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anonymous

A Fistful of Challenges for Ed Tech -- THE Journal - 2 views

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edtech

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  • In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      What do you think of that statement?
  • The lack of congruence between what students are learning outside of school and what they're being taught in the classroom is causing a disconnect in educational practices.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      Hasn't this ALWAYS been the case? What makes it different now?
  • The existence of a wealth of online tools and communications tools is allowing teachers to "to revisit our roles as educators."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      Yes, it makes it easy to revisit their roles, but DO they?
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  • "As IT support becomes more and more decentralized, the technologies we use are increasingly based not on school servers, but in the cloud,
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      But what if they can't afford or choose not to ensure adequate bandwidth?
  • "The digital divide, once seen as a factor of wealth, is now seen as a factor of education
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      Powerful statement, no?
  • Digital literacy will also play an increasing role in career advancement, according to the report.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      But wait - I thought the kids were supposed to be Digital Natives and come to us digitally literate. No?
  • The ways we design learning experiences must reflect the growing importance of innovation and creativity as professional skills."
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      I think it's interesting that the students themselves resist this kind of learning. Care to guess why?
  • "It has become clear that one-size-fits-all teaching methods are neither effective nor acceptable for today’s diverse students," according to the report. "Technology can and should support individual choices about access to materials and expertise, amount and type of educational content, and methods of teaching."
  • anonymous on 09 Jun 11
     
    In the fourth slot was nothing short of the "fundamental structure of the K-12 education establishment," specifically, as the authors described it, "resistance to any profound change in practice."
Michelle Krill

Buck Institute for Education | Project Based Learning - 0 views

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pbl bie projectbasedlearning

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  • Michelle Krill on 31 Jul 12
     
    "n Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, and assessed to help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking), and..."
Michelle Krill

Scriblink - Your Online Whiteboard - 0 views

www.scriblink.com

whiteboard web2.0 collaboration iwb math web2tool equationeditor

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  • Michelle Krill on 07 Jul 10
     
    A free digital whiteboard that users can share online in real-time. Sorta like pen and paper, minus the dead trees, plastic, and the inconvenience of being at the same place at the same time. We are all about collaboration. Whether you're here for fun or more practical things like layout planning, concept diagramming, or tutoring a friend in math, Scriblink brings you the power of free hand expression with anyone, at anytime, anywhere in the world.
Lucy Chubb

Interesting Ways | edte.ch - 0 views

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web2.0 technology education ideas

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  • Lucy Chubb on 20 Oct 10
     
    Interesting ideas with practical application
L Butler

Four Pillars of Technology Integration | nashworld - 0 views

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web2.0 blog education

shared by L Butler on 10 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Think transformation of the way teaching and learning is done in your district, as opposed to integration into it as it exists.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 10 Aug 09
       
      The success comes when new lessons are created creatively utilizing the technology. It feels awkward when technology is just tacked on to an old lesson - just so there is technology.
  • Learn what they learn.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 10 Aug 09
       
      Unless people learn / play with the technology, they can not possibly understand the potential power in the classroom.
  • don’t filter the very usefulness out of the web
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 10 Aug 09
       
      Love the wording of this ... sadly it is so true
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  • The fourth pillar of “instructional model” is more than a quick soundbyte allows.  I see three levels of this notion with increasing value as follows:  1) You have thought about and encouraged good instructional practices in your building/district.  2) You have a well-articulated plan for effective instructional practice that is building or districtwide.  3)  You have a true learner-centered instructional model in place in grades K-12 that credits the constructivist nature of human learning.
  • At this point, the vast majority of school systems are behind the curve in this area.  Being this far behind might just have one distinct advantage.  If there is no way to see any of the individual trees in a forest, you are likely going to be forced to start your mission with a whole-forest view to begin with. 
  • You don’t need a flashlight.  It’s not that dark in there anymore.  Trust that there are others who have proceeded down this path before you, and they have learned many important lessons.  Collaborate.  Learn from their successes and failures.  Do not go it alone. 
  • Ask yourself: what can we do with these new tools available today that we couldn’t do before?  If we could remake our curriculum any way we wanted, how would we do it? 
  • All systems need what I will call an “innovation engine.”  Whatever the system, whatever the setup, schools and school systems need pockets of sponsored innovation.
  • Soon after access is all around you, it doesn’t even feel like “technology,” it just feels like the way things are done.  This is a good thing, for when technology becomes invisible, we can finally focus on the value added from new uses of these tools. 
  • So where does all of this leave you?  How many of these pillars have been already constructed around you?  What have you done to help in that construction? 
  • L Butler on 10 Aug 09
     
    Interesting blog which addresses technology integration from the perspectives of all the parties involved - admins, technology coaches, teachers, students, etc. Worth the reading.
Lisa Keeley

Free Online Typing Test | Test Your Typing Speed | WPM - 0 views

www.rankmytyping.com

typing test keyboarding test

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  • Lisa Keeley on 27 Jul 09
     
