"Transforming Education Through Technology"
This YouTube video shares ten benefits for using various technology tools in education.
Six design principles for the 21st century high school; understanding skills and outcomes
"5th Grade Teacher Lora Holt at LBJ Elementary in El Paso TX explains how she uses the Smart Board in her Science and Social Studies classes."
an article on connectivism from The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
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This YouTube video explains the premise and benefits of project-based learning.
The ideas of digital natives and digital immigrants are explained and supported in this amateur YouTube video.
This article explores the idea of connectivism and how it is impacted by technology in the current learning environment.
Dr. Jack McPherson of Heritage University explains the idea of constructivism.
Students from Robin Hood primary school in Birmingham, UK worked with a film crew from the National College for School Leadership to express their desire to use their favorite technologies for learning in school.
George Siemens of the University of Manitoba discusses connectivism, connective knowledge, and internet safety.
Internet "étiquette" and safety is the focus of this article.
This is a video that provides an overview of project-based learning, a hands-on approach to teaching in which students create schoolwork that demonstrates core subject knowledge.
"From cell phone and video games to Facebook and YouTube, digital media are changing the way young people play and socialize in the 21st century." This video is produced by the MacArthur Foundation.
"This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate district level leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so."
This article by Clarissa Davis, Earl Edmunds, Vivian Kelly-Batemanof the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, University of Georgia, addresses the learning theory of connectivism.
This YouTube video address the changing economic and technological landscape of our increasingly globalized society.
Scott McLeod presents arguments both for and against the use of technology in schools; he also looks at how assessment and test scores are affected by the use of technology.