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12 Expert Twitter Tips for the Classroom: Social Networking Classroom Activities That Employ Critical Thinking
Thx 2 Russel Tarr
“What is Schooliness?” – Overview and Open Thread at Beyond School
From a guest post by C Burell on Wes Fryer's blog
schoolnet.com - Viewpoint Post
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John Maeda writes, “Boundaries that separate disciplines appear to be solid lines but up close are really dashed, and ready to cross.” Whether across our classrooms or across sectors –we can no longer afford to see only solid lines. To do so puts our profession, our children, and our society at risk. Contemporary learners will need to solve increasingly complicated global problems crossing geopolitical boundaries: poverty, water shortages, conflicts, and global climate change—to only name a few. Inside our borders, the rapid shift from manufacturing toward a project-driven service economy is clear. Contemporary learners will need to work collaboratively and be able to think quickly, critically, and creatively. And, whether young people leave or choose to stay and take non-fungible jobs in our local communities, they depend on us to equip them for successful entry into the workforce or college, or both.
Education Week: Over the Top
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You also must not think about what children will really need to be successful in the 21st-century global economy, such as cross-cultural competencies, foreign languages, and digital capabilities.
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you cannot think about students’ individual differences, the need for diverse talents, or the costs of standardized tests. You cannot think about who will eventually benefit from the assessments either. And in no way should you worry about the corruption that high-stakes standardized testing brings with it.
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Harvard Grad School of Ed Change Leadership Group
Reinventing Leadership in K-12 Education. Section on Tony Wagner. Angela Maiers recommended him.
Weblogg-ed » I Don’t Need Your Network (or Your Computer, or Your Tech Plan, or Your…)
All too often we get hung up on the technology question, not the curriculum question. Here in New Jersey, every district has to submit a three year “Technology Plan” and as you can guess, most of them are about how many Smart Boards to install or how wireless access will be expanded. Very, very little of it is about how curriculum changes when we have anytime, anywhere learning with anyone in the world. Why aren’t we planning for that?
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According to NPR, the Pew Hispanic Center says that there is a definite trend toward phones being chosen over computers as computing devices, especially for those on the wrong end of the current digital divide.
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All too often we get hung up on the technology question, not the curriculum question. Here in New Jersey, every district has to submit a three year “Technology Plan” and as you can guess, most of them are about how many Smart Boards to install or how wireless access will be expanded. Very, very little of it is about how curriculum changes when we have anytime, anywhere learning with anyone in the world. Why aren’t we planning for that?
The Tech Curve: RSU #19 Google Apps for Education Plan
Great description of how one school district is using Google Apps for lifelong learning and teaching. Terrific embedded video on advantages to migrating over to Google Email for educational institutions. Terrific description of how this school district in Maine is creating a scaffolded portfolio system that gives students increasing responsibility over their portfolio as they move from one grade level to the next, culminating in providing each graduating senior with his/her own domain name to use as their '21st century business card'.
The Fischbowl: We Can Do This. We Should Do It.
Big problem with Prof. Miller's assertion that "English as the site that excels in human expression and in the study of human culture related to expression we should the place that is at the very cutting edge of education for students in these areas." Starts at 2m19sec
The Edge of Tomorrow
A blog, wiki and podcast about education, technology and technologically educational revolution by Ben Grey and others.
Interesting Ways | edte.ch
Great set of presentations showcasing how to use tech tools for classroom learning by Tom Barrett and colleagues around the world. Wonderful example of crowdsourcing.
From Participation to Creation - 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning
"The primary story within our last forecast, the 2006 KWF/IFTF Map of Future Forces Affecting Education, was about participation. Specifically, that forecast showed how individuals and groups were taking advantage of participatory media, creating “smart networks” to form groups, and creating value through bottom-up collaboration in “grassroots economies.” Participants were beginning to exchange learning resources, form smart education mobs, and release education from traditional institutions. All this participation was converging with a host of other external forces to effect real changes in the learning enterprise."
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The primary story within our last forecast, the 2006 KWF/IFTF Map of Future Forces
Affecting Education, was about participation. Specifically, that forecast showed
how individuals and groups were taking advantage of participatory media, creating
“smart networks” to form groups, and creating value through bottom-up collaboration
in “grassroots economies.” Participants were beginning to exchange learning resources,
form smart education mobs, and release education from traditional institutions.
All this participation was converging with a host of other external forces to effect
real changes in the learning enterprise. -
The 2020 Forecast depicts a set of forces that are pushing us to create the future
of learning as an ecosystem, in which we have yet to determine the role of education
institutions as we know them today.
The Future of Education - Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World
This community is devoted to providing an opportunity for those who care about education to share their voices and ideas with others. It's a place for thoughtful discussion on an incredibly important topic.
Audio Interviews - EdTechLive
EdTechLIVE's webcast interviews series by Steve Hargadon focus on K - 12 educational technology. Also see Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations for recorded "talk-casts."
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