Skip to main content

Home/ SLM 508 OL-2 Summer 2011/ Group items tagged learning

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Kate Castle

10 Principles for the Future of Learning » Edurati Review - 1 views

eduratireview.com/...es-for-future-of-learning-html

future learning

shared by Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • discovering online possibilities is a skill
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Amen to that. It is most certainly a skill.
  • learning strategy shifts from a focus on information as such to judgment concerning reliable information, from memorizing information to how to find reliable sources. In short, from learning that to learning how, from content to process
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Just what Lynn and I were talking about! The learning is now about navigating the internet and interacting with information. It's learning a new culture.
  • In secondary schools and higher education, many administrators and individual teachers have been moved to limit use of collectively and collaboratively crafted knowledge sources, most notably Wikipedia, for course assignments or to issue quite stringent guidelines for their consultation and reference.26 This is a catastrophically anti-intellectual reaction to a knowledge-making, global phenomenon of epic proportions. . .
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Yeah! I agree completely! Love me some Wikipedia.
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • The power of ten working interactively will almost invariably outstrip the power of one looking to beat out the other nine.
  • the creation of culture
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Absolutely. Feels like a new culture to me!
  • freely available to all.
  • Individualized learning tends overwhelmingly to be hierarchical: one learns from the teacher or expert, on the basis overwhelmingly of copyright-protected publications bearing the current status of knowledge. Networked learning is at least peer-to-peer and more robustly many-to-many.
  • together.
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      key word...
  • Learning is lifelong
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      omg I love this post. I think we worship at the same altar.
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    excerpt from The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age, 10 principles
Daphne O'Donnell

10 Principles for the Future of Learning » Edurati Review - 3 views

eduratireview.com/...es-for-future-of-learning.html

shared by Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11 - Cached
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Students are beginning to use technology younger and younger.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Students should be taught about using others work and copyright. Also, how to find valid and credible sources.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Made me think of professional development and how there is no learning boundaries anymore.
  • ...3 more annotations...
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Interesting to me that even as we search the web we are always learning and expanding our knowledge.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      World wide learning. No boundaries for education, This article has similar points related to the NETS Standards for Teachers
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Students need to learn about copyright and giving credit to others.
  • Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
     
    Learn about the role the internet is playing in transforming education to shared and interactive learning. This article suggests 10 principals as "fundamental to the future of learning institutions." This article states that we are connected now through technology, and this is forming us into lifelong self-learners. In addtion, it talks about the credibility of where we seek information. Come read about how technology is changing education.
  • Emily Beyer on 13 Jul 11
     
    Number 2 in the list caught my eye because I remember memorizing so much information when I was in school. Whereas today, the process is stressed and simply knowing how to find the information needed is the key.
Kyle Campbell

10 Google Forms for the Classroom - 2 views

tbarrett.edublogs.org/...google-forms-for-the-classroom

shared by Kyle Campbell on 10 Jul 11 - Cached
  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
  • Weekly reading record The children in our school have a reading diary that they use to record information about times that they read during the week. They take it home as well as using it at school. A form could be created by the children as a place to enter data about their reading. I hear “I haven’t got my reading diary,” so many times during the year, this way they have no excuses and can access it from any computer. Alternatively a class form could also be setup to gather together everyone’s record.
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • Maths data handling Perhaps the easiest to pick up and run with, the idea of using a form to gather together maths data handling information. The form could be a simple way of collecting information about the class – shoe size, eye colour etc. It is obviously about what you do with the data that counts but their is no reason why children couldn’t design and implement their own forms –
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Great way to organize data in math and to teach students how to use and create Google Forms.
  • Prior learning assessment Use a form to assess what the children already know about any given topic that you are beginning. The form could be a formalised assessment with specific questions about the topic or it could be more general and open for the children to explain what they know. Either way such an assessment would allow you to have a better understanding of the current level of knowledge the children have about a topic.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Google Forms can do the work for you when it comes to assessing students. After students take the assessment the data will be in the spreadsheet. Also, this is a simple way to assess before a unit.
  • This is one of the ten ideas I would most like to explore this year as we continue to use Google Docs as part of our tech toolbox. Use a form to assess the relative success of the learning that has taken place during a single lesson or after a series of lessons on a topic. Invite the children to assess their own confidence after practice of something – such as a lesson on one of the written multiplication methods.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Helps make the students responsible for their own learning, and teaches them to be active learners that reflect.
  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Good ideas for how to teach students how to use Google Forms.
  • Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
     
