Now you can use with your students #woki for #education #edtech20 #edtools #edchat. Business Schools With a Social Appeal. Twitter can improve student performance, study says. Twitter can play role in higher attainment and better engagement, study finds.
Sarah Cunnane reports The sight of students fiddling with their mobile phones and laptops as they tweet their way through lectures is enough to drive many academics up the wall. But according to a study at Lock Haven University in the US, tweeting could be used to improve academic performance. Rey Junco, associate professor in the department of academic development and counselling, assessed the impact of using Twitter as a teaching tool on students taking a pre-health course at the institution, which is a member of the Pennsylvania state system. Separating the students into two groups, he asked one to use the social-networking site Ning to communicate with lecturers while the other used Twitter. Professor Junco, who co-authored the paper with two colleagues, admitted that the exercise had required significant commitment on the part of academics as well as students.
Education Week's Digital Directions: Mobile Apps for Education Evolving. Published Online: February 4, 2011 Published in Print: February 9, 2011, as Apps for Ed.
Educational Resources. So The Journey Begins: 30 Goals Challenge for Educators #30Goals. Posted by Shelly Terrell on Sunday, January 30th 2011 Over 4600 educators joined the The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators since January 2010.
The 2011 journey for The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators begins officially tomorrow, February 1st! Watch the video or listen to the podcast for more details. The reflection will mostly be through video blogging on The 30 Goals Youtube Playlist, podcasting, and supporting each other on various social networks/mobile apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, and 43 Things.
You will also read very short related posts in this blog and at Lisa Dabb’s (@TeachingwthSoul) Teaching With Soul blog. Exciting News!!! Test-Taking Cements Knowledge Better Than Studying, Researchers Say. 'Cruel' cuts that could silence generation - News - TES Connect. Comment:Last Updated:28 January, 2011Section:FE news Changes to support for adults on benefits would be a major setback for Esol provision While some funding cuts have seen students take to the streets, others have received less attention.
Innovations in Teacher Prep Programs. During the past couple years, teacher preparation programs have been taking a lot of heat.
Everyone from the Secretary of Education to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) is concerned about the performance of colleges of education, calling for teacher education to be "turned upside down" in this country. And the National Council on Teacher Quality and U.S. What is Technology Education. What is Technology? What is technology in the school curriculum? Technology Education Goals. iPads find their way to classrooms. Video transcript In this Singapore classroom, you won't find textbooks, but the Apple iPad.
About 30 of them in fact. As part of efforts to change the teaching and learning environment, about 150 students and teachers at the Nanyang Girl's High School have been given their own personal iPads. For the lucky, it spells the end of heavy bags and books, and having alot fun in the process (SOUNDBITE) (English) 14-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, CHLOE CHEN, SAYING: "I think it is a very fresh experience and of course like other classmates of mine I think it's really very fun. Forum: Watercooler (open discussion)
Forum: Watercooler (open discussion) Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites for Education by @dkapuler via @techlearning #edtech20 #edreform #edchat #ntchat #lak11. Are you ready to lead in an Education Nation? « Teaching with Soul. 100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education via @mashable #edtech20 #rscon11 lak11 #edchat #eltchat. What Would YOU Teach Students About Technology? {educational technology, 21st century learning, innovative education}
Six Ways to Deal With Anxiety. Preparing Students for Success by Helping Them Discover and Develop Their Passions. Internet Safety Online Curriculum. Building a Successful Online Community - Social Media FTW - ViralSO Tutorials. HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags. One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag, a topic with a hash symbol ("#") at the start to identify it.
Twitter hashtags like #followfriday help spread information on Twitter while also helping to organize it. The hashtag is a favorite tool of conferences and event organizers, but it's also a way for Twitter users to organize themselves: if everyone agrees to append a certain hashtag to tweets about a topic, it becomes easier to find that topic in search, and more likely the topic will appear in Twitter's Trending Topics.
Video Break: "Waiting for 'Superman'" Kids Meet Obama - Teaching Now. Teacher Experience Exchange. Wireless Connectivity and a Bedoin: Student Video. Up late working on the Flat Classroom book and I chatted Julie for encouragement. She sent me this video that has just been posted from remote Oman to this semester's Flat Classroom project and I remembered why I'm doing this. Children Have Changed History; Can They Change Education? This week we came across four different content pieces that coalesced in a single thought in our head: children have changed history, and they must be the ones who lead change in education.
The first piece is the best example of the power of a child to change history since a fictional young boy shouted "but the Emperor has nothing at all on. " Letters of Note featured a letter from 11yo Grace Bedell to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, in which she urged, "let your whiskers grow...you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President. " Lincoln responded coolly, but heeded young Grace's advice, grew one of the most famous beards in history, was elected president, and 150 years later, politicians still try to claim his mantle.
The third post is one of the most wonderful ones I've read since we began this journey. Mark E. Founder & CEO. News / November 24, 2010. Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious. The 2010 Edublog. Bienvenue sur Facebook. Home. Teach, learn ,play in XXI Century using free tools and applications Web 2.0 , social media eSafety - social networking. National Ed Tech Plan Puts Technology at the Heart of Education Reform. Policy | News National Ed Tech Plan Puts Technology at the Heart of Education Reform United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the final version of the Obama administration's National Educational Technology Plan (NETP), a federal policy statement that puts technology at the heart of proposed changes to the way education is delivered in this country.
The secretary spoke to education leaders this morning at the 2010 SETDA Leadership Summit and Education Forum, an annual event of the State Educational Technology Directors Association. 25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps For Teachers. Diving into a rich and overwhelming social network like Twitter can be difficult. I know of many teachers and academic-minded people who are still unsure about the merits of the tool or are simply unsure where to start. The following 10 (+1 bonus!) Beginner’s guides to Twitter each do a tremendous job at informing without confusing. If you’re not new to Twitter and just want to take a refresher course in why you actually joined the network in the first place, you may want to check out any one of these guides.
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“Second Life in Education … an introduction” (presentation links & resources) Ed Resource Toolbar Download. Media Education across the Curriculum. What is media education?