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keeganep

Alive in the Swamp: Assessing digital innovations in education - 0 views

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  • As another Nesta report concludes, digital innovations have “put technology above teaching and excitement above evidence”1 that has resulted in an “undisciplined explosion of innovations.”2
  • Innovation is for innovation’s sake, without adequate evidence of efficacy to establish impact on learning; technological investments have yet to focus their efforts on changing the education system.
  • “Entrepreneurs find it more exciting and absorbing to design and build digital innovations than to grapple with a new pedagogy, not to mention the daunting task of addressing systemness policies and support for implementation.”7 Yet it is increasingly crucial to “grapple” with pedagogy and implementation systems, as technology without context have been shown to lack efficacy.
keeganep

In Changing Times Should We Consider Changing Times? - 0 views

modernlearners.com/uld-we-consider-changing-times

education learning-architecture

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  • the hours of compulsory instruction per year  range from 608 hours in Finland (a top performer) to 926 hours in France (average) at the elementary level, compared to the over 900 hours required in New York, Texas, and Massachusetts.
  • “As a matter of fact, Vermont – a high-performing state — requires the fewest number of hours (700 hours) for its elementary students (grades 1-2) than any other state, and it still requires more than Finland. Vermont’s requirement is also more than the 612 hours high-achieving Korea requires of its early elementary students.”
  • all the pieces that underpin their operation, what we like to call the learning architecture, most of which we take completely for granted, indirectly pre-determines the choices our young people make about when, where and most importantly how they learn.
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  • Maybe it’s time to rethink how we define this learning architecture, of which time is just one of the variables that deserve our attention. It’s not just about the number of hours of class time, or instruction, but also how school days are structured for which ages, the way the year is scheduled, and even issues such as start and finish times which are now becoming matters of public debate.
  • keeganep on 21 Jan 16
     
    From 'Education Modern Learners', this article gives statistics comparing the number of hours spent in school, in different countries.
keeganep

Status Update | This American Life - 0 views

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education social media

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  • keeganep on 21 Jan 16
     
    The first 14 minutes records three teenagers talking about instagram. Really interesting stuff.
Joel Birch

Designing 20% Time in Education | Education Is My Life - 1 views

educationismylife.com/designing-20-time-in-education

firebird 20%time geniushour

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  • Joel Birch on 30 Sep 14
     
    20% time or Genius Hour might be worth following up on as well.
Joel Birch

Project-Based Learning vs. Problem-Based Learning vs. X-BL | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...pbl-vs-pbl-vs-xbl-john-larmer

firebird PBL learning project

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  • Joel Birch on 30 Sep 14
     
    Here's a nice bit of reading on problem & project based learning.
Emma Cummuskey

Year 4 History sample assessment - First contacts: A First Fleet story [Qld Studies Aut... - 0 views

www.qsa.qld.edu.au/26011.html

history sample curriculum resources

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  • Emma Cummuskey on 24 Jan 14
     
    queensland curriculum resources
Joel Birch

Assessment & Teaching of 21st-Century Skills - 0 views

atc21s.org

firebird

shared by Joel Birch on 23 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Joel Birch on 23 Jan 14
     
    This might be handy to beef up our discussion of 21C fluencies - the research base behind this is a little more transparent, even if it is blatantly backed by Microsoft, Cisco and Intel.
Joel Birch

Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning (Routledge) : Paperback : ... - 0 views

www.bookdepository.com/...9780415690157

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  • Joel Birch on 23 Jan 14
     
    Book Depository link for Hattie's Visible Learning.
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