    This article presents 10 different ideas about how to use Google Forms in the classroom, from language arts to math and everything in between. Addtionally, learn how you can monitor the success of your lessons with Google Forms.
  • Emily Beyer on 13 Jul 11
     
    There are some great ideas in this article. I plan to pass this along to the teachers in my building. We have a few sets of netbooks and laptops that teachers could use with these ideas.
Kate Castle

Adapting Social Networking to Address 21st-Century Skills - Internet@Schools Magazine - 0 views

www.mmischools.com/...21st-Century-Skills-59635.aspx

shared by Kate Castle on 12 Jul 11 - Cached
  • 70% of the new jobs recently created in the U.S. are positions that require interactions between people and involve judgment, insight, and collaboration.
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      This is so interesting. I think that students need to learn technology to be sucessful in their lives because technology is only going to grow, so it would be niave to think that we don't need to teach technology in schools.
  • another aspect of a social learning network is the potential to build global awareness among students.
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      Students could use skype to achieve this.
  • same ePals online email service
  • ...14 more annotations...
  • communicate with them using Web 2.0 technologies (the ePals service has a language translator, helping students to communicate regularly and across cultures)
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      I had no thought about the language barrier as a complication. It would be interesting to see what other socail networking tools have the ability to translate.
  • Consider what tools, when implemented together in a holistic and thoughtful manner, can encourage collaboration, spark creativity, teach 21st-century skills, and address the needs and challenges of different socioeconomic environments.
  • Consider the following questions
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      These are five really crucial questions. I suspect too they are very different approaches to teaching than what has been typical in the past.
  • what tools best fulfill the needs of each school and district’s environment
  • What should be encouraged is the next level of communication—collaboration.
  • create, invent, and showcase their work
  • as many as 70% of the new jobs recently created in the U.S. are positions that require interactions between people and involve judgment, insight, and collaboration.
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Students need to be aware in a different way than before. Learning is no longer a passive activity. This new interactive stance fosters the skills of judgement, insight, and collaboration that employers are looking for.
  • the framework suggests three overarching student outcomes, including life and career skills; learning and innovation skills; and information, media, and technology skills. Ultimately, the Partnership is advocating for educators and students to consider the implication of skills beyond the basic subject areas that are critical to success in the 21st century.
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      It makes me happy to see that it is obvious to people that producing a literate student involves more than teaching him or her the core subjects. Learning how to learn, meta-learning (has anyone coined that one yet?) is THE indispensable skill of the 21st century it seems. If I take nothing from this class, it will be that.
  • free, online email service for K–12
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      This is a cool site. Worth looking into. Connects educators who want to collaborate on classroom projects, great and interesting forums, and email accounts for kids to use for school.
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Good to know this exists.
  • to match students with other students around the world
  • Educators can choose to utilize Web 2.0 tools
  • preparing them for working in a global marketplace
  • His students take part in a global newscast, featuring students from the U.S., Japan, Russia, Belize, and several other countries.
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      What a great idea! Very cool.
  • narrowing down which combination of tools would be best with the curriculum and pedagogy for the class
    • Kate Castle
      Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
       
      Each class will be unique in its abilities and needs and having knowledge of a wide varitety of tools makes teachers able to customize web tools to best serve their classrooms.
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    today's students need to be creators and collaborators, not just individual learners
melanie gladden

