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jac19701212

AC HASS Geography Yr2 - 1 views

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EDC3100 curriculum geography

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  • The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places (ACHGK013)
  • The location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia (ACHGK009)
  • Pose geographical questions about familiar and unfamiliar places (ACHGS013)
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  • Present findings in a range of communication forms, for example, written, oral, digital and visual, and describe the direction and location of places, using terms such as north, south, opposite, near, far (ACHGS017)
  • People are connected to many places
Stella Leotta

A Vision of Students Today (& What Teachers Must Do) | Britannica Blog - 2 views

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    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 01 Aug 13
       
      This is so true
    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 01 Aug 13
       
      wow this is so true
    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 01 Aug 13
       
      This was very interesting to read and so true
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  • Texting, web-surfing, and iPods are just new versions of passing notes in class, reading novels under the desk, and surreptitiously listening to Walkmans. They are not the problem. They are just the new forms in which we see it. Fortunately, they allow us to see the problem in a new way, and more clearly than ever, if we are willing to pay attention to what they are really saying.
  • In short, they tell us that our walls no longer mark the boundaries of our classrooms.
    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 01 Aug 13
       
      I love this thought
  • We just have to stop pretending that the walls separate us from the world, and begin working with students in the pursuit of answers to real and relevant questions.
    • Nicole Hunter
      Nicole Hunter on 01 Aug 13
       
      Authentic teaching
    • Stella Leotta
      Stella Leotta on 22 Mar 14
       
      '... classrooms have been fundamentally changed.' This statement is a reflection of how classrooms from the past - teacher directed have changed to today's classroom - student centered.
  • While most of our classrooms were built under the assumption that information is scarce and hard to find
    • Stella Leotta
      Stella Leotta on 22 Mar 14
       
      Knowledge in the past was only available to selected few individuals. The World Wide Web has placed knowledge at everyone's fingertips. Knowledge is for everyone.
    • Stella Leotta
      Stella Leotta on 22 Mar 14
       
      Knowledge, learning is no longer restricted to lecture halls where students were required to take notes and not question lecturers or teachers. Now, students are self-directed in their learning journey. Students can question knowledge, be critical thinkers.
Diane Thomas

Narrative Production and Interactive Storytelling - Alex Mitchell | Refractory - 0 views

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    • Diane Thomas
      Diane Thomas on 02 May 15
       
      An interesting journal regarding narrative production and interactive storytelling.
  • Ryan defines interactivity as “the computer’s ability to take in voluntary or involuntary user input and to adjust its behaviour accordingly.” (Ryan 2006: 98)
  • This traditional form of a plot is derived from Aristotle (Lane 1947: 58), and is conventionally represented as ‘Freytag’s Triangle’, which starts from an exposition, moves through a complication or rising action to a crisis point, and finally to a resolution (Freytag 1968: 105). This movement from beginning to end can also be seen as what Laurel calls the ‘flying wedge’, which consists of “a progression from the possible to the probable to the necessary” (Laurel 1993: 70).
digordon

My assignment 2 idea - 6 views

I am only just starting to form ideas for this assignment and are still tossing up between two science descriptors. I am in the process of looking at assessment ideas and which suits my purposes so...

draftUoW year5 science

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Lorraine Lewis-Smith

A Taxonomy of Reflection: A Model for Critical Thinking - 3 views

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  • But reflection can be a challenging endeavor. It’s not something that’s fostered in school – typically someone else tells you how you’re doing!
  • an invaluable and simple tool for formative assessment — something that any teacher can regularly use in their classroom that only takes a few minutes.
djplaner

Teenagers Leading Happy, Connected Lives Online - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Where are the dire warnings about how the online world is depriving our teenagers of their opportunity to learn the skills needed to interact with people instead of screens while exposing them to all manner of bullying and cruelty, and tempting them to fritter away endless hours playing video games?
  • “Adults have tended to see time online for teenagers as this frivolous, time-wasting thing that’s just entertainment. But what we found is that it’s crucial for teenagers in forming and maintaining these really important relationships in their lives
  • djplaner on 10 Aug 15
     
    Is social media all that bad when..... "A new report on "Teens, Technology and Friendships" from the Pew Foundation puts an unusually positive spotlight on the online lives of teenagers as they build friendships and connections in a digital world. Teenagers aged 13 to17 are finding ways to strengthen their relationships with real-world friends as well as making new friends through social media, video gaming, messaging apps and other virtual connectors."
watersigns74

