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Trish Smith

Digital Practice Guide - Smart Classrooms - 0 views

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    Worth a read!
Nicole Hunter

SpeEdChange: Changing Gears 2012: rejecting the "flip" - 2 views

  • From the 1890s until World War II homework was consistently highly controversial, with laws against it (California 1901 among many others),
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      For me, this is an illustration of "technology becoming mythic". i.e. today, many parents/teachers assume homework is a given.  And yet 100 years ago there were laws against it.
  • omework is a link from school to home that keeps parents informed about what the school is teaching, gives them a chance to participate in their children's schooling, and helps to keep the schools accountable to parents. Not to assign homework is to exclude parents from playing an active role in their children's academic development."
    • Jackie Litwinczuk
       
      I hear this quote so often but I really believe if the parents want to be involved in the children's learning, they need to spend time in their child's learning environment.
    • Justene Webb
       
      Here, here, I so agree with you Jackie so often parents only find themselves in school to make a complaint or the like never have I seen a parent just wanting to spend time in their childs classroom just to see. It would be beneficial for all if there were time when this could happen.
    • djplaner
       
      Connections with parents is important. In fact, it's one of the AITSL professional standards. But I wonder why parents don't spend more time in their child's classroom? I'm sure there would be many parents (but perhaps not all) who want to be more involved with their child's education, but who can't for various reasons.  I wonder if we can make it easier for them to be involved?
    • djplaner
       
      Actually, entirely by accident I came across this post from Nicola's blog http://nixxuni.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/using-technology-to-inform-parents/
  • Our students deserve more imaginative thinking than that. And all of our students deserve an educational environment which moves us toward equality of opportunity, not further away from that.
    • Justene Webb
       
      Equality is something that would be missed in a flipped classroom. With the cost of living increasing not all families are going to afford the technology that a flipped classroom requires students to have access to at home.
    • Colleen Lenehan
       
      Wouldn't lack of equality be bridged if the students who didn't have access to the internet went to school early or stayed back a bit later to listen to the videos. If there was supervision, what difference would it make being at school or at home for the video presentation?
    • Nicole Hunter
       
      I agree with a comment made above too, that maybe the school day needs to be re-arranged if a flipped classroom pedagogy is going to be introduced - give students time during normal school hours to watch the videos then have the classroom discussion
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Kacey Howard

Does the Khan Academy know how to teach? - The Washington Post - 5 views

  • Gates has called Khan, "the best teacher I've ever seen.
    • djplaner
       
      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?
    • anonymous
       
      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.
    • Margaret Johnson
       
      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
    • Deb Mac
       
      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.
    • Lisa Rose
       
      Interesting to see Bill Gates making a reference to teaching skills. Last I checked he wasn't an expert in education?!
    • robbie1282
       
      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??
    • djplaner
       
      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.
  • What is more, his videos reveal an ignorance of how we know students learn mathematics.
    • djplaner
       
      The Khan Academy videos suffer from the poor PCK of the people developing the videos. The core of the argument here.
    • Colleen Lenehan
       
      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.
    • Kate Dugdale
       
      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.
    • Louise Hoggett
       
      I think the videos are great as a supplementary activity, it provides a different way to explain something. Good on him for attempting it.
    • Lisa Rose
       
      I like David's comment: videos aren't actually evidence of the Khan academy, just "the poor PCK of the people developing the videos.".
  • Pedagogical content knowledge is an important foundation for planning lessons and for decision making during a lesson.
    • djplaner
       
      Building your PCK is essential to improving your ability to create effective learning experiences.
    • Lisa Rose
       
      I'm banging on the same drum here, but "building" to me is important - it's not the be all and end all.
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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.
  • 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.
  • researchers are finding evidence that particular kinds of PCK are associated with greater gains in student learning in elementary mathematics.
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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.
    • Stephen Druery
       
      Design and deliver quality instruction.
    • sandra2812
       
      knowing the students and how they learn 
    • franerbacher
       
      and catering for all students
  • content knowledge alone is inadequate
    • Fran Gemmell
       
      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.
    • Lisa Rose
       
      Content is certainly the starting point and this is crucial.
    • Olivia Wirihana
       
      I agree content knowledge is crucial but there are so many more aspects needed to make it great.
    • sandra2812
       
