their practices from traditional teacher-centered methods to constructivist, student-centered ones. This paper describes the outcomes and lessons learned from an application of design-based research (DBR) in the implementation and refinement of a teacher professional development (PD) program that is a key component of the overall project. This DBR study involved 25 middle-school science teachers from 24 schools whose implementation of cognitive tools with their students in science classrooms and virtually through a social networking site were observed over four years. A mixed-methodology was utilized to examine the impact of the cognitive tools intervention on teachers' classroom practices and students' development of new literacy skills. Identifying reusable design principles related to technology integration was another focus of the DBR study. The results revealed teachers' positive changes in their classroom practices by gradually allowing students to take control over the use of technology, and positive impact on students' ICT skills and science learning. Design principles for future professional development programs aimed at preparing teachers to adopt a cognitive tools approach are described.
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Rethinking the relationship between pedagogy, technology and learning in health and phy... - 2 views
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What we saw instead was that DigiTech enabled teachers and students to do the same things faster and more efficiently, albeit after some teachers had invested time and effort in learning how to use different technologies.
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We conclude this paper by drawing on Veletsianos (2016 Veletsianos, G. (2016). Emergence and innovation in digital learning: Foundations and applications. Edmonton: AU Press, Athabasca University.) to suggest that a focus on ‘emerging technologies’ and ‘emerging practices’ in digital learning could be a useful way forward. As Veletsianos (2016 Veletsianos, G. (2016). Emergence and innovation in digital learning: Foundations and applications. Edmonton: AU Press, Athabasca University.) argues, ‘emerging technologies’ and ‘emerging practices’ transcend disciplines and, moreover, what makes practice and technology emerging is not the technology, but rather the environments in which technologies and practices operate. Emerging technologies and practices, therefore, are foregrounded in the belief that technologies and practices shape and are shaped by sociocultural environments.
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As Veletsianos (2016 Veletsianos, G. (2016). Emergence and innovation in digital learning: Foundations and applications. Edmonton: AU Press, Athabasca University.) argues, DigiTech is not yet established in education.
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Journal paper seeking to address two questions (1) how could a pedagogically driven approach to the use of DigiTech in health and physical education (HPE) benefit young people's learning and (2) what steps are required to develop new DigiTech pedagogies?