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10 steps technology directors can take to stay relevant SmartBlogs - 0 views

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Understand that your district has BYOD in place. All schools do. It’s whether you choose to embrace the learning tool that makes the difference. Encourage the device. Don’t outlaw the learning tool for students or staff.
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5 Tips Every Connected Student Must Know about - 1 views

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The connected learner is a concept grounded in the theory of connectivism which presumes that Learning takes place as a part of a social network of many diverse connections and ties
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The innovation infatuation - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 21 Dec 16 - No Cached

In K–12 education, every reinvention effort gained some traction for a while and left a legacy behind. Indeed, one way to depict U.S. public schools circa 2016 is a vast archeological dig with layers of earlier civilizations visible as we excavate and with the pottery shards and tools that each used now heaped messily all over the place.
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Learning In The Age Of Digital Distraction : NPR Ed : NPR - 1 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 18 Jan 17 - No Cached

I think that it is reasonable to take technology "time outs," to have environments and maybe even times where the family interacts with each other and not the outside world through texts. It's sort of a return to the dinner table as a place where you learn how to engage in face-to-face, meaningful contact. Put your tech aside. You can return to it afterwards.
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TechLearning: Social Media: It Does Have a Place in the Classroom - 0 views

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Three Simple C’s of Social Media Success for Educators
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"Cellphones are a Distraction" « My Island View - 1 views

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Note-passing is the bane of a teacher’s existence and this method is technological. Again, there are procedures in place for passing notes. The teacher needs only to now stipulate written or digital; problem solved.
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 Smartphones are powerful, mobile, personal learning devices.  But of course, there is that damned control issue thing.
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Why not teach them how to maximize their learning. We can’t expect them to use the technology appropriately if they “learn it on the streets”.
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The 10 Types of Educational Apps and When To Use Them - Kindertown - 2 views

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Many educators and parents are searching for apps that provide the best environment for learning to take place.
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Technophobia has no place in education - comment - TES - 1 views

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How much longer can we ignore the extremely powerful tools that are driving so much learning outside our schools? How can we be locked in pedagogical denial of the same tools that we use in our everyday lives?
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Children not outside playing? Don't blame technology - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 09 Nov 11 - No Cached

Many of the arguments being made today as to how the Internet is ruining our society were first put forth with the introduction of public speaking, the printed word, telecommunications and so on.
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should respond to emails at 6 a.m. on a Saturday (emergency or not), this is less about your boss's disposition and more about a common lack of education as to how to best use technology.
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It's my job to best manage my technology (and not the other way around).
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For generations, youths have showed they would rather sit around and play than go outside and play. It's not technologies' fault if a kid is lazy ... it comes down to parenting, values and the child's disposition.
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But, there's something else we need to remember: Our values were created in a different time and in a different place.
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The current jobs the majority of my friends are working at didn't exist as occupations when I was in high school. Should a child be lugging around five textbooks in a backpack that's causing them spinal disc herniation or does an iPad not only enable them to have a lighter load, but the ability - when used properly - to also create, collaborate and engage more with their peers.
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I would argue that it's not an all-or-nothing proposition
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21 Reasons Technology Works for Education | EdTech Magazine - 0 views

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1,000 high school students, faculty, and district IT professionals around the country to get their take on technology’s place in the classroom.
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Can the iPad Really Replace Your Laptop? - 0 views

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At the end of the day, the iPad offers a remarkable level of efficiency and integration for businesspeople who are particularly sensitive to workflow challenges or spend most of their time on the go. Heavy duty programs and major memory hogs have no place on a tablet, and you’re simply not going to find those on the iPad anytime soon.
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Student Bloggers Connect with Peers | Edutopia - 1 views

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It's Complicated: An interview with danah boyd about teens and technology. - 1 views

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with technology, there is such a tendency for it to be a source of anxiety. I’d really like us to be in a place where we think of it instead as an opportunity for teenagers.
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Is Relevance Over Rated? | My Island View - 0 views

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Education however is based on relationships. There are student/teacher relationships, and collegial relationships. All of these relationships take place in an environment of learning.
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3 Places To Get Free Full-Text Scientific Studies - Edudemic - 0 views

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Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach - Education Week - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 11 Jun 15 - No Cached

greater challenge, the researchers wrote, is in expanding teachers' knowledge of new instructional practices that will allow them to select and use the right technology, in the right way, with the right students, for the right purpose.
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Google Docs. The application's power to support collaborative writing and in-depth feedback, however, was not being realized. Teachers were not encouraging group-writing assignments and their feedback focused overwhelmingly on issues such as spelling and grammar, rather than content and organization.
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experts seem to agree on: so-called "job-embedded" professional development that takes place consistently during the workday
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Phil Taylor on 11 Jun 15

the greater challenge, the researchers wrote, is in expanding teachers' knowledge of new instructional practices that will allow them to select and use the right technology, in the right way, with the right students, for the right purpose.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the greater challenge, the researchers wrote, is in expanding teachers' knowledge of new instructional practices that will allow them to select and use the right technology, in the right way, with the right students, for the right purpose.</div>

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Teachers Report Educational Benefits of Frequent Technology Use -- THE Journal - 1 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 30 Jun 10 - Cached

"Frequent technology users place considerably more emphasis on developing students' 21st century skills--specifically, skills in accountability, collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, ethics, global awareness, innovation, leadership, problem solving, productivity and self-direction.
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