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Jacob Gerding

Blind soccer players gird for match - The Japan News - 1 views

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    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 24 Sep 14
       
      Wow. That is an amazing piece of information
  • “We’d like to increase the number of blind soccer lovers and fans and give the Tokyo Paralympics a boost,” a ward official in charge said.
Dina Kropkowski

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons Are Many | Edutopia - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/ology-integration-introduction

integration

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  • Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process
  • active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts
  • . When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.
Kelley Spindler

UDLStrategies - Universal Design (UDL) - 0 views

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UDL Technology

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  • Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST),
  • definition of a Universal Design for Learning
  • That students are given a variety of representative tools--
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  • teachers are encouraged to use the power of technology
  • That students are provided with a means of engagement
  • That students are shown or taught several different means of expression--
  • that influence learning
    • Kelley Spindler
      Kelley Spindler on 07 Oct 13
       
      Three brain networks that influence learning.
  • --"the what of learning
  • Recognition networks
  • 3 important brain networks
  • --"the how of learning
  • Strategic networks
  • --"the why of lear
  • Affective networks
  • Kelley Spindler on 07 Oct 13
     
    This article discusses CAST and the definition of UDL and how it should be used in the classroom. The article also focuses on the 3 brain networks that influence learning.
Kelley Spindler

Donna's Story: Stories from the Classroom: UDL in Classroom Practice: Examples & Illust... - 1 views

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UDL and technology

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  • Time
  • information and show what they have learned. It results
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  • Time
    • Kelley Spindler
      Kelley Spindler on 07 Oct 13
       
      This is a great example of how technology can be used to incorporate UDL into the classroom. Students often struggle with research projects, but UDL and technology can help make them successful.
  • Resources
  • Students with learning disabilities struggle at the level of decoding and have difficulty gaining meaning from print sources
  • Tim
  • Doing research is often a multi-step process, and students have difficulty with the organizational aspects of it. Furthermore, the reading and writing demands are significant and can lead to breakdown in effort, and deterioration of the quality of the product. The use of word processors, screen readers, and software that provides writing and organizational supports allows all students in the class to gather information and show what they have learned. It results in a product in which they can take pride."
  • fficulty with the organizational aspects of it. Furthermore, the reading and writing demands are significant and can lead to breakdown in effort, and deterioration of the quality of the product. The use of word processors, screen readers, and software that provides writing and organizational supports allows all students in the class to gather information and show what they have learned. It results
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  • Start small, in a few classrooms, with volunteers
  • Spread the word in as many settings within the school district as you can
  • Make UDL "business as usual
  • Make provisions for staff to have time to plan together
  • Provide the hardware and software resources that will be necessary to make UDL happen in your school
  • challenges
  • Time:
  • Resources:
  • Maintenance:
  • teachers get started in integrating UDL
  • Set up a small scanning station
  • Invest in some basic, useful "toolbox-expanding" software for classrooms
  • Invite yourself or a designee to participate in curriculum refinement or development committees
  • Forge a strong working relationship with the technology department
  • Kelley Spindler on 07 Oct 13
     
    This article shares the impact of UDL in the classroom, examples of technology and UDL, tips for incorporating UDL, getting started with UDL, and some struggles with UDL.
Jennifer Lungociu

EBSCOhost: New Literacies and the Common Core. - 0 views

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Common Core and Technology

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  • Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
     
    This article provides information about looking at the new ways literacy can be tied into the common core through technology.
Jennifer Lungociu

Education Technology - 1 views

www.k12.wa.us/...CCSS.aspx

Common Core and Technology

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  • Crosswalk the Common Core & Educational Technology Standards
    • Jennifer Lungociu
      Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
       
      Here you can select your grade level, the standard you are working with, and the collection type you are looking for to find ideas and suggestions for integrating technology.
  • Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
     
    The State of Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, offers a this site with a "Standards Crosswalk - Common Core and & Educational Technology." This site allows users to click on a link that will take them to the Crosswalk page where they will find ideas for tools and apps, assessments, and lesson plans that tie technology and the common core together.
Jennifer Lungociu

Technology Integration - 1 views

www.sde.com/core.asp

Common Core and Technology

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    • Jennifer Lungociu
      Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
       
      Not only is this true but it also ties in to the AASL standard 1.2.1 Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial facts.
  • “To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability to gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to conduct original research in order to answer questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new.”
    • Jennifer Lungociu
      Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
       
      The "Links/Resources" section pull up a list of sites that ties into other Common Core State Standards.
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  • Want Common Core State Standards at your fingertips? Download these free apps.
  • Common Core State Standards
    • Jennifer Lungociu
      Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
       
      Click here for quick access to the Common Core State Standards and free apps for your devices.
  • Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
     
    This article discusses how it is important to tie technology strands into the Common Core Standards rather than looking at them as a separate content.
Jennifer Lungociu