    This free typing test calculates how fast you type (Words Per Minute) and compares your results with people from all around the world." />Typing Test, Online Typing Test, Free Typing Test, Typing Speed Test, WPM, Words Per Minute, Typing Games, Touch Typing, Test Typing Speed, Qwerty, Dvorak, Flash Games, Typing Software, Practice Typing
Scott Brewer

SpellingCity.com - 0 views

www.spellingcity.com

spelling languagearts

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  • Scott Brewer on 23 Jun 09
     
    A great site to practice spelling in a fun way!
Amy Soule

The Rapid eLearning Blog - 0 views

www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning

web2.0 e-learning education

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  • Amy Soule on 25 Jun 09
     
    "Practical, real-world tips for e-learning success!"
Mrs Huber

Aplusmath.com - 0 views

www.aplusmath.com

math interactive flashcards elementary

shared by Mrs Huber on 24 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Mrs Huber on 24 Jun 09
     
    A free site for kids to practice different types of math.
anonymous

FreeTypingGame.net - Free typing games online, fun and lesson based keyboarding games i... - 0 views

www.freetypinggame.net

keyboarding

shared by anonymous on 23 Jun 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 23 Jun 09
     
    Good site for beginning keyboarding
  • anonymous on 23 Jun 09
     
    Fun website to practice keyboarding skills.
Rich Smith

Math Games | Motion Math - Play with numbers! - 2 views

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resources math games ipad

shared by Rich Smith on 06 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Rich Smith on 06 Oct 12
     
    Math games that are able to be downloaded as an app for ipads, and ipods, allows students to play these games on the go.
  • Rich Smith on 06 Oct 12
     
    Great site for games and apps which is perfect for lower level math classes, or students who need extra practice on their basic skills.
  • Neil Groft on 12 Oct 12
     
    Definitely know that several of my students could still benefit from the basic skills these games would provide.
Melissa Wilson

Flipped: Trends, Tips, Tools, and Myths | Adventures with Technology - 0 views

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    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 29 Jul 12
       
      I am also very curious about the flipped model for my classroom to an extent. It feels hard to trust that my kiddos/parents will practice their rote knowledge, ex. math facts, outside of school when you sometimes don't see homework come back all year from individual students.  I have heard some interesting fixes to this, such as, having students perform the homework while you and the class do a fun activating activity such as a game, etc. This could work... but the question remains; what about kids that have no support at home, need help, and you can't give it to them because you are busy activating the thinking of 20+ other students?  This is also a problem with the current model of education as it stands, those students that don't receive supports at home need more attention, we are only one person, and can't make up for all the lost attention/time at home the way we'd like to. So how can you leverage the technology to help those kids and give them more supports? 
  • They did say that the students connect better when it is their own teacher. You would miss that connection if you just found videos from other people.
    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 29 Jul 12
       
      Finding videos of other teachers doing your flipped lesson would feel impersonal, tend to alienate those students that are already weary of being connected in school, and most likely just have irrelevant material included amongst the important content. You can't tell a student, "Oh just ignore minute 2:30 to 2:45, they went out on a confusing tanget for a minute" because of their personality/teaching style. You NEED to have your own tangents/teaching style. It's what connects your students to you!
  • Perfection will just result in frustration
    • Matthew Rogers
      Matthew Rogers on 31 Jul 12
       
      If you are looking to use this material consistently with universal results, is it worth it to have the videos up to snuff?
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    • Melissa Wilson
      Melissa Wilson on 01 Aug 12
       
      Would be interesting to give this a try with the 8th grade science teacher I work with. Seems like such a perfect fit for science. Do students need to prove that they watched the videos?
jwzitko

Free Online Textbooks, Flashcards, Practice, Real World Examples, Simulations | CK-12 F... - 0 views

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web2.0 images video creative commons youtube

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  • jwzitko on 10 Aug 15
     
    CK-12 Foundation provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to history
anonymous

iCivics | The Democracy Lab - 0 views

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civics

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    • anonymous
      anonymous on 01 Oct 10
       
      I was just showing this at a conferennce
  • anonymous on 01 Oct 10
     
    Here's a cool civics site
  • anonymous on 01 Oct 10
     
    Check this out! (Practice)
Lou Sheehan

A Fistful of Challenges for Ed Tech -- THE Journal - 0 views

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edtech

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  • But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      How accuarte do you think this statement is? What is your reaction to it?
    • Stacy Kreitzer
      Stacy Kreitzer on 07 Jul 11
       
      Not by choice. Lack of professional development and planning time.
    • DC Wilson
      DC Wilson on 07 Jul 11
       
      I don't work in K-12 schools, but from what I've heard and read, it sounds accurate. This is something that college programs should be addressing to prepare future teachers as well as offering continuing ed courses for current teachers. Districts should be able to allocate resources to support this effort.
    • Gail Rebuck
      Gail Rebuck on 07 Jul 11
       
