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Gordon Christie-Maples

Teaching and Learning with Social Media: A Case Study - 1 views

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    This is one teacher's case study on the use of Social Media, in particular blogs, to evaluate student engagement and whether "whenever technology is used effectively, learning outcomes do improve". The essence of this teacher's conclusions? "The effectiveness of the application of technology is heavily dependent on how it is put to use."
Chris Chen

Resources for Teaching Digital Literacy - 0 views

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    This blog article has provided a wide range of tools for students from the elementary to the graduate research level. I think it's worth some time exploring the materials & tools suggested and find the ones that meet your purpose.
rfaller

Students struggle with information literact - 2 views

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    This news article explains that just because students have grown up in the technology age, doesn't mean they are experts in using that technology. It highlights the 3 areas students must master for success with using technology to research: "The ability to identify trustworthy and useful information; The ability to manage overabundant information; and The ability to communicate information effectively." As we use web 2.0 we must remember to teach our students how to use these tools effectively, not just assume they can use them because they've grown up in the tech environment.
angela auger

Education World: I Read It on the Internet: Teaching About Web Literacy - 1 views

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    Can you trust everything you read on the Internet? Can you trust anything you read on the Internet? Teach your kids which Web sites to trust! The words you are reading now have been read -- and reread -- by several experienced editors and educators.
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    What a great resource. We have recently had a lot of problems at our school with students using Answer.com and trusting the information there to be fact. We have had some interesting facts come to light as a result...
Julie Doughty

How (and why) to flip your classroom - 0 views

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    This article outlines the notion of flipping the classroom to ensure there is more time in class "doing" your discipline and working on skills together, rather than "listening" or "looking" at how it is done. Being selective about what media you ask students to consume for HW, having them do blogs or discussion posts as HW and then using class time to work in groups and go deeper with the analysis of bias, perspective, sourcing, etc. is a great model. If we want to push the thinking further on the media literacy, we need to have class time to do this work with them.
tbreza

Media Literacy through blended learning - 3 views

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    This article gives a great description of flipped classrooms and how a flipped classroom will expand on media and 21st century learning skills in the classroom and outside of the classroom. It develops a sense of the changing paradigm of the typical sage on the stage teacher and creating the digital literate classroom.
Katy Williams

Media Smarts: Kids Learn How to Navigate the Multimedia World - 1 views

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    This is actually a video including ideas from film director George Lucas. The main point of the video is that teaching "communication" in the future should involve much more than just teaching writing but should involve all the ways that students can express their ideas.
Sharon Euvrard

Frictionless Formative Assessment with Social Media - 1 views

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    How using social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus and Edmodo can enable formative assessment and improve student achievement. Students become more engaged in learning through the use of these tools in the classroom
Mary Ann Foncello

Massachusetts district's advice: Focus on learning, not technology - 3 views

eSchool News names Hampshire Regional School district as "eSchool of the Month" for integrating technology successfully throughout academic and administrative processes. Cross-curricular unit "Com...

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Griffin Loynes

Free Technology for Teachers: Google web search lesson plans - 3 views

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    From the Free Technology for Teachers blog, I found an entry about web search lesson plans created by Google. From our previous readings, I've come to understand research strategies as a major component of media literacy. In the blog, there are links to the Google created lessons. The plans are developed according to skill level. I find this an interesting and helpful teacher resource; however, there are some search categories, which are quite elementary, if not useless. Student's research habits are often deplorable, so these tutorials point them in generally useful directions. It is necessary for our students to develop strategies for differentiating between poor resources and rich, academic sources. Is Google created strategies the best option?
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    It appears this link may be dead
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    Hi Kevin, I am sorry about the dead end link. If you are still interested try here: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/web-search-lesson-plans-from-google.html
Jeanne Lauer

Solving the Problem of Online Problem Solving - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus - 13 views

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    An intriguing article delineating several useful methods to bring online classrooms to life. While text and self-teaching methods were the way of the past, we now have a multitude of means to engage the student both visually and audibly via an incredible assortment of tools and resources just brimming with creative potential.
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    I think that this article makes so much sense. Online classrooms are really evolving with the tools that we have at our disposal as well as our students. Assessments of drawing , discussing, sharing how to skills can now be accomplished with web tools. These tools can really engage students and get them involved in our online classroom.
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    This article takes math problem solving to the next level by incorporating a variety of technology devices in order to get students to think through problems.
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    Using online math course as the example, this article provides teachers and students with a lot of technology tools to create a rich online learning and problem-solving environment. With these digital tools, students get more engaged in learning and become more creative thinking. It's a good reference for subject teachers.
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    This article asks how we teach students the tools to learn how to talk, read, write, and think online. It mentions many of the media literacy tools presented in one of our readings.
Linda Williams

School Librarian Creates Web Lesson on Oil Spill - 1 views

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    This article gives a great example of how a librarian created a lesson that uses many web 2.0 tools while students demonstrated their media literacy skills.
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    By using libguide a Boston Librarian was able to create a lesson for students to learn about an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. Using libguide allowed her to combine news links, a Delicious linkroll, an RSS feed, and a Google Map that compares the relative size of the spill to Manhattan, Paris, and other global cities.
Karen Wood

Just the Facts « On Learning - 2 views

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    This article explains how the author uses the iSearch model to teach research in class. The author also introduced the idea of creating infographics -- another way to expand our students' media literacy.
amarinaccio21

7 Fantastic Apps for Making Media - 3 views

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    Multimedia allows for students to express their creativity and show their understanding of material in a fun way. Multimedia is also a great way for teachers to represent information and allow their students to take in information an alternative way (compared to the traditional textbook, powerpoint slides, etc.). This site highlights some great apps for educators and students to make their own media!
Andrew Kaufman

Social Media and Social Learning - 0 views

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    This blog talks about survey results with the use of social learning and media.
Karen Bradford

Social media 'tools' offer opportunities for teachers - 2 views

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    Teachers and students using social networks for curricular work.
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    I use Edmodo as a social media "tool" to use as an extension of my classroom and the students love it.
Linda Williams

Adapt Courseware Adds Social Tools for Community-Based Learning - 1 views

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    Like blogging, Adapt Courseware is a social learning space that allows the student to create a profile to get to know his/her peers. Allows the students to participate in discussion groups and to seek help or support from study groups. It also allows the student to create a post that they are interested in or to comment on posts from others.
Kae Cunningham

6 Must Watch Videos on 21st Education ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 2 views

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    digital natives- can we keep up?
Linda Williams

Ideas for Active Online Learning - 1 views

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    Heidi Beezley, instructional technologist at Georgia Perimeter College, explains tells how to improve teaching online courses with active learning, and providing students to have be able to meaningfully talk and listen, write, read, and reflect on the content, ideas, issues, and concerns of an academic subject"
Linda Williams

Adapt Courseware Delivers New Social Learning Tools to Improve Student Engagement - 1 views

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    A comprehensive adaptive online curriculum resources that individualize each student's learning experience, It is a new social learning tool. The tool promote increased online collaboration among students and with instructors. The goal is an approach to community-based learning is to deliver a more engaging educational experience where each student can benefit from a high level of support and interaction.
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