a management application that allows the teacher to review each student’s progress, view trends in the class’ performance, as well as plan for the next day’s lessons.
It also allows teachers to customize learning sequences, assign assessments to students, and create reports of student progress.
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Contrary to partial solutions such as computerized tutorials, or digital whiteboards, Time To Know set out to create a holistic solution designed to migrate from instructional to Constructivist Learning in which learning and knowledge are experience driven.
Time To Know designs and produces what it calls ‘full digital curriculum coverage,’ which is a complete year’s worth of lesson plans, learning activities, and homework assignments.
Time To Know employees a team of 350 consisting of 120 pedagogy and instructional designers (aka teachers), 60 graphics artists, illustrators and animators and 80 technologists.
The study found that students who took all or part of their instruction online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through face-to-face instruction
hose who took "blended" courses -- those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction -- appeared to do best of all
But the positive results appeared consistent (and statistically significant) for all types of higher education, undergraduate and graduate,
For its conclusions, however, the Education Department considered only a small number (51) of independent studies that met strict criteria.
The use of video or online quizzes -- frequently encouraged for online education -- "does not appear to enhance learning,"
Using technology to give students "control of their interactions" has a positive effect on student learning, however. "Studies indicate that manipulations that trigger learner activity or learner reflection and self-monitoring of understanding are effective when students pursue online learning as individuals,"
"Studies in which learners in the online condition spent more time on task than students in the face-to-face condition found a greater benefit for online learning,
In many of the studies showing an advantage for online learning, the online and classroom conditions differed in terms of time spent, curriculum and pedagogy. It was the combination of elements in the treatment conditions (which was likely to have included additional learning time and materials as well as additional opportunities for collaboration) that produced the observed learning advantages
Education Secretary Arne Duncan urged educators to consider the report's findings. “This new report reinforces that effective teachers need to incorporate digital content into everyday classes and consider open-source learning management systems, which have proven cost effective in school districts and colleges nationwide,”
"It gives people greater opportunity for flexibility, for experiential learning, for illustrating things in multiple ways such as visualization." What the study demonstrates, she said, is that colleges need to think broadly about using online education,
"This report correctly recognizes that online learning and blended learning are growing components of higher education and, employed properly, can play a significant role in promoting student learning.
These results demonstrate why more research is needed
Successful education has always been about engaging students whether it is in an online environment, face to face or in a blended setting. And fundamental to that is having faculty who are fully supported and engaged in that process as well."
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There are several ways educators can use Awesome Highlighter , here are some suggestions :
* Teachers can use it to show students the important parts of a lesson
* Teachers share links of Highlighted text of relevant interest with students to save them time
* Students can use it to share referencing quotes between each other
* They can also use it to gather information for research and classroom project
Anastasia Goodstein on Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens are Really Doing Online.
MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, Live Journal, Ning - foreign and frightening to some parents, tremendously popular and patronized by teens - online social networks are at an all-time high and show no signs of losing favor. Inspired by her daily blogging about teens and youth on YPulse and extensive interviews with teens, teachers and parents, Anastasia Goodstein arms adults with the language and knowledge they need to understand how teens are really using the internet, showing them when to set boundaries, and when to just relax.
"Totally Wired" is a voice of reason amidst panic, and will open the eyes of concerned adults everywhere. Come learn which sites are appropriate for each age group and ways to monitor or block children from accessing certain sites; the ins and outs of online social networking and journaling; how to handle cyber bullying, the difference between healthy, harmless internet usage and potential dangers, and how to better talk to kids about the internet - Cody's Books
Scriblink is a free digital whiteboard that users can share online in real-time.
Sorta like pen and paper, minus the dead trees, plastic, and the inconvenience of being at the same place at the same time.
"This Web site is devoted to lexpionage, the sleuthing of new words and phrases. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new terms that have appeared multiple times in newspapers, magazines, books, Web sites, and other recorded sources."
This time give permission for kids to write notes, but it has to be a fact that they learned in class and pass it to another student.
se the amount of paper each student pulled off to give you that number of facts about the lesson they learned that particular day. For instance, if a student pulls of one piece of the roll, they have to give one fact about the lesson, and so on.
Vyew allows you to meet and share content in real-time or anytime. Upload images, files, documents and videos into a room. Users can access and contribute at anytime.
You can add your chat room to any webpage or your blog. The only downside is that you cannot configure the look and feel,
Meebo Chat
You can create a chat room and embed it in your blog or website. Send the URL of the chat room to your friends and they can join even if they are non-Meebo users.
Yaplet
You can create a chat room for any webpage and start chatting around it without leaving the site
You can set Moderator options in your chat room (requires registration) and ban a particular user.
The chat logs are saved forever and you can see what others have talked about when you were offline.
Unlike other widget enabled chat rooms this does not hinder your blog loading time as the chat widget loads only when a user clicks it.
Gabbly
Just grab a URL and append gabbly.com/ in front of a webpage�s URL, you will be able to chat with anyone visiting the page at the same time!
You can completely customize and embed your chat room in a webpage.
"Good teachers are the magic in the classroom.
"Personal computers aren't magic, they are just a tool. What you need to make the educational process work is a good teacher who is knowledgeable in the subject and can get kids excited."
If so, teacher work must be dignified by the government leaders! I don't think they support and recognize the importance of the educators in our society. Teachers must be well paid, for example...
Os professores precisam de ser mais apoiados e acarinhados pela sociedade. O reconhecimento do valor dos docentes para o desenvolvimento da economia deve ser uma prioridade.
"Nations are as strong as their educational systems.
"The rest of the emerging world recognises this is the key to staying competitive."
He went on: "It's time our political leaders acknowledged that and declare there is a crisis and do something about it."
O Piaget distinguia a organização "espacial" e a organização "orgânica", preferindo esta.
Temos, finalmente, as ferramentas necessárias.
Independence, freedom, and collaboration. Hierarchies are being flattened out. In fact, whole new forms of organization and collaboration are being created all the time.