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Leah Starr

Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity (Big Thinkers Series) | Edutopia - 0 views

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    How to use the flipped classroom model to allow for a more hands-on, inquiry based learning environment.
Leah Starr

Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • t fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage."
  • It also creates the opportunity for differentiated roles to meet the needs of students through a variety of instructional activities
  • If the flipped classroom is truly to become innovative, then it must be paired with transparent and/or embedded reason to know the content.
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  • Whether project-based learning (PBL), game-based learning (GBL), Understanding by Design (UbD), or authentic literacy, find an effective model to institute in your classroom
  • Will you demand that all students watch the video, or is it a way to differentiate and allow choice? Will you allow or rely on mobile learning for students to watch it?
  • you must build in reflective activities to have students think about what they learned, how it will help them, its relevance, and more
  • Do you have structures to support this? When and where will the learning occur? I believe it unfair to demand that students watch the video outside of the class time for various reasons.
stephanie karabaic

Tech Sherpas - 0 views

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    Great ongoing tech sherpa show from Maine-Kern Kelly and his students
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    Great ongoing tech sherpa show from Maine-Kern Kelly and his students
Jen Reeve

Equitable Access of Digital Tools and Resources for all Students. - 0 views

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    Our country, state, district, and individual schools have one simple goal in mind: student learning. Students should be educated in a safe and fair instructional environment where they are given the opportunity to succeed. All students should have access to a variety of resources to help them guide their learning.
Jen Reeve

Enriching Your Classroom Through Equitable Technology Integration - 0 views

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    Jack Dieckmann, MA and Abelardo Villarreal, Ph.D. Technology has the potential to influence the quality of instruction in creative ways that challenge the young minds of our children (Kuforiji, 1999). Although technology is presently used in the classroom for a variety of purposes, its full potential is yet to be explored.
Jen Reeve

Guest Blogger: Equitable access to technology in education - can there ever be guarantees? - 0 views

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    Some issues with striving towards equitable access.
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    Betty Ray Director of Programming and Innovation @Edutopia This week's #edchat blogger is Berni Wall (@rliberni), who beautifully captured the vasty and wily topic of equitable access to technology and tech literacy. Feel free to share your comments in the space below this blog.
Lucie deLaBruere

9 Reasons Great Teachers Make Great Leaders | Deborah Chang - 0 views

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    How many of these characteristics do you have and what examples can you give that you have them
Nathan Gingras

Five Steps for Implementing a Successful 1:1 Environment | Edutopia - 1 views

  • Step 1: Define the Goals of your 1:1 Program
  • Step 2: Define the Role of the Device in Your Classroom
  • Step 3: Model How to Harness the Device's Power
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  • Step 4: Put It Away When Appropriate
  • Step 5: Teach, Model and Support Information Literacy
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    This article highlights five important steps for a successful 1:1 implementation.
Leah Starr

Flipping The Classroom… A Goldmine of Research and Resources To Keep You On Y... - 0 views

  • Research
  • Resources To Better Understand Flipping the Classroom
  • Resources To Promote Higher Level Thinking, 21st Century Skills, and Formative Learning in  the Flip. 
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  • Higher Level Thinking Skills… Two Way Interaction…. Formative Learning… 21st Century Skills
  • Research
  • Home Base For Flipping
  • Global Communities
  • New and Latest
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    Resources on how to flip the classroom...
Jill Dawson

The future of public education: Makerspace @ Lakewood City Schools | School Factory - 0 views

  • This kind of integration between business, community, government, and schools is what we need in order to transform the function of public education in our society--and a makerspace is just the right kind of place to do it.
  • hackerspaces - focus on electrons makerspaces - focus on atoms citizen science lab - focus on biology, science research open democracy - enable citizens to engage with mechanisms of democracy co-working - shared space for independent professionals project collaborative - gateway to project economy creative communities - support for creative / artistic communities
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    The Maker Movement seeks to integrate the use of technology in creation.  While this article is not specifically about technology, the mindset informing the movement recognizes technology as a powerful tool for student centered learning.
Jill Dawson

Three Sizzling Ways to Expand Your Personal Learning Networks This Summer | Common Sens... - 0 views

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    Some tips for building your PLN, with some new ideas that I didn't see in our discussion posts.
Michael Oquendo

Teachers Guide on The Use of ePortfolios in Education ~ Educational Technology and Mobi... - 0 views

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    Great explanation about ePortfolios.
Michael Oquendo

Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners: Open School ePortfolio for Authentic Assessment - 0 views

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    ePortfolio resource.
Nathan Gingras

Lessons for One-to-One Initiatives | Education Development Center, Inc. - 2 views

  • schools that are succeeding with technology have found a way to integrate tools into existing practices.
  • She explains that Maine’s program has been a success because project planners thought about issues of support and sustainability at the outset.
  • a whole system approach is a necessary component of success for one-to-one programs.
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  • “Where there’s strong leadership and support, there’s a lot more integration and use for transformational kinds of applications in the classroom.”
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    This article examines successful implementation of 1:1 initiatives around the world.
Jill Dawson

Goals and Actions - CESU_Technology - 0 views

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    This is CESU's Action Plan.
Jill Abair

Tablets in the Classroom A Practical Guide to Planning and Deploying Large-Scale Table... - 0 views

  • To provide students with a more engaging, individualized learning experience, Central Unified is transitioning from traditional textbooks and working with a publisher to develop customized, interactive learning materials that will adapt to students’ learning levels and abilities.
  • BYOD policy
  • . CCSD had the tablets preconfigured and installed a district image and set of district apps,
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  • it worked best to have consistency across schools,
  • Through the pilot, we learned that even though consistency is good, we need to give the students as much flexibility and freedom as possible so they can personalize the device and put the apps they want on it. That way they have ownership and feel responsible for the device.
  • The initial deployment includes tasks such as asset tagging, kitting and custom imaging. The tablets are removed from their retail packaging and assembled into “kits” as necessary — for example, adding a headset and case — and given an initial charge
  • A tablet initiative should involve extensive professional development and training for teachers and IT/support staff
  • Involve teachers in the planning process.
  • Provide teachers with a variety of opportunities
  • Don’t neglect professional development/training on new equipment for technology staff
  • Procure a stockpile of replacement devices to prevent learning from grinding to a halt due to a device problem
  • Areas to measure include attendance, student engagement, teacher and student feedback on the
  • learning experience, student outcomes, test scores, levels of independent learning and use of collaboration
  • TABLET INITIATIVE CHECKLIST
Torey Olson

Basic Proposal - one-to-one - 0 views

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    BHS 1:1 proposal
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