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Theron DesRosier

Key Building Blocks for Student Achievement in the 21st Century - 0 views

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21st century learning skills report

shared by Theron DesRosier on 18 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Theron DesRosier on 18 Nov 11
     
    "This is the final report, in a series of four reports, produced by the CEO Forum on Education and Technology during a five-year exploration of the impact of educational technology. The CEO Forum's mission for the five-year initiative was to provide reports to inform educational decision makers about effective uses of educational technology. The report concludes that effective uses of technology to enhance student achievement are based on four building blocks which are alignment, assessment, accountability, and access and analysis. Its definition of student achievement includes 21st Century skills. The report describes 21st Century skills as "a new set of skills necessary to prepare students for life and work in the digital age. These skills include digital literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and high productivity abilities" (p. 32). The CEO Forum asserts that to obtain the maximum return on investments in technology, educational organizations need to focus their technology efforts on the four building blocks of student achievement."
Theron DesRosier

Panel of Scholars Defines '21st-Century Skills' - 0 views

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21st century skills skills 21stcenturyskills

shared by Theron DesRosier on 06 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Theron DesRosier on 06 Aug 12
     
    The modern workplace and lifestyle demand that students balance cognitive, personal, and interpersonal abilities, but education policy discussions have not defined those skills well, says a report released last week by scholars from the National Research Council.
Brian Maki

Employers Say College Graduates Lack Job Skills - Students - The Chronicle of Higher Ed... - 0 views

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higher education student employers

shared by Brian Maki on 22 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Brian Maki on 22 Dec 11
     
    "Employers Say College Graduates Lack Job Skills"
Theron DesRosier

How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit - Yoni Appelbaum - National... - 0 views

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trust hoaxes reddit wikipedia truth history

shared by Theron DesRosier on 17 May 12 - No Cached
  • Theron DesRosier on 17 May 12
     
    For many years I have considered Wikipedia to be a great sandbox for students to practice information literacy skills. What does it say? How do you know it is accurate? Who is the source? What do they stand to gain? Are there other perspectives? Who are the stakeholders?
Theron DesRosier

Just tell me what will be on the test... - 0 views

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Teaching evaluation student learning

shared by Theron DesRosier on 28 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • In Maranville’s case, students did not see the value of his approach, the court records suggest. "Some students were quite vocal in their demands that he change his teaching style, which style had already been observed and approved by his peer faculty and administrative superiors,” according to the lawsuit. Students did not want to work in teams and did not want Maranville to ask questions. “They wanted him to lecture.” They also complained, according to the suit, that he did not know how to teach because he is blind.
  • But a few months later, during the spring semester, Maranville received a letter from university president saying that his classroom behavior was not suited to his being granted tenure.
  • "These kind of situations might become a real threat to academic freedom. We have heard from professors who are afraid to be tough with their students because of the possibility of negative evaluations leading to them being let go," Curtis said. As a result, he said, it might be tempting for a faculty member to make classes easy just to garner positive evaluations.
  • Theron DesRosier on 28 Nov 11
     
    After student complaints, Utah professor denied job | Inside Higher Ed I have a teaching innovation for you to consider. Extensive research repeatedly shows a positive impact on student learning. Corporate stakeholders clearly prefer to hire employees that have these skills. Democracy is strengthened… What's that? It might make the students uncomfortable? How do we approach this issue?
Theron DesRosier

Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can't Search | Magazine - 0 views

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information_literacy search research_skills

shared by Theron DesRosier on 29 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Theron DesRosier on 29 Nov 11
     
    "If they're naive at Googling, it's because the ability to judge information is almost never taught in school. Under 2001's No Child Left Behind Act, elementary and high schools focus on prepping their pupils for reading and math exams. And by the time kids get to college, professors assume they already have this skill. The buck stops nowhere. This situation is surpassingly ironic, because not only is intelligent search a key to everyday problem-solving, it also offers a golden opportunity to train kids in critical thinking."
Theron DesRosier

Why Learning Through Social Networks Is The Future - 0 views

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trends pedagogy

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  • Theron DesRosier on 20 Dec 13
     
    Learning to create, manage and promote a professional learning network (PLN) will soon become, if it's not already, one of the most necessary and sought after skills for a global citizen, and as such, must become a prominent feature of any school curriculum
Theron DesRosier

Lifelong Kindergarten | MIT Media Lab - 0 views

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shared by Theron DesRosier on 06 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • App Inventor is an open-source tool that democratizes app creation for and by all. By combining visual LEGO-like blocks together on the screen, even users with no prior programming experience can use App Inventor to create their own mobile applications. Currently, App Inventor has over 1,000,000 users and is being taught by universities, schools, and community centers worldwide. In those initiatives, students not only acquire important technology skills such as computer programming, but also have the opportunity to apply computational thinking concepts to many fields including science, health, education, business, social action, entertainment, and the arts. Work on App Inventor was initiated in Google Research by Hal Abelson and is continuing at the MIT Media Lab as part of its Center for Mobile Learning, a collaboration with the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP).
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      Theron DesRosier on 06 Feb 14
       
      Here is a group sticky note. Can someone else see this and respond?
  • Build-in-Progress is a new platform for people to document and share design projects that are still works-in-progress. The website encourages designers to share their designs as they are under development, showcasing the trials and errors that naturally occur throughout the design process. This is in contrast to existing platforms, which tend to present users with edited recipes for replicating existing projects. Build-in-Progress also has a companion mobile app for enabling designers to easily share media associated with their projects.
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