Technology Integration/Common Core - LiveBinder - 0 views

www.livebinders.com/...127467

Common Core and Technology

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    • Jennifer Lungociu
      Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
       
      This section provides a breakdown of activities to support the identified common core standard, integration examples, technology tool, and corresponding NETs standards.  As you scroll down there are a variety of examples for each grade level.
  • Jennifer Lungociu on 07 Oct 13
     
    This site provides in depth information showing the connections between Common Core Standards for reading and writing and technology resources and NETs Standards.
Donna Dick

Report: Online Learning Nearly Doubles Among High School Students -- THE Journal - 0 views

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  • The percentage of high school students taking online courses nearly doubled in a single year. According to the latest data available from Project Tomorrow's annual Speak Up Survey,
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 07 Oct 13
       
      Statistics like that show that online learning is the way of the future, not a passing trend.
  • more than one-quarter (27 percent) of all high school students took at least one class online last year, up from 14 percent the year before. But the numbers could have been higher, according to the researchers.
  • the percentage of middle school students taking online classes has also climbed. Twenty-one percent of middle school students reported taking online classes in 2009 versus 16 percent in 2008.
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  • The researchers noted that more students actually should have been participating in online classes, but the supply of classes was not yet meeting demand as of the latest survey period.
  • More than half of middle school and high school students described "the availability of online classes as part of their ideal school experience," according to Project Tomorrow.
  • "Students clearly want online learning to be a bigger part of their overall school experience,said Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, in a statement released Tuesday. "They're eager to personalize their learning with technologies they are already comfortable with. And so far schools have not fully capitalized on this interest to create more relevant, engaging, and productive learning experiences for students."
Michelle Phillips

Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into the Classroom: Changing the Culture of Learning - 1 views

cct.edc.org/...room-changing-culture-learning

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  • This report presents findings from a two-year investigation of the ways in which Web 2.0 tools and social networking technologies are being used to support teaching and learning in classrooms across the United States
    • Michelle Phillips
      Michelle Phillips on 05 Oct 13
       
      It is amazing how the growth of Web. 2.0 tools and social networking technologies are being used as a forum to share articles, videos, and ideas that can be integrated into the classrooms.
  • extensions are a daily part of teaching and learning in their classrooms. The Web 2.0 tools that teachers are selecting are very easy to use, and this ease of use appears to be a key factor in the decision to use any individual tool
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      While ease of use is important, it is equally important for teachers to always be willing to expnd their comfort zone and learn new technologies. Once teachers use something long enough, it becomes easier to use and they feel more comfortable using it with students.
  • extensions are a daily part of teaching and learning in their classrooms.
Donna Dick

▶ Access to Quality Education for All: The Power of K-12 Online Learning - Yo... - 1 views

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  • Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
     
    This video really offers some good insights in terms of the benefits of online learning and its potential to support and help students.
Dina Kropkowski

8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling - 3 views

www.edudemic.com/-to-great-digital-storytelling

digital storytelling process

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  • Digital stories push students to become creators of content, rather than just consumers
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      Not only that, it gives them a real sense of empowerment as well because they are being given the license to create a product. Knowing that it can be een by people throughout the world provides students with an even higher level of empowerment to be creative.
  • begin with an idea
  • write a proposal
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  • pre-writing tool
  • research, explore or learn about
  • the topic
  • base of information
  • validating information
  • information bias
    • Dina Kropkowski
      Dina Kropkowski on 26 Sep 13
       
      I love the embedded resources for students. Great online tools to use.
  • determine whether they will use first, second or third person
  • proposal
  • can become the introduction
  • Storyboarding
  • plan or blueprint that will guide decision making about images, video and sound
    • Dina Kropkowski
      Dina Kropkowski on 26 Sep 13
       
      Provide a storyboard template.
    • Gina Deal
      Gina Deal on 01 Oct 13
       
      I have found using a storyboard helps to guide students in telling their stories. It helps them to develop the different elements of the story.
  • gather – or create – images, audio and video
  • set the tone for their digital story
  • Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons
  • revisit and revise
  • share your students’ stories with a broader audience.
  • Students
  • reflect on their own work
  • give feedback to others
  • Kim Long on 06 Oct 13
     
    This article walks you through the entire process step by step with all the tech tools that you need to make it happen. Great guide to use for a beginner.
Michele Tota

Should We Be Concerned About an "App Gap"? | Edutopia - 1 views

www.edutopia.org/...-digital-divide-audrey-watters

app education Technology learning Edtech

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  • is developing between children of high-income and low-income families, the latter having limited access to mobile devices and the applications on them.
    • Michele Tota
      Michele Tota on 03 Oct 13
       
