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jac19701212

Digital Childhood: Realistic Screen Time Limits for Children | Altarum Institute - 1 views

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  • The announcement said, “Scientific research and policy statements lag behind the pace of digital innovation,” and noted that the organization’s screen time policies were written before the rise of the iPad (Brown, Shifrin, & Hill, 2015)
  • The AAP’s current guidelines are that television and other entertainment media should be avoided for children younger than 2 years old and that older children and teens should limit screen time to 2 hours per day (AAP, 2015)
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  • Is abstinence from screen time realistic for children younger than 2? Can older children navigate a digital world with no more than 2 hours per day of screen time?
  • “The question before us is whether electronic media use in children is more akin to diet or to tobacco use. With diet, harm reduction measures seem to be turning the tide of the obesity epidemic. With tobacco, on the other hand, there really is no safe level of exposure at any age. My personal opinion is that the diet analogy will end up being more apt” (Kamenetz, 2016).
  • The risks of excessive screen time have been well-studied, although many of the cornerstone studies in this area focus on television viewing rather than the use of mobile media devices like smartphones and tablets.
  • n general, screen time exposure is associated with less physical activity, poorer diet choices, disrupted sleep cycles, and a higher body mass index (BMI)
  • Even with the evidence above, it is difficult to say exactly how much screen time is excessive screen time and how newer forms of digital media compare with traditional media like television.
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    2016 article looking at screen-time and how much is too much. Picks up on moves to change recommendations, but includes discussion of problems and strategies.
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    About screen times
mrspaj15

PCK Science Preservice Techers - 5 views

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sce.10010/pdf This article discusses the PCK of Preservice teachers through to the first semester of employment and how their PCK changes and why.

Education PCK Science Preservice

started by mrspaj15 on 27 Apr 15 no follow-up yet
chloe260

A teacher mum keeping up with the times - 5 views

  • chool begins here in Victoria on Tuesday. It is the first time in ten years that I have not spent the summer busily preparing for the new school year. That has been a strange feeling.
  • My daughter, Novalie, is 5.5 months old and I am absolutely loving motherhood. While I won’t be in the classroom this year, apart from some possible replacement teaching, I’m thankful that there are still ways to keep up with education.
  • There was a time, not so long ago, when maternity leave would mean you’re out of the ‘education loop’. Now, with blogs, Twitter and other online resources, the education community is at your finger tips.
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      Great use of ICT to keep her skills current and to meet current trends and changes.
  • recently wrote some tips for graduate teachers on the excellent ABC Splash site which may be of interest to educators beginning their careers next week. I enjoyed having the chance to reflect back on my own learning journey.
    • chloe260
       
      This link could be useful to many of us in the near future.
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    This is kathleen Morris and her blog page is about how to incorporate blogging into her grade 4 classroom. Even though Kathleen is on maternity leave I believe the information posted in 2013 is relevant to my assignment reasons. Another note Kathleen was a team teaching partner to Kelly Jordan who has launched her own blog this year.
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    Although Kathleen is on maternity leave at the moment I found her blog posts both inspirational and incredibly helpful. She provides links to other helpful blogs as well as tips for new educators on how to stay connected. Kathleen is also a big advocator of integrating technology into our class rooms.
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    This blog is by Kathleen Morris. She is a primary school teacher in Victoria. She has a wealth of knowledge on her blog and I have been reading a post about integrating blogging into the school classroom.
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    Whilst a little outdated the information is relevant and has great ideas on how to integrate ICT into Literacy.
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    For those who are interested in integrating blogging into the classroom and other technologies
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    A teacher currently on maternity leave, using social media to keep up to date with the current education, teaching and learning trends. Dedicated teacher to be ensuring she doesn't lose skill or ability when it's time to return.
peta82

Signs of a Transhuman Future - The New Technologies that Will Change Human Civilization... - 0 views

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    Ever heard of transhuman? This is the most mind-blowing article you will ever read about the evolution of ICT
djplaner

Hash Marks Displayed Instead of Cell Contents (Microsoft Excel) - 1 views

  • What is happening is that Excel is displaying a series of # signs instead of the text.
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      This is the problem reported by a EDC3100 student
  • First things first: Excel can store about 32,000 text characters in a cell, but it can only display up to 255 characters if the cell is formatted as text. If the cell contains more than 255 characters and the cell is formatted as text, then the hash marks are displayed.
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      This is the cause of the problem
  • The solution is to change the format of the cell to general; then the text will display as you expect.
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      This is the solution I've implemented by updating the checklist.
w0107730

Initial idea A2 - 8 views

Here is my initial idea for A2 Context *School is a small coastal rural school with approx 250 students. There is 2 year 2 classes. The school has accessing to the following resources (ipads, comp...

