He discovered a profound disconnect between what potential employers are looking for in young people today (critical thinking skills, creativity, and effective communication) and what our schools are providing (passive learning environments and uninspired lesson plans that focus on test preparation and reward memorization).
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Steve Hargadon: Tony Wagner Live Interview on The Global Achievement Gap - 0 views
Developing a 'Tech Bill of Rights' -- THE Journal - 0 views
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"Youth Safety on a Living Internet" report said that parents and teachers should "promote online citizenship and media-literacy education, and actively encourage the children's participation in the process..... Teaching children civil, respectful behavior online and offline is the key to fostering a safe Internet environment," the group stated in its report,
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Shout! Explore. Connect. Act. - 0 views
Visual Understanding Environment - 0 views
DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 0 views
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many Web 2.0 tools to help students with the research process. Some tools are selected to make the research process more transparent and to allow us to give feedback during the process. Some are used to help students keep track of sources. I’ve listed them and the way we use them below. I’ve tried to give a brief description. It may seem like a lot of tools but we tend to believe that one size doesn’t fit all and the overarching skills supersede the tool itself.
Digital Literacies: My Current Personal Learning Environment (PLE) - 0 views
The Green Guide - For Everyday Living - 0 views
Learning for Sustainability - 0 views
DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 0 views
The Story of Cosmetics - 0 views
Will the iPad revolutionize education? - ISTE Community - 0 views
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The iPad however, provides an alternative method by providing a lower cost of entry, while allowing for student-centered instruction where students are able to both create content and access information anywhere, anytime. The key for revolutionizing education is having educators who embrace this technology to change how they teach to create a learning environment where students, not teachers, are the focus of the instruction.
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“Yeah it does all that and it’s a phone!” Amidst a cacophony of reverent Oooh’s and Ahh’s, I unknowingly witnessed the birth of the Smart-Phone and the death knell of the PDA. I bring this up because I recently was approached by someone who told me that our school should get rid of all PC’s and give everyone iPads.
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but the tablet format could lead to changes in education.
DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 0 views
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An important part of allowing students to use technology is teaching them how to use such tools in a responsible manner.
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Short of putting our kids in a technology-proof bubble
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