As you can see on my main pearltrees page I have my websites broken down in to subjects such as portable devices, news in education, Web .20 tools, tools for teachers, blooms and common core related, and even Professaionl development sites. This helps to quickly locate what you are looking for. Hope you enjoy the site. Fair Use Checklist. Introduction to the Checklist The Fair Use Checklist and variations on it have been widely used for many years to help educators, librarians, lawyers, and many other users of copyrighted works determine whether their activities are within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act). Fair use is determined by a balanced application of four factors set forth in the statute: (1) the purpose of the use; (2) the nature of the work used; (3) the amount and substantiality of the work used; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work used.
Those factors form the structure of this checklist. Congress and courts have offered some insights into the specific meaning of the factors, and those interpretations are reflected in the details of this form. Benefits of the Checklist A proper use of this checklist should serve two purposes. The Checklist as Roadmap Further Information Creative Commons Simple requests to users. College vs. career a false choice for students. May 07, 2012|By Lawrence M. Rivitz In 2002, a handful of technology powerhouses — Apple, Microsoft, SAP — realized there was a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they would need to compete in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.
They formed the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, which since then has published countless guides, lobbied the federal government and partnered with educational leadership in 16 states to position 21st century readiness at the center of U.S. K-12 education. What are 21st century skills? Often called "soft" skills, they include creativity and innovation, critical thinking, communication and collaboration. More so than any individual "hard" skill, these are what our graduates will need to succeed in the workforce of the future. Yet, many of our schools have not made the full transition to address the 21st century workplace. Some would say we've made considerable strides since then. Android Tablet for Indian Schools to Cost Just $35 Per Unit. Published on: Note -- this news article is more than a year old. By: Ian Mansfield The Indian government has launched a new low cost Android based tablet device that will be distributed to schools in the country.
The device will cost the government US$49.98, but will then be subsidised to US$35 per unit. This current phase was a pilot to procure 100,000 devices. These devices are now being distributed to students all over the country so that they can be extensively tested in various climatic and usage conditions. The feedback obtained from the testing will form an input into the design of the next version of the device. The Aakash UbiSlate 7 tablet comes with a 366 Mhz processor and 256MB of RAM along with a 2GB Flash Memory. The screen is a 7-inch display with 800x480 pixel resolution and connectivity is Wi-Fi only. Tags: android tablet India. Shaping Tech for the Classroom. 21st-century schools need 21st-century technology. Credit: Bill Duke The biggest question about technology and schools in the 21st century is not so much "What can it do?
" but, rather, "When will it get to do it? " We all know life will be much different by 2100. Will school? First, it helps to look at the typical process of technology adoption (keeping in mind, of course, that schools are not typical of anything.) Dabbling.Doing old things in old ways.Doing old things in new ways.Doing new things in new ways. Until recently, we have mostly been dabbling with technology in our schools: A few Apples here. Old Things in Old Ways When a new technology appears, our first instinct is always to continue doing things within the technology the way we've always done it.
That is almost exclusively what we now do with educational technology. People certainly are putting courses, curricula, and lesson plans online. But new technology still faces a great deal of resistance. Old Things in New Ways. There Are No Technology Shortcuts to Good Education. Kentaro Toyama There are no technology shortcuts to good education. For primary and secondary schools that are underperforming or limited in resources, efforts to improve education should focus almost exclusively on better teachers and stronger administrations. Information technology, if used at all, should be targeted for certain, specific uses or limited to well-funded schools whose fundamentals are not in question. (Caveat: Because this article was written for an audience most interested in government-funded primary and secondary education in developing countries, words like “wealthy,” “average,” and “typical” should be read with that context in mind.
To back these assertions, I’ll draw on four different lines of evidence. The history of electronic technologies in schools is fraught with failures. The inescapable conclusion is that significant investments in computers, mobile phones, and other electronic gadgets in education are neither necessary nor warranted for most school systems. Three Essential Tips for New Online Training Designers. One of the biggest challenges online training developers have is that they often have no background in online training.
