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mental_floss Blog » 5 Alternative Teaching Methods
Traditional schools – with their lectures, homework, and report cards – aren’t for everyone. Here are five alternative approaches to education.
open thinking » Five Recommended Readings?
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One of the Associate Deans at my workplace has asked me to recommend five readings (e.g., books, articles, blogpost, etc.) that would help inform his understanding of current changes regarding social networks, knowledge, and technology in education. Rather than develop the list alone, I thought it appropriate to (at least attempt to) crowdsource responses from individuals in my network.
So, what readings would you recommend to an educational leader responsible for faculty development in a teacher education program? Any responses are greatly appreciated.
Empowering Education Through Technology
Technology-based applications such as PowerPoint, spreadsheets, and desktop and internet publishing software aren’t just relegated to school business departments anymore—they’re now being integrated into core curriculum areas to enhance teaching and learning. And in the process of using these tools, students are developing key 21st-century skills.
But integrating these technologies into the core curriculum can be a challenge. That’s why, with the generous support of LearnKey Inc., we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSN archives to help you do just that … with the ultimate goal of empowering education.
Shocking Origins of Public Education - Gatto
The secret of American schooling is that it doesn't teach the way children learn --
Handheld Devices: Think Before You Ban: A Handheld Is a Powerful Learning Tool
When many teachers encounter technology that could be disruptive to class, their first reaction is to simply ban it from the classroom. However, cell phones and smartphones can also be used as learning tools,
Submit What is the future of the VLE (LCMS) | davecormier.com
Submit What is the future of the VLE (LCMS)
Useful Google Talk Bots That You Must Add as Friends
You can do lot of interesting stuff with Google Talk like get alert notifications, save bookmarks to delicious, manage web calendars, set reminders, write blogs, and so much more.
Can You Use Aids To Help Conversations? | Mobile Technology in TAFE
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What is aidRSS
AidRSS monitors a blog feed by creating PostRank™ for the posts based on the amount of conversation generated (combination of number of comments, del.icio.us links, tweets, Diggs and Google trackbacks). - datruss on 2008-05-27
Kelly Christohperson - School-Wide Integration of tech- notes from presentation
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Kelly Christohperson - School-Wide Integration of Technology - May 16/08 -10:45am
Administrators need to be on board with technology. It needs to be something that they are willing to do in their schools. Principals need to be technology leaders. - datruss on 2008-05-27
Change Agency - Advocating a better education system for the 21st Century.
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“We don’t become healthier by just weighing ourselves every morning.”
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I need multiple measures in order to assess my health.
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educational-origami » Bloom's Digital Taxonomy
This is an update to Bloom's revised taxonomy to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's revised taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous computing.
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bloom's Digital taxonomy v2.1.pdf
ReadWriteThink
Calendar Find classroom activities and online resources associated with events in literacy and literature
Welcome to Science without Borders | science.without-borders.org
My Fieldfindr idea for Science- Looks GREAT:
Science without Borders (SWB) creates, facilitates and supports cooperation between scientists, researchers and other stakeholders of the academic sphere of the African and the European region. Science without Borders was launched in 2007 as an initiative of organisations involved in science based cooperation between the two regions. We focus on small scale, short term cooperations in order to provide quick wins for those who are usually not reached through big framework initiatives, the locally working researchers, scientists, teachers and students in universities, academies and colleges. Today SWB is the single access reference point for international collaboration between Africa and Europe!
Technology Integration Matrix
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Levels of Technology Integration into the Curriculum
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Characteristics of the Learning Environment.
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