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Michelle Krill

Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 4 views

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Connectivism learningtheory

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  • Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn.
    • Denise Nichols
      Denise Nichols on 02 Aug 12
       
      What are some of the new theories?  What research will they be based upon?
  • The life of knowledge was measured in decades.
    • Denise Nichols
      Denise Nichols on 02 Aug 12
       
      Our concept of knowledge had definitely changed in this digital age of Google.
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  • Many of the processes previously handled by learning theories (especially in cognitive information processing) can now be off-loaded to, or supported by, technology.
    • Denise Nichols
      Denise Nichols on 02 Aug 12
       
      Conrad Wolfram speaks to this idea in his TED talk about teaching real math with computers.  He states that students spend 80% of their time on calculating rather than applying math to real world problems to learn math concepts.
  • A central tenet of most learning theories is that learning occurs inside a person. Even social constructivist views, which hold that learning is a socially enacted process, promotes the principality of the individual (and her/his physical presence – i.e. brain-based) in learning. These theories do not address learning that occurs outside of people (i.e. learning that is stored and manipulated by technology). They also fail to describe how learning happens within organizations
  • Know-how and know-what is being supplemented with know-where (the understanding of where to find knowledge needed).
    • Denise Nichols
      Denise Nichols on 02 Aug 12
       
      This is one of the most important skills we can give our students in the digital age.  An intelligent person may not know the information but they know where to find the information.
    • Neil Groft
      Neil Groft on 02 Aug 12
       
      Crazy to think how fast the world is changing.
    • Thomas Larkin
      Thomas Larkin on 02 Aug 12
       
      This point was in the Wolfram Talk too
  • Constructivism suggests that learners create knowledge as they attempt to understand their experiences
  • Decision-making is itself a learning process.
    • Deb Sowers
      Deb Sowers on 02 Aug 12
       
      ...and do we (teachers AND parents) really teach this with our kids? ...or facilitate??
  • Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime. Learning and work related activities are no longer separate. In many situations, they are the same.
    • Rich Smith
      Rich Smith on 02 Aug 12
       
      I love this point
  • Experience has long been considered the best teacher of knowledge. Since we cannot experience everything, other people’s experiences, and hence other people, become the surrogate for knowledge. ‘I store my knowledge in my friends’ is an axiom for collecting knowledge through collecting people (undated).”
    • Denise Nichols
      Denise Nichols on 02 Aug 12
       
      This is how social media expands our knowledge.  
  • Connectivism provides insight into learning skills and tasks needed for learners to flourish in a digital era.
    • Deb Sowers
      Deb Sowers on 02 Aug 12
       
      Great summary statement
  • Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime.
  • Michelle Krill on 02 Aug 12
     
    "Editor's Note: This is a milestone article that deserves careful study. Connectivism should not be con fused with constructivism. George Siemens advances a theory of learning that is consistent with the needs of the twenty first century. His theory takes into account trends in learning, the use of technology and networks, and the diminishing half-life of knowledge. It combines relevant elements of many learning theories, social structures, and technology to create a powerful theoretical construct for learning in the digital age."
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?
jan Minnich

Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/t-learning-teaching-strategies

classroom environment teaching strategies

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  • jan Minnich on 07 Aug 12
     
    With school commencing in only a few weeks this is a good article to provoke thought on classroom environment.
N Butler

Web 2.0 teaching tools to enhance education and learning - Edjudo - 2 views

edjudo.com/web-2-0-teaching-tools-links

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  • N Butler on 05 Mar 12
     
    Great list of Web 2.0 sites.
Matthew Rogers

Successful Teaching: Feeling Connected - 0 views

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Use of Blog How Used on Appalachian Trail

shared by Matthew Rogers on 13 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Matthew Rogers on 13 Jun 12
     
    On February 28, we met a man who was beginning his Appalachian Trail thru-hike the next day. We exchanged contact info and he gave me the address of his blog which he would be updated along the way. This was his way of letting his family know where he was and share pictures.
Matthew Rogers

:: e-Learning for Kids :: - 0 views

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math smartboard interactive resources teaching learning web2.0 education teach games sounds

shared by Matthew Rogers on 18 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Matthew Rogers on 18 Jun 12
     
    This is a great resource of interactive websites that students can use independently or as a group on a variety of different topics
Michelle Krill

DocsTeach - 0 views

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primarysources archives nationalarchives

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  • Michelle Krill on 20 Jul 15
     
    The National Archives has created a new web site to help educators teach with primary-source documents. The site, called DocsTeach, not only lets teachers explore thousands of documents in a variety of media from the National Archives holdings, but it also includes online tools to help teachers combine these materials and create engaging history activities that students can access over the internet.
Michelle Krill

Using SAMR to Teach Above the Line - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - 1:1 program, Appl... - 0 views

