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Carla Arena

Letting It Marinade - Tech Thoughts By Jen - 0 views

  • The new tools don’t always make sense right away and I tend to be a bit hesitant rather than “rah rah rah” check this out.   And if I don’t get it, I tend to put it on the back burner for a while and then come back later with a fresh viewpoint.  In fact, with delicious, one of my most popular tags is “comebacktolater” because I can see possible potential in the site but am not able to put my finger on just what that potential is. And it is important at times to marinade.  To take the time to figure it out and not put a stamp of approval on a tool that perhaps should not carry that stamp.  My teachers depend a lot on my help and trust that when I present to them, it is tried and true and not just a whim.  So, it it good sometimes, to not rush into the “newest and best” until I can say for sure that it is.
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    Very wise advice. Sometimes we just need to let things "marinade".
Gilmar Mattos

Fluid Learning - 0 views

  • control is over. This is not about control anymore. This is about finding a way to survive and thrive in chaos.
  • We can’t roll back the clock to an earlier age without computers, without Internet, without the subtle but profound distraction of text messaging. The school is of its time, not out it.
  • The role of the instructor has changed
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  • helps the students find the material available online, and helps them to make sense of it, contextualizing and informing their understanding. even as the students continue to work their way through the ever-growing set of information.
  • The instructor facilitates and mentors, as they have always done, but they are no longer the gatekeepers, because there are no gatekeepers, anywhere.
  • the more something is shared, the more valuable it becomes.
  • Education happens everywhere, not just with your nose down in a book, or stuck into a computer screen
  • Many students will never be very computer literate, but every single one of them has a mobile handset, and every single one of them sends text messages.
  • net filtering throws the baby out with the bathwater
  • Services like Twitter get filtered out because they could potentially be disruptive, cutting students off from the amazing learning potential of social messaging. Facebook and MySpace are seen as time-wasters, rather than tools for organizing busy schedules
  • media sites are blocked because the schools don’t have enough bandwidth to support them; Wikipedia is blocked because teachers don’t want students cheating.
  • Filtering, while providing a stopgap, only leaves students painfully aware of how disconnected the classroom is from the real world.
  • the maxim of the 21st century: connection is king
  • Students must be free to connect with instructors
  • difficult for instructors to manage, but it is vital.
  • Connection is expensive, not in dollars, but in time. But for all its drawbacks, connection enriches us enormously.
  • We need to let go, we need to trust ourselves enough to recognize that what we have now, though it worked for a while, is no longer fit for the times.
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    I: Out of Control Our greatest fear, in bringing computers into the classroom, is that we teachers and instructors and lecturers will lose control of the
Gilmar Mattos

Descolagem: a escola do século XXI | LULI RADFAHRER - 0 views

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    Listen to Luli Radfaher talking about education in the 21st century. Inspiring! Couldn't stop watching it! If you watch it, I'd love to hear from you. How about a post at http://webtools.ning.com ? Waiting for your views and what he said that really ticked you.
Carla Arena

RSS Image - 0 views

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    Isn't it what RSS is all about?
Carla Arena

eLearning Technology - 0 views

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    Chris Moisés suggested this link here. I'm part of the workshop Tony Karrer is talking about, but just as a lurker as I'm really focusing on our online session. However, the great thing of online sessions is that there are many open ones which let you access the resources whenever you want. Next week, they'll be talking about what? Social bookmarking! We're way ahead, huh???
Carla Arena

Facebook | "We make very poor Use of Our Talents" - 9 views

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    Wow, Carla! I loved it! We really should start paying attention to everything he said. I agree with him when he says that we need a revolution in education.Get rid of that linearity concept that have invaded (and pervaded) the minds of many educational institutions- go to college. I loved the "a 3 year old child is not a half six year old child." How true! Thanks for sharing. :)
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    Dear Lúcia, I'm glad you enjoyed it. He has another video about how we and schools kill creativity. It is really inspiring. Also, in relation to the non-linearity of learning, what you're experiencing in this online session is exactly that, learing how to deal with a non-linear online world and the messiness it implies, learning how to make sense of all that.
Carla Arena

What is Hunch - Tour - Hunch - 0 views

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    Try it out, guys. Great engaging way to work with questions with your adult students
Carla Arena

brainstormer.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) - 0 views

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    Deirdre, what a wonderful, fun tool!
Mariucha Dias

Welcome to Say What? ESL! an ESL site for English Grammar Learners - 0 views

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    lesson planners, quizzers, games, articles
Maggie Verster

What's being copied from your website? - 0 views

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    Do you cite your sources- soon we will know.....
Maggie Verster

What is Evernote? - 0 views

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    Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.
Maggie Verster

What Was a Wiki, and Why Do I Care? A Short and Usable History of Wikis" - 0 views

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    A book about wikis on a wiki
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