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in title, tags, annotations or urlEverything you need to know about the internet | Technology | The Observer - 1 views
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We're in the state once described by that great scholar of cyberspace, Manuel Castells, as "informed bewilderment".
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The idea is that our short-term memory can only hold between five and nine "chunks" of information at any given moment (here a chunk is defined as a "meaningful unit"). So, when trying to decide how many big ideas about the internet would be meaningful for most readers, it seemed sensible to settle for a magical total of nine. So here they are.
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On a scale of one to five! You have only to ask the questions to realise the fatuity of the idea. Printing did indeed have all of these effects, but there was no way that anyone in 1472, in Mainz (or anywhere else for that matter) could have known how profound its impact would be.
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Foreign Relations of the United States - 0 views
TeachersFirst: The web resource by teachers, for teachers - 0 views
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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.
The Finland Phenomenon: Learning from the new Tony Wagner film | Connected Principals - 0 views
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Finnish system is praised extraordinarily highly for its global success, and yet students don’t work terribly hard, have many choices, use technology creatively, enjoy the integration of the arts, and learn in a culture which emphasizes depth over breadth and less is more.
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Students are shown researching and collaborating online in their studies, and many classrooms are shown with a wide array of technological units, not just computers. Students use wikipedia and facebook when researching very current topics, and Wagner explains that there is a culture of trust that is extended to students in their technology usage.
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A particularly inspiring moment comes when Wagner reports stumbling across a project at one school, the “Innovation Camp,” in which teams of students are given 26 hours to come up with a new product or service.
What 21st century teaching, learning really means - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post - 2 views
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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.
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we’ve done is we’ve trained the passion out of our students from the 2nd grade up
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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.
United Nations Cyberschoolbus - 0 views
What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning? | Edutopia - 0 views
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PBL is the act of learning through identifying a real-world problem and developing its solution. Kids show what they learn as they journey through the unit, not just at the end."
Response: Technology in the Classroom 'Is Simply a Tool' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher - 1 views
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One powerful aspect of technology and assessment is that it can show the journey of learning and serve as a form of curating the learning in the digital realm. Students can use these collections as reflection tools not only across a unit but also over years of learning.
What Thematic Curriculum Looks Like & Why It Is So Powerful - - 0 views
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