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Thomas Galvez

Opening Up Education--The Remix | Academic Commons - 0 views

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  • that a key tenet of open education is that education can be improved by making educational assets visible and accessible and by harnessing the collective wisdom of a community of practice and reflection
  • the unrelenting velocity of change means that many of our skills have a shorter shelf life, suggesting that much of our learning will need to take place outside of traditional school and university environments.
  • Nor is it likely that current methods of teaching and learning will suffice to prepare students for the lives they will lead in the twenty-first century.
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  • In response, we need to find a way to reconceptualize many twentieth-century education models, and at the same time reinforce learning outside of formal schooling. There may be powerful ways to blur the distinction between formal learning and informal where both turn on the social life of learning.
  • So to me, that’s why I find this so exciting, is that in a curious way the explosion of digital technology still increasing this exponential path is driving change, change, change ever faster, which is creating a tremendous problem for the old ways of learning and teaching. But the same thing that’s driving this challenge we have is also providing us the tools and mechanisms to attack this problem in fundamentally new ways.
  • How might the slow-to-change culture of education adapt elements inherent in a fast-paced technological world? When is it most appropriate to do so?
  • As a result, individual educators spend heroic amounts of time on planning and preparation, but with enormous duplication of effort and no economies of scale. Apart from the lack of efficiency in preparation, educational quality also suffers: While some educators regularly create outstanding learning experiences for their students, some do not. How could the best teaching processes be shared among the widest number of educators
  • In these projects, the power of the Internet is used to overcome barriers to access by serving as a medium for freely distributing content. Making existing content available in this way is based on the revolutionary idea that education and discovery are best advanced when knowledge is shared openly.
  • Because teaching and learning are so hard to see and know, they are even harder to systematically analyze and improve. One reason why policymakers have turned their attention to the clamor and cry for assessment and accountability is higher education’s “black box” of classroom excellence and student success. If the so-called “best practices” of teaching and learning could be identified and articulated beyond local environs, shared in a transparent and transferable mode with an assurance of accomplishment at the end of the day, then educators the world over might be convinced to embrace change.
  • The failure is harder to put into words. It could be described as our lack of progress on sharing “pedagogical know-how” among educators
  • but we have not captured the teaching processes that expert educators use to bring learning alive in their e-learning courses
  • We think of this genre as embracing the ideals of scholarship and the practices of our contemporary, digital-participatory culture.
  • Our knowledge and understanding of “technology-enhanced learning” will accelerate faster in a teaching community that acts like a learning system--one that makes knowledge of what it takes to learn explicit, adapts it, tests it, refines practice, reflects, rearticulates, and shares that new knowledge
Julie Lindsay

The Virtual Learning Magnet for Space Science and Mathematics: Proof of Concept - 0 views

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shared by Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is engaged in a Proof of Concept for a Virtual Learning Magnet (VLM) for Space Science and Mathematics with support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). CCSSO's strategic plan calls for setting the education context for a new century, and the Proof of Concept for the VLM supports this by exploring how states can bring together teachers and subject matter experts to support learners with targeted interests in areas of global importance. The VLM is designed to supplement, and not duplicate, the offerings of state-led virtual schools.
Jeffrey Plaman

Information-rich and attention-poor - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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Julie Lindsay

Create the Future with Kim Cofino - 0 views

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shared by Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    PD for the QA SS on February 18 and 19 will focus on making the shift into online learning modes using mobile computing and Web 2.0. Kim Cofino will drive this shift along with QA curriculum leaders and educational technology leaders. A combination of plenary and breakout sessions will provide all SS teachers a chance to hear about and develop skills in 21st century learning modes.
Bill Graziadei, Ph.D. (aka Dr. G)

Imagining College Without Grades :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for N... - 0 views

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  • Bill Graziadei, Ph.D. (aka Dr. G) on 29 Jan 09
     
    Inside Higher Ed offers free online news and job information for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators, higher education jobs, faculty jobs, college jobs and university jobs
Jeffrey Plaman

2009 Horizon Report » Key Trends - 0 views

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shared by Jeffrey Plaman on 25 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Today’s learners want to be active participants in the learning process – not mere listeners; they have a need to control their environments, and they are used to easy access to the staggering amount of content and knowledge available at their fingertips.
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      Jeffrey Plaman on 25 Jan 09
       
      This says it all doesn't it? Why do we need to change the way we do business? Read this!
  • Experience with and affinity for games as learning tools is an increasingly universal characteristic among those entering higher education and the workforce.
  • visual literacy will become an increasingly important skill in decoding, encoding, and determining credibility and authenticity of data. Visual literacy must be formally taught
    • Jeffrey Plaman
      Jeffrey Plaman on 25 Jan 09
       
      What if our kids and teachers aren't good at this? I see this as a big challenge... It shakes the way we've thought about multiple intellegences doesn't it? Recognizing that kids have different preffered methods of learning is no longer enough. We must teach everyone visual literacy. Even our kids who would rather curl up with and memorize their calculus book.
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  • New capabilities in terms of hardware and software are turning mobiles into indispensable tools.
    • Jeffrey Plaman
      Jeffrey Plaman on 25 Jan 09
       
      So far though it seems like much of the focus for mobile devices has been firmly placed on consumption of media. The real breakthrough and need is for simple to use apps that allow people to easily CREATE content from their mobile devices.
Julie Lindsay

