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PhotoPeach - free photo slideshows with music - 0 views

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    Create slideshows from photos, music, and captions.
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The Finnish Education System Rocks! Why? - 1 views

  • Finland don't rank students or schools, and they don't emphasize on standardized nationwide examinations that drive students, teachers and parents nuts.
  • Here are five reasons, why Finish people have been, and are successful: Quality education with equal opportunity High level of investments in R&D for technology development Good regulatory framework and efficient public service Open economy: competition has to prevail Social model: social market economy, welfare society
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  • Besides free and universal high-level education from comprehensive school to university (6% of GDP directed to public education), Finland stresses also equal opportunity for all, irrespective of domicile, sex, economic situation or mother tongue. Teachers are required to be trained in dealing with low-achieving students, as well as students with disabilities and learning difficulties.
  • The fact that education is free, including travel expenses, welfare services, accommodation, books and other school material, means that students can focus more of their time on learning, rather than all the other distractions that might come with it.
  • Interestingly, a teacher must have a master's degree to teach in Finland, and also have a lifelong learning program mapped out for them. They emphasize a lot on lifelong learning, and it is kind of embedded into the their learning culture.
  • In short, Singapore and Finland have become world renowned for their education systems, but interestingly they have achieved their success using quite different approaches (to say it mildly!).
  • I personally believe (based on my shallow understanding) the Finnish education system has managed to infuse discipline, hard work, and competitiveness, but at the same time also infuse the right balance to nurture critical skills required for the 21 century, which include communication, collaboration, creativity (innovativeness), critical thinking, problem solving, digital literacy, flexibility, adaptability, global care/awareness, and emotional intelligence.
  • In addition, the Finnish education system is rather decentralized and schools are given a degree of freedom (independence) to develop their own curriculum. The problem with having a centralized system and curriculum, is that if you get it wrong, the whole country will suffer. Also, with a top-down model, it is difficult to quickly innovate and spark changes to the curriculum that is needed to deal with the increasingly disruptive learning world that we are experiencing today. However, in a decentralized system, schools can easily change and adapt as they learn, and also they have more freedom to explore and try out new things, without needing to worry about ranking of this and that.
  • Finally, Finland emphasizes big time on research and development (around 4% of GDP), and have interlinked companies with the Universities to collaborate on new innovations. Whatever they do, their approach is very scientific, which of course includes how they are continuously improving their education systems.
  • Focus less on exams, and more on learning.
  • Focus more on teacher education, and less on centralized content/curriculum.
  • Focus less on investing on flowers and big buildings, and more on equipping educators and students with the learning tools needed to transform the way they learn.
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    Analysis on why the Finnish education system gives good results.
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    ZaidLearnin kirjoittaja pääsi kuuntelemaan Suomi-Malesia-konferenssiin opetuskulttuurien eroista. Tässä hän analysoi USAn näkökulmasta, mikä suomalaisessa koulutusjärjestelmässä häntä inspiroi.
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FreeRice - 0 views

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    Simple game for testing and improving your English vocabulary, and donating food while playing.
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Listen and Write - Dictation - 0 views

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    Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice.
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Google Wave testauksessa « LEHMÄTKIN LENTÄIS - 0 views

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    Harto Pönkä kertoo tuntumaansa Google Waven testauksen jälkeen.
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Apps Status Dashboard - 0 views

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    Jos käytät Googlen palveluita opetuksessa tai muuten, täältä saat tiedon, jos jokin palvelu menee nurin tai nousee. RSS-syötteenkin saa. Ja Googlehan kertoo näistä myös twitterissä tunnuksella @google.
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    If you rely on Google services, this dashboard shows if something breaks. The dashboard also provides an RSS feed.
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Otavan Opiston videotallenteet - 0 views

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    Mm. ITK'09-konferenssin sosiaalisen median träkin esitykset ovat täällä.
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    Sosiaalista mediaa ja muuta opetuksen ja median kentältä Otavan Opiston tallentamana.
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teachweb2 - home - 0 views

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    Wiki that analyzes dozens of web2.0 tools from an educational perspective, including SWOT, additional links, tutorial videos.
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LeMill-esittely - 0 views

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    LeMill-yhteisöpalvelun esittely slidecast-muodossa.
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Avoin sisällöntuotanto verkossa - 1 views

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    Lyhyt esitys avoimesta sisällöntuotannosta, avointa sisältöä tarjoavista paikoista sekä Creative Commons -lisenssin käytöstä.
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Avoin opiskelu verkossa - 0 views

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    17 minuutin mittainen slidecast, eli diaesitys ja äänitallenne, Tarmo Toikkasen Otavan Opiston pajassa pitämästä puheenvuorosta.
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 News Singleview - European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 - EUROPA - 0 views

