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Why you want to use scenarios in your elearning » Making Change
Imagine that you’re in a competition to overhaul an information-heavy course so it creates a real change in the world. What changes would you make? Check out this story-based presentation to see what one fictional company did.
100+ Resources for Teaching Without Textbooks | Teaching Tips
What would your classroom be like without your students cracking open their oversized textbooks everyday? Probably a lot more interesting, especially for the kiddies. There are so many other resources out there for teachers to use, online and off, that teaching without textbooks is becoming more and more acceptable. If you don’t believe us, scroll down this list of over 100 different resources — including websites, iPod lectures and field trips — that will encourage you to toss out your textbooks.
Teaching as transparent learning « Connectivism
"I’ve gained much from being a transparent learner. Over the last nine years - on blogs, wikis, and recently Twitter - I’ve expressed half-formed ideas and received the benefit of constructive (and critical feedback). I generally focus on what I’ve gained, but I suspect readers of my sites and articles have gained something from the experience as well. Putting ideas out for discussion contrasts with formal “reach a conclusion and publish” model."
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Social technology - such as Twitter, blogs, Facebook - opens the door to sharing the process of learning, not only the final product
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Experts utilize pattern recognition in comparing new situations to previous experiences.
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This Is CRAP!!! | Sue Waters Blog
As an educator we all have sessions that we spend hours preparing for only to have it all not quite go as planned, and students saying loudly THIS IS CRAP!! in simple terms all our hard work turns to SHIT. We grin, clean ourselves up, bathes our wounds and say thank goodness that is over next time I will do it differently! And when it is just one class we cope.
Reasons Why IT May Be Crap! | Sue Waters Blog
Today I want to examine the reasons why the students saying THIS IS CRAP might be right! And for those waiting patiently for me to actually provide examples of how Web 2.0 is used with students I promise those posts start from tomorrow!
Rogers Adoption Innovation Curve
Roger's categories are:
* Innovators (2.5 %)
* Early Adopters (13.5 %)
* Early Majority (34 %)
* Late Majority (34 %)
* Laggards (16 %)
Social Media Isn't Always the Answer | Social Media Strategery
unless your organization is ready for transparency and authenticity, and has instilled a culture of sharing, you're going to have a lot of trouble successfully spreading social media.
State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) - 2009 National Trends Report
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is pleased to release its sixth annual report on the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program, a component of the No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D (NCLB IID) Act. The purpos
23 Things « Learn
Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the Web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0. Staff are encouraged to complete all 23 items on this list by December 2, 2008, in order to receive a free flash d
#1 It’s time to LEARN
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Attachments for Thing #2 « Learn
I’ve been hearing that some folks are having trouble downloading the attachments that accompany the tutorial for the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners, so here is the Learning-Contract and the Habits-of-Lifelong-Learners so that
Week 1: Getting Started « Connecticut’s 23 Things
Refresher Course in Lifelong Learning
* Discover the 7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learners. This tutorial includes audio, so set the volume on your computer or use headphones (we have a supply of headphones at all the reference desks)
* For conside
Ten Tips About 23 Things - 10/1/2008 - School Library Journal
Along with numerous requests to duplicate the program (which I have licensed through Creative Commons), I have also heard from many seeking insight on how to do this successfully. Since the inquiries don’t seem to be slowing down (they’ve actually increas
SPOTLIGHT on TEACHING AND LEARNING with NEW LITERACIES (ITL): Opportunities and Challenges for Web 2.0 in Schools
Today at CES (Cooperative Educational Services) I joined Natalie Carrignan, Director of Instructional Technology, at a meeting for many technology coordinators. Before the official meeting we were part of a live 1-hour Technology and Learning Webinar, spo
YouTube - Networked StudentQT.mp4
The Networked Student was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. It depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler's high school students. The Networked Student concept map was inspire
Dangerously Irrelevant: Academics on Twitter
Scott Mcleod was interviewed for The Chronicle of Higher Education’s article on academics who Twitter. Here is his portion of the story
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