Skip to main content

Home/ Groups/ Edge-ucators' Way
jennyann north

newsmap - 0 views

shared by jennyann north on 27 Apr 09 - Cached
Paul Smith

Look to Learn - 0 views

shared by Paul Smith on 21 Apr 09 - Cached
Tom March

10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About | MakeUseOf.com - 0 views

  •  
    Handy things to know about using YouTube, including showing only part of a video. Consider combining this info with TubePrompter.
Tom March

Our Video - Goomoodleikiog ‎(Goomoodleikiog)‎ - 1 views

  •  
    Goomoodleikiog, Heidi Beezley & Leigh Murrell of San Diego created this effective presentation on integrating some core Web 2.0 tools.
Tom March

RSA Lectures - Stephen Heppell - Learning 2016 | Teachers TV - 0 views

  •  
    In this programme Professor Stephen Heppell discusses what he thinks learning might look like in the year 2016. Stephen takes the prestigious stage at the Edward Boyle Memorial Lecture in the Royal Society of Arts, to offer his views on future learning and the important role we play in its fruition.
Tom March

Building the 21st-Century Mind: Scientific American - 1 views

  •  
    His most recent book, Five Minds for the Future, offers some advice for policy-makers on how to do a better job of preparing students for the 21st century. Mind Matters editor Jonah Lehrer chats with Gardner about his new book, the possibility of teaching ethics and how his concept of multiple intelligences has changed over time.
Tom March

Thinking Dispositions: A review of current theories, practices, and issues - 0 views

  • Good thinkers certainly have thinking skills. But they also have more: Motivations, attitudes, values and habits of mind all play key roles in good thinking, and in large part it is these elements that determine whether people use their thinking skills when it counts.
    • Tom March
       
      This is the key behind "Dispositions." Yes, people need the skill/abiity to think critically, but this doesn't tend to happen unless they have a desire to do so.
  • What Kinds of Thinking Dispositions Are There?
    • Tom March
       
      This is where other frameworks for thinking could be used as well. If a school has been working with Art Costa's Habits of Mind or Robert Marzano's Dimensions of Learning, these can be used here. The main point is that "enculturation" is the solution, not "teaching" critical thinking.
  • a disposition is something we want students to evidence on their own ─ without being pushed or prompted to evidence it"
    • Tom March
       
      Suggestion: this is where an online space, focused on intrinsically motivating experiences is an asset. Changes in thinking and motivation require substantial time and repetition.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • culture of thinking
    • Tom March
       
      Here's a link to their current work on "Thinking Routines." Here
  • What does it mean to be a good thinker?
    • Tom March
       
      This is the essential question?
    • Tom March
       
      Let's read this with a How-to perspective.
Tom March

YouTube - EDU - 1 views

  •  
    Essentially iTunesU has come to YouTube. What do you think?
Tom March

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Web_2.0_Map.svg - 0 views

  •  
    Here's a handy one screen Tag Cloud of Web 2.0 terms from the Wikipedia entry on that topic. Many of the terms are clickable to the entry on that heading. Good for use after exploring Web 2 applications to see if there's any jargon that still wants clarification.
Tom March

http://nmolp.iwm.org.uk/webquests - 0 views

  •  
    Interactive WebQuests from the National Museums in the UK. What do you think?
« First ‹ Previous 201 - 220 of 247 Next › Last »
Showing 20 items per page