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    Vastaa kyselyyn opetuskäytännöistä 15.10. mennessä jos operation koulussa.
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Tuolin ja näppäimistön välistä.: Ummikkona Twitterissä, osa 1 - 0 views

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    Hyvä opas twitterin käytön aloittamista harkitseville, osa 1.
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TeachPaperless: Why Teachers Should Blog - 0 views

  • And so, we should teach this new generation to move beyond embarrassment and fear. This is not to condone manifestly insolent behavior online, rather in teaching the qualities -- the unique qualities -- of the globally connected public square, we should be instilling in students both a strident determination to take part in the unadulterated public debate and yet have humility.I think both are achieved through the crucial practice of critical thinking and earnest self-analysis. And no where, if sincerely met with daily conviction, can both be better employed than in the practice of blogging.
  • And so, I firmly believe that all teachers should be bloggers. Because if Descartes is wrong, then the thrust of our identity is determined not by our inalienable and essential state of being but by the differences in idea and sense that we demonstrate through our interactions with others.
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ZaidLearn: The Secret Recipe to Delivering World Class Lectures - 0 views

  • NEW SCHOOLFive simple learning steps/phases, which can of course overlap anyway you like (image above):ExploreLearnInnovateFeedbackReflect (back to Explore)This learning cycle can happen within minutes using your mental reflection and visualization, or perhaps days, weeks, or months in the real world, depending upon how you apply this flexible learning approach. Actually, these steps are just indicators and do not need to be followed step-by-step. Just use them how you feel like it, or what works best for you. I am still learning, so these steps or phases might change even by the time I really finish this article. Alright, let's move on!
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    Ohjeita parempaan luennointiin. Linkkejä hyviin luentotallenteisiin ja muita resursseja.
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OpenID pilot by US government - 0 views

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    OpenID:stä on selvästi tulossa se tapa, jolla kaikkialle kirjaudutaan.
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    Ten private companies, a number of US Government Federal Agencies primarily in the Health sector and the OpenID and Information Card Foundations will announce this morning in Washington DC the launch of a pilot program to allow members of the public to log in to participating government websites with their credentials from approved independent websites.
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Mopaalikanava: yrityksille sopivia sosiaalisen median alustoja - 1 views

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    Pikaesittely: Sosiaalisen median alustoja joita yrityksetkin voivat käyttää.
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What is the Future of Teaching? - 0 views

  • According to the New York Times Bits blog, a recent study funded by the US Department of Education (PDF) found that on the whole, online learning environments actually led to higher tested performance than face-to-face learning environments.
  • “In many of the studies showing an advantage for online learning, the online and classroom conditions differed in terms of time spent, curriculum and pedagogy. It was the combination of elements in the treatment conditions (which was likely to have included additional learning time and materials as well as additional opportunities for collaboration) that produced the observed learning advantages,” writes the authors of the report (emphasis theirs). “At the same time, one should note that online learning is much more conducive to the expansion of learning time than is face-to-face instruction.”
  • We can conclude that those in online learning environments tested better, but not necessarily why.
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  • Researchers warned that “various online learning implementation practices may have differing effectiveness for K–12 learners than they do for older students,” which seems plausible.
  • The word education, after all, comes from the Latin educare, which means, “to lead out.” I.e., think Socrates. Anyone can absorb information from a book or video, but good teachers will always be necessary to draw out that knowledge and help students develop the skills needed to think critically about the information they consume. In other words, online learning tools are just like any other tools in a teacher’s bag of tricks: what matters is how they’re applied. The instruction of good teachers will be made better by the proper application of web tools, while bad teachers won’t necessarily be made better by utilizing online education methods.
  • It comes down to knowing how to best use the tools at your disposal to maximize the impact of education for students, which has always been what separates good teachers from bad ones. The major difference between teachers of today and teachers of the future is that in the future educators will have better online tools and will require better specialized training to learn how to utilize them properly.
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      Exactly. The tools are not the point, it's the learning results that matter. And they stem from the learning activities, which in turn are supported by the tools that are employed.
  • Teachers will certainly need to adapt in order to use new tools and methods, but that’s nothing new. Online education may never completely replace face-to-face learning, though as the Department of Education study shows, with enough time and under the guidance of a good teacher, online learning environments can produce results that are just as good or better than classroom learning. Online learning is likely to be used more often to enhance face-to-face learning in the future, however, and in communities where classroom learning is infeasible due to lack of funds, online learning is an adequate stand-in.
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    Hyvin tiivistettyä ajatusta opetuksen tulevaisuudesta.
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    Good analysis on the impact of new tools, and the need for great teachers.
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