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Melissa Seifman

Digital Education: Web 2.0: Are School Principals Falling Behind? - 0 views

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web2.0 socialnetworking education

shared by Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Unless keeping up with tech trends is made a high priority by the administrator, I can see how keeping up with it all would quickly fall by the wayside because of other, more important priorities
  • I do think that principals should keep up with technology mainly because luddite principals cannot possibly show the value of technology applications in the classroom if they are so deskilled themselves
  • Administrators could subscribe to one useful blog, such as Instructify, http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify, and read it on a regular basis. In today's day and age it's easy to access information quickly
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  • more services that are provided as open source/free, since they are quickly becoming a necessity in the online world to exchange information and ideas.
  • The most important thing to teach a student is the desire to learn and discover. With that they can become a better learner. WHY?--because they are truly engaged as they are learning, researching, etc.
  • I find it more important to teach a student how to learn efficiently
  • the intelligent use of technology
  • It's not the same world anymore, and fighting it is only stealing opportunities away from our children. They need to learn what will help them succeed, not learn what we learned because we want them to be like us
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09
       
      We are all aware these are not 'quick fix super tools' where the studenst will become instantly bright. But if it's a technology the students can use to problem solve, research, collaborate as if they were in the 'real' world, we are doing them a disservice by not teaching them how to use them intelligently, and giving them opportunities to do so.
  • By learning how to get the answers for something they already care about finding the answers to, they'll have the tools to do research for their paper when it occurs to them that it's time to do what they "gotta do" and complete their paper on time.
  • Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09
     
    Katie Ash is a writer and Web producer for Digital Directions and a co-author of Education Week's "Motivation Matters" blog. Kathleen Kennedy Manzo has been covering curriculum and standards for Education Week since 1996, including federal, state, and local policies, instructional materials, and teaching practices.
Melissa Seifman

2¢ Worth » What Does a 21st Century School Look Like? - 0 views

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21stCenturySchools

shared by Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • The central theme of our BBQ flavored conversation was t he challenge of getting reluctant teachers to buy in to the spirit and practice of a 21st century school.  Since the principal was at the table, I suggested that the use of digital networked content be part of the evaluation expectations for teachers, and that it needed to go much MUCH deeper than just saying, “We want you to do one technology-infused unit this year.”  I suggested that all relics of learning and teaching that are shared, must be digital.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
       
      I totally agree. A 21st century school, and instructors integrate real technology into their lessons. It is no longer sufficient to call a lesson with internet research and use of powerpoint or other office tools a "technology" lesson.
  • Students would be working, but in the same spirit of the work they engage in when playing many of the video games that they spend time with. Their work would be such that they are constantly asking questions, and are in constant need of information and collaborative arrangements for inventing solutions
  • They will also need to dedicate much time to responding to discussion forums, occasional synchronous chat sessions, grading projects, and maintaining their online classrooms.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
       
      Online classrooms are a must I think.. Today's students are to be much more interested and engaged by online learning environments than traditional text-book/lecture based ones because they have literally grown up in it. Their way of thinking has changed.
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  • Libraries will be filled with computers or Kindles rather than books. It will be hard to find the teachers since the students will be directing their own education
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
       
      Yes! Students having a buy in to what they are learning...Librarys that are no longer book and magazine repositories, but rich media centers with many different real technologies available... We'll just forget the part about.. *cough* funding the technology...
  • When the community looks at the school, they see learning — not a school.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
       
      I especially love the last quote of this highlight - when the community looks at a school, they see learning - not a school. Communities need to be able to be just as activily involved..
  • Students don’t think of 21century learning - they live it
Charles Brads

Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Springing into Active Lear... - 0 views

