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Sugata Mitra is named the TED Prize winner at TED2013. He shares his wish—for a school in the cloud that encourages self-learning.
Mitra has a history of research to back up this wish. In 1999, he began what he calls his “hole in the wall” experiment. He carved a hole in a wall in a Delhi slum — about three feet high — and placed a computer in it. Kids had gathered around within a matter of hours and asked Mitra questions about what this thing was. He responded “I don’t know,” and walked away.
===> Soon the kids were surfing the internet — and teaching each other how to do it more effectively. <===
Mitra repeated the experiment 300 miles away, where computers even less familiar. He installed a mysterious computer on the side of a road. A few months later, he returned and found kids playing games on it.
Remembers Mitra, “They said, ‘We want a faster processor and a better mouse.’” Another thing these kids said that was music to his ears:
“You’ve given us a machine that works only in English, so we had to teach ourselves English.”
Mitra says, “It was the first time I heard the words ===> ‘teach ourselves’ <=== said so casually.”
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Want To Become A Better Teacher? Find Your
===> Along the way, don’t be afraid to fail…and try new things…and learn. You might actually have fun. <===
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===> Along the way, don’t be afraid to fail…and try new things…and learn. You might actually have fun. <===
Check also:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/what-you-should-know-about-twitter-chats/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/how-to-use-twitter-with-success-for-education-and-more/
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Le premier cours de formation en ligne sur le changement climatique à l’intention des enseignants du secondaire est désormais disponible...
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Climate+Change
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You too can get into somebody's locked iPhone, particularly if you have a prehensile tail and don't mind (almost) placing a phony emergency call. Which you a) probably don't and b) hopefully do.
But as Macworld noted, this isn't the first time Apple has had to grapple with an iPhone password security flaw.
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F-Secure Security Labs brings you the latest online security news from around the world. Ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest online threats to guarantee your online wellbeing.
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In Summary Author and educator, William Arthur Ward, once said,
===> “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” <====
More than ever we need our teachers to inspire our students each and every day. They need to lead by example. At the dojo, each class starts with the karate instructor taking a moment to recite their instructor pledge in front of the class. “I will teach this class as if it is the most important class I will ever teach. I am patient and enthusiastic.
===> I lead by example. <===
Their pledge sums up their personal and instructional goals and what they will do to promote the core beliefs and values of the school that day. Perhaps we need a daily pledge at our school too. I wonder if we can just steal the one from the karate school because they seem to have all the bases covered that we need to move forward.
====> Remember, it’s always about the kids. <===
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====> Remember, it’s always about the kids. <===
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Competency
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“There’s no competitive advantage today in knowing more than the person next to you. The world doesn’t care what you know. What the world cares about is what you can do with what you know.”
- Tony Wagner
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As learning professionals, we should be on the front-lines of harnessing the new digital tools for driving better performance in our organizations. (BTW – If you’re interested in how these digital tools can improve performance be sure to connect with Harold Jarche and John Stepper.) Obviously we will never be able to achieve this is we aren’t exploring and using these tools ourselves. One of the main advantages of acquiring and maintaining your digital skills is for learning more efficiently.
I could not agree more with this recent post from the Nerdy Teacher that says…
===> As a professional, “not enough time to learn new things” should not be in the vocabulary. <===
With the amount of information being generated today, you will never be able to keep up with everything. This is exactly why you should be giving some thought to building your own Personal Learning Network (PLN).
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===> As a professional, “not enough time to learn new things” should not be in the vocabulary. <===
Check also:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Professional+Development
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Time+Management
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?q=PLN
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Conference season 2013 is on. While events like these can be great for networking and mindsharing, there can be computer security dangers lurking about. We've pulled together 8 IT security tips to ...
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LearnStuff's infographic details how climate change is destroying the earth.
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Social media users are increasingly falling foul of the law, so what are the rules on what you can and can't say?
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Is BYOD a blessing or a curse?, asks Emma Byrne (@SciWriBy) Enthusiasts of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend are quick to point out the benefits for tomorrow’s business. Meanwhile, detractors warn of the increased costs and security headaches.
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UNESCO helps countries design and implement national policies on teacher education and training, recruitment and retention and status and working conditions, build the capacity of teachers and teacher educators and exchange knowledge and good...
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The first online learning course on Climate Change for the Secondary Teachers is now available. This innovative training kit, entitled UNESCO Course for Secondary Teachers on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development (CCESD) is designed to give teachers confidence, through a series of six-day programmes, to help young people understand the causes and consequences of climate change today.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Climate+Change
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A Letter To Parents Of Digital Age Children
Helping children learn how to navigate their way in the digital world is a complicated business. Those of us in education need parents like you to be involved as active and open learners about the digital world, learners who can engage with us, their children and their children’s teachers, in much-needed conversations about digital matters.
We need parents to act as important models and supports in their childrens’ explorations online. We need, parents and schools alike, to get past the fear that holds us back from connecting with young people when they need us most. Only then can we help them travel far and learn from the journey once they cross the street to encounter the world.
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1. Teach your children how to cross the digital street! Check also: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Internetsafety
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By Dancho Danchev
Have you ever received a blank call, and no one was on the other side of the line? What about a similar blank SMS received through your mobile carrier’s Mail2SMS gateway? There’s a high probability that it was a mobile spammer who’s automatically and efficiently verifying the validity of a recently harvested database of mobile numbers, with QA (Quality Assurance) in mind.
These verified databases will be later on used as the foundation for a highly successfulspam/scam/malicious software disseminating campaigns, thanks to the fact that the cybercriminals behind them will no longer be shooting into the dark. How do they do that? What kind of tools do they use?
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Critical thinking is a teachable skill best taught outside the K–12 classroom
Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools. Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum and for standardized tests. But people must acquire this skill somewhere.
Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions, about their own medical treatment, say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands. For that, we have a robust informal learning system that eschews grades, takes all comers, and is available even on holidays and weekends.
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The Digital Youth Care Network is a network of European organisations offering online counselling for young people in difficult life situations.
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Among other notable data, this month's "Threat Stats" indicate that the education industry has the highest malware encounter rate
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Teaching as a Way to Learn What is learning and what is the best way to approach it? Listening to lectures, watching videos, listening to podcasts, or reading
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For those who don’t know the Gestalt Community Schools, they are an outstanding set of charter schools that believe in building better communities through education; They are achieving excellent results for their students who mainly hail from low-income communities. Innovation abounds at Gestalt’s middle and high schools where students and teachers are using a rotational blended learning model that focuses on closing skill deficits in literacy and numeracy.
In this model, students rotate through 3 learning stations:
- The first is direct instruction from the teacher,
- the second is guided practice in small groups,
- and the third is independent digital practice prescribed by the classroom teacher.
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