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Cloud-Computing - Horizon Project on 2009-11-23
- Layered on top of the cloud infrastructure are development platforms that are
  enabling thin-client, web-based applications for everything from image editing
  to word processing to music and video manipulation. Specialized applications
  like Flickr live entirely in the cloud; there is no single computer, or even
  specific group of computers, that can be pointed to as housing Flickr, Google,
  or YouTube. To the end user, the cloud is invisible; the technology that
  supports the applications doesn’t matter — the fact that the applications are
  always available is key.
Main Page - Horizon Project on 2009-11-23
Planet Kodu | on 2009-10-12
21st Century Information Fluency on 2009-08-26
21st Century Information Fluency on 2009-08-26
21cif.info on 2009-08-26
- For students growing up with computers, Prensky claims the world is already a
  radically different place. A fundamental problem he sees is that today's
  students and teachers may be losing their ability to communicate:
- "Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that
  of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an
  entirely new language." (
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- - Despite having to learn a new language, educators
    consistently out-performed students using technology to search the Internet.
    Growing up with computers provides no advantage. If digital natives speak a new
    language, it is not understood by search engines.
  - Digital immigrants may do better because they are equipped with research skills
    they learned in school that addresses the problem.
  - How many key concepts (important ideas) are found in
    the question? This question promotes critical thinking, isolates
    important ideas and lessens the likelihood that extraneous concepts are added.
    This question also highlights necessary keywords (#3, #4) and exposes
    unnecessary words (# 7).
    How many key concepts will I search for? We
    recommend that if a question contains 4 important concepts, the query should
    focus on at least 3 of them. For fewer important concepts, search for all of
    them; for more, search for the 4 that are most important.
    What keywords are probably effective “as
    is?” Proper nouns and numbers belong in the category to use "as is".
    For which concepts are more effective keywords
    probably needed? More specific terms likely exist and should be tried
    (same as #5)
    Are there hyponyms (more specific terms) or
    professional language for any of the intermediate words? Whenever
    possible, search with words that subject matter experts would use.
    Are there words that have multiple
    meanings? Search engines don't differentiate word meanings, just
    spellings.
    Did I use any stop words or clutter words?
    Contrary to students' beliefs, more words in a query does not produce more
    specific results.
    Did I spell the words correctly? Since
    search engines match queries literally, misspellings will result in pages with
    the search word misspelled--not likely the page of a subject matter expert.
    Did I put the most important words
    first? Word order does not always make a difference, but it's
    worth a try.
Information, Media and Technology Skills on 2009-08-26
- Information Literacy
  
  Access and Evaluate Information
  
  Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)
  Evaluate information critically and competently
  Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at
  hand
  Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources
  Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding
  the access and use of information
- ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy
  
  Apply Technology Effectively
  
  Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate
  information
  Use digital technologies (computers, PDAs, media players, GPS, etc.),
  communication/networking tools and social networks appropriately to access,
  manage, integrate, evaluate and create information to successfully function in a
  knowledge economy
  Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding
  the access and use of information technologies
Welcome to Route 21 on 2009-08-19
elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age on 2009-08-13
- Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning
  theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments
- “learning must be a way of being – an ongoing set of attitudes and actions by
  individuals and groups that they employ to try to keep abreast o the surprising,
  novel, messy, obtrusive, recurring events…”
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- - What adjustments need to made with learning theories when technology
    performs many of the cognitive operations previously performed by learners
    (information storage and retrieval).
    How can we continue to stay current in a rapidly evolving information
    ecology?
  - Chaos is a new reality for knowledge workers.
  - Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and
    complexity and self-organization theories.
  - Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual
    learning.
  - John Seely Brown presents an interesting notion that the internet leverages the
    small efforts of many with the large efforts of few.
  - Realizing that complete knowledge cannot exist in the mind of one person
    requires a different approach to creating an overview of the situation.
  - Diverse teams of varying viewpoints are a critical structure for completely
    exploring ideas. Innovation is also an additional challenge. Most of the
    revolutionary ideas of today at one time existed as a fringe element. An
    organizations ability to foster, nurture, and synthesize the impacts of varying
    views of information is critical to knowledge economy survival. Speed of “idea
    to implementation” is also improved in a systems view of learning.
  - Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we
    know today.
Project Resources & Research : Powerful Learning Practice, LLC on 2009-08-04