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Amy SierraThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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One of the most important skills is to teach our students how to ask the creative, innovative and even impossible questions. “The new answers are the creative questions.”
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Beyond SAMR: Special note to those of you applying SAMR. Many educators who believed their assignment to be at the highest level of SAMR have discovered that the answer can be NO to all six of the transformation questions.
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Wild Wild West – No Sherriff-in-Town” learning environment,
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Critical thinking and careful evaluation of the reliability of sources is sorely lacking. Basically, we have a major mess on our hands. To make it worse,
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We need to teach our students the discipline of how search engines work and the creativity of designing a powerful query.
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ow many of our students would guess that “Conquest of the American Spy Den” is how Iran refers to the take over the American Embassy?
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teacher’s responsibility to teach the research skills that lead to high quality comparative search.
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here should have been a review of country codes and the use of the advanced search techniques to generate results from Iran.
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Teach students how to use Wikipedia well to design their search in Google – e.g. Wikipedia mentions the “conquest of the American spy den”.
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While it would be convenient to imagine that we can just teach students to learn about advanced search techniques and inquiry design in one orientation session in the library as we do with the Dewey Decimal System that will not be sufficient
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ransferring knowledge
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We need all of our teachers to recognize the critical and essential role they play in preparing students to be web literate.
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The concept of the “digital native” knowing a lot more than the “digital immigrants” is largely a myth. Both groups need to become web literate.
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One of the most important skills is to teach our students how to ask the creative, innovative and even impossible questions. “The new answers are the creative questions.”
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mportant skills to improve student achievement is to teach them to self assess their work.
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digital recording tool such as Kaizena to provide a voice recording of an analysis of their own writing.
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When she discovered that The Economist magazine blog had an ongoing discussion on immigration she realized that she could engage her students in a high level conversation with people around the world on this topic
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However, if our aspirations extend to a new level of student achievement then too many of our schools are “technology rich and innovative poor”.
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Clearly, we must move our focus beyond the device and toward the design of learning.
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15 Apr 15
Abigail JonesThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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Mike GormanThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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04 Feb 15
Holly EsterlineThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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03 Feb 15
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02 Feb 15
Elle DeyamportSix questions to test the level of innovation of your lesson http://t.co/UhTvEKCzIK #5 so important
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01 Feb 15
Megan Black"Test your own level of innovation. If you answer no to all Six Questions when evaluating the design of assignments and student work, than chances are that technology is not really being applied in the most innovative ways. The questions we ask to evaluate implementation and define innovation are critical.
(Beyond SAMR: Special note to those of you applying SAMR. Many educators who believed their assignment to be at the highest level of SAMR have discovered that the answer can be NO to all six of the transformation questions.)
Transformational Six
Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web?
Did the assignment develop new lines of inquiry?
Are there opportunities for students to make their thinking visible?
Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world?
Is there an opportunity for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)?
Does the assignment demo “best in the world” examples of content and skill?" -
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31 Jan 15
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30 Jan 15
first deuxThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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29 Jan 15
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Megan Laheyinnovative technology devices
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We need to teach our students the discipline of how search engines work and the creativity of designing a powerful query.
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An example:
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will only yield search results with Western sources if the search is anywhere in North America.
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r, you can use the Google operator “site” to switch your search to Iranian sources with the two letter Iranian country code “ir” (site:ir). See all of the Google operators at (http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html)
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ery few if any students are about to ask their history teachers for help with a Google search on the Iranian hostage crisis. It is the teacher’s responsibility to teach the research skills that lead to high quality comparative search. In this case, the teacher could have required two sources from Iran. There should have been a review of country codes and the use of the advanced search techniques to generate results from Iran. Finally, the teacher should have spent some time in class challenging the students to think about their search terms. “What did the Iranians call the takeover of the American Embassy?” (Teach students how to use Wikipedia well to design their search in Google – e.g. Wikipedia mentions the “conquest of the American spy den”.
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Your students need you to embed web literacy skills into the design of the assignment. They just do not know they need you. The concept of the “digital native” knowing a lot more than the “digital immigrants” is largely a myth. Both groups need to become web literate.
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most of the answers asked by traditional assignments are on the web if you know how to find them. What is not on the web are the questions.
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students can be required to use a digital recording tool such as Kaizena to provide a voice recording of an analysis of their own writing
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I worked with a social studies teacher who was designing a lesson on immigration to the US. When she discovered that The Economist magazine blog had an ongoing discussion on immigration she realized that she could engage her students in a high level conversation with people around the world on this topic.
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publishing their work for a global audience is the opportunity to receive feedback for their work beyond the classroom.
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they chose to extend their required 40 hours of community service. Many have given more than 200 hours to this project with no extra credit.
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Their commitment to their work does not depend on an external reward or punishment system such as grades, but an intrinsic drive based on making a contribution.
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watch what happens when you show students “the best in the world examples” of what other students can accomplish
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However, if our aspirations extend to a new level of student achievement then too many of our schools are “technology rich and innovative poor”.
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Barb ScottThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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1. Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web?
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If you have ever watched a student research on the web you will probably observe that they enter the exact title of their homework for their search query. They will only look at the front page of results (even out of millions). There is no thought to use a second or third search tool. Critical thinking and careful evaluation of the reliability of sources is sorely lacking.
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We can not abrogate our responsibility of preparing our students to be critical thinkers in the Age of the Internet. We need to teach our students the discipline of how search engines work and the creativity of designing a powerful query.
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28 Jan 15
alexis alexander"In a recent webinar, more than 90% of school leaders responded that they were leading an innovative school as a result of the implementation of technology. At the end of the webinar, when polled again, only one leader claimed to be leading an innovative school. The complete reversal was due to a presentation of the Six Questions that you will read about in this article. This list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique added value of a digital learning environment."
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Jenni Swanson VoorheesClear criteria against which to assess our technology integration
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garth nicholsGreat questions to ask ourselves and our colleagues as we move deeper into integrating tech into our everyday practice
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- Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web?
- Did the assignment develop new lines of inquiry?
- Are there opportunities for students to make their thinking visible?
- Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world?
- Is there an opportunity for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)?
- Does the assignment demo “best in the world” examples of content and skill?
Transformational Six
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Paula MariniAlan November: 6 transformational questions to determine the added value of your digital learning environment. Test your level of innovation.
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Monica GattoThis list of questions was developed to help educators be clear about the unique add value of a digital learning environment.
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27 Jan 15
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kathleen johnson"Transformational Six
Did the assignment build capacity for critical thinking on the web?
Did the assignment develop new lines of inquiry?
Are there opportunities for students to make their thinking visible?
Are there opportunities to broaden the perspective of the conversation with authentic audiences from around the world?
Is there an opportunity for students to create a contribution (purposeful work)?
Does the assignment demo “best in the world” examples of content and skill?" -
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Amy BurnsGreat list of questions-are we using technology in a purposeful and meaningful way?
confusion questions innovations tools technology_integration
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Kathy KaldenbergRT @JaneMartellino: Thanks to @globalearner you can test your level of innovation: http://t.co/9bUJed2KMc #tlchat #tlelem #iowatl
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Carolyn BiltonAre we really using technology to make our assignments/tasks/activities/lessons INNOVATIVE?
technology SAMR critical thinking innovations Education edtech teaching
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