The Teenagers Guide to Opting Out Not Dropping Out of School Professional Development Guides These free instructional guides, formerly known as the Teaching Modules, were developed by education faculty and professional developers for their colleagues. They can be employed as extension units in existing courses or can be used independently in workshops and meetings. Each guide includes articles, links to video footage, PowerPoint presentations, and class activities. They draw from the wealth of Edutopia's archives of best practices and correlate with ISTE NETS standards. We will update these modules over time, and we welcome your suggestions for future topics and feedback. Mountlake Terrace High School: Eeva Reeder (pictured) developed and implemented an architecture assignment for her geometry students in which they design a school and consult with local experts. Project-Based Learning Professional Development Guide Project-based learning, as with all lessons, requires much preparation and planning. Handhelds Go to Class: Technology Integration Professional Development Guide
9 Great Articles about The 21st Century Education I am sharing with you in this post that features the most successful articles I have covered in the section of the 21 st century education.These posts have been viewed thousands of times and I deemed it necessary to amass them all in one article to make it easy and accessible for everyone. Just a brief of overview before you start reading the list. If you are an educator or teacher which I am pretty sure most of you here are then you will find the following articles helpful in building a general concept about the importance of technology in teaching and how we can have a hand in the right implementation of this technology into our classrooms. The aim is to promote learning and sharpen our students skills and equip them with the right tools to succeed in the 21st century world market. 1- The 21st Century Skills Teachers Should Have 2- The 21st Century Teaching Tips for Educators 3- The 21st Century Pedagogy in Teaching 4- The 21st Century Letter to Education
12 Most Important Things to Know about Kids Today Ask most people what comes to mind when they think about “kids today”. If you’ve sampled the literature about Gen Y or The Millennials, you’re likely to hear that kids today are over-corrected, entitled, arrogant, irresponsible, directionless, and apathetic. With twitter-sized attention spans—these kids lack values, character, and basic civility. They have been labeled, tagged, earmarked, and characterized in a multiplicity of ways, but nothing sets them apart more from other generations than the fact that kids of today are most certainly unlike any other generation of kids we have known. As a veteran educator, parent, and mentor; I couldn’t agree more. 1. It takes just a minute of conversation with young learners to confirm their intellect, insight, and potential for genius. 2. This generation is extremely optimistic. Even though we are 12 and 13 years old, We can make a difference. 3. 4. Kids today have redefined themselves as learners, teachers, and leaders. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
10 ways to change the minds of tech-reluctant staff We often hear about tech-savvy educators and administrators who have an array of best practices and whose love for technology is evident. But as anyone who’s ever been part of a school or district knows, not all teachers and administrators are as comfortable or familiar with technology. In a recent “Question of the Week,” we asked our tech-savvy readers: “How do you get tech-reluctant teachers and administrators to use technology effectively?” Here are our readers’ top answers (edited for brevity). 1. “To get educational staff on board with tech, encourage and support them using tech for their non-work purposes. 2. “As a principal, I make time to offer and teach the [professional development] myself. “During the past 12 years, and through all of the technology changes we have encountered, I have found that the most effective way to get others to effectively use technology is by modeling.