Mr P's ICT blog - iPads in the Classroom: One Second Everyday - A positive reflection t... - 0 views

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ict blog ipads classroom tool education technology

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  • watersigns74 on 23 Aug 14
     
    This is a blog about ICT in the classroom with a particular focus on iPads in the classroom.
jillarnell2015

A New Fantastic Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel for iPad Apps - 3 views

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    • jillarnell2015
      jillarnell2015 on 09 Mar 15
       
      The de Bono is focused on critical and creative thinking, and is represented in the form of six hats which fits with Home Economics perfectly when students work through design challenges. I am a visual learning and i really love the iPedagogical wheel of aps
Leigh Campbell

What are ICTs?: A Queensland View - 10 views

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  • technologies that are used for accessing, gathering, manipulating and presenting or communicating information
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 08 Jul 13
       
      Again a list of operations that can be done with these technologies. How many of these operations are used in learning and teaching?
    • Justene Webb
      Justene Webb on 17 Jul 13
       
      For me personally I have seen many of these technologies being used in learning and teaching. Eg - The use of Ipads and computer labs, using the smart board to do internet searches as a whole class by encouraging the students to think about key words relating to what they are researching, and using a software application called Tux Paint to re-create a story scene as an extension from an English project.
  • ICT tends to mean computers and their peripheral devices
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 08 Jul 13
       
      This is no longer the case. Mobile phones, tablets, bee bots and the integration of ICTs into a range of devices is moving beyond just computers
    • Donna Schlatter
      Donna Schlatter on 20 Jul 13
       
      I totally agree.  Children are using technologies like vados, easispeaks, iTeddies, digital cameras to achieve required outcomes and assessment tasks.
    • Colleen Lenehan
      Colleen Lenehan on 23 Jul 13
       
      I thought that was the old definition of ICT and that its new definition embraced anything that was available for communication purposes, storing data, gathering it, sharing it, etc. as seen in the Hello Kitty video. I fully support the idea that ICT is not regarded as a piece of equipment but it should be a way of life where it is a/any tool used for whatever is required so rather than thinking how we can incorporate ICT into the school curriculum, it should simply be one of the avenues used by students to achieve what they want to achieve.
  • what, in fact, is critical is “how” the technologies are used (Reimann & Goodyear, 2004).
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 08 Jul 13
       
      It's important how technology is used. What impact it has on learning. Using technology is not enough
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  • While the computer is itself not a catalyst, its valency as a conduit for communication, collaboration and knowledge building has the potential to transform learning.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 08 Jul 13
       
      The ability of ICTs to support communication, collaboration and knowledge building are important. Have you used ICTs for any of these?
    • Donna Schlatter
      Donna Schlatter on 20 Jul 13
       
      Yes, the classroom that I work in has a little down syndrome girl who uses an iPad for communication.  I know of another class who has a student diagnosed with dyslexia and he uses a computer for typing up all his work.
    • Michelle Newton
      Michelle Newton on 24 Jul 13
       
      What a great example of differentiation and inclusion.
  • a similarly disparate and motley collection of machines of different capacities and configurations may be being used by students and be constituting the learning environment
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 09 Jul 13
       
      It is 8+ years since Lloyd wrote this piece. In very recent times we've seen the Digital Education Revolution - where many students were given laptops - but that is now slowly moving onto the BYOD (bring your own device) era. An era where students are allowed (of if they are not, they still do anyway) their own devices (phones, tablets, computers). It's likely that BYOD is likely to end up with "a similarly disparate and motley collection of machines of different capacities and configurations", what are the implications for teaching?
    • Colleen Lenehan
      Colleen Lenehan on 22 Jul 13
       
      Surely this would encourage discrimination between the students with everyone knowing who had expensive/cheap computers with out of date/the latest versions of software packages. That being the case then it will increase the difficulty of the teacher to both teach ICT and allow the students to use their own forms of ICT. Firstly, because more recent software packages allow greater flexibility (usually) so some students will be physically capable of more complex software usage and also it would be a lot harder to guage what all students are doing on their ICT equipment as a quick glance will not necessarily let the teacher know where each student is at with their work.
  • The configuration of computers in schools may range from individual machines, to distributed models, and to sophisticated networks
    • Kate Dugdale
      Kate Dugdale on 20 Jul 13
       