Tools for Schools: What's New with Web 2.0? - Middle Ground - 0 views

www.nmsa.org/...Default.aspx

shared by melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11 - Cached
  • We need to prepare our students for the 21st century jobs that require global awareness, communication, teamwork, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and data mining.
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      I think that this is so important! I was never taught how to use a lot of technology in schools I had to teach myself and I think sometimes we forget how important technology is in the workplace!
  • Students are able to not only learn from their teachers, but learn from and teach their peers in their classroom, across the country, and even around the world.
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      So important! Students need to learn how to collaborate and learn from each other
  • Global Connections ePals
    • melanie gladden
      melanie gladden on 12 Jul 11
       
      I think this is so awesome....students can learn and have such an appreciation when they realize how different life is around the world!
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Wordle
Karen Kohn

Miss Night's Marbles: I heard them say, love is the way - 0 views

missnightmutters.blogspot.com/...eard-them-say-love-is-way.html

Social Networking Kindergarten Education

shared by Karen Kohn on 10 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • a virtual exchange between our class, and a partner class overseas. For my 20 Canadian munchkins, we found a partner group in East Borneo, Indonesia. Both classes have created an imaginary friend, who attends our partner school. (For the curious, our imaginary friend is a little girl named Ella. She is 6 years old, she has blond hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. Her gender and name were decided by vote. Her age and appearance were drawn at random.) We use Twitter to ask research questions of our partners, and the answers allow us to write stories documenting our imaginary friend's experience in another country. Each child has a journal for the project, where they record things they have learned. It being kindergarten, the recording mostly takes the form of drawings. The children dictate text to go with their drawings, and then copy that text onto their pages. We are working on a Prezi presentation to share our learning with parents and other classes. We have made a video to teach our "Indonesia friends" about snow and how to get dressed for recess when it is very cold. When my team conceived of this project, I knew it was going to be cool. As mentioned in my previous post about Twitter in kindergarten, I love love LOVE that my students are building real connections with other children their own age. This project brought it to another level, by pushing them to imagine themselves in a completely different setting. (As we graph the often FIFTY degree difference in our daily temperatures, I often imagine MYSELF in a completely different setting, too!) I knew that this project was going to take us in unexpected directions, and there is no doubt that it has.
  • Karen Kohn on 10 Jul 11
     
    This is a great example of why Social Networking in the classroom works. Please visit this blog post. Miss Night, along with her fellow Kindergarten teachers in her school in Canada use social networking to communicate with another class in Indonesia. Night has come up with many lessons using the information the students gathered from their friends in Indonesia. Her students have learned so much from this contact and have even surprised her with some of their comments and questions. This has given me so many ideas! READ THE POST.
  • Emily Beyer on 12 Jul 11
     
    I also read this blog a few days ago. It is so inspirational! It really shows how even kindergarten students can participate in a social network with the help of their teacher.
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    I can't get over what a leap it is that teachers can communicate with classrooms in other countries. The possibilities are endless not just for learning but promoting intercultural understanding. Great post.
Angela Ash

New Tools for Schools, T&L Editors - 0 views

www.techlearning.com/...13962

tools schools editors

shared by Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Desire2LearnThe latest version of eLearning Suite includes Learning Environment 8.1, which offers new assessment options and blogging; Learning Repository 3.5, which allows for effective tagging and learning object reuse; and LiveRoom 4.0, featuring chats and a presentation management area.www.Desire2Learn.com
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
       
      Desire2Learn is a kids version of iGoogle. The tool allows for students to organize technology tools in order to keep their studies organized and available through the web.
  • GenevaLogicCreated in response to teachers' desire to have more control over the Internet in the classroom, Surf*Lock2 is a plug-in for GenevaLogic's Vision classroom management software. The tool allows users to turn browsing on or off with a single click and limit students' access to certain Web sites. Surf*Lock2 is compatible with filtering software and does not require a server. At the time of this writing, the plug-in is only available for Windows.www.GenevaLogic.com
  • NetSupportNetSupport School 8.5 classroom management software now has student auto login, Internet cobrowsing, and additional testing components. Educators using the software can record all screen, keyboard, and mouse activity on student computers and also limit Web surfing to approved sites.www.netsupportschool.com
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
       
