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shared by Fran Gemmell on 07 Oct 15 - No Cached
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  • Fran Gemmell on 07 Oct 15
     
    all photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose. The pictures are free for personal and even for commercial use. You can modify, copy and distribute the photos. All without asking for permission or setting a link to the source. So that attribution is not required.
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Does the Khan Academy know how to teach? - The Washington Post - 5 views

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  • content knowledge alone is inadequate
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      Fran Gemmell on 11 Apr 14
       
      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.
  • 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.
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20 Apps in 20 Minutes Ipad Edition with Introduction to Leah Lacrosse - 1 views

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shared by Fran Gemmell on 20 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Fran Gemmell on 20 Mar 14
     
    The beginning of this clip introduces Leah Lacrosse, a 5th grade science teacher who uses iPads in her classroom. Leah has a blog (url is given in the introduction) in which she discusses ways of using various iPad apps for teaching science. The blog also contains examples of what she has done with her class.
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Technology in education: if students aren't worried, why are teachers? | Teacher Networ... - 2 views

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  • Third, and most importantly, it requires us to shift the power of learning from the teacher to the student; to become the facilitator for learning rather than the deliverer of knowledge and in so doing, to let students lead their own learning. That is a very disturbing prospect for many educators – and parents – because it's all about relinquishing control and taking risks.
  • what each student needs to learn, when they need to learn it.
  • potential of students to learn independently and collaboratively.
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  • developing our students' capacities as discriminating, self-regulated learners in an open-source world.
  • Fran Gemmell on 20 Mar 14
     
    A blog about embracing digital technology in the classroom. Has some interesting comments about teacher attitudes to technology and new ways of learning. May be something to consider in reasons for using ICTs in the classroom
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What are ICTs?: How you use ICTs is important - 3 views

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shared by Fran Gemmell on 06 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • in fact, is critical is “how” the technologies are used (Reimann & Goodyear, 2004)
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      Fran Gemmell on 06 Mar 14
       
      This relates back to the toolbelt theory -  we need to be mindful of the purpose for which we are using ICTs and be open to new ways of doing things and new possibilities that ICTs might offer.
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