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assessment in education conjures up images of testing, its Latin root “assidere” means “to sit beside.” This raises a provocative question: In this era of high-stakes testing that’s used to rank kids and schools, what if we reclaimed the word assessment and put it more authentically in the service of learning?
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shared by Phil Taylor on 22 Jun 12 - No Cached

As we push forward with the digital transformation of education, it's worth taking a look at just how greatly technology can impact teaching and learning in this country -- and what's at stake, not just for our students but our society as a whole.
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students thirst for connections between what they're learning in the classroom (and how) and what they see happening in the real world
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Increasing engagement is about
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the very real task of connecting them more closely to their coursework, to their teachers and to each other.
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One of the best ways to do this is to use technology to collect data that tells us where they're strong and where they're weak, how they learn best, and use this data to create personalized pathways
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The simplest reason why we should continue our push to bring technology to our classrooms is also the best one: it works
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we must listen to feedback from our teachers and make sure that they have the training and support they need to implement this technology effectively.
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shared by Phil Taylor on 05 Feb 10 - Cached

Some of the latest technology tools for the classroom, however, promise to ease the challenges of differentiating instruction more creatively and effectively, ed-tech experts say, even in an era of high-stakes federal and state testing mandates. New applications for defining and targeting students’ academic strengths and weaknesses can help teachers create a personal playlist of lessons, tools, and activities that deliver content in ways that align with individual needs and optimal learning methods.
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Preliminary data showed significant student progress toward mastering the skills targeted in the program, officials say
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“By leveraging technology to play a role in the delivery of instruction,” he says, “we can help to complement what live teachers do.”
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Making the Transition Experts caution, however, that instituting such large-scale change is not simply a matter of putting new tools in place. As in San Diego, most teachers will need extensive professional development to use digital tools and learn the best ways of teaching with technology.
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‘Feedback to Children’
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“We have this generation of students that yearns to customize everything they come into contact with,”
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students are not waiting for the rest of us to “catch up to their vision for 21st-century learning,”
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Middle and high school students’ smart phone access “jumped 42% from 2009 to 2010,”
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parents aren’t waiting around either
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Schools need to catch up to students’ tech interests and practices because the very relevance of formal education to students is at stake.
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shared by Phil Taylor on 11 Apr 11 - No Cached

Android/Honeycomb-optimised apps in the market have been estimated at anywhere between 50 and 100, compared to iPad’s 65,000 (the number released by Steve Jobs in March). Another major issue, also not covered, is the fact that perhaps Apple is still winning in the user experience stakes.
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Games are fun, but their real value lies in leveraging play and exploration as a mode of learning the literacy of problem-solving, which lowers the emotional stakes of failing.
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Digital Citizenship for Kids Starts with Mentorship
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Like it or not, their world is a Digital World.
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Digital citizenship is not about operating the devices.
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It’s about conducting yourself with empathy and developing meaningful relationships.
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What’s at stake?
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Relationships
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Reputation
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Opportunity
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Educate Yourself About Kids and Tech
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The key that unlocks it? Trust.
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