      Educators could use this tool to monitor students and their use of technology. It could also be useful to parents or guardians, as the tool records activity on a students computer.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • SchoolMessengerWeb-based SchoolMessenger ASP Plus is a parent notification service that includes always-available messaging and the ability for educators and administrators to create personalized voice messages and e-mail in various languages. Parent alerts can be timed to address absences, emergencies, and so on.www.schoolmessenger.com
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
       
      SchoolMessenger would be a great tool to ensure effective communication, via voice message, email, ect. for educators, adminstrators, and parents. And, it allows for translation in various languages!
  • AccoonaThe Talking Search Bar combines search technology with a text-to-speech feature to enable users to highlight Internet text and have it read to them out loud. Useful for ELL students and children learning to read, the Talking Search Bar can convert any Web page into text. Users can choose to listen to a male or female voice.www.accoona.com
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
       
      This would be a great tool for students who are not strong in their reading and writing skills. It allows for a voice to provide audio for listening during typing and searching.
  • Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
     
    Links to any and every technology tool available for educators
  • Angela Ash on 12 Jul 11
     
    This site has taught me the endless options of tool available for educators. In alphabetical order, tools are listed for educators to search through, and find tools they could apply to their classroom. Links to the tools with information to each tool is available at their fingertips. It would be impossible for any educator to search this site and not find a tool that is interesting or applicable to their subject.
Victoria Steele

PBS Teachers | learning.now . PBS Teachers Embraces Social Networking and Bookmarking T... - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...chers_embraces_social_n_1.html

Social Networking Education

shared by Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11 - Cached
    • Victoria Steele
      Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
       
      Allowing users to explore and search for topics based on tags is convenient and may get more people interested.
  • Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
     
    I was most interested in the responses from this article that are listed below the actual article. One response recommended www.fatclass.com as a social networking tool that works great in the classroom. "Andy Carvin: Internet activist, author, Edtech expert. Learning.now is a weblog that explores how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn. It will offer a continuing look at how new technology such as wikis, blogs, vlogs, RSS, podcasts, social networking sites, and the always-on culture of the Internet are impacting teacher and students' lives both inside and out of the classroom."
  • Emily Beyer on 13 Jul 11
     
    I also see another response listing www.teachersrecess.com. That sounds interesting too!
Angela Ash

How to Putt Like a Tour Pro - Instruction - Golf.com - 0 views

www.golf.com/...0,28136,1857128,00.html

putt pro

shared by Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
     
    Taking steps to learn how to achieve optimal performance in putting. The better one learns how to putt, the higher the chance in achieving a better golf score.
Kyle Campbell

10 Google Forms for the Classroom - 8 views

I beleive the forms for gathering background on your students is very beneficial. Asking them to provide critical information like their learning style can be essential to enhancing the learning ex...

started by Lesley Maurer on 07 Jul 11 4 follow-ups, last by Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
Daphne O'Donnell

Social Networking in Schools: Incentives for Participation -- THE Journal - 2 views

thejournal.com/...entives-for-Participation.aspx

shared by Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11 - Cached
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      I thought this was interesting because it states everything that we have learned in class. Social networking needs to be used for instruction and have a final product to demonstrate student learning.
  • If we want social networking to make a difference in instruction and learning, the medium should also be used for its publishing and production aspects, reaching higher levels of collaboration and creativity
Janet Swistock

