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Top News - Tech trends every school leader should know - 0 views

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    A new generation of students with vastly different learning needs is redefining expectations for classroom instruction, and a growing emphasis on school accountability is changing the role of the school district IT leader
T Bates

Adopt and Adapt: Shaping Tech for the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • new
  • technology
  • Dabbling
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  • old things
  • old ways.
  • old things in new ways
  • Old Things in New Ways
  • New Ways
  • old things in new
  • new ways
  • doing things
  • New Things in New Ways
  • assessment online,
  • When a new technology appears
  • always done it
  • result was pretty much like
  • before;
  • cheaper
  • more efficient
  • now do with educational technology
  • new things in new ways
  • in electronic form
  • putting courses, curricula, and lesson plans online
  • pass documents around
  • such as PowerSchool
  • but the records
  • have emerged
  • haven't changed
  • new technology still faces
  • resistance
  • ock down the machines, refusing to allow students to access email.
  • cell-phone cameras
  • Wikipedia
  • buying
  • potentially highly effective educational tools
  • SimCity
  • growing number of simulations
  • Making History
  • experimental Revolution and Supercharged
  • best teachers have always used interactive models for demonstrations
  • children are doing in new ways
  • block instant messaging
  • on eBay
  • exchanging music on P2P
  • dates online
  • building games with modding (modifying) tools
  • peer rating of comments
  • integrated into our instruction
  • important question
  • understood by educators
  • how many
  • The Big Tech Barrier: One-to-One
  • work on, keep, customize, and take home
  • each student
  • device
  • one-to-one computing
  • missing technological element
  • must have each student's
  • balance between
  • political, parental, social, organizational, supervisory, and financial
  • shifting certainly initially means more work and pressure on educators
  • pressure for change
  • schools still ban new digital technologies
  • cell phones and Wikipedia
  • "back to basics
  • face anti-technology pressure from parents
  • New Problems, New Solutions
  • Much time
  • periods is often wasted in computer setup and shutdown
  • unsure about how to integrate technology in their lesson plans
  • How, then, do we move forward?
  • consult the students.
  • The only way to move forward effectively is to combine what they know about technology with what we know and require about education. Sadly, in most cases, no one asks for their opinion.
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    Technology use in schools - new ways of doing old things
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    This is obviously the future
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    Things to think about when looking to introduce technology into the classroom.
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Social Media and Open Education free course - 0 views

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    The goals of this course follow. Participants will: better understand the historical role technology and media have played in educational & social change; become knowledgeable of social learning tools & FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) as tools for teaching, facilitating learning, & designing educational environments; become familiar with the wealth of open educational resources (OERs), learning-related content, & media available for teaching & learning; become knowledgeable of relevant social learning theories and philosophies that respond to learning in the digital age; better understand the many social, educational, political, cultural, and administrative issues often associated with technology & media in education and society; become critical consumers and producers of digital media and information; and, build sustainable, personal learning environments and networks.
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Low marks for computers in schools | Australian IT - 0 views

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      Well hardly surprising if teachers are avoiding use
  • teachers are sceptical about their use
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      because they avoid using them...durrrrr
  • effectively
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      and how do we measure this?
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  • teachers unwilling to be involved in projects because they saw ICT use as more work
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      and isn't this the whole problem
  • If teachers don't change their teaching
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      this is the task before us
  • Computers are highly motivational for the kids
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      and this is what we are trying to capitalise on isn't it
  • how they can be used effectively
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The Great quotes about Learning and Change - 0 views

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    150 CC photos + inspiring quotes
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The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views

  • new ways to employ technology
  • Technology must be easy and intuitive to use for the majority of the user audience—or they won’t use it.
    • Mel Renfrew
       
      This works
  • a lot of it doesn’t get used effectively
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  • we often fail to see how intimidating technology can be to the user community.
  •  If you just build it, they won’t come—you need to    shape users’ behavior by acknowledging their world view rather than your own as a technology implementer
  •    If you just build it, they won’t come—you need to     shape users’ behavior by acknowledging their world view rather than your own as a technology implementer
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    Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technology
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Curriculum and teaching innovation and school change - 0 views

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    a handbook written by Futurelab and commissioned by Becta as part of a research and development programme aimed at supporting the delivery of the Harnessing Technology Strategy.
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