What is literacy, and what should the 21st century school be like? (Techlearning blog) - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    TechLearning blog post from Terry Freedman Two important new reports, and associated consultations, are now available. These are the eagerly-anticipated interim report from the Rose review of the primary curriculum in England and Wales, and the government's ideas on what a world-class education comprises and the associated school report card. The good thing about the interim report is that it emphasises the importance of ICT in the primary curriculum. I'm not so sure about the 21st century school document.
Julie Lindsay

Communities of Learners Redefined: Customized Networks That Impact Learning : January 2... - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    Those educators among us who are familiar with constructivist and constructionist models of learning understand the impact that social learning theory has had on the field. Likewise those of us who are familiar with the application of new technology in learning understand that customization (or "the user") is what drives every structure, every program, and every software function. It seems, then, that as educators we have a struggle between emphasizing the social nature of learning while maximizing the benefits of each learner becoming more clearly identified in the process. New technology, of course, can help in both aspects, but it is the teaching method that is challenged. I hope that eventually teaching methods will have morphed into a flexible model of instructional design and delivery that I will call "Customized Learner Networks": networks that are both socially constructed and individually driven.
Julie Lindsay

Main Page - WikifiedSchools - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 09 Mar 09
     
    Web 2.0 is not just for the classroom. The use of Web 2.0 tools can increase and improve communication, collaboration, and cooperation across all levels of a school or education organization. This wiki, which is the companion wiki to the new book Wikified Schools: Using Wikis to Improve Collaboration and Communication in Education, was developed to explore the use of a wiki as a highly effective communication and collaboration tool that enhances the effectiveness of school or district leadership teams.
Jeffrey Plaman

Natick policy proposes banning iPods and mp3 players at high school - Framingham, MA - ... - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 20 Sep 10
     
    Interesting take by the principal. Banning iPods will somehow stop cyberbullying AND improve test scores? Will it also stop climate change and bring peace to the middle east? Seriously...
Thomas Galvez

Scratch - 0 views

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  • Thomas Galvez on 21 Nov 10
     
    Create and share your own interactive stories, games, music, and art
Julie Lindsay

Tech giants vow to change global assessments - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco say global, 21st-century assessments are key to student success and economic prosperity
Julie Lindsay

YouTube - 21CLearners MasterTeacher - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 22 Mar 09
     
    David Warlick and teachers in Qatar gather to talk about being a Master Learner and teacher in the 21st Century. More info at http://elearning.qataracade...
Julie Lindsay

Tech giants vow to change global assessments - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 19 Mar 09
     
    Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco say global, 21st-century assessments are key to student success and economic prosperity
Thomas Galvez

Google & the Future of Books - The New York Review of Books - 0 views

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shared by Thomas Galvez on 23 Jan 09 - Cached
  • How long does copyright extend today? According to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 (also known as "the Mickey Mouse Protection Act," because Mickey was about to fall into the public domain), it lasts as long as the life of the author plus seventy years.
  • The settlement creates an enterprise known as the Book Rights Registry to represent the interests of the copyright holders. Google will sell access to a gigantic data bank composed primarily of copyrighted, out-of-print books digitized from the research libraries. Colleges, universities, and other organizations will be able to subscribe by paying for an "institutional license" providing access to the data bank. A "public access license" will make this material available to public libraries, where Google will provide free viewing of the digitized books on one computer terminal. And individuals also will be able to access and print out digitized versions of the books by purchasing a "consumer license" from Google, which will cooperate with the registry for the distribution of all the revenue to copyright holders. Google will retain 37 percent, and the registry will distribute 63 percent among the rightsholders.
  • Thomas Galvez on 23 Jan 09
     
    This is a book review, but gives a nice overview about the issue the title describes.
Julie Lindsay

Product Information - 21st Century Skills: Promoting Creativity and Innovation in - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 24 Feb 09
     
    (ASCD DVD 2009) One 15-minute video and accompanying professional development tools.
Thomas Galvez

Michael Wesch and the Future of Education - 0 views

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  • Thomas Galvez on 31 Mar 09
     
    Great video of Wesch discusssing the shifts in education and why we need to transform our learning environments. He also navigates through his transformed learning environment.
Jeffrey Plaman

Professional Learning Communities: What Are They And Why Are They Important?: Shared Pe... - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 21 Sep 10
     
    Information on the structure and purpose of Professional Learning Communities
Jeffrey Plaman

Math Class Needs a Makeover-Special Guest: Dan Meyer - Classroom 2.0 LIVE! - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 08 Nov 10
     
    This is a GREAT session from Classroom 2.0 with guest Dan Meyer, a bay-area math teacher who talks easy steps math teacher (and I believe, science as well) can take to shift the focus from memorizing approaches to solving certain problems to really engaging with PERPLEXITY (Dan's word) as a core focus.
  • Jeffrey Plaman on 08 Nov 10
     
    Share this with the Math teachers you know. It's not as hard to shift as you might think, but it will require simply doing the problems as is in the textbook.
Jeffrey Plaman

JamStudio.com - Create Music Beats - The online music factory - Jam, remix, chords, loops - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 27 Oct 10
     
    A very cool interface for creating and mixing your own music.
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