Interior Design in Middle Schools | eHow.com - 0 views

www.ehow.com/ior-design-middle-schools.html

interior interior design design Colour theory color meaning education colors lesson

shared by Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11 - No Cached
    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      Apply color theory knowledge to bigger lessons. Here is a great example of how to do that crossing disciplines through an interior design lesson.
  • Color Theory
  • One of the most basic middle school art lessons is on color theory
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • Students often create a color wheel to learn about color schemes. An
  • exploration of interior design challenges students to create room
  • palettes that evoke a certain mood or represent a particular color
  • scheme--complementary, analogous, triadic or split-complementary
  • This can be done with cut paper or hand-drawn swatches.
Emily Beyer

Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning - 2 views

livebinders.com/...13560

web 2.0 project student

shared by Emily Beyer on 12 Jul 11 - Cached
    • Emily Beyer
      Emily Beyer on 12 Jul 11
       
      This site has a lot of really cool projects created by middle school students. You can tell that the librarian and/or other teachers are really incorporating technology into their classrooms across the entire school. These projects cover many different topics and tools.
  • Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
     
    Awesome way to showcase East Middle School's Library in this case. But just think we can use Web 2.0 Tools like Animoto to create slideshows of students work and even a culmination of projects we will do in class. This would be a neat thing to create to show parents on back to school night!
Janet Swistock

50 Free Collaboration Tools That Are Awesome for Education - 9 views

Love Zoho for students to work together on a presentation on a period in art history, or a study of the life and work of an artist. They could even create a group presentation with artist statement...

started by Lesley Maurer on 07 Jul 11 5 follow-ups, last by Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
Karen Kohn

How to Use Social-Networking Technology for Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/social-networking-how-to

Social Networking Proper use

shared by Karen Kohn on 10 Jul 11 - Cached
  • How do you keep students from wasting time chatting or sneaking to inappropriate sites? You teach! You have frank discussions. You show them examples and ask them to make ethical decisions. You ask: What does it mean that fifteen-year-old kids are calling themselves nineteen and posting racy pictures online? What does it mean that college kids are posting raunchy spring break pictures that a prospective employer can find? The idea that we are the stories we tell has never been more important. Schools have always taught kids how to present themselves -- that's why we did oral presentations in the classroom. Now we need to teach them to present themselves electronically. That's why it's so scary to lock these technologies out.
  • Karen Kohn on 10 Jul 11
     
    Answers a question I'm sure is on every teacher's mind when thinking about incorporating social networking into the classroom. Teachers need to teach students how to act, write, speak, and present themselves.
Janet Swistock

Social Study Shows Social Networkgin a Boon for Education - 0 views

blackboard.mcdaniel.edu/...frameset.jsp

social networking internet web education students learning

shared by Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    This Wiki not only offers great insight through a video included called "Did you know 2.0" but through other quotes and references. Although it's a litte dated, 2006, it's amazing how its easy to see the progression from then to now five years later.
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    Persuasive article using statistics to demonstrate the reason why we should be including social networking in our schools and for our students. Love the example of posting a paper for parents, peers and teachers to critique so students take it more seriously.
Kyle Campbell

50 Useful Twitter Tools for Writers and Reasearchers - 1 views

www.onlinecollegedegrees.org/...ls-for-writers-and-researchers

shared by Kyle Campbell on 11 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Monitter: Keep an eye on keywords, and find out geographic areas as well. TweetBeep: Use TweetBeep to get updated on keywords and phrases. Twilert: Twilert emails you every time someone tweets with your keywords.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      All three of these tools would be highly useful for educators who are or will be integrating Twitter in their classroom. They will allow the teacher to be notified when students tweet specific words or phases. This could be useful for monitoring students tweets, but also if an educator is looking for specific material for students to tweet about.
  • Tweetzi: Check out Tweetzi to use an advanced Twitter search engine.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      This is basically Google for Twitter. Everyone should check this out. Type in any subject you are interested in trying to follow and there are lists of people/information to follow on their Twitter account.
  • Twazzup: Use Twazzup to get a quick and handy look at what’s popular on Twitter right now.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      This tool is a three in one. Type in any subject of interest and they provide the highlights, news, and tweets on the subject. Very cool!
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • . TwitPic: TwitPic is a wildly popular way to share photos on Twitter.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      It is even easier to upload pictures to Twitter with this tool. TwitPic also allows you to search for pictures that have previously been uploaded.
  • Twiggit: Use Twiggit to let your followers know what articles you’re supporting on Digg
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      Twiggit would be highly useful for educators to stay informed on the latest articles on some of the most popular technology tools students are using. Educators will be able to continue their growth in technology knowledge and be able to effectively teach students.
  • Twit2Do: Twit2Do is a great tool for keeping your to do list together on Twitter.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      Stay organized by using Twit2Do to create a To Do list on Twitter!
  • Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
     
