Pedagogy

We need a new pedagogy for 21st century teaching & learning video

"iPad Resources for Administrators"

"If technology is making us stupid, it's not technology's fault"

"A Times analysis, using data largely ignored by LAUSD, looks at which educators help students learn, and which hold them back."

"Personalisation by Pieces is a secure website which supports three core aspects of 21st century learning "

"New Classroom Rules"

Come to school every day, unless you would rather just go on line

"10 Wiki Strategies for Educators"

"I'm so tired of having the integration of technology into learning overlooked because it's "too hard". As educators - actual professional educators , who actually go into classrooms every day and teach for a living - we do NOT have the luxury of choosing whether we should be integrating technology, or whether we want to learn more about it, or whether we think it's relevant to the learning process. It is , it's part of the job and if people don't think so, then they ought to be getting a copy of the Saturday paper and looking for a something else to do where they CAN be selective about what part of the job they are willing to take seriously without it impacting on our future generations."

"Learning 2.0 is Dumb: Use 'Connected Learning' Instead"

"Chronic media multitasking is quickly becoming ubiquitous, although processing multiple incoming streams of information is considered a challenge for human cognition. "

multi tasking and cognitive processing

"Rubrics for Bloom's Digital taxonom"

"Knewton's adaptive technology continuously personalizes online learning content for each individual student."

changing the nature of learning

"10 Signs You Really Are a 21st Century Teacher (And Might Not Know It)"

"Awe might seem like just another three-letter word, but it is so much more.  A recent New York Times article detailed how humans can get goose bumps when we experience awe, that often-positive feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends our understanding of the world. It is a catalyst that can motivate people to do more good. The article also highlighted the research of Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner who found that awe helps bind us to others, motivating us to act in collaborative ways that enable strong groups and cohesive communities."

Differentiation

"Learning Management Systems (LMS) are walled gardens. They provide substantial control over the environment in which learning activities take place, and at first glance this appears to be a good thing. For this reason they are often relatively appealing to faculty members beginning to make the transition from fully traditional classroom instruction. The level of control is familiar… but it is also misleading when taken in the context of the full learning process (see "Hack the LMS: Getting Progressive" for more on this)."

"Now a study in Personality and Individual Differences has added to this picture by showing that students who believe they have "free will" in the philosophical sense (they agree with statements like "I have free will" and "I am in charge of my actions even when my life's circumstances are difficult") tend to do better academically. The result suggests that it's not just people's beliefs about the nature of ability that influences their scholarly performance, but also their more fundamental beliefs about the limits of human choice and volition."