Invisible_web. Tecarticle. Teacher 2.0: The Evidence (Techlearning blog) Misunderstandings About Reading and Media. I try to ignore those who don't believe children should use technology in schools by remembering what it is like to listen to one voice all day, no matter how interesting the person. I like what Henry Jenkins, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Comparative Media Studies Program, says about what turns kids on and how he sees the various technology gaps -- not just the digital divide or the knowledge divide, but the huge differences in the lives of those who do have access to technology and those who don't.
Jenkins lists the gaps as follows: The participation gap: unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow. The transparency problem: the challenges young people face in learning to see clearly the ways media shape perceptions of the world. As we learn to make our own media, think of the children who are told, "You don't need the media! I used to teach reading. 10 Things to Do With A Laptop. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Hello there!
If you are new here, you might want to <a href=" rel="nofollow"><strong>subscribe to the RSS feed</strong></a> for updates on this topic. <div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> I NEED TO READ “Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning” by Bob Johnstone Laptops are disruptive because of what they show what kids can do as confident thinkers and learners, but other changes happened also - some schools changed their my standard for what we do with computers is very high - there has been a historical conservator www.stager.org/learning2/ is the website of resources for this session Using logowriter requires.
Tech Teaches. Article on Computer Etiquette in Meetings. Innovate - Schools, Children, and Digital Technology: Building B. Is the pen still mighty in the computer age? - Page1 - MSN Tech. Unwrapping the Gifted. Majority of Canadian teens in survey report being bullied online. Cyber-bullyingis disturbingly common among Canadian teens, with a majority who responded to an online survey saying they have been bullied online, according to a report released Wednesday. The report, Cyber-bullying: Our Kids' New Reality, drew from nearly 2,500 responses to a survey conducted by Kids Help Phone between Dec. 20, 2006, and Jan. 20, 2007. Kids Help Phone and Bell Canada released the report in a handful of Canadian cities. More than 70 per cent of respondents to the survey reported that they have been bullied online, while 44 per cent said they have bullied someone online.
At least 38 per cent reported having experienced cyber-bullying within the last three months. "A large percentage of kids are experiencing bullying or are bullying others in cyberspace online, which was quite a surprise," Donna Hansplant, vice-president of counselling services for Kids Help Phone, told reporters in Toronto. Online bullying is powerful Ways to help. F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's A. The future of education. Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1. With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them through their upcoming academics.
With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. To me, the growing interest for web-based learning is amazing, which brought me to thinking; what if I were to consolodate some of the helpful online products and services that can help students, teachers and administrators alike? Well, I convinced myself. The following is a compilation of Web 2.0 products that I’ve personally researched and tested.
These services are grouped into two main categories: “Tools”; and “Office Applications”. Some more specific services include: organizers, gradebooks, research tools, document managers, diagrams, and more. Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 2Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 3 Organizers. Digital Storytelling Article. Empower student creativity with affordable and accessible technology. This how-to article accompanies the feature "Film School: Making Movies From Storyboard to Screen. " Storytelling is a vital skill with seemingly unlimited applications. Done well, it can have a magical effect -- moving, enlightening, or entertaining audiences of any size. We tell stories to woo lovers, calm children, or reassure ourselves. In today's digitized world, visual storytelling is a favorite classroom tool, and the affordability and accessibility of technology such as iMovie provides opportunities not imagined a decade ago. 1.
Think of movies you adore, movies you could watch again and again. 2. Though students need some knowledge of how to use equipment, teaching about technology should never be the focus of the curriculum. 3. Don't be intimidated if your students learn faster than you do. 4. Accept the fact that you will spend a portion of your time scratching your head, wondering, "Why won't that work? " 5. Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education. (Cross-posted from TechLearning) A moment of extreme clarity became an obsession for me last week. A session that I had prepared for the IL-TCE conference went from "Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom" to "Why Web 2.0 Is Important to the Future of Education.
