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22 Dec 09

2¢ Worth » 10 Observations about Backchanneling

"I closed a recent blog entry (Two Days with Backchanneling) with some comments about the backchanneling activities for a workshop I did last week in Pittsburgh. In review, I switched from my own Knitter application (I was not able to repair it after my servers’ PHP upgrade a few weeks earlier) to TodaysMeet, which"

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Backchanneling provides an outlet and opportunity for deeper understand to participants who are already familiar with the topics being covered.
Individual learners can be identified as knowledgeable in a specific topic or valuable because of their perspective — It’s identity-building.
- Here's the scary part for many people. It's tough to put one's self out there, there is a certain vulnerability that people must accept, which is difficult. - on 2009-12-22
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- Everyone learns:
- It requires some experience and practice.

21 Dec 09

Teaching Adaptability and “Preparing for Tomorrow” - Synthesizing Education Blog

"As we continue to evolve technology and Web 2.0 tools, students must become advanced in the skill of “adaptability”. This is a product of the constantly changing virtual world that is in a persistent battle of jockeying for the newest, latest program that is more efficient and user-friendly than its predecessors."

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students must become advanced in the skill of “adaptability”.
Teachers must learn to stand on the fulcrum of “adaptability”; a teeter-totter that has “proficiency” on one end and “innovation” on the other.
- This can be a very uncomfortable place for many teachers. - on 2009-12-21
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17 Dec 09

eClassroom News - Can gaming change education?

"As video games continue to permeate our culture, schools and students are increasingly interested in using video games for learning. This interest has prompted universities and neurologists to explore what makes a successful educational game, what the current barriers to adoption are, and how gaming as a whole affects the brain."

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5 K-12 Technology Trends for 2010 -- THE Journal

"With technology evolving at the speed of light, and everyone looking to benefit from the latest, greatest hardware and software, keeping up can be challenging for educators, administrators, and school districts themselves. To help, THE Journal spoke with a handful of technology experts and came up with a short list of top tech trends you'll want to watch in the new year. Here they are: "

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"The buzzword for the 21st century is 'engaged learning,' and the whiteboards will serve as a catalyst for getting students out of their seats and up to the board to learn."

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"Stand outside any U.S. high school at dismissal time and face the doors. As you watch the students file out, you will see them pull out all sorts of devices—most of them banned in school— and get on with the way they live their lives, often viewing school as nothing more than a necessary evil in an otherwise modern life. For most students, the tools and talents they employ outside of school have little place in their academic classes. "

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most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
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- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- Postman (1992) wrote that certain technologies are transformative, not additive, and used the Guttenberg printing press as his example: when the printing press was invented, the outcome wasn’t Europe plus some books, but a whole new Europe. Despite investing billions of dollars in hardware, wiring, and professional development, too many schools are the same as ever, only with some computers, when they should be whole new schools where kids are accomplishing things that no one ever dreamed possible.
- Despite investing billions of dollars in hardware, wiring, and professional development, too many schools are the same as ever, only with some computers, when they should be whole new schools where kids are accomplishing things that no one ever dreamed possible.
- Postman (1992) wrote that certain technologies are transformative, not additive, and used the Guttenberg printing press as his example: when the printing press was invented, the outcome wasn’t Europe plus some books, but a whole new Europe. Despite investing billions of dollars in hardware, wiring, and professional development, too many schools are the same as ever, only with some computers, when they should be whole new schools where kids are accomplishing things that no one ever dreamed possible.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- most students do not consider how the modern tools can transform the way they think of themselves as students and scholars.
- Postman (1992) wrote that certain technologies are transformative, not additive, and used the Guttenberg printing press as his example: when the printing press was invented, the outcome wasn’t Europe plus some books, but a whole new Europe. Despite investing billions of dollars in hardware, wiring, and professional development, too many schools are the same as ever, only with some computers, when they should be whole new schools where kids are accomplishing things that no one ever dreamed possible.
- Christensen (2008) makes the claim that by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught either fully online or in a “blended” fashion, with between 30% and 80% of the interaction happening online
- Right now, many of the technological innovations in education are more engaging than empowering for students.
- interactive whiteboards only enable a teacher-centric style of teaching to be more engaging than it would have been with a traditional chalkboard
- schools should not be satisfied with reaching the student engagement plateau
- True empowerment comes when students take the skills they have learned in classrooms and apply them to ends of their own creation
- Schools can and must be empowering
- we as a society need to understand what schools can be if they become transparent through the use of 21st century tools
- Schools have gone from information scarcity to information overload.
- But it is not enough for educators to simply be aware of social networking; they have an obligation to teach students the difference between social networking and academic networking.
- But those changes, although difficult, have brought school communities to a moment in time when they can rethink what they can be.
- In the end, it is time to stop thinking of school as preparation for real life and instead show students that the time they spend in school can be a vital and enriching part of their very real and very important lives.