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samr

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  • use of the SAMR model as a framework for tech integration presents a consistent, clear and powerful message that is spreading
Michelle Krill

Digital Bytes | Common Sense Media - 0 views

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commonsense digitalbytes digitalcitizenship pbl

shared by Michelle Krill on 08 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 08 Jun 15
     
    "Digital Bytes teaches teens digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities that tackle real-world dilemmas. Teens learn from the experiences of their peers then create collaborative projects that voice their ideas for making smart, safe choices online."
  • Michelle Krill on 08 Jun 15
     
    This is a great resource for use with students.
Michelle Krill

XHTML live chat based on the XMLHttpRequest Object - 0 views

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backchannel warlick collaborate

shared by Michelle Krill on 06 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 06 Jul 10
     
    This chat tool has been refined for purposes of collaborative and conversational learning. You are here not only to learn, but to share and teach. Each participant is asked to pose questions, comments, and additional ideas and resources.
Michelle Krill

Movie Sheets - Teacher Submitted Movie Worksheets for the Classroom - 0 views

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Movies backchannel

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  • Michelle Krill on 06 Jul 10
     
    "Showing videos and the occasional Hollywood film in the classroom is an innovative way to demonstrate concepts and expose common misconceptions while providing a thought provoking change of pace for students. These worksheets are NOT meant to supplement good interactive, thought provoking activities in the classroom, rather they are meant to provide an OCCASSIONAL change of pace in the classroom. It is recommend to show the film, then stop the footage, do some teaching, and start it up again."
Michelle Krill

krillworkshops » Digital Responsibility - 0 views

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copyright FairUse creativecommons copyrightconfusion

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  • Michelle Krill on 09 Jul 10
     
    Professional development site for teaching about digital responsibility
anonymous

Ed Tech Experts Choose Top 3 Collaboration Tools -- THE Journal - 0 views

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Web 2.0 tools

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  • anonymous on 30 Jul 10
     
    "Which web 2.0 tools are best suited for enabling collaboration in teaching and learning? A trio of ed tech experts offer up their top three choices apiece."
anonymous

The tools of learning have changed - Mind Dump - 1 views

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  • anonymous on 03 Oct 10
     
    "the tools of learning have changed, as have the tools of collaboration, of distribution, of creation, and if our schools do not teach these - and much more - help our students to understand how they must manipulate these tools for their purposes - and the world's - nothing else we do in school really matters, because our students will not be able to effectively work with what they know."
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."
anonymous

educational-origami - home - 1 views

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web2.0 bloomstaxonomy

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  • anonymous on 17 Oct 09
     
    Very nice wiki as a resource for Digital Bloom's, 21st C teaching, and much more. Nominated for best wiki in 2008
  • anonymous on 17 Oct 09
     
    Check this out. Bookmark it!
  • Mrs Huber on 18 Oct 09
     
    Looks like a place I could spend days exploring!
anonymous

State's graduation exam passes latest test - 1 views

www.post-gazette.com/...1007773-298.stm

testing graduation

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  • The regulation calls for the state to provide 10 end-of-course exams, beginning with English literature, Algebra 1 and biology in 2010-11, with other English, math, science and social studies subjects being phased in through 2016-17.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      I'm wonderfing what the other subjects will be.
  • School districts would be required to count the exams for at least one-third of a student's final grade or districts could use other options, including validated local assessments or Advanced Placement exams instead. Districts also could set up a project for students who failed exams.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      So, someone at the state level will create a test that every student must pass, or they fail the course. Is there ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER that teachers will now be teaching to that test? ALL curriculum around the state will have to change to match those tests.
  • Opponents of the exams told the regulatory commission that the testing program would cost too much to administer and be unfair to otherwise good students who perform poorly on standardized tests.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 25 Oct 09
       
      I think it's sad that their concern was first about the cost and not what it would do to teaching and learning in the state.
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  • We understand the system now,
  • Some have said that the exams would discourage students who have a hard time taking tests and would prompt them to drop out.
  • anonymous on 23 Oct 09
     
    Ready or not, here it comes.
Mrs Huber

Creative Teaching Website - 0 views

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grammar teaching

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  • Mrs Huber on 01 Aug 09
     
    just for fun
Emily Reinert

DGP Publishing Overview - 0 views

www.dgppublishing.com/overview.htm

grammar k-12 language arts English k-12

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  • Emily Reinert on 31 Jul 09
     
    It offers a really interesting approach to teaching grammar. The homepage has a brief overview, but to really understand the program, download the powerpoint (there is a link on the site).
Beth Hartranft

Web 2.0 in Elementary - Learning Telecollaboratively - 0 views

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web2.0 elementary

shared by Beth Hartranft on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Beth Hartranft on 27 Jul 09
     
    A wiki by Clif Mims. He is using this as a resource/training site for teaching Web 2.0 in-service for elementary teachers.
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