      This doesn't come as a big surprise from the other articles I have read, but what Watters states in her web post is that not only is there a digital divide, there is also an "app gap" as well.  What this means is that starting even younger, children are being exposed to the differences in technology and it begins in the home.  These gaps that are created are affecting how our students use technology/have access to technology.
  • "app gap."
  • 38 percent of lower-income parents say they don't know what an app is, compared to just 3 percent of higher income parents. Fourteen percent of lower-income parents have downloaded apps for their children to use, compared to 47 percent of higher income parents.
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      Somehow this does not surprise me. Those with less money at their disposal are usually the ones that cannot afford computers, iphones, etc. and would not know much about them. At my school, it is the students with means that seem to have all of those resources at their disposal. I would imagine that this would be a trend at schools throughout the U.S.
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  • How is this different from the digital divide? Are children without apps missing important educational opportunities? How is that different from children without access, more generally, to computers or to the Internet? What happens if we reframe discussions of the digital divide to focus on an "app gap"? Does this presume that access to software on an iPad or iPhone is superior to access on a PC?
  • Kim Long on 06 Oct 13
     
    There are definite differences in the conversations that take place in income brackets. All I hear are people talking about apps. I think that some things are just cultural. Many apps cost money, and if you have money for apps, you will talk about apps. No money for apps, you will probably talk about free things. If you happen to have a phone that can get an app. I do not. I opted for the cheap phone. I am sure that there are many people low income people just like me. Income will create all kinds of gaps. I think that the solution is to go back to busing so the resources for the schools can even out. I read an article where they said that low income students thrived at higher income schools. But good luck with that solution.
Dina Kropkowski

Digital Storytelling - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - 1 views

www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html

storytelling

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  • Dina Kropkowski on 25 Sep 13
     
    Great resources for digital storytelling, examples.
  • Kim Long on 06 Oct 13
     
    This is super comprehensive! I can not wait to go through the entire site and check it all out. I feel like I would be an expert by the time I was done with this article.
Jacob Gerding

Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Evidence on Flipped Classrooms Is Still... - 0 views

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    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      Talk about a major paradigm shift in the field of education.
  • creating flipped or inverted classrooms in which they record lectures and post them online. Students watch the lectures at home, where they can speed through content they already understand or stop and review content they missed the first time the teacher discussed it (and might have been too embarrassed to ask their teacher to repeat in class)
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      Moving at their own pace would be especially helpful to Special Education and ELL students.
  • 67 percent reported increased test scores
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      Is this a sign of a major trend?
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  • that having teachers who recognize and respond to students' social and emotional needs is at least as important to academic development as specific instructional practices are
  • promotes better student–teacher interaction
  • seems to be catching on
  • accustomed to turning to the web and social media for information and interaction
  • could improve student learning because feedback has one of the strongest effect sizes of any instructional practice
  • increased student–teacher interactions give teachers more opportunities to provide feedback to students
  • novelty of any stimulus tends to wear off after about 10 minutes, and as a result, learners tend to check out after 10 minutes of exposure to new content
  • pace their own learning
  • they alter the nature of homework by having students practice and apply their learning in the classroom, under the watchful eye of the teacher
  • targeted, in-class opportunities for students to practice their skills with corrective teacher feedback had an effect size nearly four times that of homework, in which teachers had few opportunities to monitor students during their practice.
  • do not have direct scientific research to establish whether flipped classrooms increase student learning
  • may enhance student learning if they are implemented thoughtfully, with careful attention to what research tells us about good instruction.
  • flipping is not just the classroom, but the entire paradigm of teaching—away from a traditional model of teachers as imparters of knowledge and toward a model of teachers as coaches who carefully observe students, identify their learning needs, and guide them to higher levels of learning.
  • Kim Long on 06 Oct 13
     
    Jacob, I think it might work very well if it is done properly. I have a family member who is a special education student that has been home schooled because a variation of this was used for her classes. She was able to listen to lessons multiple times until she got it. She would work at her own pace and take frequent breaks when needed. She was not able to succeed in the normal setting. If she had been in a school where the content was taught like this, she may not have had to do home schooling.
Jacob Gerding

The Flipped Classroom - ProQuest Education Journals - ProQuest - 3 views

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flipped classroom

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    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 29 Sep 13
       
      Wow. That is really a fundamental shift in strategy.
  • time to work individually with students
  • not the instructional videos on their own, but how they are integrated into an overall approach, that makes the difference
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  • as the year progresses he sees them asking better questions and thinking more deeply about the content.
  • easily query individual students, probe for misconceptions around scientific concepts, and clear up incorrect notions.
  • Creating her own videos forces her to pay attention to the details and nuances of instruction--the pace, the examples used, the visual representation, and the development of aligned assessment practices.
  • now spends more time with struggling students, who no longer give up on homework, but work through challenging problems in class.
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 29 Sep 13
       
