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"His central focus was the idea that the pace at which the world is advancing is exponential 

whereas the pace of learning and education is and has been consistent.  Schools are improving – we just can’t keep up.

Consequently, educators are feverishly looking for ways to make schools once-again interesting for kids." We need to allow environments where educators have time to keep up.

Boy is this a great article.  Nothing more irritating than stupid rules.  To get around them as educators:  

1.  ASK kids the HARD questions that get them thinking

2.  Stop grading things that don't matter

3.  Get positive press when your kids do cool things

4. Find where the REALLY hard line is

5.  Ask for administrative support BETTER

The best?  Find out where the REALLY hard line is.  Too many of us interpret parts of administration's sentences literally and wonder why we sit inside a straight jacket!  

This article puts forth what it calls a 'theory' to 'model the psychological reasons people play video games'. It does make for an interesting read and will probably even serve in giving teachers solid reasons to encourage students' gaming endeavours. This article puts forth however a subjective point of view and is not a result of scientific research. 

Los verbos más interesantes que han traido las TIC: colaborar,cooperar,compartir !

Well done!

We think online can liven things up? I am not as convinced. I have seen performance by those who think they are entertaining and it is often superficial fluff.

Right, this is a topic I've been thinking and working with a lot lately. The authors discuss this as a tool for secondary school (mostly), but the principles apply equally to adult learners and collaboration, learning communities and communities of practice.

The reference list is also a valuable resource. More to add to my reading list...

Robin Good's insight:

Paul Mihailidis, has an interesting essay on "Exploring Curation as a Core Competency in Digital an Media Literacy Education" in which he offers "a prospective attempt to build curation into the media literacy conversation..." by analyzing the analyzing effective curation practices, and six highly relevant teaching points for using a news curation tool like Storify in the classroom.

His essay "seeks to encourage instructors, particularly on secondary and tertiary education levels, to bridge the gap between informal learning outside of the classroom with formal learning to create a more dynamic place for students to advance critical inquiry, dialogue, and engagement through new forms of content creation, curation, and dissemination."

He writes: "Through student-driven, creation-driven, collective and integrated teaching approaches to curation, the framework aims to build towards savvy media consumption and production, critical evaluation and analysis, and participation in local, national and global dialog.

The framework also addresses the ability to see diversity and civic voice as core competencies in the curation process.

As students learn to build cohesive stories and ideas from a wide variety of sources, they can learn about the diverse types of content that inform a story, and the avenues they have-through social media tools and platforms-to be part of the discussion."

Curation can be an extremely effective approach to develop critical thinking skills and practices, as it forces students to evaluate, vet, verify and decide what really matters.

"When students develop a credible list of professional and personal sources around an issue and/or event, they must acknowledge how much subjective weight they place on a tweet, a blog, or a Facebook post and in relative comparison to an advocacy group, cable television operation, or news service. Arguing for the credibility of a myriad of voices online forces students to build valuable justifications for what they choose to believe, and why."

Informative. Examples-rich. Educationally useful. 8/10

Full essay: http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/viewArticle/2013-02/html

I am very excited to find this work to share with my teachers. I continue to get pushback as I try to encourage them to allow time for students to curate.  The fact of the matter is that true curation takes time, but the skills gained by students cannot be ignored, and research and critical analysis are found throughout the Common Core Standards. Curation is also a pathway to personalized learning as students pursue their own areas of interest through the art of curation.

Excellent post! There are many educators who, in social media/public , agree but then when off screen, sing to a different tune. 

We like a magic bullet, a one trick fix to complex problems. Hence our conversations about STEM, CORE etc. HR has a more nuanced assessment. Some of the tech we're playing with, MOOCs for instance, open another path that some may want to take. 

This is a good reminder not to let the means become the end. We've already been down that road and look where we've ended up.

Este post resulta muy interesante para clarificar qué es el Diseño Instruccional y por qué resulta tan necesario a la hora de crear cursos online que funcionen.

Love having such a visual overview

Genial este mapa mental sobre las teorías de aprendizaje!

powerful video.  Please watch!  

"We hate school but love education".  

An educated consumer is our best customer! 

Some useful data.

Discover  all the ins and outs!

Some basic figures

awesome read...

Creativity is about being present and aware of the potential that exists.

Creativity does come from divergent thinking that is unencumbered by the culling of ideas that comes with more analytical thinking.  There is a time and a place for both!   

Creativity and problem solving are inseparable. And they take time, requiring perseverance and a willingness to take risks. All of these are qualities of innovation.

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