Group items tagged

" Foundations of Virtual Instruction Cindy Carbajal Learn what it takes to teach a K-12 course online! Investigate the history of virtual education, explore innovative tools, and examine key issues related to K-12 virtual instruction. Workload: 2-4 hours/week  Watch intro video Sessions: Sep 30th 2013 (5 weeks long"

Raccolta di ottime lezioni adatte alla scuola dell'obbligo USA (K-12). Gratuito. Sovvenzionato dalla fondazione Melinda e Bill Gates... e hanno ragione. Ottimo per CLIL, ma c'è anche tutta una serie di video sulla grammatica inglese (seguiti da attività interattive interessanti)

"Here's the lastest video educator's are jacked about: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UFpe3Up9T_g ] I like much about this video. I like the message. I like the way it's shot. I like the girls. What I don't like is the perception that this is the girl's invention. It's not. These girls are likely no more into inventing and making than most girls their age. While I might be able to look past that, and I can, I don't like the perception that this is authentic as it suggests. Which raises the larger question of authentic student voice. I remember first being struck by this when this video came out about 6 years ago: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 ] It's an iteration of Michael Wesch video using college aged students. When I saw the k-12 version it just didn't sit well with me. The signs the students held seemed to be the language and ideas of adults. I had a hard time thinking any 5 year old would use the phrase "engage me". But still I thought the video had value but I never used them to share with others. (...) If you're still jacked about the little girls video, that's okay, show it to your young girls, encourage them to explore science but let's have enough awareness to know when we're being sold something. My point with this little wander through video is let's advocate for student voice but not fake ones. Our students do have a voice. Most of them are childlike, full of child like ideas and most aren't as eloquent as adults because they aren't adults. That's what we're supposed to be doing, helping them develop that voice. Yet we do have some that are ready for prime time and we should provide ways for them to share. I know some districts have had students keynote. I think that's great, as long as the core of their story is their own, not the districts or their teachers. I'd way rather listen to a student share a less polished message that was their ow

Vedi anche il commento di Stephen Downes in http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=61423

"By Liana Heitin (...) In a growing number of K-12 schools, the use of 1-to-1 computing devices-including iPads, laptops, and Chromebooks-is becoming a central part of instruction. For teachers making the digital leap, one of the greatest hurdles can be figuring out how to manage the tech-infused classroom. How do you keep kids, who suddenly have the Internet at their fingertips, on task? How do you ensure the devices are safe and well-maintained? And how do you compete with your most tech-savvy students? (...)"I think this is the new frontier frankly with classroom management. We've never confronted this," said Kyle Redford, a 5th grade teacher at Marin Country Day School in Corte Madera, Calif. "

Suggerimenti interessanti su come assicurarsi che gli allievi facciano quel che devono fare in classe con aggeggi web-connessi anziché lasciarsi trascinare da altre cose. Ma si tratta proprio di una "nuova frontiera" per gli insegnanti? In tempi pre-web, era lo stesso quando mandavi gli allievi a far ricerca in biblioteca, o gli facevi fare lavoro di gruppo sul prato della scuola, no?

Aggiungo solo questo: che se si va a scuola per lavorare in modalità 1-to-1, tanto valeva restarsene a casa, no? Va bene per brevi periodi di tempo e per scopi precisi, ma altrimenti la scuola è preziosa per comunicare con l'insegnante o lavorare a coppie o in gruppo. Socializzare e costruire la comunità, insomma.

Crea storie, giochi e animazioni Condividili con tutti, For Educators Scratch is designed with learning and education in mind. A wide variety of educators have been supporting Scratch creators since 2007, in both formal and informal learning environments - K-12 classroom teachers, educational and computer science researchers, librarians, museum educators, and parents. Cos'è ScratchEd? Partito nel Luglio 2009, ScratchEd è una comunità online dove coloro che insegnano Scratch possono condividere storie, scambiare risorse, fare domande e trovare altre persone con i loro stessi interessi. Dalla data di lancio, più di 7500 educatori provenienti da tutto il mondo si sono uniti alla comunità, condividendo centinaia di risorse e dando inizio a migliaia di discussioni. Unisciti gratuitamente alla comunità di ScratchEd sul sito scratch-ed.org. Come posso imparare di più sui modi in cui gli educatori usano Scratch - e come posso usarlo? Non sei sicuro di cosa è possibile fare con Scratch? Leggi una storia su come gli educatori hanno inserito attività basate su Scratch in moltissimi ambienti diversi. O esplora le risorse suddivise per età, discipline e ambienti. Guarda webinars e rivedi documenti come la guida al curriculum Scratch. Oltre ad esplorare la comunità online di ScratchEd e le sue risorse, puoi discutere con il Team di ScratchEd e con gli altri educatori di Scratch anche grazie a Twitter, Facebook, Edmodo, a incontri settimanali e alla nostra newsletter trimestrale.

Per fare video in modo collaborativo, ha anche una versione edu

"How to Start an Online Learning Program: A Practical Guide to Key Issues and Policies"

"Interactive, engaging online content in a few simple clicks Haiku Learning revolves around your content. Create classroom pages, add and organize content blocks, change layouts, and publish whenever you're ready. Embed content from YouTube, Google Docs, Maps, Skype and dozens of other third-party services or create your own from scratch. And when you've crafted the perfect classroom page? Resource sharing in Haiku lets you share your classes, pages, and content blocks with any other Haiku user--and use content in your own class created by other teachers."

"Computer science and the technologies it enables now lie at the heart of our economy and the way we live our lives."