Reasons Why Facebook is Revolutionizing Education The 21st century has witnessed a stunning technological revolution touching every facet of our life. The way people used to interact with internet has radically changed , users are no longer just static consumers of the information but active contributors and makers of online content. It is thanks to the introduction of web 2.0 technologies that human knowledge has finally been liberated and is made accessible to everyone and at anytime. I will not be talking about internet in its general scope but will rather tailor my topic to cover just a very important element called social networks and particularly Facebook and its uses in education. Teacher's Guide to Using Facebook (Read Fullscreen) Why Facebook and not other social networking websites ? Generally speaking, all social networking websites have their own importance in education but the degree of each one of them vary accordning to its widespread, popularity and the usefulness of its features. Pros of Facebook in education
REGARDS SUR LE NUMERIQUE: Blog - Jean-Michel Fourgous : « Nous avons besoin de passer à une pédagogie plus participative et collaborative » RSLNmag est édité par Microsoft et se consacre à l’analyse et au décryptage du monde numérique.. Il ne rendra ses conclusions que dans six mois mais Jean-Michel Fourgous a déjà une idée de tous les atouts que l’école, du primaire au secondaire, pourrait tirer du numérique. Interview. Quel est le but de la mission que vous a confiée François Fillon ? Mener une réflexion sur la pédagogie à l’heure du numérique. La formation des professeurs doit-elle évoluer ? Oui, il est nécessaire de sensibiliser les professeurs au numérique. Justement, comment les outils numériques peuvent-ils être utilisés en classe ? A Elancourt, nous avons équipé toutes les classes en TNI (tableau numérique interactif) et en visioconférence pour les cours d’anglais, avec un professeur anglais ou américain. Cela signifie-t-il que nous nous dirigeons vers une école à la carte et individualisée ? Non, car il impossible de ne plus avoir de tronc commun. A condition d’être bien équipé car l’école numérique représente un budget. Effectivement, à l’échelle d’une ville, on dépasse très vite le million d’euros.
What makes a good teacher as far as technology is concerned? I'm interested in exploring this question, which I have phrased very carefully. I think whether you're a teacher of information and communications technology, or someone who teaches with educational technology, there are some common denominators of what makes the teaching good. These are all my ideas and conjectures; I have stated them as though they are facts purely in order to avoid clumsy circumlocutions. The first requirement is a willingness to experiment and take chances. For example, I came across a program a few years ago which made commenting on a student's work very easy: it was possible to give comprehensive feedback in only 5 minutes by clicking various buttons. Clearly, it was the sort of 'solution' you may wish to use with one or two special case students, but not with whole classes. Not everything is within the individual teacher's control. A third requirement is for intellectual honesty. Secondly, take a cost-benefit approach.
Webinar with Alan November and Dr. Eric Mazur This is a very special episode of our podcast series. It’s an archived recording of our first of what we hope will be many live webinars complete with audience Q&A at the end. In this conversation, Alan talks again to Dr. Dr. Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Ce que traduit la peur de la distraction La lecture de la semaine, il s’agit de quelques extraits d’un entretien que Cathy Davidson a donné le 21 août dernier au magazine en ligne Salon. Cathy Davidson enseigne les études interdisciplinaires à l’Université de Duke en Caroline du Nord et elle est l’auteure d’un livre intitulé Now you see it qui traite de la manière dont les travaux sur l’attention vont transformer notre manière de vivre, de travailler et de penser. Dans cet article de Salon, elle est interrogée sur les enfants et sur la manière dont nouvelles technologies modifient le cerveau des enfants, pas forcément dans le mauvais sens. Cathy Davidson commence par expliquer que le discours sur les nouvelles technologies et les enfants a complètement changé après la tuerie de Colombine (en 1999 deux adolescents avaient tué à l’arme automatique 13 de leurs condisciples et professeurs). Xavier de la Porte
Is CALL outdated? Through both my own interest and the influence of my MA course, I’ve been sending out prompts for dialogue on Twitter, on Facebook and in my office regarding the integration of technology in our classes in terms of the familiar (and purportedly outdated) abbreviation CALL (Computer-assisted language learning), which has been met with a polarised set of opinions. Feel free to chime in. My desire for discussion stems from the Bax article, “CALL – Past, Present and Future” (2003), which responds to CALL’s phases put forth by Warschauer & Healey’s “Computers and language learning: An overview” (1998) and develops the concept of technology’s normalisation in the language learning classroom. This discussion is by no means new1, but maybe we’ve been discussing what’s not practical at this point. So integrated into daily life that we don’t consider it special (Source: The New Yorker, 2011) But first, I think it’s warranted to summarise one of Bax’s points. 1984 was a big year for computers