Colin Harris's Public Library

25 Nov 09

PRINCIPAL VOICES ~ Ken Robinson ~ White Paper

creative ideas for the 21st C with Sir Ken

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11 Aug 09

eLearn: Feature Article

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You cannot create that context ahead of time—
it has to be part of the experience.
the learning comes not from the design of learning content but in how it is used
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- What happens when online learning ceases to be like a medium, and becomes more like a platform? What happens when online learning software ceases to be a type of content-consumption tool, where learning is "delivered," and becomes more like a content-authoring tool, where learning is created? The model of e-learning as being a type of content, produced by publishers, organized and structured into courses, and consumed by students, is turned on its head. Insofar as there is content, it is used rather than read—
  and is, in any case, more likely to be produced by students than courseware authors. And insofar as there is structure, it is more likely to resemble a language or a conversation rather than a book or a manual.
- Web 2.0 is not a technological revolution, it is a social revolution
- In a nutshell, what was happening was that the Web was shifting from being a medium, in which information was transmitted and consumed, into being a platform, in which content was created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along. And what people were doing with the Web was not merely reading books, listening to the radio or watching TV, but having a conversation, with a vocabulary consisting not just of words but of images, video, multimedia and whatever they could get their hands on. And this became, and looked like, and behaved like
- workflow learning is "a deep integration with enterprise applications assembled from Web Services into composite applications" with "task and work support fused into the aggregated business processes that make up the real-time workflow" and supported by "contextual collaboration with people and systems" and "design and modification achieved by modeling and simulation"

21 May 09

Literacy with ICT | Welcome

Literacy with ICT
Across the Curriculum

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ICT Program of Studies

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21 Things for the 21st Century Educator - Home

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17 May 09

Changing- Shifting a School Culture- Train of Thought by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

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Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
about technology!
Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
about technology!
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- Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
  barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
  shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
  you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
  of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
  about technology!
- Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
  barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
  shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
  you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
  of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
  about technology!
- Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
  barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
  shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
  you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
  of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
  about technology!
- Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
  barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
  shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
  you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
  of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
  about technology!
- Gable uses a powerful analogy when she compares playing basketball
  barefoot with teaching without technology. You COULD play without
  shoes, but why would you want to, when there is a tool that would allow
  you to grow, expand, soar higher and further than without it? The sport
  of Basketball is NOT about the shoes… Teaching and learning is not
  about technology!

26 Apr 09

Peace River North School District Announces Results of Wireless Computer Writing Program Research Study

WWP in Peace River BC

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David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
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- David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
- David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
- sed the inclusion of everyone in the classroom,” said Toni Thompson, teacher at Charlie Lake School.” I have students now actively involved in their education. I have fewer classroom management problems and
- David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
- David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
- David K. Vandergugten, Principal of Technology Services, School District 60 – Peace River North
- Teachers described the program as transforming and reported high levels of change in their teaching practices. The program provides students with more choice and responsibility, and enables teachers to give increased feedback on student writing and engage students in self-evaluation. They also reported that the iBooks greatly helped make their classrooms more efficient and collaborative.

22 Apr 09

Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?

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How much should schools use new media, versus older techniques such as reading and classroom discussion?
"No one medium is good for everything," Greenfield said. "If we want to develop a variety of skills, we need a balanced media diet. Each medium has costs and benefits in terms of what skills each develops."

How the E-Book Will Change the Way We Read and Write - WSJ.com

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Amazon's early data suggest that Kindle users buy significantly more books than they did before owning the device, and it's not hard to understand why: The bookstore is now following you around wherever you go. A friend mentions a book in passing, and instead of jotting down a reminder to pick it up next time you're at Barnes & Noble, you take out the Kindle and -- voilà! -- you own it.
Think of it as a permanent, global book club. As you read, you will know that at any given moment, a conversation is available about the paragraph or even sentence you are reading. Nobody will read alone anymore. Reading books will go from being a fundamentally private activity -- a direct exchange between author and reader -- to a community event, with every isolated paragraph the launching pad for a conversation with strangers around the world.