      Wow. This would be a refreshing change of pace.
  • the core idea is to flip the common instructional approach: With teacher-created videos and interactive lessons, instruction that used to occur in class is now accessed at home, in advance of class. Class becomes the place to work through problems
  • immediately saw the benefit for students, but says she was most captivated by the opportunity to elevate teaching practice and the profession as a whole.
  • credits the new arrangement with fostering better relationships, greater student engagement, and higher levels of motivation.
  • videos are just one component of instruction.
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      It is very important to understand that these videos are only one piece of the "flipped classroom" strategy.
  • emergence of the Khan Academy, an online repository of thousands of instructional videos that has been touted by Bill Gates and featured prominently in the national media
  • it also runs the risk of being falsely pigeonholed into one of education's many false dichotomies, such as the age-old pedagogical debate between content knowledge and skills acquisition.
  • But redesign offers an opportunity to reengage students and improve their motivation, while setting proper expectations and monitoring to "push school to the top of the list."
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      What a great concept if we can truly help students to redefine their school experience.
    • Jacob Gerding
      Jacob Gerding on 06 Oct 13
       
      What a great idea to try and truly reinvent education for our young people and make it relevant again.
  • powerful tools for teachers to create content, share resources, and improve practice.
Michelle Phillips

VoiceThread - 3 views

employee.heartland.edu/...VoiceThread.pdf

technology learning education

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  • Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 13
     
    Used for creating a dialog of comments shared with others on presentations, documents, spreadsheets, videos and images.
Dina Kropkowski

Creative Educator - Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum - 2 views

creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/...ytelling_Across_the_Curriculum

storytelling

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  • By telling thoughtful stories, we clarify our own thinking about what we have learned to share with others in a profound way that sticks with us over time.” —Annette Simmons
  • storytelling is being rediscovered as an effective tool for helping us make sense of this data barrage.
  • torytelling provides a memory structure and depth of context that engages learners in a sense-making of facts.
    • Michelle Phillips
      Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 13
       
      Digital storytelling is a great presentation format. We must also remember when it comes to sharing digital storytelling tools that we must also share information about copyrights and creative commons.
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  • ce and master a
  • pract
  • 21st-century skills, content, and technology standards (NETS).
  • technical, communication, collaborative, oral speaking, creativity, visual and sound literacy, and project management skills
  • “meaning makers
  • digital storytellers
  • Storytelling enables innovation and creativity
  • Dina Kropkowski on 05 Oct 13
     
    benefits of digital storytelling
  • Kim Long on 05 Oct 13
     
    Digital storytelling includes so many 21st century skills.
Kim Long

10 ways schools are teaching internet safety | eSchool News - 2 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...s-are-teaching-internet-safety

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  • As internet use has become a daily part of most students’ lives, students must know how to protect themselves and their identity at all times—especially when teachers and parents aren’t there to help them.
  • use material from CyberSmart! for my
  • content classes.
    • Michelle Phillips
      Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 13
       
      It is important that teachers share with their students about the proper use of technology. My daughter who is in the sixth grade brought home her syllabus from her teacher and she had listed in how she was going to use technology in her class and teacher students how to become good digital citizens was included. I know we have Acceptable Use Policies in our schools but I had just been introduced to the term Good Digital Citizen and I was excited to see how teachers are sharing in this role of educating children.
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  • Atlantis out of Indiana University, and internet safety is the first requirement
  • also teac
  • I teach internet safety through the technology curriculum. I use a trio of
  • internet safety games from WebWiseKids: Missing, It’s Your Call, Mirror
  • Image. These games cover cyber bullying, sexting, and predators. It keeps the students engaged as well as offering them hands-on work.”
  • teach lessons on internet safety using the FBI-SOS scavenger hunt and on internet privacy using the Jo Cool Jo Fool website.
Gina Deal

K-12 Online Education is Increasingly Hybrid Learning - ProQuest Education Journals - P... - 1 views

hoover2.mcdaniel.edu/...fulltext

online education hybrid learning

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    • Gina Deal
      Gina Deal on 05 Oct 13
       
      By 2019, 50% of all high school courses will be online. By 2014, 10.5 million preK-12 students will attend classes online.
    • Michelle Phillips
      Michelle Phillips on 06 Oct 13
       
      The growth has been so rapid in high school that in the book Disrupting Class, the authors project that by 2019, 50% of all high school courses will be online. Ambient Insight projects that by 2014, 10.5 million pre-K-12 students will attend classes online (Christensen, Horn, & Johnson, 2008; Adkins, 2009). This statement from the article stands out because I know that face-to-face interaction can never be replaced. I also realize that students have different styles of learning and it is up to teachers to find what style fits each student. Will society put so much emphasis on technology educating our students that teachers will become obsolete?
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