draftUoW year 2 science

started by w0107730 on 24 Aug 15 no follow-up yet
djplaner

MindRising 2016 - 2 views

  • As an educator, I value the opportunities presented by MindRising 2016 for children and young people to mark the 1916 centenary in ways that promote their historical understanding, help them to connect the past and the present and support them in imagining the future. Whether they are drawing on the evidence to reconstruct past events and localities, investigating change over time or building on the present to imagine possible futures, MindRising offers rich opportunities for child-led and enquiry-based learning and, most importantly, gives voice to that learning though digital storytelling.
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    Competition for Irish school children to use Minecraft to tell stories about Ireland's history and future.
djplaner

5 Opportunities For Ed Tech To Amplify Children's Curiosity, Not Destroy It | Co.Exist:... - 0 views

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    A good quick overview of some interesting/innovative/authentic applications of ICTs to learning
djplaner

The Principal of Change - 2 views

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    George Couros - a primary school principal in Canada.
djplaner

Why Web Literacy Should Be Part of Every Education | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and... - 3 views

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    An argument that the ability to understand and code for the Web should be a standard literacy.  We may look at Scratch in coming weeks.
djplaner

Digital Leadership Defined | The Principal of Change - 0 views

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    An explicit definition and example of "digital leadership" as using technology to "improve the lives, well-being and circumstances of others". Reinforces the point that "digital citizenship" should be more than just being safe. It's about making a difference
Amanda Middleton

40+ iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 6 views

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    "February 1, 2014 Whether you're the parent of a child with a reading disability or an educator that works with learning disabled students on a daily basis, you're undoubtedly always looking for new tools to help these bright young kids meet their potential and work through their disability. While there are numerous technologies out there that can help, perhaps one of the richest is the iPad, which offers dozens of applications designed to meet the needs of learning disabled kids and beginning readers alike. Here, we highlight just a few of the amazing apps out there that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing, and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity, not a struggle. "
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    Great apps Amanda!! I'm in the process of teaching my six year old to read and write as she attends an all Chinese kindergarten and is not learning any English. After an eight hour school day she really resists any more work that I try to do with her, which is very frustrating for both of us. She does however LOVE the iPad and I'll be trying some of the kindergarten specific apps mentioned in the article. Hopefully she won't even realise she is learning while playing. When we return to Australia she will be behind in reading (as our main focus for her right now is Mandarin) and will require targeted help.
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    Very helpful site!! The world is changing and we (as future teachers) should all be exposed to all the various ways that we can engage students in constructing and actively engaging in their own learning. If I was a child with dufficulties in reading I would rather engage with an Ipad rather than any other traditional way of teaching. Again this site is a proof of what a useful tool ICT can be and the positive results it gives when used in the right way.
Noel Kibai

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK): Confronting the Wicked Problems of ... - 0 views

shared by Noel Kibai on 10 Mar 14 - No Cached
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    While teachers need to have the skills to operate specific technologies, TPCK includes knowing about effective pedagogy that uses ICT, how ICT can change the nature of content that is to be taught, how it can be used to address problems, and how it can help to construct knowledge.
Amber Nottage

Queenslander Trevor Head sends cash through the mail to buy something online from Kogan... - 1 views

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    I read this article today and it made me think about the 'older' generations and how they cope with the new technology. It isn't going to be long and we'll become the 'older' generation. How long until we are overwhelmed with a variety of 'new' technologies we can't cope and just go back to our 'old' ways, in this case sending a letter. I'm sure some children have never sent a letter through the post office!! I also love the offer of the CEO to help teach the gentleman how to use online shopping!!
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    Fair comment about the letter at the post office, but according to my own kids "the post office is where you pick up stuff from ebay" so I guess the concept is still there just the context has changed.
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    Unfortunately are lot of teachers are "the older generation" as far as classroom practices are concerned. Often using technology means booking a computer labs to allow students to type their assignments (so they can read their hand writing); allowing students to email completed work instead of handing in paper copies or using a data projector to show the class a power point presentation.
Michelle Brown

Digital World - 1 views

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    Worth a read. This is a great blog about how things have changed and what students need to know in a digital world.
Anna Murphy

How New Technology is Changing the Face of Education (Part 2) Tech & Innovation Daily |... - 1 views

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    Interesting to read about the 'flipped classroom'
djplaner

Application of the SAMR model | isupport - 4 views

  • These processes are ingrained and simple. The devices we use are all around us, they are ubiquitous and the outcomes obtainable.
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      In other words, the technology has become mythic (in the sense suggested by Postman's 5 things to know about technological change)
    • Leigh Campbell
       
      Does this imply that there will be a time where the subject ICT and pedagogy won't be necessary?
    • djplaner
       