15 Dec 09

Hybrid Courses: Faculty Resources

"A hybrid or blended course, by definition, reduces face-to-face "seat time" so that students can pursue additional teaching and learning activities online. To be successful, a hybrid or blended course requires careful pedagogical redesign. These ten questions offer you a way to start thinking about some of these design issues."

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A hybrid or blended course, by definition, reduces face-to-face "seat time" so that students can pursue additional teaching and learning activities online. To be successful, a hybrid or blended course requires careful pedagogical redesign. These ten questions offer you a way to start thinking about some of these design issues.
Instead it involves developing challenging and engaging online learning activities that complement your face-to-face activities.
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- asynchronous discussion is often an important part of hybrid courses.
- What do you plan to do to help your students address these issues?
  - This is an important support that schools/teachers must realize that they have to provide. - on 2009-12-15
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14 Dec 09

How the iPhone Could Reboot Education | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

"How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum.

That’s the idea Abilene Christian University has to refresh classroom learning. Located in Texas, the private university just finished its first year of a pilot program, in which 1,000 freshman students had the choice between a free iPhone or an iPod Touch."

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How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handing out free iPhones — and then integrating the gadget into your curriculum.

That’s the idea Abilene Christian University has to refresh classroom learning. Located in Texas, the private university just finished its first year of a pilot program, in which 1,000 freshman students had the choice between a free iPhone or an iPod Touch.
“About five years ago my students stopped taking notes,” Rankin said. “I asked, ‘Why are you not taking notes?’ And they said, ‘Why would we take notes on that?…. I can go to Wikipedia or go to Google, and I can get all the information I need.”
- This is threatening to some, liberating to others. - on 2009-12-14
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The Greatest Generation (of Networkers) - WSJ.com

"A 17-year-old boy, caught sending text messages in class, was recently sent to the vice principal's office at Millwood High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The vice principal, Steve Gallagher, told the boy he needed to focus on the teacher, not his cellphone. The boy listened politely and nodded, and that's when Mr. Gallagher noticed the student's fingers moving on his lap. "

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The Net provides an opportunity to play hide-and-seek, to say and not say, to be truthful and to pretend. There is a lot of communication going on that is futile and trivial."
- Only if we don't teach them how powerful the web can be. I agree, that left to alone, there is the potential for the web to become futile and trivial, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to harness it. - on 2009-12-14
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They will take suspensions rather than give up their phones."
- That is an indication of how much they value the opportunity to connect. - on 2009-12-14
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Implications For A Current Model of Online Education « Synthesizing Education

"There is a considerable amount of buzz going around about “virtual classes” and where they belong in the educational landscape. Much of this (I think) has to do with Clayton Christensen’s book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change The Way The World Learns as well as the economic deficits that districts are facing as state (and federal) aid is diminishing while enrollment is rising. I read the book, thought it was very good, made a lot of sense, and dealt directly with a lot of the problems that education will encounter in the future (specifically the economic efficiency component). In addition, I took much of it to revolve around a potential paradigm shift in the future that will resemble a “Sputnik-like” implementation where we will wake up one day and realize that these types of disruptive changes are occurring immediately with little delay once the decisions have been made."

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Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?

"As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor of psychology and director of the Children's Digital Media Center, Los Angeles."

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03 Dec 09

Weblogg-ed

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Level 1 seems to be “getting” that there are all these new tools and technologies out there and that we can now publish all sorts of content really easily.
Level 2 takes it a step further and implies that “getting it” means that there is some real change involved in what’s happening right now, that it’s not just about tools, but about connections and building learning networks for ourselves and for our students
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- That at a time when learning can be individualized and where creativity and passion are just as important as reading and math, our expectations for the roles of schools in educating our kids have to be more than just playing on the edges.
- schools as we know them are going away.
- should we still be sorting kids by age or by discipline
- How do we truly individualize instruction around kids’ interests and passions? How do we redefine the school day? What do we really want to assess and how do we assess it? Why should we bring kids together for physical space learning when much of what they can now learn doesn’t require it?

01 Dec 09

The Fischbowl: A Shift in the Digital Divide?

"NPR has a short, but interesting story on the use of mobile devices by young people. Citing research by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the story states that in regards to "robust" uses of mobile devices, "most of those hyperusers are young Latinos and blacks.""

