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21st Century Educators Don’t Say, “Hand It In.” They say, “Publish It!
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When I tweeted, “Educators who ask students to, "Hand it in" rather than, "Publish it" are stuck in the past and not preparing 21st century students.” I received a lot of kudos and retweets, but I also received a bit of push back along the lines that it’s not realistic to expect all student work to be published. My response is this. The authentic publication of student work should be a part of EVERY SINGLE UNIT OF STUDY. If an educator can’t figure out a way to help students publish anything in a unit of study they need to either 1) Rethink the unit or 2) Rethink the assessment. While data in an expensive database may be impressive to educators, leaders, and test prep companies, it is not intrinsically meaningful for students or helping them in an authentic way. So how can teachers change practice and move from a “Hand it in” to a “Publish it” culture? Here are some ideas.
Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning - Emerging Technologies for Learning
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Experiments in Backchannel: Collaborative Presentations Using Social Software, Google Jockeys, and Immersive Environments
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MustReadForEd
"Pick ONE article, post, pdf, etc. that is a MUST READ for educators thinking about change" and tag it 'mustreadfored'
Bill Kerr: question 22
"I've been wondering why this particular idea, the non universals, is not spreading more. I think it's because it goes against the culture of pseudo progressiveness which advocates that process is more important than content, that discovery is more important than knowledge and/or that education should be entertaining or at least laid back, that we shouldn't put too much pressure on children. The problem is how to teach the non universals without sounding like a "back to basics" fundamentalist. But that is a real problem that needs to be faced and resolved."
Spark | CBC Radio | Your Homework: Make Wikipedia Better
Chris Jensen teaches Religious Studies 110 at the University of Saskatchewan. And this year, the class project was to make Wikipedia better. Specifically, Chris's students worked together in small groups to research, edit and improve the quality of "Wikipedia articles that were either overly brief or lacking in credible information, with the aim of increasing the quality of Wikipedia's coverage of East Asian religions.
Stager-to-Go: Recommended Books for Holiday Gifts
Great recommendations here, some I was familiar with, some not... almost none of which will be found on typical edblogger/edtech/etc lists.
The Embedded Practitioner
Some insightful observations here, for most of which I have nothing approaching an answer.
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