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David Boxer

Students Distracted by Screens? The #1 Antidote - from Tom Daccord on Edudemic - 0 views

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    "More importantly, it happens in K-12 classrooms all the time.  I know because when teachers relate stories of engaged students using technology, their students all ask the same question: "Can I have more time to work on it?" The ingredients for cooking up engaging activities vary, but certain elements are constant. For one, the activities are challenging and expectations high. There's no "click-along-with-me-and-do-what-I-do-kids" passiveness in these classrooms. Instead, it's more like: "This is hard. And I'm not going to show you how to do it. But I expect what you create will be excellent." There's also an authentic audience. Tell students you're going to present their work at a conference, or submit it to a state publication, and then watch the heightened focus in their eyes. Yet, the audience doesn't necessarily need to be outside the school walls. Just tell them you're going to show their work to other classes and teachers. As one teacher noted: "I didn't realize how little I mattered, until I told my students that I was going to publish all their work to an audience." And great teachers figure out other ways to make kids care. They personalize the content - drawing connections to kids' lives - and help students understand why what they're doing is important."
David Boxer

Why I Gave Up Flipped Instruction - 0 views

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    "As my students worked with me to invent our own version of student-centred learning, we realized that the three questions every student in our classroom had to answer were: What are you going to learn? How are you going to learn it? How are you going to show me your learning? This became our mantra - our framework for learning.  This is what it means to give students "control over their education.""
David Boxer

Using Tech Tools to Provide Timely Feedback | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "I also learned effective ways to track student progress toward learning goals that will inform the feedback I give students. While my effectiveness as a teacher has grown exponentially, I still have a lot to learn. ... These are some of my experiences, ideas and resources for using technology to provide meaningful feedback to students -- and making the process more streamlined for everyone."
David Boxer

Using E-Portfolios in the Classroom | Edutopia - 1 views

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    ePortfolio description and resources
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    "With more and more schools going paperless or migrating to the "cloud" (storing files on the Internet), student work has become more easily shareable, accessible by many, and more easily organized. Many teachers have turned to digital portfolios -- or "e-portfolios" -- for their students. These digital portfolios have caused a huge shift in how teachers assign, collect and assess student classwork and projects."
David Boxer

Deeper Learning: Performance Assessment and Authentic Audience | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "Change Your Gradebook into a Logbook Only list things in your gradebook that students and parents can Google. If the search of that assignment title doesn't bring up the beginning of the breadcrumb trail you intended, then you need to word it better. I used to list things like "Quiz 1" or "Homework from Chapter 3" in my gradebook. No one has any idea what those are, and if those scores are low, no one has any idea how the kid can improve them. This is opposite of how psychology shows that humans work. We want to be shown our mistakes so we can fix them. Student grades need to fluidly move up and down as kids show learning, retention or lack thereof. So, start listing the big ideas from your course as your assignments. "
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Improving Student Writing Using iPads - 0 views

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    Wes Fryer Slideshare about using iPads to inspire creative work - especially writing and reflection.
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Flow - A Measure of Student Engagement | User Generated Education - 1 views

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    Student engagement analyzed
David Boxer

Healthier Testing Made Easy: The Idea of Authentic Assessment | Edutopia - 1 views

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    ""The big point -- it comes up over and over again as crucial -- is the importance of quick and detailed feedback. Students overwhelmingly report that the single most important ingredient for making a course effective is getting rapid response on assignments and quizzes. ... An overwhelming majority are convinced that their best learning takes place when they have a chance to submit an early version of their work, get detailed feedback and criticism, and then hand in a final revised version. ... Students improve and are engaged when they receive feedback (and opportunities to use it) on realistic tasks requiring transfer at the heart of learning goals and real-world demands.""
David Boxer

Project RED - 0 views

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    "Project RED conducted the first and only national study of education technology to focus on student achievement and financial implications. In our research of nearly 1,000 schools, we discovered a replicable design for successfully introducing technology into the classroom- one that leads to improved student performance and cost benefits. "
Renee Hawkins

Q&A: Cathy Davidson on Institution Building to Prepare Students for the Information Age... - 1 views

  • s cofounder of Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory,
  • Cathy Davidson on Institution Building to Prepare Students for the Information Age
  • Six or seven years ago, the conversation in many other venues was almost all about EdTech.
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  • university admissions officers were involved in our project as well, campaigning for new kinds of standards. Until college admissions change the kind of testing that measures who does and doesn’t get into college, high school can’t change, and if high school doesn’t change, grade school can’t change. If grade school can’t change, kindergarten can’t change, and if kindergarten can’t change, preschool isn’t going to change.
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      High School college counselors have more influence on digital teaching and learning in high schools than any other individual or policy.
  • more corporations involved—not in terms of the corporatizing of public education but rather in being more vocal and persuasive about the kind of workforce that is needed today and the mismatch between the training we support in our schools and the demands of a changing workplace.
  • they hire brilliant students with excellent test scores and grades and then find that they are so focused on getting the right answers that they don’t actually know how to do what is essential—which is identifying what you don’t know, and then finding out who can help you get the answers.
  • excited about connecting worlds that aren’t traditionally connected—game designers with teachers with institutional authorities like superintendents, principals, and school boards.
  • People are beginning to see that “digital media and learning” isn’t just about the machines; it’s about a new way of thinking and learning.
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    Cathy Davidson looks at the transition from EdTech to Digital Media Learning.
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Age of Distraction: Why It's Crucial for Students to Learn to Focus | MindShift - 1 views

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    More on distraction
David Boxer

Clarity by BrightBytes - Keystone Area Education Agency - 1 views

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    "Clarity is an online platform that helps schools determine the impact of their technology use on student learning." See: http://www.brightbytes.net/
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Excellent Videos OnThe Use of Augmented Reality Apps by Students ~ Educational Technolo... - 0 views

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    More on using augmented reality with students
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Q&A: Howard Rheingold on Using Technology to Take Learning into Our Own Hands | Spotlig... - 0 views

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    Technology allows students to take learning into their own hands.
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

6 Ways Students Can Collaborate With iPads - from Greg on Edudemic | Leading Change in ... - 0 views

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    Ways to collaborate using iPads
Teresa Sengel

How to Use the Google Drive iPad App to Create Student Portfolios | iPad Apps for School - 0 views

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    A good idea!
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    how to use google drive iPad app to create portfolios
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Interactive Writing » Mapping Media to the Common Core - 0 views

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    Wes Fryer's exploration of ways to encourage interactive writing, and creation of e-portfolios for students of all ages.
Jenni Swanson Voorhees

Striking a Balance: Digital Tools and Distraction in School | Edutopia - 0 views

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    How to manage attention - seeking balance for our students (and ourselves?)
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