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How to Use Twitter to Grow Your PLN | Edutopia - 0 views

  • For the inquisitive educator, there are some jewels herein that can lead to stimulating discussions, new resources, and an ongoing supportive network. You just have to know where to look.
Phil Taylor

Rethinking teachers « Doing some thinking - 0 views

  • Teachers are no longer responsible for providing information
  • Teachers do have to be knowledgeable
  • Teachers should set standards
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  • Teachers have to be resourceful
  • The roles of the student and of the teachers must be clear
Phil Taylor

5 Ways to Conquer the Culture of Reaction : Managing :: American Express OPEN Forum - 0 views

  • Create windows of non-stimulation.
  • Keep two lists.
  • Schedule intense periods of processing at a consistent time every day.
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  • Don’t hoard urgent items.
  • Reduce your insecurity work.
  • we are increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of daily communication.   What do you do with this deluge?
Phil Taylor

Interactive Whiteboard Insights: The Reasons Why Interactive Whiteboards Are Being Atta... - 0 views

  • Hardware and software do not help our students learn in the absence of a teacher. It is completely up to the teacher whether or not an IWB is used effectively in the classroom.
  • When the students came to the board and were able to physically touch the content, the hardware barrier between the student and the content was blurred, and the students seemed to be controlling the content directly versus controlling the content via the mouse.
  • Teachers go through phases in their use of interactive whiteboards. I
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  • Some concepts still need to be directly taught,
Phil Taylor

Free Technology for Teachers: TED Debate - Does the World Need Nuclear Energy? - 0 views

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    For all teachers the video presents good examples of two people using statistics and other evidence in support of their respective positions.
Phil Taylor

Seymour Papert - Closing Session 1994 NSBA T+L Conference on Vimeo - 0 views

  • Dr. Papert begins at the 20-minute mark.
  • Papert explores constructionism vs. instructionsm, the potential of the Internet, teacher "training," the choice between Monday and Someday, as well as what we can learn from watching children play video games OR what children can learn by making video games.
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    Listen carefully at around 27:00 about uncertainty of impact on new social connections via screens... 38:00 "We need to maximize the ration of learning:teaching" 53:00 Teacher needs to be more of a philosopher than technician 62:35 onward: Teachers wait for "training" because that is the traditional paradigm of learning. As we get more "sophisticated", we stop learning (on our own) and wait for training (the teacher as technician/pedagogy). We need to embrace a new paradigm of learning over teaching (constructionism/constructivism)...
Phil Taylor

Feeling Infowhelmed? - Informational Education Video - 0 views

  • Since education is often focused on memorization and reporting of information, some people wonder if having all this information will change the skills our children need to learn. It is a wake up call to teachers and educators that we need to teach not only in the present, but prepare students for the future.
Phil Taylor

Is the Internet Making Us Quick but Shallow?| The Committed Sardine - 0 views

  • As important as it is to be able to find lots of information quickly, what's even more important is to be able to think deeply about the information once we've found it. We need to slow down.
Phil Taylor

Free Technology for Teachers: Free PDF to Word Converter - 0 views

  • simple tool that extracts the text of your PDF documents and converts it to your choice of a Word document or rich text file (RTF).
Phil Taylor

Teaching students about the Creative Commons - 0 views

  • Technology makes stealing easy, but it makes sharing just as easy. The Creative Commons will let your students innovate in and out of the classroom without having to worry about copyright violations.
Phil Taylor

SlateV | Technology and Science | Switching Off Online Distraction - 0 views

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    Sometimes we need to take a break from all the distractions. Thanks for the link Mark "The Bard"
Phil Taylor

ASCD Express 5.18 - Cell Phones Allow Anytime Learning - 0 views

  • why now, more than ever, schools are taking advantage of the tools already in students' hands to integrate education technology.
Phil Taylor

New Jersey Education Association - 0 views

  • Get your students talking about what you want them to talk aboutHow to use backchanneling in your classroom
Phil Taylor

21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn - John Barell, Linda Darling-Hammond... - 0 views

  • Why are the skills listed in the Framework for 21st Century Learning necessary? Which skills are most important? What can be done to help schools include these skills in their curriculum and instruction?
Phil Taylor

EduDemic » Why You SHOULD Text While Driving. - 0 views

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    Be careful about multitasking while driving
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