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21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020
"Last night I read and posted the clip on '21 Things That Became Obsolete in the Last Decade'. Well, just for kicks, I put together my own list of '21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020'."
Tablet PCs: Students Sound Off
"A quick, non-scientific poll conducted today suggests that the students prefer the Tablet PCs over paper and pen. "
Catch yourself doing something worth sharing
"Catch yourself doing something worth sharing. You don't have to tweet it or anything like that. Just start recognizing what's worth sharing."
Media Literacy Week - November 2-6, 2009
Media Literacy Week was conceived in 2006 under the name National Media Education Week to promote media literacy as a key component in the education of young people and to encourage the integration and the practice of media education in Canadian homes, schools and communities.
Planning, hard work can cut college costs in half
"Starting in the junior year of high school and taking just one, four-credit community college class for the fall, spring and summer semesters would shave almost a full year off a four-year tuition tab. "
Why am I doing this?
"Teachers who resist integrating technology do so partly because they see limited value added. In addition -- as they are learning -- they see time and energy lost, and they anticipate frustration when things don't go smoothly. They ask, "Why bother?" It's a valid question. "
Blogging Guidelines for Schools
"The purpose of this document is to assist schools in developing a policy for the safe and educationally appropriate use of web-logs or blogs. Although the document addresses blogs specifically, the concepts can be applied to the use of a variety of read/write web tools designed to facilitate communication, commonly called Web2.0"
Google Apps K-12 Lesson Plans using Docs, Sites, and Calendar.
"Easily incorporate Google Apps into your curriculum with these classroom-ready lesson plans."
Instructional Strategies For Engaging Learners
"Here you will find several ideas for activating learning, strategies for helping students process and retain information, and ways for you to have your students summarize what they have learned."
Learning from Mistakes Takes the Right Feedback
Mistakes, claims Jonah Lehrer, “should be cultivated and carefully investigated.” To the brain, “Disappointment is educational.”
Box of Tricks - Technology and Education
Essentially, I am just a guy who has the outrageously ridiculous idea that I can contribute towards making a difference in the way we teach today by occasionally rambling on about it on this blog…
Readin', writin' and raidin': the World of Warcraft learning experience
Gillespie founded an after-school “club” for these students with WoW being the focal point for exploring writing, literacy, mathematics, digital citizenship and online safety.
Canadian History Goes Interactive In Ontario
With games students have to make decisions. In the process of playing and replaying, they learn about agency in history. Why things happened the way they did," says Kee, who has worked as a director at the National Film Board.
Five ways to use your VLE / LP to support homework
Well, it might not make you the most popular teacher, but if used well it can support colleagues and students with managing, tracking and even handing in homework. So, without much of a fanfare, and based purely on my thoughts after this morning here are Five Ways to use your VLE or Learning Platform to support homework.
Education without Communication
However, it feels as if something more is missing: Perhaps it is the ability for students to interact with each other and the teachers in the classroom. The increased use of educational technology has come between teachers and students, students and their peers.
Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use.
Why Our Current Education System Is Failing
For most of my life (along with millions of other students) I have been taught to believe that the secret to a successful life is to get outstanding grades. Slowly over the years however, I have discovered this premise to be completely false.
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