Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Students First, Not Stuff - 0 views
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Technological change is not additive; it is ecological, which means, it changes everything. —Neil Postman
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If we see technology simply as additive, our questions will be about the technology
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it's about addressing the new needs of modern learners in entirely new ways
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The New Digital Citizens - 0 views
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Five Card Flickr.” Each drive contains a folder with five photographs downloaded from the photo-sharing website’s royalty-free photo bank. The students pop in the thumb drives and open the folders, and the images blossom on their screens: a pair of dice, a pale and lanky teenage boy, a flower, a parrot, drums, a toddler wearing huge glasses, a tropical island. In pairs, the students get to work, arranging the images in various sequences to tell a story in the form of a play.
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“I just want them to think of themselves as creators,” Vail says. “And I didn’t want them writing just another paper. I want them to use technology to actualize their ideas. To dramatize their creativity.”
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images to use as the cover page of their adaptations—like a playbill for a Broadway show
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10 Ways to Teach Innovation | MindShift - 1 views
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education should focus on fostering innovation by putting curiosity, critical thinking, deep understanding, the rules and tools of inquiry, and creative brainstorming at the center of the curriculum.
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there are a number of ways that teachers can bypass the system and offer students the tools and experiences that spur an innovative mindset.
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Make skills as important as knowledge
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17 Real-World Ways iPads Are Being Used In Schools - Edudemic - 1 views
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PUTTING STUDENTS IN CHARGE OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
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IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT RESULTS
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The students, however, say they are most excited about the “Notability” app, which is capable of recording a lecture and transcribing it into text.
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