redesigning the curriculum to take advantage of the affordances of the 1-to-1 mobile devices that were being used. The technology was not bolted onto an existing curriculum
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How To Use Technology To Increase Student Achievement Is Not a Mystery! -- THE Journal - 0 views
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Most importantly, they developed into a community of practice — a professional group of educators who work with each other, who support each other
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Adding technology to direct-instruction, paper-and-pencil-based pedagogy, will have little impact
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Learning and Cognitive Load - Part Two - The Learner's Way - 0 views
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fundamental understanding of Cognitive Load Theory is that there exists a limit upon our cognitive capacity and that once we exceed that capacity our ability to learn is impeded
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Intrinsic Load is that which is inherent to the task at hand and is generally considered to be irreducible by adjustments to instructional methods.
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Extraneous cognitive load is that which is not essential to the task or is added by the manner in which the task is designed or presented.
Blogging to Improve Student Learning: Tips and Tools for Getting Started - 0 views
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I instead encourage faculty to start by adding a blog to their class. A blog can be set up in minutes and is easy to learn and maintain. Plus, there are a variety of studies proving that blogging can improve educational outcomes. For instance:
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students post their written work to a blog before handing it in. The students received comments from other students and even faculty at other institutions, which improved their work greatly.
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TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0.
Zen and the Art of Twitter: 4 Tips for Productive Tweeting - 0 views
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When we let the horse, or social media, direct us, we get overwhelmed and unfocused, and our time is not spent well.Twitter and Facebook are incredible tools, but making the most of our time on them requires paying attention to the mental approach we take. When we engage them with a beginner’s mind, a desire to give, a focus on adding useful content, and a positive state of mind, we will likely have more days guiding the horse than the opposite.
The Committed Sardine - blog - 0 views
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Did you ever wonder why almost all of Google’s services are free of charge? Well, now you know. That old saying, “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” still holds true. You may not be paying Google with dollars (aside from clicking on those Google ads), but you are paying with information. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but you should be aware of it.
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Below are some suggestions for using Diigo: Annotate curriculum documents and add stickies to show where tech integration is happening and could happen. That could be annotated for a group of curriculum writers. Annotate state education agency memos for your administrators. We get memos every day and they are posted online. Immediately, among a team, share the implications of the ideas in the memo, the most important points, and so on.
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Many 21st century teachers are out there.
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By combining the power of Diigo and Twitter, I am able to track more easily ad-hoc professional learning opportunities as they occur, as well as have conversations about them before and after they occur
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Chop YouTube Videos TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.
NJ private school requiring students to have iPads next year | MyCentralJersey.com | My... - 0 views
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soon could make obsolete the days of children lugging bags of heavy books on their backs
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it feels like the Internet in 1995. You can see where it's going, but it's not there yet,"
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"A big part of our academic experience is learning to use your time wisely," he said, and added that he expects students will using them responsibly during class.
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