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Second, do you have the spaces?  If your vision does include learning online, you have to have school-supported digital spaces.  It can be anything really, but you have to have something.  And I’m not talking about individual teachers putting something together, because that doesn’t make sense for kids or from an organizational standpoint in terms of support and dedicated growth and development in concert with the vision.  I also don’t believe this should be something left to students to self-organize around-if its part of the vision, the school has to be intentional about it and provide a common landscape for all.
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Roland O'Daniel on 14 Jan 13

David Jakes does a great job of laying out a vision of what should be expected for classroom interactions through a digital platform but still isn't. I love his thinking about it not being a happy website with mission/vision but a place to collaborate and inform. The 21st century is now not tomorrow!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">David Jakes does a great job of laying out a vision of what should be expected for classroom interactions through a digital platform but still isn't. I love his thinking about it not being a happy website with mission/vision but a place to collaborate and inform. The 21st century is now not tomorrow!</div>

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Quipper - High School Maths - 2 views

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One of a growing number of quiz apps that are available. Easy to use, but a litte rudimentary in that it only allows you to take a quiz and does not have a study mode. You can review your results and analyze how you are doing which is very cool. Easy to create new quizzes and share, which is good, and you can add images to your quizzes, which is key. I still think I prefer gflash+ for it's flexibility in the study mode but it might be a nice combination of apps for some online quizzing using MC questions.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of a growing number of quiz apps that are available. Easy to use, but a litte rudimentary in that it only allows you to take a quiz and does not have a study mode. You can review your results and analyze how you are doing which is very cool. Easy to create new quizzes and share, which is good, and you can add images to your quizzes, which is key. I still think I prefer gflash+ for it's flexibility in the study mode but it might be a nice combination of apps for some online quizzing using MC questions. </div>

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5 Ways Higher Education Is Leveraging Mobile Tech - 2 views

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Nice article outlining some issues that higher education is thinking about when it comes to mobile technology.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nice article outlining some issues that higher education is thinking about when it comes to mobile technology. </div>

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Model District Policy for Student Use of Their Devices | access4ed.net - 5 views

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The Center for Education Policy and Law, based at the University of San Diego, last month issued a collection of documents on what it calls "electronic communication devices," or ECDs, which includes a six-page model district policy that outlines proper and improper use of the devices, as well as sample

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Center for Education Policy and Law, based at the University of San Diego, last month issued a collection of documents on what it calls "electronic communication devices," or ECDs, which includes a six-page model district policy that outlines proper and improper use of the devices, as well as sample</div>

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Harvard Education Letter - 0 views

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Discussion of the idea of the flipped classroom. Doesn't just introduce one approach but a variety of well thought out options, and how some schools are scaling the model. Musallam is worth reading. I do have concerns that Hooper's videos are 25-30 minutes long in his model. I think he's missing the point as far as chunking information in smaller components and letting students interact with the content. Not a perfect model but it is an innovation, and both teachers do a much better job of using key vocabulary well, introducing multiple representations intentionally and connected, and providing guides for students. Much better than I think Khan does in his videos.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Discussion of the idea of the flipped classroom. Doesn't just introduce one approach but a variety of well thought out options, and how some schools are scaling the model. Musallam is worth reading. I do have concerns that Hooper's videos are 25-30 minutes long in his model. I think he's missing the point as far as chunking information in smaller components and letting students interact with the content. Not a perfect model but it is an innovation, and both teachers do a much better job of using key vocabulary well, introducing multiple representations intentionally and connected, and providing guides for students. Much better than I think Khan does in his videos. </div>

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The Innovative Educator: 10 Proven Strategies to Break the Ban and Build Opportunities ... - 1 views

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Interesting take on smoothing the transition to more inclusion of mobile learning devices.