      When a person has a drive to do something, they generally find a way. Although there may be other obstacles, there is truth to this statement.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 07 Jul 11
       
      Time for training and planning is the most important factor.
    • Lou Sheehan
      Lou Sheehan on 07 Jul 11
       
      How many hours a day do they suggest a teacher prepare and be trained?
  • "The challenge is due to the fact that despite the widespread agreement on its importance, training in digital literacy skills and techniques is rare in teacher education and school district professional development programs," the report said.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      And, I would add, that the training is designed to teach the skills and not the pedagogy for using those skills in class. Teachers still see this as an aside to their job of teaching the content for the purpose of scoring high on the tests.
  • The third critical challenge cited by the authors was the failure of both technology and teaching practices to meet demands for differentiated, personalized learning.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 09 Jun 11
       
      And shouldn't that be an easy thing to do?
  • anonymous on 09 Jun 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
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  • Stacy Kreitzer on 07 Jul 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
  • DC Wilson on 07 Jul 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
  • Gail Rebuck on 07 Jul 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
  • anonymous on 07 Jul 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
  • Lou Sheehan on 07 Jul 11
     
    But the No. 1 challenge in ed tech, according to the report, is with teachers themselves and the inadequacy of their preparation and ongoing training.
Mrs Huber

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Routinization of Novelty: Influencing Positive Change in Practic... - 0 views

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schools & Education video

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  • Mrs Huber on 01 Aug 09
     
    Interesting video.
anonymous

Weblogg-ed » If Every Student Had a Computer - 0 views

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education weblogg

shared by anonymous on 25 Jul 09 - Cached
  • 120 or so teachers from Victoria who are part of a pilot where all of their students will have netbooks in hand in the next few months. There seems to be a growing commitment here to put technology in the hands of kids (instead of spending huge sums on stuff that students can’t use outside of the classroom) and to thinking about how practice and pedagogy changes when that happens. T
    • Mrs Huber
      Mrs Huber on 25 Jul 09
       
      America......are you listening??????????????????????????
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Jul 09
       
      Of course, there's more to this story, isn't there? Once you purchase the equipment (not cheap) there is also the need to make sure that your network can handle it. If not, nobody will use the laptops - at least not to the extent that they COULD be used. And then, the idea of suggesting that districts increae their budgets so that the program could be sustained, is a tough sell. Yet, the alternative is to remain stuck in the 20th century mentality and approach to teaching and learning.
  • E5 (pdf) that I’ll be giving some more attention to on the plane ride home but that at first blush has some interesting language that focuses more on learning than teaching.
    • Mrs Huber
      Mrs Huber on 25 Jul 09
       
      I want to check this out.
  • It’s not just about if every student had a computer; it’s about if every teacher had a computer as well. (As opposed to if every teacher had a whiteboard.) Imagine if our students were being taught in systems where technology was just a natural part of the way we created and constructed and connected and learned, that it was how we do our business. S
    • Mrs Huber
      Mrs Huber on 25 Jul 09
       
      I hope this comes before I retire!
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  • powerful potential in a world where every student AND every teacher has a computer and access to the sum of human knowledge we’re building online.
    • Mrs Huber
      Mrs Huber on 25 Jul 09
       
      WOW!
  • Mrs Huber on 25 Jul 09
     
    What i f every kid had access to a computer in school every day?
  • anonymous on 25 Jul 09
     
    What i f every kid had access to a computer in school every day?
anonymous

Remix Culture & Fair Use: Best Practices for Online Video : Victor Godot - 0 views

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creativecommons copyright

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  • anonymous on 15 Jul 09
     
    An interesting video and an interesting read about copyright in this "remix" culture
L Butler

FreeRice: Subjects - 0 views

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games language art geography math chemistry

shared by L Butler on 23 Jun 09 - Cached
  • L Butler on 23 Jun 09
     
    FreeRice.com is not just for English. You can change the subject to a different language, art, chemistry, geography, or math.
  • Emily Reinert on 23 Jun 09
     
    I love this site! I could see kids getting into this as grammar practice instead of taking notes and doing a worksheet. Thanks, Lisa!
anonymous

Poof! 'Template writing' on FCAT shows up in 12 districts- - 0 views

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testing

shared by anonymous on 20 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Writing exams from 49 schools were found to have "template writing" -- instances in which students from the same school used identical or similar phrases on FCAT essays, such as "Poof! Now I'm in dragon land." The patterns were discovered when the exams were scored. Some educators blame the problem on FCAT, the state's high-stakes test, and the pressure to score well. The phrases found repeatedly seem an attempt to showcase colorful, creative writing, and they might be viewed that way if they were used by individual children. But when many youngsters in a school write the same way, the department suspects that rote memorization, rather than good writing, is at play.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 20 Jul 09
       
      What do we think of this practice? Do we think it's "legal?" Fair? Or, is it just a sign of the enormous pressures brought on by those tests?
  • anonymous on 20 Jul 09
     
    What have we done to education? Look what some schools are doing just to get past the state tests!
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