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Tinkering and creativity
In my Tinkering talk at ISTE (slides coming soon!), I shared the French word for tinkering which is “bricolage”. It’s a great word because it doesn’t just mean tinkering, it also carries a connotation of playfulness, art, and using found … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news
Tagged bricolage, creativity, Newsweek, Sherry Turkle, tinkering
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Do you sleep with your cell phone? Pew Study on Millennials
Generations, like people, have personalities, and Millennials — the American teens and twenty-somethings who are making the passage into adulthood at the start of a new millennium — have begun to forge theirs: confident, self-expressive, liberal, upbeat and open to … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news, research, student voice
Tagged children, education, educational technology, millennial, Pew, student, student voice, technology
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ISTE opening keynote – global issue networks
The final countdown to ISTE 2010, Denver, Colorado (June 27-30) has begun! Thousands of exhibitors and attendees will descend on Denver this weekend to learn about the newest applications, strategies, and issues surrounding technology education. The conference formally kicks off … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, Generation YES, global, In the news, technology literacy
Tagged global issues network, ISTE, ISTE2010, keynote, Rischard, student, technology literacy
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The war on children’s playgrounds
“Children rise to risk,” says Joan Almon, executive director of the U.S. Alliance for Childhood. “Give them some genuine risk and they quickly learn what their limits are, and then they expand their limits.” The problem is: If kids never … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, In the news
Tagged children, common sense, play, playgrounds, risk, student
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Update on Maine Learning Technology Initiative
The post Students raising funds and technology awareness in Maine got a lot of comments and interest on this blog. Here’s an update from one of the participants: First of all, our students are committed to this project! All of … Continue reading
Posted in conferences, In the news, student project samples, student voice
Tagged conference, laptops, Maine, Maine Learning Technology, student
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Reality check – is panic over technology overblown?
“NEW forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse … Continue reading
Let me save you $6,162.48
This morning in the Washington Post, an article critical of educational technology tore into the heart of the matter – the relationship between schools hoping that there is some new magic wand that will improve student achievement and the capacity … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news
Tagged educational technology, IWB, multi-touch, save money, tables
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The panic about panic buttons
In the UK, Facebook is being pressured to add a “panic button” to the site in the theory that youth can get instant help if bullied or approached by unsavory characters. Unfortunately this reflects silly thinking about the actual dangers … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Collier, cybersafety, internet, panic, safety, youth
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Students teach tech to superintendents
Last month at AASA (the American Association of School Administrators annual conference) in Phoenix, Arizona, several GenYES students from nearby Paradise Valley School District were invited to participate in an Apple itouch/ipod workshop for the attending superintendents. GenYES students from … Continue reading
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Tagged AASA, Arizona, ASU, content, create, IDEAL, iTunesU, K-12, learn, lesson, Paradise Valley, portal, pTUNES, student, teach, technology
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Thinking about BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology? Start with students!
Districts should also talk with students before they start something new, said Mitchell of Forsyth County Schools. Administrators need to ask the kids how they approach learning with technology, what kinds of tech tools they would like to see in … Continue reading