      I work in a school that has recently rolled out Samsung slates to all students in grades 4-6.  Next year they are going to roll them out from grade 7-12, and then, the year after in grades P-3.  They have also commenced using a program called D2L (Desire to learn), to deliver the content to students.  It has been very interesting to see how different teachers have coped with the changes.  Some embrace it and have done an amazing job of incorporating it into their teaching, while others have resisted the changes and really struggled with incorporating it into their classrooms.  No matter what ICTs the school has available it seems, to me anyway, that the teacher will be the crucial factor as to whether these ICTs are used successfully and appropriately.
    • Colleen Lenehan
      Colleen Lenehan on 22 Jul 13
       
      I agree with you, Kate. When people resist what has to be done, then there is no creativity or extensions or allowing the students to be risk takers themselves. This is borne out by Toomey (2001) when part of his definition of ICT actually includes "manipulating" and "communicating".
  • There is no standard school configuration of machines
    • Donna Schlatter
      Donna Schlatter on 20 Jul 13
       
      How true is this... I have been to a few schools for prac and each school has a different focus on ICT.  One school I attended had a computer lab, put the screens were the good old huge dinosaur ones.  Then another school I attend had two computer labs full of up-to-date computers with flat screens etc.  It's a same that schools aren't all the same.
    • Leigh Campbell
      Leigh Campbell on 24 Jul 13
       
      I agree Donna, unfortunatley that's where funding and grants come into it as well as the hard work of the fundraising activities, sometimes the budget focus is on other areas as well. Access and equity in relation to current technology is a major issue in educational equality and very topical too.
  • djplaner on 08 Jul 13
     
    Semester 2, 2013 reading - Week 1. Defining ICTs.  
djplaner

The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy - 0 views

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rat transformation pedagogy khan

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  • But that's the crux of the problem right there: lecture-demonstrations. Although there's a tech component here that makes this appear innovative, that's really a matter of form, not content, that's new. There's actually very little in the videos that distinguishes Khan from "traditional" teaching. A teacher talks. Students listen. And that's "learning." Repeat over and over again (Pause, rewind, replay in this case). And that's "drilling."
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 05 Apr 15
       
      So is this "replacement", "amplification" or "transformation"? At a base level it's amplification in that the learner can pause, rewind and replay. Not something they can do in typical lecture demonstrations.
  • They point to studies that find while students receive these sorts of videos positively, they are actually learning very little or learning very superficially
  • Physics teacher Frank Noschese, for example, contrasts the video of Khan's explanation of force with a video documenting his students' exploration of force through hands-on experimentation.
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  • But as some people have found, this sort of reward system on Khan Academy may encourage completion of material for the sake of badges, rather than for the sake of learning itself.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 05 Apr 15
       
      The ramifications of changes wrought by ICT can lead to unexpected consequences. Yes, students may be completing all of the Khan Academy activities, but are they learning? How long do they retain that learning?
  • Khan Academy has expanded from just creating videos to include a whole platform through which students can move through the content, including analytics for teachers and parents to track them
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 05 Apr 15
       
      Replacement, amplification or transformation? Teachers should always have been tracking student progress. Khan Academy makes it much, much easier - so amplification. But Khan Academy also makes it easy for the parent's to track - amplification or transformation?
  • djplaner on 05 Apr 15
     
    Another article looking at the argument between those who see Khan Academy as "the bees-knees" and those who see some problems. There's a point about "lecture-demonstrations" (the model used by Khan) that is particularly relevant to this cause and the idea of the RAT framework.
djplaner

The Electronic Digital Computer - How It Started, How It Works and What It Does - NYTim... - 7 views

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digital

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  • Whether it is solving a differential equation on the motion of charged particles or keeping track of a nuts-and-bolts inventory, the digital computer functions fundamentally as a numerical transformer of coded information. It takes sets of numbers, processes them as directed and provides another number or set of numbers as a result
  • Among the characteristics that make it different are the flexibility with which it can be adapted generally to logical operations, the blinding speed with which it can execute instructions that are stored within its memory, and its built-in capacity to carry out these instructions in sequence automatically and to alter them according to a prescribed plan.
  • Despite its size and complexity, a computer achieves its results by doing a relatively few basic things. It can add two numbers, multiply them, subtract one from the other or divide one by the other. It also can move or rearrange numbers and, among other things, compare two values and then take some pre-determined action in accordance with what it finds.
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  • For all its transistor chips, magnetic cores, printed circuits, wires, lights and buttons, the computer must be told what to do and how
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 27 Feb 16
       
