#edtech #ipaded #mlearning #atomiclearning Using the iPod and iPad™ in special education is a growing trend. But how do you get started, what is the potential, and what strengths do students need i...
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A couple of days ago, Apple began counting down to the 50 billionth app to be downloaded in the App Store. Via Jon Samuelson Delete the scoop?
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EdTechTeacher provides professional development services to teachers, schools, districts, and administrators. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) Delete the scoop?
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Learning is an integral part of human nature. But why do we — as adults — assume learning must be taught, tested and reinforced? In this hour, TED speakers explore the ways babies and children learn, from the womb to the playground to the Web. Delete the scoop?
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There's something I don't understand and I need help figuring it out. Will you help? We, as teachers, want to help our kids be better people in the world, right? That's our purpose? To help kids to... Delete the scoop?
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I know that some research is suggesting that there really aren't such things as visual or auditory learners. Well . . . that research is wrong. Cause I'm a visual learner. No question. I don't list... Delete the scoop?
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Apps for Children with Special Needs (a4cwsn) is committed to helping the families and carers of children with special needs and the wider community of educators and therapists who support them, by producing videos that demonstrate how products... Delete the scoop?
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iPad use in formal learning environments, by all accounts, is soaring. Due to the almost magical ways it promotes interaction, that makes sense. But when… Delete the scoop?
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This is the twenty first century; this is the world of advanced technology. You know every day new technology is introduced and every technology is better and faster than the old one. Via Matt Gomez, Stacy Koopmans 
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Filed under "just in time learning," many teachers are spending a bit of their time today teaching about Chelyabinsk, the meteor that crashed in Russia this morning. What makes this interesting isn... Delete the scoop?
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Sir Ken Robinson is the most-viewed speaker on TED.com. His three talks have been viewed an astounding 21.5 million times. Delete the scoop?
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I spent yesterday with a whole bunch of excellent K-12 social studies teachers - discussing how we can integrate iPads into instruction. I shared some ideas. They shared some ideas. We did some app...
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I spent a lot of time over the last few weeks working with a ton of teachers. Great conversations. Lots of learning. And not just a little frustration on the part of the teachers. Much of the frust...
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Why Learning Innovation Can't Come From Teachers Alone
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Not too long ago, an autism diagnosis was seen as a door tightly shut on a world that communicated differently. Today, people with autism have a powerful key to unlock that door — thousands of apps to help them communicate.
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How apps are changing the world of autism interventions.
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Terrible Times Lie Ahead for Bad Teachers
by Felix Jacomino
As I prepare a presentation on 21st Century Skills, I find myself dealing with having to first be clear on what they are NOT. Only because for many, the term "21st Century" is synonymous with technology. In this post, I won't get into the details of why it's not.
What I would like to share is my realization that terrible times lie ahead for bad teachers. Conversely, there has never been a more exiting time for a good educator than today and the near future!
In order to make a statement like that, I owe it to my readers to give my definition of each type of teacher.
Bad teachers:
Do not want to learn new things.
Have "the book" lead instruction and feel the need to always stick to it.
Are comfortable doing the same lessons (the same way) year after year.
Never step out of their comfort zone. Live in their own bubble and do not see the need to live outside of it.
Only teach facts and assess the ability to memorize those facts ("Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be." -David Thornburg).
Design tests to be easily gradeable.
Think that all progress in education are "fads."
Do not learn new things... oops, I already wrote that! It bears repeating because SOOOO much can be learned from other colleagues!
Good teachers:
Care whether their students find the learning relative.
Are ALWAYS looking for new ways to engage their students.
Embrace quality professional development as often as they can.
Learn from and share with other educators.
Have gotten this far into this post and are nodding their heads ;-)
My hopes are that we QUICKLY get to the point where teachers who do not inspire and engage will be seen as employees who are simply not doing their jobs and be let go. Or, they may move to schools that don't "get it" (yet) and find a safe haven there for now. Either way, it's time for ALL teachers to pick a side. And yes, there's plenty of room on the "good side" for bad teachers to make the change. Here's hoping!
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April 10, 9:48 AM
Ha! Great catch Sue! Thanks! I should've said "exciting time for good teachers and perfect exiting time for bad ones." ;-)
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April 10, 9:50 AM
Tru dat... and, admittedly, infuriating to a large category of educators.
(But I soooo long for a test that is easily gradeable!)
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The iPad is an especially useful communication tool for young people with autism.
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