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learning education

shared by Charles Brads on 25 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Belief 1: The rules of a classroom and a content area are based on what the teacher wants.
  • Belief 2: What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say.
  • Belief 3: The point of an assignment is to get it done.
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  • Belief 4: Once an assignment is finished, it's off the to-do list.
  • Belief 5: If I make a mistake, my job is to replace it with the right answer.
  • Belief 6: I feel proud of my work only if I receive a good grade.
  • Belief 7: Speed is synonymous with intelligence.
  • Belief 8: Once I get too far behind, I can never catch up.
  • Belief 9: What I'm learning in school doesn't have much to do with my life—but it isn't supposed to—it's school.
  • To what extent do the classroom rules encourage the "neatness" of compliant behavior instead of the inherent messiness of engagement?
  • To what extent do scoring tools over-reward students for packaging their work and underreward the quality of thinking?
  • To what extent do school staff members "save" students from having to struggle?
  • To what extent do students revise work?
  • To what extent has the pace of the curriculum compromised the opportunity to go more deeply into the discipline?
  • Charles Brads on 25 Nov 08
     
    How students' beliefs work against active learning.
Melissa Seifman

ZaidLearn: University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE! - 0 views

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EdGames EducationalTools

shared by Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08
     
    Listing of interesting sites with free college courseware, and tools for find searching etc
Melissa Seifman

Flashcards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet - 0 views

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EducationalTools EdGames

shared by Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08
     
    Let students create the vocabulary decks, games etc and ask their classmates to use them.. great way to get them to learn and have fun!
Melissa Seifman

Interactivate: Stopwatch - 0 views

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educationaltools

shared by Melissa Seifman on 12 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 12 Mar 09
     
    Stopwatch and timer designed for whiteboard
  • Melissa Seifman on 13 Mar 09
     
    A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks. A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks.
Charles Brads

Purdue study: Hands-on learning better | www.jconline.com | Journal and Courier - 0 views

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Learning education science

shared by Charles Brads on 02 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Charles Brads on 02 Feb 09
     
    Youngsters taught science in classes where the goal was to design and build a device to perform a specific task scored significantly higher on a final test than students who got traditional classroom instruction
Melissa Seifman

The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Consider for a moment the impact of Web 2.0 on a professor working in academia for 20 or 30 years. The flattening of knowledge production and the ease of access to information represented by Web 2.0 technologies in many ways negates the concept of the “sage on the stage” or even traditional notions of scholarship. This world is not what most professors are used to, and many are threatened by and therefore resist this kind of change.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
       
      In a nutshell! The very notion of how to learn has changed
  • These concerns must shape our strategy for gaining acceptance of any new technology. First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This “Three-E Strategy,”
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
       
      Evidence of usefulness, easy to use, and essential - Professional development needs to focus on these 3 E's in order to poise ourselves for social learning
Melissa Seifman

K12 Online Conference 2008 | Prove It "Using Online Argument Role-Play to Foster Lear... - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
     
    powerful argument for using wiki's and blogs for educational role play. Includes examples
Charles Brads

Using Challenging Concepts To Learn Promotes Understanding Of New Material - 0 views

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education

shared by Charles Brads on 05 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Charles Brads on 05 Dec 08
     
    While most teachers progress from easier topics to more advanced ones, that may not always be the best approach, according to a new study.
Melissa Seifman

Blogs for Learning | Articles - - 0 views

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blogs Web2.0

shared by Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
     
    Great article with practical suggestions for Blogging in a classroom
Melissa Seifman

Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb - 0 views

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ResearchSources

shared by Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Google, the largest search database on the planet, currently has around eight billion web pages indexed. That's a lot of information. But it's nothing compared to what else is out there. Google can only index the visible web, or searchable web. But the invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web. The invisible web comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines simply are not able to index.
    • Melissa Seifman
      Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08
       
      More students today really need to learn the difference between google and researching!
Melissa Seifman

Multimedia Learning » Compliance Poetry - 0 views

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literacy

shared by Melissa Seifman on 17 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Melissa Seifman on 17 Feb 09
     
    Using poetry to rewrite technical material
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