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21st Century Learning Preview Video - Mobile Learning | Verizon Business Tools - 2 views

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Commercial site, but Verizon does a nice job of setting a tone that includes mobile learning devices. They aren't into it for altruistic reasons, but they are moving in the right direction.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Commercial site, but Verizon does a nice job of setting a tone that includes mobile learning devices. They aren't into it for altruistic reasons, but they are moving in the right direction. </div>

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Jeb Bush, Melinda Gates, Sal Khan and the Coming Digital Learning Battle : Education Next - 1 views

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The debate over digital learning will soon enter a new phase.  No longer will educators debate whether or not digital learning has the capacity to transform the American education system.   Just about gone are the anti-technology Luddites who insist that every classroom be self-contained, with students and teachers left to their own devices, save for the help of pencils, chalk, blackboards and weighty textbooks stuffed into 10 kilo backpacks.
- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  I wish I could say I think this vision of education and instruction is a close reality, but I sit in classrooms on a daily basis in which the pen/pencil is ALWAYS the primary tool of the student and use of technology is not part of the vision.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I wish I could say I think this vision of education and instruction is a close reality, but I sit in classrooms on a daily basis in which the pen/pencil is ALWAYS the primary tool of the student and use of technology is not part of the vision. </div>
  
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- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  Great statement!
  
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that digital learning systems can be tailored to the specific interests, learning styles, and levels of accomplishment of each student.
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On the one side will be those who propose that most digital learning in K-12 public education be of the “blended” variety, that is, take place within public school classrooms under the tutelage of a highly qualified teacher.
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nline” proponents will argue that blended learning alone is not enough.  American education can be transformed only if the power to drive change is placed in the hands of students, who are offered a choice of providers that include not only the blended classroom but also those who offer products  exclusively online, supplementing asymmetric video presentations of online materials with interactive systems that employ such tools as Skype, interactive games, social networking, email communications and phone conversations.
- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  I guess, I'm one of the proponents that thinks CHOICE is the best option. I don't think school systems have to decide for students but should provide rigorous, well-designed options that students can choose from rather than limit them because of someone else's choice. How often do students sit in a class because they were assigned to a teacher that they know is not as good as another teacher in the department? Why not give the students choice of which teacher they get, or what modality they choose to receive the learning through? Make the bottom line be a rigorous set of assessments that provides some understanding of what the student is able to convey.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I guess, I'm one of the proponents that thinks CHOICE is the best option. I don't think school systems have to decide for students but should provide rigorous, well-designed options that students can choose from rather than limit them because of someone else's choice. How often do students sit in a class because they were assigned to a teacher that they know is not as good as another teacher in the department? Why not give the students choice of which teacher they get, or what modality they choose to receive the learning through? Make the bottom line be a rigorous set of assessments that provides some understanding of what the student is able to convey. </div>
  
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Common standards provide a nationwide platform upon which next generation curricular materials can be built
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  Most important statement of this article so far! Even if the CCS are not perfect they do provide opportunity for innovation and scale that has never been available through the old system of state standards.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Most important statement of this article so far! Even if the CCS are not perfect they do provide opportunity for innovation and scale that has never been available through the old system of state standards.</div>
  
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- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  Also, important to note that Bush comes from Florida which has one of the strongest online school programs in the country and has been a leader in the field for a decade or more.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Also, important to note that Bush comes from Florida which has one of the strongest online school programs in the country and has been a leader in the field for a decade or more. </div>
  
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hoice allows students to pick the courses most suited to their needs, abilities, and interests; and accountability ensures that learning is genuine.
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For blenders, the keys to the intervention’s apparent success include the use of real-time performance information by qualified teachers, not just the videos and problem sets.
- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  I like Sal Kahn's thoughts, but his pedagogy and approach is severely limited. He is using the discrete set of skills approach to teaching mathematics instead of a comprehensive approach that connects and blends different representations. He does not take into account consistent use of vocabulary across all of his videos, doesn't make connections between different skills/videos when students need to understand direct and subtle connnections, and he uses a limited set of models to develop student conceptual understanding. Great speaker, great innovator, limited educator. that said, his use of chunks of information would be well to be modeled by many classroom teachers who spend way too much time in front of the class directing students in what they 'need' to know.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I like Sal Kahn's thoughts, but his pedagogy and approach is severely limited. He is using the discrete set of skills approach to teaching mathematics instead of a comprehensive approach that connects and blends different representations. He does not take into account consistent use of vocabulary across all of his videos, doesn't make connections between different skills/videos when students need to understand direct and subtle connnections, and he uses a limited set of models to develop student conceptual understanding. Great speaker, great innovator, limited educator. that said, his use of chunks of information would be well to be modeled by many classroom teachers who spend way too much time in front of the class directing students in what they 'need' to know. </div>
  
