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Sean Dagony-Clark

17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times - SimpleK12 - 0 views

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    This one is worth reading, but not because it's necessarily worth following. It's a wrong-headed approach to tech integration, one that values the tools above the pedagogical goals -- because it assumes that the use of the tool is valuable in itself. What it omits is why any one of these scenarios can support learning... which would be a much more effective way to lobby a teacher to use it...
Sean Dagony-Clark

Practice for Knowledge Acquisition (Not Drill and Kill) - APA - 0 views

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    "Researchers who have investigated expert and novice performance have uncovered important distinctions between deliberate practice and other activities, such as work, play and rote repetition. Rote repetition - simply repeating a task - will not automatically improve performance. Effective practice is deliberate."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Blended learning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

  • Blended learning in educational research refers to a mixing of different learning environments. It combines traditional face-to-face classroom methods with more modern computer-mediated activities.
  • Whether a course should be proposed as a face-to-face interaction, an online course or a blended course depends on the analysis of the competencies at stake, the nature and location of the audience, and the resources available.
  • The facilitator’s role can be broken down into the following four categories: 1. developing online course content and structure 2. communication 3. guiding and individualizing learning 4. assessing, grading, and promoting
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  • Teachers need to be educated in both traditional classroom methods, but also enhanced training to develop skills targeted to online education.
  • The elements of teacher preparation for online learning fall into two categories. First, they need to be trained to use the available tools and technology. Secondly, they need to be trained in online pedagogy; particularly, how to communicate content without the use of contextual cues.
  • Fischer, Michael. [mf032.k12.sd.us/Porftolio/files/FischerMichaelPositionPaper.pdf "The Use of Online Learning Methods in the Traditional Classroom"]. mf032.k12.sd.us/Porftolio/files/FischerMichaelPositionPaper.pdf. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  • Horn, Michael B., and Heather C. Staker. The Rise of K12 Blended Learning. Chapel Hill, NC: Innosight Institute, Jan. 2011. PDF.
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    Good background information on blended learning. Pay particular attention to the footnotes.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Using Technology to Discover Geography and Geology Outside the Classroom - YouTube - 1 views

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    A wonderful authentic learning scenario in which 3rd graders create a multimedia documentation of their community. They team with high school kids who help with the use of technology, and with local experts to gain knowledge; then the students create a lasting document of their understanding. Just great stuff, and totally relevant across many age levels. "Third graders become historians, writers, and videographers as they explore the geography and geology of their community."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters | Edutopia - 0 views

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    An overview of Twitter for professional development as well as some links. "Teachers who are fans say they appreciate the easy-to-use tool as a quick way to network with colleagues. They like being able to ask and answer questions, learn from experts, share resources, and react to events on the fly."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Fan 'o tech to Fanatic: How the students in 3C claimed their course - 1 views

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    Bruce Leslie describes his kids' experience using Skype for language learning.
Sean Dagony-Clark

A Day in the Life of a Connected Educator - Using social media in 21st century classrooms - 0 views

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    "One of the most common questions we get is, "But where do we find the time to use all this new technology?" To answer that question, we developed this infographic - A Day in the Life of a Connected Educator to show that using social media in your classroom and in your life can be integrated, easy, and fun."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Tools To Enhance Your Personal Learning Environment - 0 views

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    Lots of apps and websites to add to your PLN toolbelt.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Online Universities: The Future of Elite Education - 0 views

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    "Online education has officially arrived. What five years ago was the ubiquitous domain of University of Phoenix, is now dominated by sexy start-ups like the recently announced edX by Harvard and MIT. The unprecedented boom of these education technology outfits has thrown the media into a tizzy about the coming of an education revolution. It certainly will happen, but there are some fundamental challenges it must tackle before it can disrupt and transform elite higher education."
Sean Dagony-Clark

Physics of the Yellow Angry Bird | Wired Science | Wired.com - 0 views

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    A physics professor at SLU uses free software to deconstruct the physics of Angry Birds. He measures velocity and acceleration over time using Tracker Video Analysis. Nice way to connect science to gaming...
Sean Dagony-Clark

App Inventor for Android - 0 views

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    If you've got an Android phone, you can easily build a program on it using this software. It uses a graphical programming interface that's quite simple to learn.
Sean Dagony-Clark

You Want iPads For Your School ... But Is That Enough? - iPads in Education - 2 views

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    Smart post by Sam Gliksman on the reasons for classroom iPad use. A lot of what he says applies to technology in general.
Sean Dagony-Clark

FreeBIEs | Project Based Learning | BIE - 0 views

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    Free materials to help support your PBL ideas. Not all are excellent, but there are some good ideas here that might be useful.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Riverdale's Pedagogy and Technology Workshop on Vimeo - 1 views

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    Riverdale's year-long PTW experience in less than 6 minutes.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics - 1 views

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    Huge list of rubrics, but some are out of date. Don't let that spoil you on the list, though. Just keep clicking.
Sean Dagony-Clark

Assessment System Overview - Andy Schwen - 1 views

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    Very powerful application of Google Apps to create a system of assessment and feedback for teachers and students. It's complex, but he's provided the whole template.
Sean Dagony-Clark

CMU Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence - 0 views

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    Great resources for teaching and learning.  "We strive to empower instructors by helping them develop a deep understanding of how students learn, so that they can effectively apply and adapt teaching strategies to meet their own goals and their students' needs.  The purpose of the following materials is to present current research and theory on student learning in a way that can inform and guide effective teaching practices."
Sean Dagony-Clark

CMU Guidelines for Teaching Portfolios - PDF - 1 views

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    "This section provides a document on teaching portfolios (pdf) - including a description of their common structure and recommendations for specific artifacts to include as evidence of effective teaching - and information on our program for graduate students that helps them document their teaching experience at Carnegie Mellon."
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