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The problem is my age. It relentlessly advances while the faces staring back at me in the classroom remain the same, fixed between late adolescence and early adulthood. In short, I grow old while my students do not. Via Nik Peachey
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Journalist, Nancy Miller, reflects on the noticable changes in Cuba that she observed during her most recent holiday. (kid-friendly news article) (Change Comes 55 Years After the Cuban Revolution: COLUMN Sirens.
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An education expert says children should be allowed to get bored so they can develop their innate ability to be creative.
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Had a lovely time at the Learning Solutions Conference last week. Did a full day pre-con on Gameful Learning Design with Rick Raymer, which was a lot of fun. I also did a session on Narrative Tech... Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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The Horizon Project Advisory Board voted for the top 12 emerging technologies as well as the top ten trends and challenges that they believe will have a significant impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in global K-12 education over the next five years. These initial results will be compiled into an interim report, known as the "Short List," and described in further detail. Via Nik Peachey 
Nik Peachey's curator insight,
March 26, 2013 3:48 AM
This is a bit of a 'must read' for educators. I especially agree with this finding "Too often it is education’s own processes and practices that limit broader uptake of new technologies." 
Begoña Iturgaitz's curator insight,
March 26, 2013 4:18 AM
Still have to read it thoroughly, but some food for thought.
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March 26, 2013 4:32 PM
As a member of the Horizon Report K-12 2013 Board I thik these interim results are realistic and shareable.
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Want to do an Internet video call with up to nine other people, with reliable audio and video, plus the option to make it public and record the entire event? Google+ Hangouts do a better job than any other solution we've tried, for free. Via Peter B. Sloep 
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March 26, 2013 6:09 AM
Networked learning by definition uses all kinds of online tools to support learning. Those tools are often classified as web 2.0 or social web tools, although tools that facilitate information seeking and management still play an important role. Google+ is one of the social tools, that facilitates synchronous communication like many others, but is particularly interesting for its seamless integration with the rest of the Google toolbox. The article explains how to set it up - don't forget to read the comments! - and use it.(@pbsloep)
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What are the most powerful influences on student learning in Asia? View videos from our recent seminar in #Shanghai http://t.co/gPjsqwo6Kn
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Here's an extraordinary recording of Albert Einstein from the fall of 1941, reading a full-length essay in English: The essay is called The Common.
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Discover the technologies that the New Media Consortium are saying will impact higher education in the coming years. Via Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), Elizabeth E Charles
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Adapting existing programs to enhance a digital learning environment (Useful prezi on #Blooms digital taxonomy - http://t.co/LLyvHBpuWP #elearning) 
Elizabeth E Charles's curator insight,
March 21, 2013 4:45 PM
Good examples of web 2 tools to achieve Blooms taxonomy.
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50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About - Lists of great technology tools for teachers broken down by category - Learning, Lesson planning, etc (RT @Edudemic: 50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About...
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RT @cdcowen: David Rose & Ge Vue: What #dyslexia & #reading might become by 2020. http://t.co/CLeIICACFo #edtech #elearning #edchat #tichat 
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April 9, 2013 9:56 PM
Read this article in the UDL version and note the UDL features included that support understanding. It's helpful to learn by example.
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Information about Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) and Open Educational Resources (OER)
RLOs and OERs offer educators the opportunity to embed pre-created applicable learning content directly into the course material. Their use is becoming ever more widespread as universities benefit from the advantages of both creating learning objects and repurposing existing material; enriching the student experience and impacting positively on recruitment, retention and progression within the institution.
Via Gust MEES, Elizabeth E Charles 
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March 23, 2013 5:50 PM
RLOs and OERs offer educators the opportunity to embed pre-created applicable learning content directly into the course material. Their use is becoming ever more widespread as universities benefit from the advantages of both creating learning objects and repurposing existing material; enriching the student experience and impacting positively on recruitment, retention and progression within the institution. |
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Ofsted inspectors are raising concerns that forcing schools to become academies is actually undermining their efforts to improve (RT @kevbartle: School improvement held back by the 'academy solution'
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Bill Jerome states: "Let’s talk about the real promise of learning analytics. We need to be measuring learning the entire time in which students are engaging in learning activities and track how we believe those activities should be shaping the experience." Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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March 25, 2013 11:20 PM
How does a good teacher know if a student is struggling with a concept in the classroom? We hope that they recognize signs of difficulty while reviewing practice work or are asked for assistance by the student (feedback, hints). If learning analytics are going to provide useful feedback then we should be measuring those feedbacks and requests for help. A click stream tells me if a student is using material but not why or what that interaction ought to achieve. A student might skip problems they already know – their lack of answering questions in a particular part of the course is not itself evidence of lack of understanding. Similarly, a student can struggle while working very hard to try and understand a concept. Their mere frequency of interaction does not in any way imply instructional success. Only knowing their clicks, or visits, tells us nothing about their intent, when they wanted help, if they got that help, or what feedback they were given (or should have been given). Consider the following questions one might want to ask:
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Related articles to 21st Century Learning and Teaching as also tools...
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Hundreds of Free Textures for Your E-Learning Courses http://t.co/bLuePnNgnr #elearning
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In just 20 minutes, on march 26 Antony Larose of FileMaker will show you how to turn an Excel file into a custom FileMaker business solution. Via Didier Daglinckx 
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March 26, 2013 5:07 AM
Drag and drop from Excel into FileMaker.Sharing with others via a network.Accessing data on the move via iPad.Searching, sorting and charts.Simple customisation using themes and guides.Branding with your company logo.Adding photos direct from the iPad.Drop-down lists with data.Live signature capture via iPad.
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This is very detailed article about the benefits of collaborative learning in schools, a comparison between individual learning (competitive) and the collaborative style, and what is the effect ant...
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Have you ever wanted to see what really goes on in classrooms of the world's number one educational system? Well, here's your free virtual plane ticket to Helsinki, Finland.
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The Pedagogy wheel http://t.co/Q1MrbApHRN #edtech #ictev #education #HigherEd #teaching
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African-Caribbean boys are being held back by a "hustle culture" in which educational success is not seen as masculine, a teachers' leader says.
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The world is awash with people and groups wishing to reform education. Some want to go “back to basics” while others want to go “forward to the future”.
Amongst the more progressive groups there is a surprising degree of similarity in what they propose. Thus, the RSA “Opening Minds” project in the UK or the US based P21 or the Apple Classroom of Tomorrow Today all have a high degree of overlap - indeed a Venn diagram of their views would be almost a single circle. Via Gust MEES, Elizabeth E Charles
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March 20, 2013 5:11 PM
A MUST read!!!
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Creativity
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Collaboration
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Adaptability+to+Online+Learning
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Problem+Based+Learning
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Have you ever wondered where the large green button on a photocopier came from? You might assume it was a design or engineering decision made early on in the development of the photocopier. In fact, it emerged as the result of an ethnographic study of office workers using photocopiers and their struggles in getting them to do what they wanted. The employment of anthropologists (those who study the science of humanity) to address this problem helped turn what was fast becoming an embarrassingly poor user experience into a simple and elegant solution. So elegant, in fact, my question probably felt like a very strange one indeed!
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Digital Schools : How Technology Can Transform Education| Darrell M. West: Speed Read - Miles' Tomes
Chapter-by-chapter summary of "Digital Schools : How Technology Can Transform Education" by Darrell M. West ("Digital Schools : How Technology Can Transform Education" by Darrell M. |
Interesting article that explores compromise between the ways of multitasking digital learners and more traditional reflective approaches.
Many faculty in nursing programs may identify with this article. If focuses on the student experience and strategies for the educator.