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ASCD Inservice: Looking Beyond the "Answer"

"As you are watching, ask yourself: What changed by using, in this case, the iPad and ShowMe app? Could the same [learning] have been accomplished by keeping students' illustrations analog? Was there differentiation potential? Can this type of "activity" be used as an assessment to replace/upgrade traditional assessment? Are the movie clips potential artifacts for digital portfolios? Could these movie clips be part of a variety of student work at a parent-teacher conference? Was any learning amplified by placing it on the classroom blog to share with families? What skills were practiced? What literacies were supported? Was it worth the extra time investment, the learning curve?"

""This would create an environment where students could really work together," she said. "It would let me change the dynamic and bring that compassion back into the classroom.""

"Whether you subscribe to the device as a consumption, creation or discovery tool, the technology opens the eyes of educators when given time to investigate." The challenge of pedagogy demands contact time between staff, students and those of us charged with coordinating. A staff and student blog will now be supported by a staff twitter account to encourage daily feedback/debate as well as the built in googleforms and analysis. Every question/suggestion and discussion is valid because of the diversity of subjects, staff and students.

Alan November #tech_k12 Leadership Workshop Collaborative Notes: http://tinyurl.com/techK12 Diigo Group: http://groups.diigo.com/group/tech_k12_november

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Peeking Into Division 16 We are grade one students in Ms. Lirenman's class in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Join us as we explore technology and share some of our learning with you. About Division 16 Visitor Etiquette - How to Be Safe on Our Blog Word Wall Words Individual Student Blogs Home Learning Links for Children

2nd grade blog - student blogs, class blogs, global projects

take RSS feeds and turn into magazine

find, create and embed interactive timelines

"This is the second part of Alan's discussion with Eric Marcos, BLC presenter and middle school teacher in Santa Monica, CA. In this episode, Eric, his students and Alan focus on the student created tutorials' impact on how students are learning and how Eric can evaluate problems individual students might be having."

In this podcast, Alan interviews Silvia Tolisano, 21st Century Learning Specialist, along with other administrators, teachers and students at Martin J. Gottlieb School. Here, students are being encouraged to take more of a leadership role in their learning as they take part in a variety of jobs inspired by Alan November's article, Students as Contributors"

The Student News Action Network was created, and is maintained, by students and teachers at Washington International School in collaboration with TakingITGlobal and bureau schools worldwide."