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Homework vs. No Homework Is the Wrong Question | Edutopia - 1 views

  • The policy should be, "No time-wasting, rote, repetitive tasks will be assigned that lack clear instructional or learning purposes."
  • reflect a considered school policy and not simply be up to each individual teacher to carry out according to his or own theory of student learning
Phil Taylor

Why banning technology is not the answer - The Learner's Way - 1 views

  • Connected devices should inject new opportunities, knowledge, data, influencers and thinking into our debates and add value not distraction.
  • The question of student distractibility is worth further exploration.
  • Technology does not need to be a part of every aspect of our lives. We need to learn when it is the best tool, when it plays a part on the sidelines and when it is best left out of the equation.
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    "Why banning technology is not the answer"
Phil Taylor

From Traditional Teacher to "Modern Learning Advisor" - Modern Learners - 0 views

  • From a content and skills standpoint, why wouldn’t we expect teachers to connect their students to the smartest, most experienced experts they can find online?
  • But it is not  either/or approach.  It’s NOT either the traditional approach or the modern approach. There is room for both approaches, particularly there will still be a need for the design and management of essential (e.g. compliance, and regulatory) training.
  • If nothing else, we should be thinking and talking about this, about how the new realities of the world require different thinking and doing and defining, especially in the context of the roles the adults play in the classroom.
Phil Taylor

The data on children's media use: An interview with Michael Robb - Rafael Heller, 2018 - 0 views

  • they’re much more likely to say that spending time interacting with each other online has a positive impact on their social-emotional lives than a negative one.
  • , we found that for all the public attention to the amount of time kids spend with digital media, parents are logging almost as many hours as their kids
  • Generally speaking, the press coverage of these issues is not well balanced, and the public mostly hears negative and alarming stories about cell phone addiction and cyberbullying and children holed up alone in their rooms.
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  • When journalists cover media-related topics, they tend to get carried away, scaring parents about everything from technology addiction to video games’ supposed connection to school shootings
  • technology addiction, and the issue ended up being much more complicated than I expected. For example, we found that among researchers and psychologists, there’s no real agreement as to what technology addiction is, how it could be measured, or how prevalent it might be.
  • it’s clear that multitasking impairs people’s ability to focus,
Phil Taylor

Not all screen time is equal: Some considerations for schools and parents - Shooting Az... - 0 views

  • According to Livingstone and Blum-Ross ‘screen time’ “is an obsolete concept. As digital media become integrated into all aspects of daily life, it is more important to consider the context and content of digital media use, and the connections children and young people (and parents) are making, or not, than to consider arbitrary rules about time.”
Phil Taylor

The 6 Questions We Should Be Asking About the Future of Learning | LinkedIn - 0 views

  •  We used technology like people do at work – as a tool to helps us get our job done, learn and conduct research, and to connect and collaborate, to build communication skills, and to solve problems. The big insight: technology can power deeper learning.
  • These questions don’t center upon, nor are they dependent on, technology, though if technology is an integral part of our lives, some of the answers to these questions might lie in the use of technology.
Phil Taylor

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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