Online training is very different than face-to-face training, yet many classroom trainers inherit the online learning developer role simply because their organization has decided to begin offering online training. This is further complicated by the various reasons that many organizations venture into online training, such as scalability, cost savings, and optimized resource use. These are decisions of budget, not of learning and performance. Is it any wonder that many online learning developers are metaphorically taking the square peg of traditional classroom workshops and trying to fit it into the round hole of online training? We need to first understand the differences between online training and traditional classroom training.
So where does someone new to the field of online learning design begin? Read. I can’t emphasize this enough. That’s not design. Demystifying ICT4E Terminology: 10 Acronyms and Names You Should Know. Last week, amidst reading the various blogs and tweets for Open Education Week , I came across several acronyms that were unfamiliar.
Terms like Edupunk and Aakash are just a few of the terms that you simply have to “be in the know” in order to know. Anyone new to the field of information and communication technology for education (ICT4E) might be a little overwhelmed at first by the plethora of acronyms, terminology, and program and developer names that pervades internet searches and tweets. Whether you’re an education professional looking for new opportunities to use technology in a development project, or a seasoned ICT4D veteran exploring the new advances being made in open education, there’s usually a new term that pops up, sometimes coined at a recent conference, that might be unfamiliar.
So to offer some clarification, here are some ICT4E terms you should know: ICT4E: Information and Communication Technology for Education BYOD: Bring Your Own Device OCWs are a type of OER. 50 new tech tools you should know about. You may have dozens of apps on your phone and scores of websites bookmarked on your laptop, but that doesn't mean you have all the latest tech tools at your fingertips. New mobile apps, services, social networks and other digital tools pop up so frequently that keeping up with them is a nearly impossible task.
Just when you think you're up to date, something newer and hipper comes along. But before you wave the white flag, let us help. Once again we have sorted through hundreds of new and emerging tech tools to bring you 50 of the most buzzworthy ones. (Last year's list can be found here.) These apps and services can help you do everything from shooting better smartphone photos to cataloging your bottle-cap collection to finding the best pad Thai in your city. Not all of them are brand new, but we've probably listed some you haven't heard of. Which of your favorite new tech tools did we leave out? 360 Panorama (99 cents): Want to enhance your smartphone landscape photos? Common Core: Seven Opportunities to Transform English Language Arts Curriculum. Brenda Overturf is a member of the International Reading Association's Board of Directors.
You can reach her at boverturf[AT]reading[DOT]org. This is part two of a three-part series that examines the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Part One introduced CCSS and provided context for those new to the standards. Part Two will review the key features that offer opportunities for educators to transform their teaching. In Part Three, we will take a look at how various states are starting to implement the standards. As educators start to understand and implement the CCSS, many are forming professional learning communities and statewide development teams, as well as regional and national consortiums of state representatives. These efforts are intended to use the standards as the basis for a new curriculum situated within a framework of effective classroom instruction. 1) Interdisciplinary Learning 2) Argumentation 3) Text Complexity 4) Text Exemplars 5) Close Reading of Text.
New App Tells Teachers When Students Are Confused. Much has been said about how connected devices, whether in college lecture halls or elementary school classrooms, can distract students. GoSoapBox aims to show how such devices can also help keep class on track. The startup, which is launching Tuesday, makes a web-based app that serves as a constant back-channel to classroom discussion. Students can use it to post questions about the lecture, vote up questions their classmates have already submitted, set their statuses to "confused," and contribute to polls and questions posted by the teacher. "With the app, students are less likely to get distracted because they’re staying engaged with the material," says GoSoapBox co-founder and CEO John Pytel, who says he got the idea while attending large lectures at Michigan State University. "The questions they have are getting answered.
" To use the service, teachers pay $15 per month or $90 per year, and 1,300 of them have already enrolled in the free beta program. 21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020. What Will Education Look Like in 2020? Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover.