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"Google Alerts have become a critical part of my business from brand monitoring to topic monitoring, but it may be going away."
Via Robin Good
The convergence of globalization, the emergence of the knowledge society and accelerating change contribute to what might be best termed a New Paradigm of knowl
Via Gust MEES
Do you know the actual theories of learning? This helpful infographic does a solid job of breaking down the basics of learning theories in a visual and understandable format.
Via Kenneth Mikkelsen
Only half of current working teachers believe they can use technology to motivate students to learn, compared to 75 percent of incoming teachers. Only 17 percent of current teachers believe technology can help students deeply explore their own ideas, compared to 59 percent of incoming teachers. And 26 percent of current teachers believe students can use technology to apply knowledge to problem-solving, compared to 64 percent of aspiring teachers.
Via Nik Peachey
These are some of the commonly suggested changes to the accreditation system that many experts believe must happen in the next few years. #8 should be #1 Establish minimum standards for graduating students. If accreditation is going to mean something, then many believe that students who graduate from accredited institutions should be able to meet minimum standards upon graduation. This means being able to read, write, and reason at a college-appropriate level. Why the push for this change? Recent studies of college graduates have shown that only 25% are considered literate at a proficient level, something policymakers see as a major problem Identify and report on student success. Cater accreditation to online colleges. Allow students at any institution to get federal aid. Reform the peer review system. Enforce transparency. Enact stricter penalties for institutions that are underperforming. Make accreditation more cost-effective.
It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best…...
The importance of showing students to evealuate what they read on the internet.
http://diigo.com/0qs1b “Empowering the individual and underinvesting in the collective is our great macro danger as a society,” Investment in our collective institutions and opportunities is the only way to mitigate the staggering income inequalities that can arise from a world where Facebook employees can become billionaires overnight, while the universities that produce them are asked to slash billions overnight. The Labor Department reported two weeks ago that even with our high national unemployment rate, employers advertised 3.74 million job openings in March. That is, in part, about a skills mismatch. In an effort to overcome that, and help fill in the financing gap for higher education in Washington State, Boeing and Microsoft recently supported a plan whereby the state, which was cutting funding to state universities but also not letting them raise tuition, would allow the colleges to gradually raise rates and the two big companies would each kick in $25 million for scholarships for students wanting to study science and technology or health care to ensure that they have the workers they need..
3 minute Tubechop of a wonderful 20 minute interview- watch the key 3 minutes on educationor the whole 20 minutes on technology
These tips are intended help novice writers learn to take criticism from instructors, peer reviewers and editors. Start with the assumption that your work can be improved
The biggest mistake writers make is assuming that once they have submitted a piece of writing, that is finished… and perfect. This assumption sets the writer up for a frustration and anger when it is returned with a request for revisions. It can be helpful to approach your writing from the point of view there is always room for improvement.
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Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Gust MEES
A great collection of 8 lists of iOS tips, tricks, and shortcus. More than 150 free ideas are presented here...way beyond the user's manual. -JL
Via Jim Lerman
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Learning outside the clasroom walls. A bit about personal leaning networks and curation
Via k3hamilton
via Edudemic There’s a whole galaxy of terminology that you should know about when it comes to education technology. From PLNs to Blended Learning to Synchronous Online Learning ... it can g...
Reading, in terms of scale and diversity, is different than it used to be. Thinking, in terms of context and application, is also different. It…
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
I read something recently that said, “By acting as if grading motivates learning, we put both student and faculty energies in the wrong place.” Grades are supposed to assess learning, not be the goal. Students too often see the grade as the thing they go to class for, when they are supposed to go for learning and practice. And it’s the professors’ faults because we hold grades over their heads.
Via Charles Tiayon, Ellison Lucien
In Q& A form ?s What prevents someone from contributing false or misleading information? Can students cite Wikipedia in assignments? What is open-source media?
Via Reuven Werber
The most popular site on the Internet can be leveraged in the classroom in engaging and useful ways. Post collaboratively written with guest author Heather Green. Facebook has become such a...
Debates about education are by no means new: What’s the best way to teach? What’s the best way to learn? What should the curriculum be? Who should have access to specialized knowledge and specialized training? How does technology impact all of these questions?
Via Nik Peachey
The times they are a changin’, and in this essay, I’d like to suggest they are changing in a way that has massive implications for education: sources of credibility—once the domain of expensive degrees–are becoming democratized, decentralized, and diversified.
Via Smithstorian
http://diigo.com/0qrfc How do we treat our students both as important customers and as children who need our guidance? Students are likely to be most motivated to buy the product—achieve success and learn responsibility—when they feel connected, competent, and in control.
Multi-tasking (or “dual-task performance,” since your brain almost always switches back and forth among tasks) has always been a part of life. Just getting the family out of the house and on its way in the morning is an exercise in ordered chaos, and we usually do it pretty well. But it comes at a cost: We pack a lunch but then forget to take it, and everything seems to take a little longer.Don’t believe me? Here’s an experiment Hopkins professor and clinician Martha Denckla did with us at a conference over the weekend. Do this out loud (or mumble if you’re going to distract someone): 1. As fast as you can, say out loud the numbers 1 through 10. 2. As fast as you can, say the letters of the alphabet A to J. 3. Now, as fast as you can, alternate the numbers and letters: 1-A, 2-B, etc. If we were true multitaskers, Case 3 would take us exactly the same time as Case 1 plus Case 2. For most of us in the audience, it took far longer. Why?
"These days it seems lots of "Education Reformers" and politicians what to assess students (and teachers) through more and more standardized tests. But that's not how we assess someone at their job. People are assessed in their jobs in their performance on the tasks for their job. We should do the same for students. We need to assess their ability to complete tasks and apply what they have learned to more than some multiple choice, standardized, made by some big corporation test."
Via Beth Dichter
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