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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.
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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

4Teachers : Main Page - 0 views

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bookmarking

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    My favorite is still Diigo, but here is another option.
Cindy Edwards

The Classroom Web Page: A Must-Have in 2008 | Edutopia - 1 views

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classroom

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Cindy Edwards

Upcoming webinars for music teachers | musicfirst - 0 views

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music_tech

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  • Cindy Edwards on 19 Apr 13
     
    Great webinars for music teachers interested in technology.
Cindy Edwards

PrintWhatYouLike.com - 0 views

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utilities

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    Print only the parts of a web page that you want.
Cindy Edwards

Web Screenshots - Take a Screen Capture Online - 0 views

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screenshot

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    Take a screenshot of long web pages in their entirety
Cindy Edwards

Cure writer's block with writing prompts - writing tips character name generator - 0 views

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writing

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    Great site for creative writing prompts for your classroom!
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eLearning

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    A wide variety of free courses from the top universities for both professional development and personal goals.
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