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Hugo Domingos

How the iPhone Could Reboot Education | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

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  • How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum.
  • That’s the idea Abilene Christian University has to refresh classroom learning. Located in Texas, the private university just finished its first year of a pilot program, in which 1,000 freshman students had the choice between a free iPhone or an iPod Touch.
  • Think web apps to turn in homework, look up campus maps, watch lecture podcasts and check class schedules and grades. For classroom participation, there’s even polling software for Abilene students to digitally raise their hand.
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  • The iPhone is aiding Abilene in giving students the information they need — when they want it, wherever they want it, said Bill Rankin, a professor of medieval studies who helped plan the initiative.
  • Conversely, the problem with the internet is there’s too much information, and it’s difficult to determine which data is valuable.
  • nstead of standing in front of a classroom and talking for an hour, Rankin instructs his students to use their iPhones to look up relevant information on the fly. Then, the students can discuss the information they’ve found, and Rankin leads the dialogue by helping assess which sources are accurate and useful.
  • “Polling opens up new realms for people for discussion,” said Tyler Sutphen, an ACU sophomore who has participated in the iPhone initiative for a year. “It’s a lot more interactive for those who aren’t as willing to jump up and throw out their answer in class. Instead, you push a button on the iPhone.”
Teresa Pombo

WorksheetWorks.com - Graphic Organizers - 0 views

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shared by Teresa Pombo on 28 Apr 10 - Cached
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    "Graphic organizers have become a valuable tool for helping students learn to analyze and process information."
António Teixeira

New Technology Supporting Informal Learning - 0 views

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shared by António Teixeira on 26 Apr 09 - Cached
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    Artigo de Stephen Downes sobre aprendizagem informal.
António Teixeira

Working With Online Learning Communities - 0 views

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shared by António Teixeira on 17 Apr 09 - Cached
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    Dicas sobre o desenvolvimento de comunidades online.
António Teixeira

New virtual bank for teachers to share ideas | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

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shared by António Teixeira on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Will a virtual bank for teachers to share ideas revolutionise lesson planning or stifle creativity?
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      Limita a criatividade?! Ler um livro alguma vez limita a imaginação?...
  • At present, most teachers wince at the very mention of virtual learning platforms. Most VLPs are a horrific combination of required - the government has declared that all schools must have one - and useless. Unconnected and underdeveloped, many VLPs are devoid of content: empty cathedrals, monuments to technological failure.
  • "The students we teach come from a media age; they are visually bombarded from every angle. As teachers we have to compete against their entertainment. A worksheet is not enough to engage them any more."
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  • Fears have been expressed that the bank will encourage teachers to skimp on planning, encouraging them to copy and paste material at the last minute like their more irresponsible students.
  • A star rating like that used by eBay will allow teachers to rank resources they have tried and approved, encouraging - as Iglesias puts it - "the cream to rise to the top".
  • Because the project is entirely open source, downloaded resources can be adapted and changed without fear of breaching copyright laws.
  • Developed with EU funding and pioneered in Spain, the bank's source code is free for other countries to use and copy.
  • To maintain quality assurance, all of the bank's resources will be vetted by local authorities and/or the national learning grid.
  • In the next academic year, all schools will have access to a new National Digital Resource Bank.
  • The idea is to pull together all the resources created by teachers, schools and public funding into one central location.
  • "We should be promoting tools rather than content," says Jenkins. "Students should be encouraged to be critical by remixing, commenting on and sharing the resources they are given. They should be creating their own content.
  • António Teixeira on 16 Apr 09
     
    Os britânicos, em breve, passarão a ter uma base de dados de recursos centralizada para uso de todos os professores.
António Teixeira

Steve Hargadon: Some Things I've Learned About Building Effective Social Networks - 0 views

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shared by António Teixeira on 04 Apr 09 - Cached
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    Reflexões muito pertinentes de Hargadon sobre as condições de sucesso de uma rede social.
António Teixeira

Learn-gasm - Educating & Exciting - 0 views

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shared by António Teixeira on 15 Jul 09 - Cached
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    Um blogue sobre educação e... excitação.
Teresa Pombo

Administration - 0 views

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shared by Teresa Pombo on 27 Apr 09 - Cached
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    Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation
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