      That Leigh, is a very good question. One we'll pick up on in coming weeks (if not before)
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      Very good question Leigh!
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      In short, I think there will be a time when a course like ICT and Pedagogy won't be needed.
  • Dr Puentedura displayed this brilliant slide introducing the SAMR Ladder, and offered the following advice.
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      Click on the image below and read the "SAMR ladder".  These will be useful questions to ask yourself over the coming weeks.
  • What is it that you have always wanted to accomplish in terms of educational goals that you couldn’t accomplish before?
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      A reason to use ICTs in learning and teaching?
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  • Technology is used a lot but only in low level uses (ie Facebook, and Google search). If asked to perform a “complex” task such as creating a presentation or editing a photograph most teachers would come unstuck.
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      Does this apply to you? Has your studies given you an opportunity to move beyond?
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      I have used new software and packages during my uni course that I wouldn't have otherwise experienced. It is great to be pushed into that uncomfortable stage while learning a new program but the achievement feeling when you have worked it out is great and very rewarding. There is so much out there that could be used in the classroom but you need to seek it out!
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      Until I started EDC3100 I wouldn't have considered myself a 'low level user'. I am however making progress. It is challenging at times since there are so many resources that can be applied. Without this course I would have been in the dark about the possibilities.
  • We know when we have achieved successful technology integration: it is when we use technology without even thinking about it.
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      I love this.  Successful technology integration is when it is just part of what we do.  Like postman's ecological thinking. 
  • as technology evolves we must evolve too
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    A new reading for the week 3 learning path. Introduces the SAMR model and has some broader comments.
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    A new reading for the week 3 learning path. Introduces the SAMR model and has some broader comments.
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    A new reading for the week 3 learning path. Introduces the SAMR model and has some broader comments.
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    A new reading for the week 3 learning path. Introduces the SAMR model and has some broader comments.
Suzanne Usher

How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education | WIRED - 0 views

shared by Suzanne Usher on 29 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Even Khan will acknowledge that he’s not an educational professional; he’s just a nerd who improvised a cool way to teach people things. And for better or worse, this means that he doesn’t have a consistent, comprehensive plan for overhauling school curricula.
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      Pros & cons
  • “We’ve always known that one-on-one is the best way to learn, but we’ve never been able to figure out how to do it,” Khan explains
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      Basically one-on-one teaching...that's what ICTs provide. 
  • A lightbulb went off: Khan realized that remediation—going over and over something that you really ought to already know—is less embarrassing when you can do it privately, with no one watching. Nadia learned faster when she had control over the pace of the lecture. “The worst time to learn something,” he says, “is when someone is standing over your shoulder going, ‘Do you get it?'”
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      A good reason for using ICTs in education - that video lectures work better than one-on-one tutoring, for self-paced learning?
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  • here are a few other online tools helping to reshape education.
  • “Math is the killer,” Gates told me recently. His foundation had researched unemployment and found math to be a significant stumbling block. “If you ask people, ‘Hey, there are these open nursing jobs, why don’t you go and get one?’ math is often the reason they give for not applying,” Gates says. “‘Why didn’t you pass the police exam?’ Math.”
christinepeterson66

! ! ! ! 7 ! ! ! ! TechKnowLogia , November/December, 1999 © Knowledge Enterpr... - 0 views

  • Second, there are profound concerns now about the gapsopening up between the ICT haves and have-nots, betweenthose who reinforce their access to, and use of, ICT ineducation by what they have and do at home, and those whoenjoy little of either.
  • More and more people are “knowledgeworkers”. Development competitive edge, whether it be forthe individual, the enterprise, the region or the country,
  • recognition ofthe key role of learning throughout the life span to meet awide set of ambitious policy and personal objectives.
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  • digital divide may become everybit as profound as earlier forms of rigid social and educationselection.
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  • Whether ICT willlive up to the many far-reaching educational promises beingtouted depends enormously on how it is used in practice. Itdoes not represent a technical solution to long-standingchallenges
  • Generally, ourcultures become increasingly technological cultures: athome, in the community, at work, and - importan
  • depends increasingly on how knowledge is used and howexpertise is deployed.
  • in education.
  • Globalisation offers considerable opportunities
  • Students can dialogue with their counterparts across theglobe. Teachers can create networks and be members ofprofessional teams drawn from far and wide, rather than feeltrapped within the boundaries of the single classroom or eventhe single school.
  • Can we tolerate asituation where Education might fall increasingly behind soas to become out of step with these other characteristics ofcontemporary life?
  • not difficult to see why ICT becomes so important inthis context. The search is on for flexible, individualisedforms of learning and accreditation suitable to the broadlifelong learning agenda, often outside institutional walls -the promise of ICT here is obvious.
  • there is a world of difference between the “knowledge”society and the “information” society, between knowledgeitself and information.
  • Putting computers in classrooms and wiring upschools does not of itself create exciting new learningsituations that are about changing the ethos of classroomsand the culture of institutions. It is on this latter point thatthe CERI case studies will focus
  • New sources of learning materials drawnfrom right around the world are accessible via the Internet
  • information may evenmake us less knowledgeable if we become overloaded bydata and instant communication.
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    Although an older article it still has many relevant ideas for ICT today
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    Although an older article it still has many relevant ideas for ICT today
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