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Katy Vance

1:1 Essentials Program - Early Access Registration | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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  • Katy Vance on 07 Mar 13
     
    Common Sense Media is offering a program for people planning 1:1 or BYOD programs.  I signed up!
Katy Vance

Shaping Tech for the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • In a growing number of simulations, ranging from the off-the-shelf SimCity and to Muzzy Lane's Making History to MIT's experimental Revolution and Supercharged, students -- even elementary school children -- can now manipulate whole virtual systems, from cities to countries to refineries, rather than just handling manipulatives.
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      Katy Vance on 28 Feb 13
       
      Virtual Worlds are a tool I'd like to explore in Science and Humanities...
  • In Education Simulations's Real Lives, children take on the persona of a peasant farmer in Bangladesh, a Brazilian factory worker, a police officer in Nigeria, a Polish computer operator, or a lawyer in the United States, among others, experiencing those lives based on real-world statistical data. Riverdeep's School Tycoon enables kids to build a school to their liking.
  • The missing technological element is true one-to-one computing, in which each student has a device he or she can work on, keep, customize, and take home. For true technological advance to occur, the computers must be personal to each learner. When used properly and well for education, these computers become extensions of the students' personal self and brain.
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      Katy Vance on 28 Feb 13
       
      Argument for BYOD as opposed to 1:1?
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  • But resisting today's digital technology will be truly lethal to our children's education. They live in an incredibly fast-moving world significantly different than the one we grew up in. The number-one technology request of today's students is to have email and instant messaging always available and part of school. They not only need things faster than their teachers are used to providing them, they also have many other new learning needs as well, such as random access to information and multiple data streams.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 28 Feb 13
       
      Truth.
  • First, consult the students.
  • For the digital age, we need new curricula, new organization, new architecture, new teaching, new student assessments, new parental connections, new administration procedures, and many other elements.
Juliana Garcia

3 key learninGs from one To one program - 0 views

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  • Juliana Garcia on 21 Apr 13
     
    Kim Cofino on implementing one to one programs
Katy Vance

Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design | Webdesigntuts+ - 0 views

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  • SizeObjects that are bigger demand more attention. Using size as a hierarchal tool is an effective way of guiding a viewer’s eye to a particular portion of the page. Because size is one of the most powerful forms of organization, it’s important to correlate size with importance in a design. The biggest elements should be the most important in most cases; the smallest elements should be the least important.
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Sigh... so you're telling me size does matter?
  • . When used as a personality tool, color can extend beyond into more sophisticated types of hierarchy; Using lush, comforting colors can bring an emotional appeal to a page.
  • Within a page there might be widgets that are separated from each other by space; within those widgets there is a new hierarchy of title, subtitle, and content.
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      I like that these widgets are even being analyzed!  I can safely say that my widgets on the library site are not currently working for me.
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  • Good visual hierarchy isn’t about wild and crazy graphics or the newest photoshop filters, it’s about organizing information in a way that’s usable, accessible, and logical to the everyday site visitor.
  • List the key information points that visitors are likely seeking.Assign values (1-10) according to their importance to the average visitor.Now, look at the actual design again.Assign values (1-10) according to the actual visual importance as you see it in the live design.Consider: Does the expected importance match up with the actual designed importance?
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Really good approach.  I do this sort of thing informally, but formalizing the process and forcing reflection would mean an effective redesign of my website. 
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    While it might seem like it's enough to just dish out information, as web designers, our task is to break down that raw information into delicious little chunks of visually relevant information that are easy on the eyes, and more importantly, effective at communicating the message behind a webpage.
donovanhallnz

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many | Edutopia - 1 views

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  • In particular, it must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 04 Nov 13
       
      We need to work on our connection to real world experts.
    • donovanhallnz
      donovanhallnz on 05 Nov 13
       
      I concur, leaning on our PLN and connecting with them and their PLN is certainly a way in. I have done this with Jeff and others to help myself trying to overcome a number of issues with implementing 1:1 tablet in the classroom. They proved very helpful! Whilst all are important, I feel that the last is the biggest for us as teachers because it reiterates the fact that we no longer hold the key/knowledge and that our role as a teacher has change. I particularly like the point made that technology support curricular goals. Thanks for diigoing this!
  • The Web connects students to experts in the real world and provides numerous opportunities for expressing understanding through images, sound, and text.
  • When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach.
    • donovanhallnz
      donovanhallnz on 05 Nov 13
       
      Now we are talking!
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      donovanhallnz on 05 Nov 13
       
      Great point to be shared with colleagues.
Katy Vance

Copyright questions and online learning - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - 0 views

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  • Educators (especially librarians) should be copyright counselors, not copyright cops. Our primary role should be helping people make good personal judgements about the use of others' intellectual property.
  • While there are those who would disagree, I do believe intellectual property creators should have control over how their work is used, have the right to charge for it, and have the right to deter unauthorized copying. An increasing number of people make their living by being creative for us to ignore theft and misuse.
  • Please remember that I am not a lawyer - although I sometimes play one on the Internet. But I am an educator and one thing I always think about is the example I set. Making copyright decisions in the open, with a clear conscience, might be the best guide of all.
  • Katy Vance on 21 Apr 13
     
    Educators (especially librarians) should be copyright counselors, not copyright cops. Our primary role should be helping people make good personal judgements about the use of others' intellectual property.
Katy Vance

Common Craft - 0 views

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    Common Craft Videos Explaining a variety of aspects of social media
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