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October 13th, 2012 Digital Resources, Key Topics, Leadership & Policy, Professional Development 1 Comment »

Teachers make money selling materials online – Yahoo! News

SEATTLE (AP) — Kristine Nannini spent her summer creating wall charts and student data sheets for her fifth grade class — and making $24,000 online by selling those same materials to other teachers.

Teachers like Nannini are making extra money providing materials to their cash-strapped and time-limited colleagues on curriculum sharing sites like teacherspayteachers.com, providing an alternative to more traditional — and generally more expensive — school supply stores. Many districts, teachers and parents say these sites are saving teachers time and money, and giving educators a quick way to make extra income.

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October 10th, 2012 Digital Resources, Key Topics, Online Education, Professional Development No Comments »

Why I Gave Up Flipped Instruction

A little over a year ago I wrote a post about the flipped classroom, why I loved it, and how I used it. I have to admit, the flip wasn’t the same economic and political entity then that it is now. And in some ways, I think that matters.

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September 29th, 2012 Educational Theory, Key Topics No Comments »

Education Week: Q&A: Quest for ‘Digital Wisdom’ Hinges on Brains and Machines

Marc Prensky has written a number of books about the integration of technology and education. In his latest, Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom, he argues that technology can be used to enhance the human brain and improve the way people process information.

 

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September 25th, 2012 Digital Resources, Key Topics No Comments »

Thinking Tools – Edgalaxy: Where Education and Technology Meet. | Diigo

THE WEBS BEST COLLECTION OF THINKING TOOLS

Thinking Tools – Edgalaxy: Where Education and Technology Meet. | Diigo.

September 22nd, 2012 Digital Resources, Key Topics 1 Comment »

Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom

The proper place of social media in the classroom remains a mystery to most people, with Wikipedia standing as the biggest, baddest new media nemesis of them all.

Wikipedia remains misunderstood because many educators have yet to recognize the distinction between Wikipedia as a tool for teaching and Wikipedia as a tool for research. Unfortunately, fear of the latter has blinded most to the possibilities of the former. I believe Wikipedia to be an effective tool for both.

Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom.

September 21st, 2012 1-to-1, Leadership & Policy, Mobile Devices, Professional Development No Comments »

Strong School Leaders Key to Solving Digital Age Education Challenges – Transforming Learning – Education Week

School leaders recognize this better than anyone. As they face escalating demands for accountability, the rise in mobile-learning technologies, shrinking resources, implementation of Common Core Standards, the balancing of instruction and assessment — the list is seemingly endless — leaders are grappling with identifying pragmatic solutions to these digital age dilemmas.

Strong School Leaders Key to Solving Digital Age Education Challenges – Transforming Learning – Education Week.

September 19th, 2012 Key Topics, Leadership & Policy, Professional Development No Comments »

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making: What Works Clearinghouse

This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students’ academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.

 

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making: What Works Clearinghouse.

September 7th, 2012 1-to-1, Leadership & Policy, Mobile Devices No Comments »

Are Schools Prepared to Let Students BYOD?| The Committed Sardine

By Peter DeWitt on August 26, 2012 2:43 PM
http://blogs.edweek.org

“Districts wading into the “bring-your-own-technology,” or BYOT, waters are wrangling with which issues should be tackled through districtwide policy, and which should fall under school-level procedural codes. In the process, they’re trying to leave room to solve unanswered legal questions about Internet security and privacy.” Quillen (Education Week)

As our students get older, they become more responsible…we hope. A laptop or tablet has replaced the notebook and pen over the past few years since our present technological explosion. Many students can’t wait until the age that their teachers allow them to bring in their own devices. Unfortunately, no matter the level, not all students are encouraged to bring technology into the classroom. And those that are encouraged to do so, may not be doing it for the right reasons.

Are Schools Prepared to Let Students BYOD?| The Committed Sardine.

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