      Increasingly there are algorithms that mean that the computer doesn't need to be told what to do. It is capable of learning. For example, in the past computers couldn't drive cars on the road. To do this the computer would have to be told how to do everything - accelerate, turn, how far to turn etc. The new algorithms are such that a computer (actually probably many computers) can drive a car without being told what to do (not a perfect analogy, but hopefully useful)
  • If the data put into the machine are wrong, the machine will give the wrong answer
  • Developing the software is a very expensive enterprise and frequently more troublesome than designing the actual "hardware
  • o specify 60,000 instructions
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 27 Feb 16
       
      Facebook reportedly has at least 62 million lines of code (instructions) to make all of its features work.
  • This requires an input facility that converts any symbols used outside the machine (numerical, alphabetical or otherwise) into the proper internal code used by the machine to represent those symbols. Generally, the internal machine code is based on the two numerical elements 0 and 1
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 27 Feb 16
       
      This applies to any data that an ICT uses - pictures, sound etc. It has to be converted into 0s and 1s (binary digits) that software can then manipulate
  • The 0's and 1's of binary notation represent the information processed by the computer, but they do not appear to the machine in that form. They are embodied in the ups and downs of electrical pulses and the settings of electronic switches inside the machine
  • The computational requirements are handled by the computer’s arithmetic-logic unit. Its physical parts include various registers, comparators, adders, and other "logic circuits."
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 27 Feb 16
       
      This is the bit of the ICT that does the manipulation. Everything you do to manipulate data (e.g. apply Instagram filters) is reduced down to operations that an arithmetic-logic unit (ALU) - or similar - can perform
  • djplaner on 27 Feb 16
     
    An "ancient" (1967) explanation of how a digital computer works - including some history.
djplaner

Copyright guide for students - Copyright - The University of Sydney - 4 views

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copyright

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  • The owner of copyright in a work has a number of exclusive rights including the right to control publication and copying of their work, as well as the right to make the work available online. Copyright owners also have moral rights and performers' rights.
  • Usually the author or creator of a work is the copyright owner. There are some exceptions to this rule so if you need more information on ownership of copyright see Who owns copyright.
    • djplaner
      djplaner on 06 Mar 16
       
      The ownership of copyright has some interesting implications for sites such as "Teachers pay Teachers". (i.e. a teacher may not own the copyright for the material they produce)
  • Australia does not have a system of copyright registration. Once your work has been placed in a material form, that is, written down, recorded or filmed, it is protected by copyright
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  • Usually you need the copyright owner’s permission to copy their work
  • some exemptions, such as the fair dealing provisions, which permit limited copying for a range of reasons, including research or study, without infringing copyrigh
  • This allows you to copy limited amounts from copyright works for your course needs, to prepare a research paper or essay, or to write a thesis without infringing copyrigh
  • You need to consider five factors before deciding if your copying constitutes fair dealin
  • It's a myth that material on the internet isn’t protected by copyright and that you can copy or download whatever you like
  • Always check the terms of use section of the website before downloading or printing material.
  • if the information is in electronic format, post the URL or citation on your blog, website or shared server space: sharing the URL is not a copyright infringement
  • You cannot upload the presentation onto a blog or website as that would mean that the copying you carried out would no longer be for research or study.
  • djplaner on 06 Mar 16
     
    A introduction to what copyright means for you as a student. Applies directly to assignment 1.
djplaner

Mind Amplifier: Howard Rheingold And The Value Of Convivial Tools - Forbes - 0 views

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how mindtools mindamplifiers

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  • his is a helpful thought in a society that has placed more attention on the fact of digital technologies (the new iPhone!) than on what we do with them
  • but all technologies, to some degree or another, are enmeshed in what Langdon Winner calls ‘regimes,
  • Design of tools has—as Illich pointed out—been accomplished in the absence of any consideration of their effects on social, cognitive, and political regimes. Designers can be better educated. And so can the users of their tools
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  • The old model of learning—the sage on the stage—is being challenged by cooperative forms of co-learning in which teachers act as facilitators and students use the tools available, from search engines to smartphones, to learn collaboratively, with teachers acting as facilitators
  • The whole notion of meta-cognition, of treating attention as a trainable aspect of everyday thought, is a potential new discipline
  • He is developing tools for “knowledge design” that both help individuals capture and manipulate what they know, but that also help connect individual intelligence to different models and sources of knowledge.
  • djplaner on 11 Mar 16
     
    Howard Rheingold has written about the use of digital technologies for learning and other tasks. In particular, the possibility that digital technologies can be mind amplifiers. Tools that enhance our ability to think and learn. Something EDC3100 will touch on in Week 3
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