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The feeling of twitter as a metaphor for education
What can we learn from Twitter to allow a more natural, unstructured mix of learning and socializing that might actually feel soothing to some students? Continue reading
Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try This Year
The new school year is here for many teachers. For those who haven’t started school yet, the new school year will be here soon. If you’ve set the goal of trying something new in your classroom this year (shouldn’t that … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, fun/free stuff, web 2.0
Tagged education, educational technology, student, teacher, tech support, tools
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‘Research dispels common ed-tech myths’
Contrary to popular opinion, newer teachers aren’t any more likely to use technology in their lessons than veteran teachers, and a lack of access to technology does not appear to be the main reason why teachers do not use it: … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, research
Tagged education, educational technology, research, teacher, technology
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Connecting ed-tech to ed-reform
The design of American education is obsolete, not meeting the needs of our students and our society, and ignores most of what we have learned about education and learning in the past century. This panel will explore a new paradigm, … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, conferences, constructivism, education reform, research
Tagged education, progressive, reform, technology
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Back to school – games for collaboration and teamwork
Of course we want to encourage students to collaborate and work in teams – but how does this actually happen? Here’s one idea to kickstart that idea and keep it going all year long – games. But not just any … Continue reading
Posted in fun/free stuff, student voice
Tagged collaboration, cooperation, education, games, teamwork
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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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The ISTE opening keynote – what I wish had been said
I know this is not fair – Monday morning quarterbacking what someone else said in a keynote. I respect people who keynote, it’s a very difficult job to be entertaining while delivering a coherent, interesting message for a large, diverse … Continue reading
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Tagged bloggers cafe, education, global, iset10, ISTE2010, keynote, technology
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While you read this… watch the world change
In the last 10 seconds, 9 iPhones were sold, 90 people joined Facebook, 100 blog posts were created, 6,000 people joined a “social game,” 7,000 tweets were tweeted, 125,000 videos were watched on YouTube, and 2,00,000 SMS text messages were … Continue reading
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Tagged education, educator, Gary Hayes, schools, social media, teach
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For the Love of Learning: Detoxing students from grade-use
These six stages roughly summarize my experience with students and their withdrawal from grade use. Not every child will react this way, and some will relapse more than others, but I have taught with no grades for five years, and … Continue reading
Internet safety – fear tactics don’t work
via NetFamilyNews Last week Chairman Julius Genachowski unveiled the children-and-family part of the FCC’s universal broadband plan, designed to enable, among other things, 21st-century education. There’s just one problem: Schools have long turned to law enforcement for guidance in informing … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st century, access, broadband, education, FCC, internet, Julius Genachowski, policy, safety, universal broadband, web, web 2.0
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