    Twitter Resource
  • Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
     
    This tool has taught me how popular Twitter has become. I was shocked to see there were 50 resources available for Twitter. Some of these resources can be highly useful for educators to search for key words, obtain the latest information, and stay organized. I especially like the tools that allow you to monitor words and pharses on your account as I am fearful for students posting inappropriate material in their Tweets. Some of these tools allow educators to monitor this material. 50 tools on one website...talk about easy access to learn about Twitter!
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    I had no idea these tool were available on twitter. Makes winnowing down a topic and being able to keep up with it much easier.
Andrew Tucker

twitter4teachers / FrontPage - 1 views

twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/...FrontPage

shared by Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • This wiki was created to easily help educators connect with other educators on Twitter. Good luck finding and connecting with other educators on Twitter!
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      Bringing teachers together over Twitter! These teachers know how to use Twitter and we, as educators, can learn from them.
  • Drama Teachers
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      This site even has drama teachers! I was so impressed by this, because drama could have easily been overlooked as a class that needs networking. This says to me that this list is compiled to include everyone.
  • Comments (10)
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      This site even has a place to post comments! So many ideas can be shared, even about how to use the Twitter profile finding tools. Social networking on top of social networking.
Victoria Steele

Listen to the Natives - 2 views

centre4.interact.ac.nz/...ListentotheNatives.pdf

Social Networking Education

shared by Victoria Steele on 10 Jul 11 - No Cached
    • Ben Shipley
      Ben Shipley on 10 Jul 11
       
      Interesting point here: how drastic do we need to be in tailoring our teaching methods to the digital native crowd?
    • Ben Shipley
      Ben Shipley on 10 Jul 11
       
      I definitely agree that we should encourage our students to take part in determining some of the educational goals of the class!  "Teachers needn't master all technologies.  They should continue doing what they do best: leading discussion in the classrom."
    • Ben Shipley
      Ben Shipley on 10 Jul 11
       
      An interesting point: "Students could quite feasibly invent technological solutions to streamline homework submission and correction, freeing up teachers for more meaningful work."
  • ...3 more annotations...
    • Victoria Steele
      Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
       
      For some beginning teachers, they are lucky to be "natives" but there are still challenges they face with young students who are at their level or above when it comes to using technology.
    • Victoria Steele
      Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
       
      Empathy and a candidate's overall demeanor need to be considered in the hiring process! 
    • Victoria Steele
      Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
       
      We need to get students as interested and engaged in school as they are when playing video games, etc.  We need to WORK WITH students and not work against the technology that they love in order to reach them.
  • Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
     
    This is an eye opening article that alerts educators to get out of their comfort zones and work with students rather than against them. As digital natives, young students might just learn best by using technology and teachers need to recognize and embrace this. There were a few ideas that I didn't fully agree with, but lots of practical points were made in this article that could help beginning teachers to make the best of their first years.
  • Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
     
    I read the same article and wondered what you thought about allowing students to use cell phones as a way to communicate within the classroom? Maybe from my perspective, it seems unnecessary because I will be teaching elementary students but what did you think?
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    Maybe there are already companies out there doing this, but it seems like anyone who can create video games, or online games that incorporate the Core Standards for Teaching in content areas would be filthy rich. God I wish I could write code.
1 - 19 of 19
Showing 20▼ items per page