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As budget cuts continue to limit district-level training opportunities, PLNs take an organic, grassroots approach to professional development. No comment yet.
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Last weekend, at the Washington, DC Startup Weekend EDU, it was clear that teachers are starting to play a more important role in these intense entrepreneur-fests.
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Nearly half of babies under age 2 in the United States watch an average of two hours of TV every day, and 10 percent of children that age have used a smart phone, tablet or other mobile device at least once in their...
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From FutureLab, here is a scenario that explores how we may personalize learning. Enjoy!
"At the heart of educational decision-making is the mentor, recruited by the student to support them to build a coherent educational trajectory and to make informed choices from the range of offerings. The mentor and student work together to select and tailor educational experiences that build on the students' personal history, strengths, background and experiences. Educators selected by the learner attempt to tailor educational offerings specifically around the needs and histories of the individual, supported in this by the information and advice offered by the learning mentor." Via Kathleen McClaskey
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Trenchant thoughts on the benefits of blogging for the blogger.
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Cogent thoughts by a wonderful thought leader in ed tech. 42 min. Originally presented April 2011.
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The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. Book reports can be a contributing factor to 'readicide'.
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Unless you've been living under a rock the last month, undoubtedly you've heard of the new social networking site everyone has been raving a...
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Does the use of textbooks lead to better student achievement? Somebody should do the research. Schools nationwide are spending billions of dollars each year on textbooks, with no clear evidence they improve test scores—and stakeholders deserve some answers.
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WeVideo is an easy to use, yet slick and effective browser-based video editing platform that lets you share and collaborate with others, it is available as a YouTube plugin at http://youtube.com/create - choose the WeVideo editor
See also http://www.wevideo.com/ where it is available in 'free' and 'paid-for' versions. Via theo kuechel, João Greno Brogueira
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"Steve Jobs,' the biography of the late tech visionary that went on sale Monday, has already produced plenty of headlines: How Jobs met his birth father without knowing who he was, how he swore bitter revenge on Google for developing its competing...
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Excellent tool for planning and assessing technology use in the classroom. Be sure to check the video examples for each cell of the matrix for math, science, social studies, and langauge arts...as well as the amplified descriptions for each of the 25 cells. Very well done.
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Like infographics and data visualizations? Visual.ly is the world's largest community of dataviz and infographics. Come explore, share and create....lavish and growing collection of wonderful infographics |
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Having been a Twitter fan for several years---and recognizing that there is still a lot of skepticism around social media spaces as a tool for schools in the #edusphere---I wanted to pull together some thinking around the role that Twitter can play in classrooms.
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Instead, we need to embrace more fully mobile technology. The big clunky forward facing, whole class method of lesson delivery via Interactive Whiteboard, I believe, is the Laserdisc of educational technology. The overpriced fad of Interactive Whiteboards (whether Smart or Promethean) is imperfect in their current incarnation.
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"The purpose of the Personalized Learning Project was to capture and disseminate procedural knowledge about how schools can become student-centered, and to articulate the process required to create and sustain personalized learning as the guiding norm of high schools." Publications related to this project can be located on this site. Via Kathleen McClaskey
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KnowledgeWorks has just released (10-25-2011) Creating a New World of Learning: A Toolkit for Change Makers, a guide to help individuals and organizations become active catalysts and creators of a new world of learning. The toolkit can help you: *Explore a world of learning that will be customized, connected, amplified, authentic, relevant, and resilient and consider opportunities for learners and learning system *Examine possibilities and plan for action in light of those opportunities and your organization’s particular vision and mission.
Looks like a very helpful guide for supporting individuals and/or groups in thoughtfully preparing for the future of education.
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Did Google finally get it right with Google+?
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TED Talks This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment.
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Publishing and education tech behemoth Pearson has introduced a new, free, cloud-based LMS for higher education--OpenClass. 
Alberto Rivera's curator insight,
June 4, 2022 11:40 PM
OpenClass has so much potential in high education, it will also benefit the student so much since it is free to have web-based software that will not require installation just using your credentials and getting access to all the apps within the LMS.
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iPad Academy will help you master the Apple iPad. Get valuable iPad tips and tutorials. Find easy-to-follow instructions for making the most of the iPad, apps and accessories. Learn how to turn your iPad into a practical and purposeful tool.
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Screencasting is a better and great way to showcase a procedure, to teach,demonstrate a service or to create video tutorials without having to write a content or an article.
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Weebly is an easy to use, drag and drop website builder, which now has a free education section which is ad-free and you can even use your own domain. A great option for people just starting out. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools Via João Greno Brogueira
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iPad apps selected by the wonderful Dathy Schrock based on the new Bloom's cognitive taxonomy. Nicely done. Live links out to the apps.
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Your real-time shared whiteboard in the cloud - perfect for focusing, organising and brainstorming with multi-site teams. I like this a lot! |
