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Good article about the evolution of LMS's from Blackboard, Moodle and now newer more social platforms such as Edmodo, Schoolology and Teamie. Yes, learning is social and we need the best tools and appropriate tools for each age level to support this.

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This seminar welcomes teachers, learners and parents to share and discuss ideas and questions around international and comparative ed.

The course is divided into 4 modules each containing 1 or 2 online short videos, an optional reading, online asynchronous discussions and an optional synchronous discussion (via Skype) around the following topics:

Global definitions of learning and education (June 4-10) Cross-country education borrowing and lending (June 11-17) Educating the whole person (June 18-24) Creating sustainable education systems (June 25-July 1)

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Excellent resource produced by Dept Education and Early Childhood development, Victoria, Australia

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Connected learning is when you’re pursuing knowledge and expertise around something you care deeply about, and you’re supported by friends and institutions who share and recognize this common passion or purpose. Click here to learn more about the connected learning model and the research that supports it.

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in pursuit of good viral videos to play for staff PD sessions. This one by Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a story about what is possible when communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity take center stage in schools and transform learning opportunities for all kids. Visit www.p21.org/4Cs

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From cell phone and video games to Facebook and YouTube, digital media are changing the way young people play and socialize in the 21st century. Learn more at http://www.macfound.org/programs/learning.

The MacArthur Foundation's grantmaking aims to determine how digital media are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to education and other social institutions that must meet the needs of this and future generations.

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Interesting article revealing lack of support in health and early education and support facilities such as stable housing do have an affect on education levels in the US cf other countries.

"We cannot pretend that multiple layers of growing inequality — in home, community, and school resources — don’t matter for student learning, or that solutions to our education problems can be enforced without strategic investments in a level playing field. Our challenge is to confront the reality of growing up in America today and to design in- and out-of-school supports that will allow children a fair shot at the American Dream. "

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The portal for the annual conference 'Beyond Laptops' hosted by Yokohama International School, Japan.

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"Although I’m only 48, I have been working in educational computing for thirty years. When I started, we taught children to program. We also taught tens of thousands of teachers to teach computer science to learners of all ages. In many cases, this experience represented the most complex thinking about thinking that teachers ever experienced and their students gained benefit from observing teachers learning to think symbolically, solve problems and debug. There was once a time in the not so distant path when educators were on the frontiers of scientific reasoning and technological progress. Curriculum was transformed by computing. School computers were used less often to “do school” and more often to do the impossible."

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I am very excited to be keynoting the Asia Society, Partnership for Global Learning Conference in NYC June this year, straight after ISTE.

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Organization: Longwood University
Consortium: New Learner
Project URL: http://www.ittipgist.org/

HP Project Catalyst Project Showcase: Globally Collaborative Digital Learning Landscape

"Teachers in in Virginia, Ghana, and India have participated in professional development on integrating Scratch and Alice in teaching STEM content; teachers in Virginia and Ghana are integrating inquiry based learning using HP science kits. Students in each building collaboratively discussed a global problem and identified potential solutions. Teachers will create wikis for students across the school divisions to interact and collaborate with each other on global problems in the 2012-13 school year. The innovation initiative focused on motivating girls into computing and design; “design through inquiry” was piloted with a small group of girls by using the LilyPad Arduino. Implementation challenges resulted in creating design kits for girls and for teachers. We are in the process of developing video tutorials for LilyPad Arduino projects as well as step-by-step instructions. Video tutorials and step-by-step instructions on using Scratch and Kodu have been created. Teachers in Dinwiddie and Hopewell suggested the need for professional development and learning modules with assignments and timelines; teachers in Virginia also need portable devices such as an HP slate for student access. Our scale-up efforts will include: Learning modules for Scratch; Learning modules for Kodu; Learning modules for inquiry based learning; and Learning modules for integrating design and computing with LilyPad Arduino. "

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Such and exciting development for education in China!

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Related specifically to education....I think I agree with most of this.

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Excellent resource by Margaret Powers. If you teach younger students and want to collaborate or hop into a global project this website provides many updated resources and connections.

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Vivien Stewart's new book, A World-Class Education: Lessons from International Models of Excellence and Innovation, tells the stories of five very different systems: Australia, Canada, China (Shanghai), Finland and Singapore. Despite differences in policy details and practices, as well as in the cultural contexts and political systems in these countries, there are clearly some common drivers of success.

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