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Apparent success, it must be said, because the impact of neither the blended nor the online version of the Khan intervention has yet to be documented by a randomized trial
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Meanwhile, school districts and teacher unions can be expected to fight publicly funded online learning that offers students a choice of taking courses outside their local district school.  If online learning should prove to be more effective than the learning that takes place within classrooms, it would provide a serious challenge to the school district-teacher union duopoly that blended learning does not.
- Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11
  
  Important political point! Are teachers, schools, politicians doing what's best for students or what keeps them in power and makes them look good? I don't know, but I am glad to be part of the education process during this period of education.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Important political point! Are teachers, schools, politicians doing what's best for students or what keeps them in power and makes them look good? I don't know, but I am glad to be part of the education process during this period of education. </div>
  
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Roland O'Daniel on 11 Nov 11

Jeb Bush, Melinda Gates, Sal Khan and the Coming Digital Learning Battle

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Socrative Teacher - 7 views

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new conversation app for education. I haven't played with it yet, but am interested in learning more. Anybody using it?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">new conversation app for education. I haven't played with it yet, but am interested in learning more. Anybody using it? </div>

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http://www.grtagtour.org/uploads/files/grtagtour_map_print.pdf - 6 views

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Example of a walking tour that uses QR Codes to provide people with information about a town or area.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Example of a walking tour that uses QR Codes to provide people with information about a town or area. </div>

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Interesting little wiki on apps for the iPad in eduation.

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Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Home - 9 views

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An educator's resources for mobile learning. Focus' podcasting and movie making using iPods, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and netbooks

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The ABCs of BYOL -- THE Journal - 6 views

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BYOL programs are burgeoning and this is a good example of a Cincinnati Suburb implementing a BYOL program to supplement their 1:1 initiative.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">BYOL programs are burgeoning and this is a good example of a Cincinnati Suburb implementing a BYOL program to supplement their 1:1 initiative. </div>

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Using Mobile and Social Technologies in Schools - 5 views

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Principals as a group are now calling for more mobile and social computing access in schools. The tide is turning!

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Motion Math - Move, play, learn! - 1 views

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Great new number sense math app. Cost $0.99 at this time but uses: the capabilities of the iPhone well (motion, graphics), multiple representations including linear and circle models, decimals, fractions, percents. Is fast moving and progresses beyond 0 to 1 to have students estimating values like 0.26 on a number line from 0 to 2.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Great new number sense math app. Cost $0.99 at this time but uses: the capabilities of the iPhone well (motion, graphics), multiple representations including linear and circle models, decimals, fractions, percents. Is fast moving and progresses beyond 0 to 1 to have students estimating values like 0.26 on a number line from 0 to 2. </div>

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Erica Glasier » Blog Archive » 50 creative uses for QR codes - 5 views

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Nice list of different ways to use QR codes.

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SIGML is the ISTE special interest group that is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments. Members of SIGML include teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, university faculty and researchers, and representatives from profit and non-profit entities, including government. We hope you will get involved and join us. Please direct any inquiries to istesigml@gmail.com

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">SIGML is the ISTE special interest group that is an advocate for mobile learning worldwide, and promotes meaningful integration of mobile devices in teaching and learning in formal and informal learning environments. Members of SIGML include teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, university faculty and researchers, and representatives from profit and non-profit entities, including government. We hope you will get involved and join us. Please direct any inquiries to istesigml@gmail.com</div>

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SEONGNAM Gyeonggi Province ― Korea International School has navigated uncharted waters by going digital to help students learn the necessary skills for college and the real world.

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Report: 6 Blended Learning Models Emerge -- THE Journal - 0 views

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Even as it "disruptively" transforms American education, blended learning is itself being slowly reshaped into new and distinctive forms. A report released this week identified six emerging models for blended learning in K-12, ranging from guided online instruction in the classroom to "self-blended" models where students take courses a la carte.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Even as it "disruptively" transforms American education, blended learning is itself being slowly reshaped into new and distinctive forms. A report released this week identified six emerging models for blended learning in K-12, ranging from guided online instruction in the classroom to "self-blended" models where students take courses a la carte.</div>

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Elementary iPads -- THE Journal - 0 views

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Mobile Computing | Feature Elementary iPads A Kentucky elementary school is starting its students on iPads at the tender age of seven. By Bridget McCrea05/04/11

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