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in title, tags, annotations or urlICT Mindtools - 0 views
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By ICT Mindtools I refer to ICT tools that necessarily engage users in higher order thinking. Students cannot use Mindtools without thinking deeply about the task at hand. Mindtools require students to be creative and to think and make connections for themselves.
Benjamin Zander | Teachers TV - 0 views
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Talking to headteachers at a conference organised by the National College of School Leadership, Zander explains why we should stop listening to the negative voices in our heads and give ourselves and others an A-grade. He urges people to think positively and be open to possibilities. He argues that we spend too much time and energy being weighed down by negative thinking and downward spirals. The secret, he says, is to try to live in possibility, and not to take yourself too seriously.
Creating Computer Games Teaches Critical Skills - 1 views
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creating computer games, rather than just playing them, could boost students' critical and creative thinking skills
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The team adds that teaching people how to use off-the-shelf tools to quickly build a computer game might allow anyone to learn new thinking and computing skills. After all, they explain, the process involves storytelling, developing characters, evaluating plots, and working with digital images and music.
Visual Thinking And Communication Solutions: Look, See, Imagine And Show - The Best Ways To Visually Communicate An Idea - Robin Good's Latest News - 0 views
eLearn: Feature Article - E-learning 2.0 - 1 views
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e-learning is evolving with the World Wide Web as a whole and it's changing to a degree significant enough to warrant a new name: E-learning 2.0.
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When we think of learning content today, we probably think of a learning object. Originating in the world of computer-based delivery (CBT) systems, learning objects were depicted as being like lego blocks or atoms, little bits of content that could be put together or organized. Standards bodies have refined the concept of learning objects into a rigorous form and have provided specifications on how to sequence and organize these bits of content into courses and package them for delivery as though they were books or training manuals
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In learning, these trends are manifest in what is sometimes called "learner-centered" or "student-centered" design. This is more than just adapting for different learning styles or allowing the user to change the font size and background color; it is the placing of the control of learning itself into the hands of the learner [5].
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Intel cites US education 'crisis' - 0 views
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"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."
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"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."
Learning Objects, Inc. : Inspire Thinking Online - 0 views
The Quest School: Gaming for grades | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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the play, analysis, and creation of games, as a foundation for learning, innovation, and change in the 21st century. Through a variety of programs centered on game design, the Institute engages audiences of all ages, exploring new ways to think, act, and speak through gaming in a social world.
Exploratree - Exploratree by FutureLab - 0 views
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.
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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.
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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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Creating a Tech-Infused Culture, Harry Grover Tuttle - 2 views
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3. Display student work.
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4. Use morning news.
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5. E-mail research.
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The Age of External Knowledge - Idea of the Day Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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But now, anyone with good critical thinking skills and the ability to focus on the important information can retrieve it on demand from the Internet, rather than her own memory
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human memory will no longer be the key repository of knowledge, and focus will supersede erudition
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how well an employee can focus might now be more important than how knowledgeable he is