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Response to a Criticism about Using Twitter in the Classroom
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After all, kids can write all kinds of nonsense on a sheet of paper and spread it around school, as well; they've been doing that for generations. Yet, I don't see too many teachers wondering whether we should allow them to write.
Math Playground
Welcome to Math Playground, an action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!
Math: Illustrated Lessons for kids
"In this section, you will find some fun ways to learn about math. You can start out with Estimation of Length, Place Value and Weight and Capacity. If you want something more challenging, take a look at Line Symmetry, Patterns and Tangrams."
Free and Open Source Educational Software
The most amazing collection. Cut a disk for your teachers
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.
The Teacher Tap: Professional Development Resources for Educators
"The Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities. "
Dr Maths on Mxit- a mobile phone learning experience
What is it how does it work and how to set it up
Mobile E Learning For Africa
"A Danish – South African initiative offering Mobile solutions for Literacy Training and Skills Development."
Kontax - Mobile Phones for Literacy
Exploring the potential for increased reading and writing for 21st century teens through mobile phones, introducing a more interactive style of story writing and publishing that holds appeal to the participatory culture of youth.
Thoughts on Setting up a Student Created Wiki
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This really brought it home: "as we already know, the technology itself does not develop the skill, nor is it the teacher; the technology is only a tool, and teachers must remain committed to the collaborative process if students are to fully engage and develop the skills necessary to work collaboratively with their peers"
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hat is, as we already know, the technology
itself does not develop the skill, nor is it the teacher; the
technology is only a tool, and teachers must remain committed to the
collaborative process if students are to fully engage and develop the
skills necessary to work collaboratively with their peers
State of the Internet 2009: Pew Internet Project Findings and Implications for Libraries | Pew Internet & American Life Project
"Nearly ten years' worth of research conducted by The Pew Internet & American Life Project examines the growing role of technology in our lives, our changing expectations about how to find and use information, and the impact these changes will have on libraries and other institutions in the future."
Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less
A wonderful article about twitter in education
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Today’s students, she added, are going to need to have highly developed critical-thinking skills, be able to digest large amounts of information, and determine what’s important and what’s not. Those are the very kinds of skills they tend to use with Web 2.0 tools,
Horizon Report 2009 K12 Edition
"The first ever Horizon Report for the K12 sector describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies that will likely have a significant impact on K-12 education. "
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