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Our focus with this site is to provide information on the portable handheld digital still camera and how it can be used to assist in the educational process.
A new lesson plan: Technology and culture change the face of Lawrence schools / LJWorld.com
Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies
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Declarations concerning the unique capacities and challenges of digital forms
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In digital forms, students, even very young students, are often more literate in the technical aspects of digital production than many of their teachers. Many students are frequently exposed to popular technologies, have the leisure time to experiment with their own production, develop the social connections that encourage peer teaching and learning, and may have access to more advanced technology than is available at school. The "definitions" of multimodal composing may be written by educators, but they will most likely have first been pioneered by these young people.
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Digital Directors Guild
Student-created digital movies present teachers and students a chance to explore topics that are personally important while providing opportunities for the writing process, content investigation, collaborative and authentic assessment, as well as 21st Century technology skills.
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The Digital Directors
Guild (http://www.ddguild.org) has
been developed to provide a space in which K-16 educators can explore
digital moviemaking, its place in the curriculum, and its impact on student
learning.
Young people's writing: Attitudes, behaviour and the role of technology
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Writing is an important issue in the UK today. While children’s and young people’s writing
standards steadily improved until 2006, levels have not increased in recent years. Writing is
much more than just an educational issue – it is an essential skill that allows people to
participate fully in today’s society and to contribute to the economy.
Relatively little is known about young people’s views about writing in the UK. The key
objectives of this survey were therefore: to explore how much young people enjoy writing, what type of
writing they engage in, how good at writing they think they are, what they think about writing and what the role of technology is in young people's writing.
This report outlines the findings from 3001 pupils aged 9-16 from England and Scotland, who completed an online survey in May 2009. It explores gender and age differences, and examines the link between socio-economic background (in terms of free school meals) and writing. Furthermore, it explores young people's writing with respect to mobile phone ownership, having a blog and having a profile on a social networking site. It concludes with practical and policy implications.
Technology Integration Matrix
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The
Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use
technology to enhance learning for K-12 students
Education World ® Technology Center: Smile! Digital Cameras Can Make Your Day
Teachers across the country and around the world are discovering the many valuable uses for digital cameras; uses that both engage students and make their own professional lives easier. So, what are you waiting for?
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"The main issue teachers need to be aware of when using digital cameras with students is the risk of damage to the camera," Miller pointed out. "Digital cameras are still relatively expensive, so students must be taught proper handling and safety rules when using the camera. I do one-on-one training sessions with students to ensure that they understand how to handle the camera. Then, when students 'pass' the required training and demonstrate knowledge of the careful handling rules, I take their picture and issue an 'Official Photographer' pass with the student's picture on the front and the rules on the back. Whenever a student is to use the camera, he or she must show the pass (just like a photographer for a newspaper or other press)."
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"The second most important issue to remember is ensuring that students take appropriate
photographs," Miller added. "The ease of using a digital camera allows students to snap many nonsense pictures. Plan on spending some time going over basic photography rules with students and explaining how to frame or set up a picture before it's taken. Some casual snapshots are okay and encouraged, but they need to be aware that some are inappropriate and to be able to judge for themselves what they should or should not photograph. You should also teach students to be choosy about the pictures they choose to print. Although paper and ink are less expensive than the cost of buying film and developing regular pictures, students still can't be wasteful." - 2 more annotations...
Education World ® Technology Center: Quick! Get the (Digital) Camera!
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"One of the main goals of students using technology (after the normal ones of getting comfortable, doing research, and putting the results into a project) is to become creators of content," Nansen said. "Pictures of field trips or area events, local historical or geographical sites, of the school and city, documentaries of athletic and cultural events, and artistic photography all are great examples of students creating content.
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Sally Jenkins, who teaches Minot's gifted and talented students pointed out another good reason for using digital photography in the classroom. "Careful, purposeful observation is one of those skills that is not spelled out in the curriculum, yet is fundamental to many of the skills and 'pieces of content' we want our students to master," Jenkins said. "Looking through the eye of a lens gives another perspective that is so important when looking for the 'big picture' or zooming in on a detail. Both viewpoints can be a starting point to draw conclusions, test a hypothesis, or creatively interpret what we see. Common things become uncommon; the expected becomes a surprise -- all because our skills of observation are bound by what we see through the viewfinder. You can see this skill put to practice in the work of an artist (Georgia O'Keefe for example) or in science or in..."
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ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Technology and Copyright Law: A “Futurespective”
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Overview
In this lesson, students will research and report on several instances of how copyright law—from the Statute of Anne to the Digital Millennium Act—have adapted to encompass new technologies. They will write newspaper articles predicting the outcome of current copyright disputes related to technology and predicting copyright issues that may arise with new and future technologies. -
- research past and current copyright issues related to new technologies.
- report on their research.
- write newspaper articles predicting the future.
Student Objectives
Students will - research past and current copyright issues related to new technologies.
WNYRIC | EETT Grant
21st century technology leaders face the challenge of improving teacher technology literacy in the face of shrinking budgets, limited time, and lack of buy-in.
NYSED:P-16: Education Technology
Educational Technology Policy and Programs
:EdTech:NYSED: Office of Educational Technology Policy and Programs
An educational technology plan is now under development for the University of the State of New York (USNY). This plan includes a mission and a vision of technology for teaching and learning, high-level action statements, and a proposed time frame for imp
The Lifelong Learning Toolbelt
"think we need to refocus professional development on learning how to learn with technology. The vast majority of professional development focused on technology is focused on creating a product, i.e. movies, podcasts, documents, etc."
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