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Few and Far Between | always learning

"We often complain about the “echo chamber” effect out here in the education blogosphere. Sometimes it seems like we’re a group of technology cheerleaders enthusiastically shouting our successes to each other over and over – to the point that I often feel like I don’t have much to add to the conversation because it’s all been said before. But, over the past few weeks, I’ve realized that although we may be a vocal group online, the kinds of experiences we’re cheering about are truly few and far between.

A few weeks ago, I presented at the Teach IT! conference at Singapore American School. There were over 300 teachers at the conference, most teaching in international schools in Singapore, but a few from other schools in Asia. Over the course of the day, I spoke to dozens of educators who were excited about using technology in their classroom but either didn’t have access to the tools, didn’t have access to technical or pedagogical support, or didn’t have administrative support or expectations to move forward. Many of these teachers were working in complete isolation in their schools and had no one to inspire them, help push their thinking forward, or just support their ideas."

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Of course, this is what a personal learning network is all about, and of course I shared my contact info and gave examples of how they could connect with other educators, but I know that overwhelming feeling. The feeling that you want to make a change, but that you’re all alone, and it’s going to be harder than you expect – so why start?
Each of us needs to ensure that we are vocal not only online, but also in the real world, and in trying to communicate our ideas to wider audiences in order to make a difference in our own schools.
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- I sometimes need to remind myself that the most critical part of my job to inspire change in the real world, not just within our connected group of educators.

30 Nov 09

Twitter’s Effect on Presentations and Presenters by Tom Whitby | Teacher Reboot Camp

"I am on a flight returning home after a successful Presentation at the New York State Association of Computers and Technologies in Education Annual Conference, NYSCATE. I was pleased with the outcome, but I did make a few observations about how presenting at these conferences is beginning to change and may never be the same.

Presentations for any educational conference are the backbone of the conference. They are usually the main reason why educators attend conferences, wild parties notwithstanding. It is a great accomplishment for an educator to have a proposal for a conference presentation accepted and placed on the Program. Being judged and accepted by one’s colleagues is both an accomplishment and a thrill and for some, the process could also be terrifying. Presenting is considered by many to be one of those thresholds in an educator’s career. I have done several presentations at various conferences over the years and I have been moved by the positive experience with each event. Because it requires putting one’s self out there for all to see, most presenters do a great job of preparing and presenting to the best of their ability."

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19 Nov 09

The Fischbowl: Copyright: Living Life Against the Law

"Lawrence Lessig (now at Harvard) has another thoughtful presentation regarding copyright that he gave at EDUCAUSE 2009. He makes a compelling case about how "things have changed" but that our copyright laws have not kept up with those changes. In the past, "copyright had a tiny role."

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12 Nov 09

Education Week: Budget Cuts Could Unplug Missouri Virtual School

"Budget cuts could force a Missouri school to close midway through the academic year, leaving students with half-earned credits scrambling to complete their education."

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Gov. Jay Nixon announced last week that he was halting state funding for the online school's second semester as part of $204 million in budget cuts caused by declining state revenues.

10 Nov 09

Fifteen minutes | Not So Distant Future

I’ve been thinking about that whole issue of time for teachers. Educators are very accustomed to taking care of others, and sometimes we forget to put the oxygen masks on ourselves first, as the cliche goes.

And while I know that our time is finite, hearing David’s challenge caused me to ponder what it would be like for each educator to carve out that fifteen minutes, to sit with a cup of coffee and just learn something–to create that “space” for ourselves, instead of dashing about declaring we don’t have enough time to learn or add one new thing.

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06 Nov 09

Nine Elements

"Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. "

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Often rules and regulations are created or the technology is simply banned to stop inappropriate use.
- The "hear no evil, see no evil" approach - on 2009-11-06
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In the 21st century, communication options have exploded to offer a wide variety of choices (e.g., e-mail, cellular phones, instant messaging).
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- Now everyone has the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with anyone from anywhere and anytime.
  - This is so important. Collaboration will be the key to success in the future, but do we teach kids how to collaborate within and between cultures? - on 2009-11-06
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- constant communication
- All people should have fair access to technology no matter who they are
- we need to be committed to equal digital access.
- Users need to learn about how to be effective consumers in a new digital economy.
  - Users also need to be producers. - on 2009-11-06
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04 Nov 09

Weblogg-ed » Teachers as Learners (Part 32)

Will Richardson reflecting on teachers as learners.

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very little about what they wanted to learn about learining around their own passions with others who share them.
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27 Oct 09

The NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies

Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because technology has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. These literacies—from reading online newspapers to participating in virtual classrooms—are multiple, dynamic, and malleable. As in the past, they are inextricably linked with particular histories, life possibilities and social trajectories of individuals and groups. Twenty-first century readers and writers need to

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