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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
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Teacher Mentoring - WikiEducator - 0 views

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    To collaborate and find best practices on how to mentor and support teachers in the K-12 and higher education institutes of learning worldwide for online and offline learning. To encourage and promote full and blended e-learning initiatives To improve instruction and learning To reform the public school systems around the world To make learning fun and meaningful for the teachers and students To encourage lifelong learners To collaborate and find best practices on how to mentor and support teachers in the K-12 and higher education institutes of learning worldwide for online and offline learning. To encourage and promote full and blended e-learning initiatives To improve instruction and learning To reform the public school systems around the world To make learning fun and meaningful for the teachers and students To encourage lifelong learners
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Evaluation of the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot - 0 views

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    Outcomes for the Third Year (2006-07) The overarching purpose of the study is to scientifically investigate the effectiveness of technology immersion in increasing middle school students' achievement in core academic subjects
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Does It Work? - 0 views

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    This eBook explores what we are learning from local, state-level and national research into the impact of one-to-one computing on students, teachers and schools. To what degree are these ambitious programs living up to their promise? How can they be improved? And how do we build evaluation into all our endeavors going forward so that we maximize results and improve understanding about what works and what doesn't when it comes to education and technology?
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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Interoperability: Improving Education - 0 views

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    Discussions about standardised testing, and the measurement of student progress and achievement, and are the issues of interoperability as they relate to work being done around data interoperbility between LMSs and SMSs in schools, and the whole area of e-portfolios
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CosmoLearning | Your Free Online School: Courses, Video Lectures, Documentaries, Images... - 0 views

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    CosmoLearning is a free educational website for students and teachers.
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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
Lara Rich

Why Champion Social and Emotional Learning?: Because It Helps Students Build Character ... - 0 views

  • SEL is the process of helping students develop the skills to manage their emotions, resolve conflict nonviolently, and make responsible decisions.
  • safe, supportive learning environment and integrate SEL into the curriculum.
  • reduced violence and aggression
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  • higher academic achievement
  • improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace.
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Becta Emerging Technologies - Software and internet analysis: Web 2.0 in education - Ke... - 0 views

  • Fewer students are using text-based contributory sites, such as blogs (53%) or wikis (17%).
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      Need education on how to use the tech.
  • Given the widespread use of such media by young people, the researchers see a role for schools in educating learners about the range of emerging technologies
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    The research was designed to find out how Web 2.0 is being used, its potential impact in education and some of the barriers to successful adoption.
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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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