      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
    • traceydavis1968
       
      I agree that content knowledge is important but it is just as important to know your students and how best they learn
  • 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.
  • he exercises offer no intellectual rigor and do not address our central concern.
  • PCK knows from both educational research and professional experience
  • 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.
    • Olivia Wirihana
       
      I think this comment is interesting as provocation has many benefits.
  • the examples Khan chooses appear selected at random and thus are, perhaps unsurprisingly, often quite poor.
    • sandra2812
       
      A teacher must be prepared before entering the classroom
  • 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
    • sandra2812
       
      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
  • 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
  • discuss the meaning of the equal sign frequently and explicitly, and (2) model correct use of the equal sign.
    • Angela Woodward
       
      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
    • djplaner
       
      Exactly. They can be a useful tool if used appropriately.
  • Khan will put the video out there and see how people react to it.
    • Kacey Howard
       
      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.
  • Newsweek
    • Kacey Howard
       
      How does Newsweek become a credible source? Surely people know better than to blindly accept a newpaper's arbitary titles?
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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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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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
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    A critique of some of the Khan Academy videos from a PCK perspective.
Suzanne Usher

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

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  • 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.
    • Suzanne Usher
       
      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
    • Suzanne Usher
       
      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?'”
    • Suzanne Usher
       
      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.”
Michelle Thompson

Primary Connections: Reforming Science teaching in Australian Primary Schools - 2 views

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    Rediscovered this article from a previous Science course at uni. Has 5Es in it and other relevant info.
debgran

To PD or not PD? - 2 views

Enjoyed Jonah's comments in his blog "Do Teachers need to learn how to learn" - http://salsichteach.edublogs.org/2012/01/02/do-teachers-need-to-relearn-how-to-learn/ - about whether teachers are to...

Learning education

started by debgran on 02 Aug 15 no follow-up yet
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.
  • ICT in EducationWhy Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are We Interested? What Is at Stake?Why Are W
  • 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
leonardf

PCK for mathematics - 1 views

shared by leonardf on 14 Apr 15 - No Cached
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    This is a great review of pedagogical practices expressed by 2 professional teachers on applications of pedagogies pertaining to commonly occurring fundamental mathematical misunderstandings by students.
debgran

Works4Me | NEA Member Benefits - 0 views

    • debgran
       
      I subscribed to this newsletter for the tips
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    I subscribed to this e-newsletter to get "Practical classroom tips from teachers." Although it's American based, it will have some handy tips.
ruddsword

Abstraction | ACMI 15 Second Place - 1 views

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    App for making abstract 15 second film of still images.
Shari Kath

Topic of Interest - ICTs and HPE - 3 views

Share the results of your exploration. At the very least, write one blog post per topic of interest outlining your: * explorations, and It was interesting to learn more about Health and Physical ...

edc3100 technology resources

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djplaner

Learning effectiveness of applying automated music composition software in the high gra... - 0 views

  • The paper is mainly to explore the automated music composition experiences for the students in the high grades of elementary school who are unfamiliar with the professional music theory. The proposed Automated Composition for Music Education (ACME) software was developed to help the students to compose the rhythm and melody themselves, while chord configuration and arrangement are automatically generated.
  • Finally the students in the experimental group using the ACME teaching materials showed a better learning effectiveness at both reaction level and learning level, than those of the students in the comparison group
philipamck

Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom - 7 views

  • Modern technologies are very powerful
  • rely on
  • human brain has a tremendous
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  • the preference for visually presented information.
  • bias for visually presented information.
  • The developing child requires the right combination of these experiences at the right times during development in order to develop optimally.
  • The technologies that benefit young children the greatest are those that are interactive and allow the child to develop their curiosity, problem solving and independent thinking skills.
  • Children are natural "manipulators" of the world
  • With television, they watch and do not control anything
  • cameras and tape recorders and video cameras in the classroom
  • children think differently than adults
  • Children need real-life experiences with real people to truly benefit from available technologies.
  • Children have to have an integrated and well-balanced set of experiences to help them grow into capable adults that can handle social-emotional interactions as well as develop their intellectual abilities.
  • What's important is when experience is provided and how it's mixed in with other crucial experiences.
  • Parents and teachers must act as facilitators in children's learning.
  • parents and teachers can take advantage of the interactive qualities of a computer to enhance the experiences available to children.
  • our task is to balance appropriate skill-development with technologies with the core principles and experiences necessary to raise healthy children
  • he key to making technologies healthy is to make sure that we use them to enhance or even expand our social interactions and our view of the world as opposed to using them to isolate and create an artificial world
  • as with all other tools, adults must protect children from misuse or inappropriate access.
  • struggle with
  • ontrolling access to content that may not be developmentally appropriate.
  • ccess to information that is developmentally appropriate is something that we need to be very concerned about
  • may think that buildings are blowing up all over the place and many planes crashed — rather than understanding that these multiple stories are actually from single events
  • word processor and they can hand in papers that are clean and neat and they can see how to spell words correctly
  • put them on a
  • simplest level,
  • ine motor
  • arge motor problem
  • heir handwriting is very immature and very slow and looks sloppy
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    Using technology in the early years
Corey Kempthorne

TeachPE.com - physical education and coaching information site - 3 views

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    Hi all, I've found a useful resource that I plan on implementing during professional experience. The web page features multiple lesson plans and other items of use that will become essential in teaching students, ensuring that their education is of the highest standard. Regards, Corey Kempthorne
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    This is great, I am also specialising in HPE so this will be useful for my degree. Thanks for sharing. Erin Cameron
djplaner

Conceptual Change - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology - 1 views

  • Teaching for conceptual change primarily involves 1) uncovering students' preconceptions about a particular topic or phenomenon and 2) using various techniques to help students change their conceptual framework
  • However, outside of school, students develop strong (mis)conceptions about a wide range of concepts related to non-scientific domains, such as how the government works, principles of economics, the utility of mathematics, the reasons for the Civil Rights movement, the nature of the writing process, and the purpose of the electoral college
  • Conceptual change is not only relevant to teaching in the content areas, but it is also applicable to the professional development of teachers and administrators
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  • In the early 1980's, a group of science education researchers and science philosophers at Cornell University developed a theory of conceptual change (Posner, Strike, Hewson, & Gertzog, 1982)
  • Researchers have found that learners' preconceptions can be extremely resilient and resistant to change,
  • Affective, social, and contextual factors also contribute to conceptual change. All of these factors must be considered in teaching or designing learning environments that foster conceptual change (Duit, 1999).
  • Teaching for conceptual change requires a constructivist approach in which learners take an active role in reorganizing their knowledge.
  • That is, learners must become dissatisfied with their current conceptions and accept an alternative notion as intelligible, plausible, and fruitfu
  • Nussbaum and Novick (1982): Reveal student preconceptions Discuss and evaluate preconceptions Create conceptual conflict with those preconceptions Encourage and guide conceptual restructuring
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    Introduces the idea of conceptual change in the context of science. During week 1 of EDC3100 we will be looking at conceptual change as it applies to learning how to use an ICT.
u1004202

How does the course work?: A recommended learning process - 4 views

  • PKM Step Explanation EDC3100 Seek Find things out and keep up to date Work through the learning path. Check discussion forum posts. Check blog posts, Diigo resources etc. from people in EDC3100 and your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Sense Personalise information and use it Complete the activities in the learning path. Reflect on what you've seen and done on your blog. Doodle, and create concept maps and other artefacts that help you personalise what you've learned. Actively follow up on points that interest or confuse you. Work on assignments, prepare for Professional Experience, and build resources and processes for your teaching career. Share Exchanging resources, ideas and experiences Sharing resources and annotations via Diigo. Sharing insights and artefacts via your blog. Answering questions and making suggestions on the discussion forums. Participating in any course Facebook groups etc.
w0067456

Saving the Most Valuable Teaching Tool -- Teachers' Voices | Michael J. Pitma... - 1 views

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    Hi Everyone, This is something that many professional experience students and new graduates struggle with or are unaware of. Please consider you voice health and do some further research or speak to a speech therapist for specific advice.
tamarasteinhardt

Assessing learning and using evidence to differentiate - 1 views

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    Jump on and have a look at assessing learning and using evidence to differentiate. This is a 6 step professional development provided by The Department of Education and Training Queensland via The Learning Place.
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