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

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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.
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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
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American Association of School Administrators - Publications - The School Administrator... - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09 - Cached
  • the focus is not on software or hardware, but on practices such as sharing thoughts and information through self-publishing and harnessing the collective intelligence of all users to generate information and solve problems
  • Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
     
    Well said! and this is the point that we are at - the critical point where we are trained, students are eager, the web site reflects use, yet policies prevent the implementation.
  • Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
     
    Yes! this is what we need, less blocking and more supporting policies. Tear down the wall that prevents the collaboration and communication that web 2.0 offers
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teachweb2 » home - 0 views

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shared by Jared McLear on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Jared McLear on 16 Apr 09
     
    Everything Web 2.0
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Flashcards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet - 0 views

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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!
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