" Then, as PowerPoint fever gripped me (OpenOffice.org Impress, actually), moving slides around as though they were puzzle pieces finally coming together correctly, I found my thoughts coalescing toward a bold conclusion and a final title change: "Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education. " It was not, I know, what I was supposed to talk about. But it felt so important, as though the idea needed me to say it out loud. And it was magnified by the impression I was having that we're about to have the biggest discussion about education and learning in decades, maybe longer. Trend #2: A Tidal Wave of Information. Trend #3: Everything Is Becoming Participative. Trend #6: An Explosion of Innovation. Trend #7: The World Gets Even Flatter and Faster. Digital Storytelling. Online version of this Article is at “What if creating, sharing, and getting feedback,” I asked, “on your digital stories was free, easy, and didn’t require loading software on your computer?”
Technology Applications:TEKS (TA:TEKS) teachers attending an August workshop on middle technology applications were some of the first teachers to find out in my school district. These teachers had a chance to see and use online digital storytelling tools. We threw out the curriculum, not because it wasn’t good, but because it’s important to find ways that engage our children using multiple forms of media—text, audio, video, etc. However, finding the right tools to use on older computers—ranging from Windows 98 to Windows XP—is a significant obstacles. Even though you can find digital storytelling—or creation—tools for every platform, it’s important to revisit old questions. Windows 98: Memories on the Web - Mac OS X: iMovie. Fast Talk: The Innovation Conversation. 101 Essential Blogging Resources. Encouraging Innovation in Our Schools.
The nation's governors, who met in Washington, DC, in February, voiced their support for educating our students for a globally competitive world. Here's what the recent National Governors Association newsletter reported. "A central focus of the meeting was NGA chair and Arizona governor Janet Napolitano's Innovation America initiative. A recent survey conducted for the NGA found most Americans believe the nation's governors should lead the way in encouraging innovation in our schools and the economy. "Governors welcome the charge, but they also recognize they face a great challenge in preparing students and workers for increasing globalization and international competition.
"Governors concluded the meeting by reaffirming their commitment to creating highly skilled students and workers, higher-paying jobs, and a more vibrant economy. " The Innovation America initiative talks about increasing student proficiency in STEM. We've been hearing that for some time. See more see less. America: The Growing Digital Divide. A new study (pdf) published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that there is a growing digital divide across America. John B. Horrigan’s analysis of America’s use of Web 2.0 and information and communications technology in the broader sense shows that whilst a reasonable number of Americans are embracing new technology and Web 2.0, a disturbing number are either not getting the message, or are choosing not to participate. 31% of Americans are considered to be “Elite Tech Users”, where as 49% have few tech assets, either engaging with the online world only on occasion, or not at all. 8% of people are considered to be “omnivores” which the study describes as being Web 2.0 devotes, highly engaged with video online and digital content; “creative participants in cyberspace”.
Is the switch off factor strictly a question of Age? It would be easy to conclude that as an industry our message is not getting across as well it should be. Slow Leadership: How to Kill Creativity. ASCD. O'Reilly -- What Is Web 2.0. By Tim O'Reilly 09/30/2005 Oct. 2009: Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle answer the question of "What's next for Web 2.0? " in Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On. The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web.
Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other. The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. In the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google.
This article is an attempt to clarify just what we mean by Web 2.0. 1. Future School. Eyetrack III - What You Most Need to Know. The Best of Eyetrack III: What We Saw When We Looked Through Their Eyes By Steve Outing and Laura Ruel Eyetrack III project managers ( Este artículo está disponible en español ) News websites have been with us for about a decade, and editors and designers still struggle with many unanswered questions: Is homepage layout effective? ... What effect do blurbs on the homepage have compared to headlines? ... The Eyetrack III research released by The Poynter Institute , the Estlow Center for Journalism & New Media , and Eyetools could help answer those questions and more. In Eyetrack III, we observed 46 people for one hour as their eyes followed mock news websites and real multimedia content.
Let's get to the key results of the study, but first, a quick comment on what this study is and is not: It is a preliminary study of several dozen people conducted in San Francisco. At the core: Homepage layout Depending on page layout, of course, this pattern can vary. Want people to read, not scan? A Home Where Bloggers Can Plumb Those Obscure Passions - New Yor.