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Cindy Edwards

Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education - 0 views

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learning_styles

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  • Characters in alphabets began as pictures with meaning (West, 1997).
  • As history repeats itself, we may find that a great deal of information is better presented visually rather than verbally.
  • culture's
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  • predominant mode of literacy depends on the technology and mass media it embraces (Sinatra, 1986).
  • Kellner (1998) proposes that multiple literacies are necessary to meet the challenges of today's society, literacies that include print literacy, visual literacy, aural literacy, media literacy, computer literacy, cultural literacy, social literacy, and ecoliteracy.
  • Learning through orderly, sequential, verbal-mathematical, left-hemisphere tasks is a pattern seen frequently in education (West, 1997). Those whose thought processes are predominantly in the right-hemisphere where visual-spatial and nonverbal cognition activities rule frequently may have difficulty capitalizing on a learning style that is not compatible with their abilities.
  • If visual literacy is regarded as a language, then there is a need to know how to communicate using this language, which includes being alert to visual messages and critically reading or viewing images as the language of the messages.
  • Technology, particularly the graphical user interface of the World Wide Web, requires skills for reading and writing visually in order to derive meaning from what is being communicated.
  • Because visual literacy precedes verbal literacy in human development,
  • learning evolves from the concrete to the abstract; visual symbols are nonverbal representations that precede verbal symbols (Sinatra, 1986).
  • West (1997) conveys an innovative mathematics approach whereby students “do” mathematics rather than “watch” mathematics. The technique emphasizes learning through interactive graphics without words. “The words go into an idea only after the idea has already settled in our mind”(West, p.
  • The literature suggests that using visual elements in teaching and learning yields positive results.
Cindy Edwards

Classroom Games and Technology: Classroom Game Lesson - Critical Thinking and Writing - 0 views

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games

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  • Cindy Edwards on 16 May 13
     
    Good information on the importance of goals and objectives when utilizing gaming in the classroom.
Cindy Edwards

Teaching Kids to Code | EdSurge - 0 views

www.edsurge.com/...teaching-kids-to-code

programming

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  • Cindy Edwards on 17 May 13
     
    Good resources to look at over the summer
Cindy Edwards

- How to create a shared iPad cart model - 0 views

www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx

ipad

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  • Cindy Edwards on 08 Jun 13
     
    Good information for those looking to add iPads.
Cindy Edwards

Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom - 0 views

www.wtvi.com/...lassroom-audio-podcasting.html

audio

shared by Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13 - Cached
  • Education in the twenty-first century should focus on the development of authentic literacy skills for students.
  • . Podcasting is cheap
  • Audio podcasting encourages no-frills communication
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  • Podcasting invites a global audience
  • Podcasting is digital storytelling
  • . Podcasting provides a window into the classroom
  • Podcasting involves few privacy concerns
  • Podcasting can educate about copyright
  • Podcasting can be interactive
  • Podcasting can be creative
  • Podcasting can be fun!
  • Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13
     
    Great information and links to motivate educators to begin producing podcasts in their own classroom!
Cindy Edwards

Using sound in the classroom - 0 views

www.learnnc.org/5524

audio

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  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    Interesting activities to encourage and improve listening.
Cindy Edwards

Marc Prensky - 0 views

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gaming

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  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    Look especially at the games and videos tabs for information on educational gaming.
Cindy Edwards

Spree Learning Games - 0 views

www.spreegames.com

gaming

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  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    Great source for a number of education-based games.
Cindy Edwards

Are You Ready for Mobile Learning? (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...are-you-ready-mobile-learning

ipads

shared by Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13 - No Cached
  • Avoid overly complex material that includes lots of facts and figures. Complex subject matter is often more effectively conveyed through handouts and readings than through a podcast.
  • Always keep in mind the learner's context when selecting content for a podcast.
  • Only use lectures as podcasts when you have a strong pedagogical rationale for doing so.
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  • imit the scope of the content to only a few main themes.
  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    This article is a good overview of mobile learning and not just ipods and ipads.
Cindy Edwards

Screencasting - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - 0 views

www.schrockguide.net/screencasting.html

flipped classroom

shared by Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13 - No Cached
  • Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13
     
    Screencasting if frequently used for the flipped classroom.  This page has very useful resources.
Cindy Edwards

Flipped Learning Network Ning - A professional learning community for teachers using sc... - 0 views

flippedclassroom.org

flipped classroom

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  • Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13
     
    This is a great place if you are wanting to or are already using flipped classrooms.
Cindy Edwards

The Flipped Class Revealed - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. - 0 views

www.thedailyriff.com/...s-a-good-one-look-like-692.php

flipped classroom

shared by Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13 - No Cached
  • good teaching and effective learning take place
  • Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13
     
    Third in a series of articles about the flipped classroom
Cindy Edwards

Are You Ready to Flip? - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smarter. About Education. - 0 views

www.thedailyriff.com/...are-you-ready-to-flip-691.php

flipped classroom

shared by Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13 - No Cached
  • A good teacher always knows where they're headed, and that is never more important than with the flipped classroom
  • you absolutely must begin by first deciding what the end product looks like.
  • quality learning resources. 
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  • ent students learn well in a variety of ways, and the resources we supply should provide multiple avenu
  • it is up to the teacher to provide the students with opportunities in class to place the content they learned into context. 
  • Cindy Edwards on 19 May 13
     
    Good information for those you have and have not ventured into the flipped classroom.
Cindy Edwards

4Teachers : Main Page - 0 views

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resources

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