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Phil Taylor

In Defense of Computers in the Classroom - A.J. JULIANI - 0 views

  • Computers are about creative opportunities, not consumption and recall Computers are a tool that is ubiquitous in the real world (so why not in the classroom) Computers are not meant to support an old system, they are meant to change it
  • whether we like it or not, they are the most powerful learning, creating, and communicating tool ever created. Why wouldn’t we want our students to use them in the classroom?
Phil Taylor

Technology and Social Media in the Classroom are the New Way to Learn - Business 2 Comm... - 0 views

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    "Technology and Social Media in the Classroom are the New Way to Learn"
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Teaching the Essential Skills of the Mobile Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • The Partnership for 21st Century Skills explicitly lists communication and collaboration together in their Framework for 21st Century Learning.
  • Greg Kulowiec (@gregkulowiec) reminded teachers, "Technology is not the emphasis. It's the tool to do thoughtful work." Apps will change. Operating systems, capabilities, and even devices change. However, if we focus on a core set of essential skills -- communication, collaboration, connection and creation -- and start to develop curricula that will benefit our students regardless of the technology, then we can truly embrace a mobile curriculum.
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: 3 Essentials for Success in a Blended [... - 0 views

  • Digital space expectations would include communication, collaboration, sharing, messaging, appropriate use, etc. Here are a few to get you started:
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edWeb.net - Registration - 0 views

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    "Digital Classroom: Teaching with Tech is a free professional learning community (PLC)"
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Part 1… Creativity In The Digital Classroom… Over 40 Resources… Are They in Y... - 0 views

  • creativity is one of the important 4 C’s (Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity) that make up part of the foundation of a 21st century education. The remaining foundation is of course another C (Significant Content).
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How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom - 3 views

  • Pedagogy is more ingrained, and harder to change. For example, it was long thought that the most effective way to teach most subjects was through rote memorization. We now know this not to be true. And while a community may elect new officials every two to four years, teaching methods are developed over decades and rarely change without a fight
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Online Learning in the Traditional Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • you can visit that world and offer your students some of its benefits -- like fluency with online collaboration and communication -- from right where you are
Phil Taylor

Classroom 2.0 LIVE - 0 views

  • If you miss a show, you will find links to the recorded session under the Archives tab. Follow-up learning suggestions are also provided under the Resources tab for each show.We hope you'll join us to share your ideas and questions and together we'll look for answers.
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How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas? | Edutopia - 1 views

  • We know students do plenty of listening in our classes, but what about the other three communication skills they should be engaging in and practicing daily?
  • The ultimate goal of literacy instruction is to build a student's comprehension, writing skills, and overall skills in communication.
  • Students need to be writing every day, in every classroom
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Learning Objects Community - Objects of Interest - 1 views

  • As teachers and students prepare to go back to school, it is a good time to consider adding some new tools to your teaching repertoire. Here are some Web 2.0 lesson ideas to implement in your classroom this year.
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Lydia Dobyns: A '21st Century' Education Is SO Last Century - 0 views

  • I like "Deeper Learning" as a way to convey both the acquisition of knowledge and the transference/application of knowledge along with developing skills employers find valuable -- collaboration, communications and critical thinking.
  • Today's educators need to be connected -- that means they need to embrace social media along with utilizing online resources -- designing ways to integrate smart phones and iPads, along with laptops.
  • ...the choices we make about how to use time in school are often the enemy of quality or value. Our patterns in leading classrooms are so ingrained that we do not even realize when we are making poor choices."
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Speak Up Report: Mapping a Personalized Learning Journey « User Generated Edu... - 0 views

  • it is interesting to see how students are increasingly tapping into the plethora of social media tools and products to create community, develop skills and organize their lives outside of the classroom.
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5 Best Practices For Educators On Facebook - 0 views

  • Fortunately, you don’t have to be Facebook friends to interact on Facebook. In a guide produced in partnership with Facebook, Facebook for Educators, Facebook expert Linda Fogg Phillips, educational media consultant Derek Baird and behavior psychologist BJ Fogg recommend using Groups and Pages to communicate with students:
  • As a teacher & tech guy at a school, using Facebook for school feels like taking the kids to the mall for class. Too distracting. Even they think so, & readily admit it to me.
Phil Taylor

Global Digital Citizen-The Role of the Teacher| The Committed Sardine - 1 views

  • With the huge potential that Information and communication technology has to offer for teaching and learning also comes a matching potential for distraction, illicit and inappropriate activity, and poor judgement.
  • The teacher holds a cornerstone role in the development of understanding, the appreciation of culture and diversity, and the formation of the moral and ethical basis that, like the cornerstone of a building, provides a strong and stable foundation for life in both the real and virtual world they co-inhabit.
  • The most salient lessons are not learned by avoidance but by facing you action, its impact, and the consequences.
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  • All teachers are teachers of citizenship.
  • The teacher is no longer just the master of their subject. They are much, much more. Their classroom is no longer defined by four walls and a blackboard, but stretches far beyond the physical boundaries of their school. We are global teachers, ethicists, and moralists. We are masters of our subject and students of the world.
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