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Phil Taylor

Beyond Worksheets, A True Expression of Student Learning | MindShift - 0 views

  • Possession of facts is not learning. What is an important skill is the ability to sift through abundant information, identify what is valid and meaningful, then use it to create meaning and express it. This is why student creation is so important in the new economy of information.
  • The increasingly available classroom technology and the growth of student 1:1 initiatives means that students not only have access to abundant knowledge, but also the ability to create and express their learning in powerful and creative ways.
John Evans

Submit: Director's Cut Final in Cyberbullying on Vimeo - 0 views

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    "Submit the Documentary exposes the most epic struggle in the digital, Internet age: cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is bullying by means of electronic technology committed through email, instant messaging, mobile applications, social media, chat rooms, and blogs or through messages and images sent through a cell phone. Because of the anonymity, kids who never thought of being a bully are becoming harassers. By exploring the complicated dynamics behind cyberbullying, Submit the Documentary describes the impact and outcomes of advanced technology and human nature in a lawless, new, social frontier."
Phil Taylor

PD Tips: Interviews with the experts - 0 views

  • We need to be the leaders on this and ask ‘How do business and politics make good use of these tools?’ It’s not just social. It really does work well for individualized learning.”
  • A teacher, in order to be valuable, has to help that student make meaning of the knowledge or ask them to demonstrate that they’ve made meaning.”
Phil Taylor

What 21st century teaching, learning really means - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - 2 views

  • we live in a connected world, with the Internet and powerful digital technologies literally at our fingertips, so it would be foolish not to integrate those things into the learning experience.
  • we’ve done is we’ve trained the passion out of our students from the 2nd grade up
  • Typically what I do is I try to construct my course or unit under some big umbrella that I already know is going to be very interesting to kids where they are right now in their development.
Phil Taylor

Anatomy of Successful 21st Century Student ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 0 views

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    "We make technology a pivot around which revolves learning when in fact technology is only a means to an end. Equating 21st century education with digital know-how per se is a blatant fallacy."
Phil Taylor

The rise of Mean World Syndrome in social media - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

  • consumers of mass media can come to believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is through constant exposure to violent imagery or commentary
  • That “off” switch is becoming more important in the social media age, experts say. Seeking out information to ascertain one’s personal safety is a biological imperative, but so is a tendency to overdo things. Much of the solution will depend on people becoming aware of their own satiation points, Hodson says.
Phil Taylor

What do we mean when we say, "Transformative learning experiences powered by technology"? - Medium - 0 views

  • when we say transformational learning experiences powered by technology, we are talking about authentic, project-based learning, where students have agency, ownership and commitment to a relevant and meaningful goal that allows them to use digital tools to take on roles of creators, problem solvers, and learner-teachers working with and alongside peers, instructors, and other mentors to accomplish something bigger than themselves.
Phil Taylor

The Modern Definition Of College Readiness - Edudemic - 0 views

  • The modern definition of learning, school, and college is an evolving mix of education and technology jargon. So what does that mean for high school students wondering about their college readiness? Simply put, it’s a whole new ballgame from just a single generation ago.
Phil Taylor

Lydia Dobyns: A '21st Century' Education Is SO Last Century - 0 views

  • I like "Deeper Learning" as a way to convey both the acquisition of knowledge and the transference/application of knowledge along with developing skills employers find valuable -- collaboration, communications and critical thinking.
  • Today's educators need to be connected -- that means they need to embrace social media along with utilizing online resources -- designing ways to integrate smart phones and iPads, along with laptops.
  • ...the choices we make about how to use time in school are often the enemy of quality or value. Our patterns in leading classrooms are so ingrained that we do not even realize when we are making poor choices."
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