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Jen Sigrist

WebTools4u2use - Finding the Right Tool - 3 views

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    Great online graphic organizer that expands to show different tools to fit different needs. Also has a list of tools to use by different needs - by task, by product, by learning style...
Ryan Rydstrom

Getting Attention in the Laptop Classroom - 10 views

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      Many of the same observations from teachers this year with 1:1.
  • The class began with all seats facing forward. The teacher points to a chart on the white board showing fastest times for 8 different furniture arrangements in this class (list). She holds up a stopwatch.
  • While there is now software available to allow such monitoring from the teacher's computer, most teachers must rely upon a technique we will call eyeballing.
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      We have a system called Dyknow
  • when I need the full attention of the class for 5-10 minutes, I will ask them to swivel around and join me. They turn their eyes forward on me and the screen
  • A teacher who ignores landscape in laptop classrooms is likely to encounter difficulties with classroom management.
  • Attentio
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      Great set of norms
  • 2-3 year professional development offering that would focus on equipping all teachers with these moves, tactics and strategies
  • laptops as just one element within a complex array of tools that extends to mundane items such as blackout curtains and chair
  • were the most frequent uses of compu
  • online research, productivity tools, drill and practice, and eCommunications
  • teachers need opportunities to learn what instruction and assessment practices, curricular resources and classroom management skills work best in a 1:1 student to networked laptop classroom setting.
Ryan Rydstrom

Three Trends That Will Shape the Future of Curriculum | MindShift - 67 views

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      Passion Driven Classroom 
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      Could this be a dangerous path?  Meaning, students can get their information from anywhere. ICE example
  • crucial for students to be able to navigate the digital world around them without fea
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      Also, we must teach the students about digital citizenship as they become more comfortable.
  • how to be responsible digital citizens.
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    I don;think this is dangerous, it creates a greater need for students to be able to determine the validity of a source of information and think critically.
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    I had the opportunity to visit a New Tech High School in Sioux Falls, SD. There are some really great things happening at these schools...lots of creative thinking, collaboration, and higher order thinking skills.
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