The push to nationalize the content taught in public schools across the country should be of great concern to state leaders. 
Game-based learning for information literacy. Game-based learning has been the subject of much research, however its application to learning information literacy skills has been barely addressed. The BiblioBouts project ... Via J Way 
How we teach must reflect how our students learn. It must also reflect the world our students will move into. This is a world which is rapidly changing, connected, adapting and evolving. Our style and approach to teaching must emphasise the learning in the 21st century.. Via Susan Bainbridge 
In an interview with Education Week, Sal Khan addresses the "flipped classroom," customized learning, and the road ahead for teachers. 
Constructivism is basically a theory -- based on observation and scientific study -- about how people learn. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. When we encounter something new, we have to reconcile it with our previous ideas and experience, maybe changing what we believe, or maybe discarding the new information as irrelevant. In any case, we are active creators of our own knowledge. To do this, we must ask questions, explore, and assess what we know. Via Nik Peachey 
The 2011 Horizon report identified six new technologies that will affect teaching and learning in the K-12 education community over the next five years. "Four to five years for Personal Learning Environments to have an impact?" perhaps the Horizon report predictions on impact is already due for an update.? Many innovative teachers are already harnessing these tools to to reframe the information landscape of the traditional classroom. Via Nik Peachey ![The State of Digital Education [INFOGRAPHIC] | kevin CORBETT | Bridging Learning & Technology | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/p031AfMtd4fCos_V_Xy2STl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
The Internet has dramatically changed the state of education over the past 20 years or so. 
This is a great free tool for making animated 'gif' images from either your photographs or using your web cam. You can also add a number of effects to the images and then download them or share them online. No registration necessary. Via Nik Peachey Back in 2005, the growth of Second Life (SL), which was the first social virtual world without overt MMORPG game mechanics, seemed to herald the age of educational virtual world use. SL got the attention of educators because it wasn't a "game" and allowed users to build environments and programmed objects along with social interaction. Sudden increased awareness of the platform served as a "Technology Trigger" that had instructional technologists and educators clamoring to collaborate on ways to utilize this new tool. Via Nik Peachey 
Media and Internet giants at odds over dealing with purloined content on the Web may need to agree first on exactly how bad the problem is. The Written World is a multiplayer storytelling game that lives on the internet. The Obama administration is asking every U.S. school to accelerate the transition to digital textbooks.... What do you think? 
The State Board of Education approved new math standards Friday, but they come with a price. |
Schools have been adopting iPads with lightning speed — more than 1.5 million have already been distributed to students, a mere two years after the original iPad launch. But beyond Apple’s influence in education, the high-profile tablet appears to be the poster child for a different trend.. Via Susan Bainbridge 
What does it mean to be a Technology Integration Facilitator? Or an Integration Technology Coach… or… BTW what is your official job title? My job as a TIF did not exist 3 years ago at my school. Via Inge Wassmann, Sherry Newman 
New digital tools are bringing new ways to teach humanities courses, even Shakespeare. 
The newest thinking calls into question a tenet that technology automatically brings progress. 
Robin Good: If you are curating a specific topic you may find yourself often wading through tons of useless content and wondering where you can find some good stuff.
One option is to start using some good news discovery tools which can greatly help you filter out some of the useless spammy content that fills in most unfiltered searches and feed streams.
Here is my mindmap on news discovery tools which can help you in finding your best crop of interesting stories on the specific topic you are interested in.
It contains over 30 news discovery tools and services all with a direct link.
Direct map link: http://bit.ly/bestnewsdiscoverytools
(Thanks also to Beth Kanter for featuring me and this list in her recent live presentation in NY - find out more in her curated report here: http://storify.com/kanter/what-can-nonprofits-learn-about-content-curation-f ) Via Robin Good 
If you are looking for a deeper look into curating, it can be found. I want to build a curation tool, so I am working my way though my backlog of pinboard links about curation. Here I have a list of all the tools I can find that would be considered curation tools.
Consumer / Personal Tools
Stellar : http://stellar.io/ Storify : http://storify.com/ Bundlr : http://gobundlr.com/ Scoop It : http://www.scoop.it/ Curated By : http://www.curated.by/ Thoora : http://thoora.com/ Postpost : http://postpo.st/ Snipi : http://www.snipi.com/ trap!t : http://trap.it/ scrible : http://www.scrible.com/ faveous : http://www.faveous.com/ memonic : http://www.memonic.com/home Bag The Web : http://bagtheweb.com/
And more at Rumproarious : http://goo.gl/TxQSn Via catspyjamasnz, Gerrit Visser, 173 Sud, Gust MEES, Seth Dixon, Ph.D. 
Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's classrooms. 
"After my post about perceptions versus reality in the classroom a few weeks ago, several folks wrote to ask about Storify. I’ve been playing around with Storify for a few months now, since the very end of its private beta, and I like the way I can weave tweets, links, videos, and other media into one coherent storyline..."
For the skeptics in academia that think social media tools are irrelevant or a fad to simply dismiss, this in an article published in the Chronicle of Higher Education--not an easy source to dismiss. Education at is core is about 'master learners' help other learners to make sense of the information they have and how to find the information they need...isn't that what digital media curation is all about? Via Buffy J. Hamilton, catspyjamasnz, Seth Dixon, Ph.D. 
"....School districts like Mankato are experimenting with what could be a very obvious solution: Let kids bring their own tech devices to school. Truth is, at last count (in 2010) more than 75 percent of American kids age 12 to 17 owned cell phones, according to a Pew Research study. And 19 percent of Americans now own a tablet. So it’s no surprise that the Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) movement is taking shape across the country with school districts that allow students to use their tablets, smart phones, and other mobile computing devices in the classroom for learning." 
Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite of the best strategies for learn... |
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