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If you can't use technology get out of teaching!
A must read article for all teachers.
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The purpose should be creating the new information environment, one that's at the core of our children's 'outside the classroom' experience with technology. We have to bring digital, networked, abundant, overwhelming information into the classroom. The focus needs to be on the information and the learning not on the technology.
A vision of a 21st century classroom that is a reality, wowie!
Picture a classroom where every student has their own tablet PC, with wireless internet access and videoconferencing equipment to give them access to academics, industry experts and other schools around the world. The teacher begins the lesson by drawing students’ attention to a new discussion thread that’s appeared overnight on an online forum about a text they’re studying.
There’s no need for an attendance check: the smart cards that give access to the school have already recorded who’s in class. Even though the school has been open for only a few months, students and teachers already know each other well – they’ve been talking online since before the school started.
eSN Special Report: 21st-Century Teacher Education
Responding to a key need, schools of education are ramping up efforts to prepare future teachers to integrate technology into their instruction
Great report: Personalising Education: from research to policy and practice
Personalisation in education has been discussed in research and policy papers for approximately ten years. Personalised learning, as a concept, first appeared in the United States and was subsequently expanded and deepened through work in the United Kingdom as it became embedded in a wider argument for the reform of all public services. This reform aimed to create services that responded more directly to the diverse needs of individuals rather than imposing uniform solutions on all people.
The Future of learning Institutions in a digital age
* "We contend that the future of learning institutions demands a deep, epistemological appreciation of the profundity of what the Internet offers humanity as a model of a learning institution"...and
* "participatory learning is about a process and not always a final product"...and
* "We advocate institutional change because we believe our current formal educational institutions are not taking enough advantage of the modes of digital and participatory learning available to students today"...and
* "Networked learning, however, goes beyond these conversational rules to include correcting others, being open to being corrected oneself, and working together to fashion workarounds when straightforward solutions to problems or learning challenges are not forthcoming"
Next Generation Learning - The Implementation Plan for 2009-2012: Technology Strategy for Further Education, Skills and Regeneration - June 2009 - Becta
Revised implementation plan for delivering the Harnessing Technology strategy in the Further Education and Skills sector, 2009-2012.
21 Things for the 21st Century Educator - a course for teachers
The purpose of this course is to provide ”Just in Time” training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement. Participants who fulfill all of the requirements have the opportunity to earn SBCEU’s. To learn more about the session, look under the tab “The 21 Things”. We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity.
Free webinar: Global21: Students deserve it. The world demands it.
Dr. Steven Paine, West Virginia Superintendent of Schools, will provide an update regarding implementation of West Virginia's 21st Century Learning initiative entitled Global21. Join this webinar to learn about the transformative efforts regarding curriculum benchmarking, educator development, policy development, marketing strategies, balanced assessment strategies and other components of West Virginia's systemic education initiative.
The Innovative Educator: Tools Innovative Educators Can Use to Assess the Infusion of 21st Century Skills Into Instruction
Good links to assessment tools for principles and teachers to emasure complaince in the 21st century
Disengaged Students: southpark video with a teacher message
In this video Mr Mackey tries to teach a disengaged 21st century classroom. Teachers can learn some important lessons from this video
Videos for PD
Lots of great resources here. Basically a collection ow web 2.0 , school 2.0 , internet safety stuff. Great
A teen's view of social networking and digital citizenship (thanx @terryfreedman)
There is a lot in this: how her class handled a setback created inadvertently by Google, how their teacher laid down the rules and gave tuition on internet safety right up front, how their other teachers are learning from Miller and her classmates, and a lot more.
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