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Phil Taylor

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearnin... - 0 views

  • The  iPad is generating more discussion about the role of technology in learning than any tool or event to date. In trying to understand the reason for this, I’m of the belief that the design and tactile experience of the iPad are the primary differences in this device that is enabling these conversations.
  • many would argue against it as purely a consumption device, the addition of a camera, creation software such as iMovie and Garageband, as well as keyboard enhancements means it offers some of the best creative applications for educati
Phil Taylor

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    Google and Common Sense Team Up We're excited to announce our collaboration with Google, Inc., on a new digital literacy portal, ThinkB4U. ThinkB4U is a "choose your own adventure" style interactive learning site designed to get everyone -- from parents to students to teachers -- thinking about how to use the Internet safely and responsibly.
Phil Taylor

How To Design A 21st Century Assessment - - 0 views

  • Action Step 1: Stop thinking technology first.
  • Action Step 2: Give students authentic choice in how they will demonstrate their learning.
  • Action Step 3: Help students seek feedback from other students, other educators, and experts in the field.
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  • Action Step 4: Provide always-on, asynchronous access to that which is being assessed.
  • We need to think about our end goal.
Phil Taylor

Visual-Spatial Learners - 0 views

  • share with you information about this important learning style, and to share with you about recognizing, assessing, teaching, counseling and living with visual-spatial learners.
Phil Taylor

Schools | State of EdTech | EdSurge - 0 views

  • Yes, technology plays an important role in today’s classrooms. While the pace of change has accelerated, however, one constant remains the same: Good teachers are critical to delivering an effective learning experience
  • Technology can play a critical role—but only when the technology supports the approach, the teaching philosophy and the goals that educators, students and families have agreed matters the most.
Phil Taylor

A Principal's Reflections: Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear Technology - 2 views

  • Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear Technology
  • Control: For technology to be not only integrated effectively, but also embraced, a culture needs to be established where teachers and administrators are no longer fearful of giving up a certain amount of control to students.  T
  • Lack of training: With the integration of technology comes change.  With change comes the inevitable need to provide quality professional development. 
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  • We are beginning to see some schools across the country take the lead in merging sound pedagogy with the effective integration of technology.  These schools and educators, whether they realize it or not, are not only enhancing the teaching and learning process, but they are also providing their learners with essential skill sets pivotal for success in today’s society.  These skill sets include critical thinking/problem solving, media literacy, collaboration, creativity, technological proficiency, and global awareness.  The ultimate result with this shift has been increases in engagement as well as a sense of relevancy and meaning amongst learners, all of which are foundations for improving achievement.
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.
Phil Taylor

The Innovative Educator: Using Facebook in Education - 0 views

  • When we complain about students using social media or technology irresponsibly can we really blame them if they've never been taught how to responsibly use these tools for learning? 
Phil Taylor

Tablets Will Transform the Classroom [OPINION] - 0 views

  • How on earth does a teacher create an engaging lesson for 32 different learners, especially when each learner carries his own individualized learning style? It’s at this very point that tablet integration gets exciting.
  • When the correct apps are applied to the appropriate subject on a creative touchable interface, learners are free to work at different paces, in the same class and with the same teacher. The teacher then becomes free to work with the different ability groups, and to focus on developing the day’s curriculum.
  • I’m hoping that teachers continue to welcome the forthcoming opportunities in digital education. The tablet interface and app potential is a great step forward for the brilliant educators across the world.
Phil Taylor

The Committed Sardine - blog - 0 views

  • today’s students have the ability to start ripples in society, and a good education leader will know how to give students the skills they need to start those ripples.
  • kids are really doing is jumping between different tasks and not giving each task full attention.
  • continual partial attention
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  • “The question you should be asking is, ‘When they leave school, are they even more curious than when they began?’”
  • One of the greatest ways to engage students and teach 21st-century skills is by using the web for collaboration,”
  • The work of the group as a whole needs to be assessed as well.”
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