It's Time to Disrupt the System - Getting Smart by Alison Anderson -
For as long as I have been involved in education, the focus for finding the key to fixing education has always been about providing professional development for the teachers and administrators. The philosophy is top-down with the intent that knowledge will eventually trickle down to benefit the students. But, during one of the two ISTE Ignite sessions, I listened to the well respected “education disruptionist,” Will Richardson, sum up 19 of his bold beliefs about education in exactly five minutes. In the last few years, technology has invaded, like it or not, and the school experience is shifting faster than ever. I live in a state where this approach seems to be generally moving very slow and NOT always in the right direction. It’s Time to Shift Our Focus It’s time for students to take control of their own learning instead of waiting for the technology to be handed to them! It’s Time to Try New Things Our kids have proven they want and are ready to use technology to function.
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3 Ways to Use Wordle for More Than Fluff
The visual word clouds created by Wordle and other word cloud services on the web aren’t anything new, they’ve been around for a few years. However, like a great many newer web 2.0 tools, I quite often see a lot of ineffective use of these tools in the classroom. That’s not to say I think the teachers themselves are ineffective, in fact it’s usually the most tech savvy and educational effective teachers that are using tools like Wordle. However, as even these tech savvy teachers keep up with the changing landscape of educational tools, not enough time is often available to closely examine a new website to carefully dissect what the tool is capable of, and how it might be used most effectively. Too often a larger number of teachers get caught up in the “wow” factor of some great new ability of the read/write web (does anyone still use that term anymore?), and immediately starts working the new-found website into a class project. Visual Data Improving Student Writing
8 grandes ideas para el aprendizaje constructivista
8 grandes ideas detrás del Laboratorio de Aprendizaje Construccionista es un trabajo desarrollado por Sylvia Martínez en el blog reaprender (ha traducido al castellano las ideas propuestas en la tesis creada por el Dr. Seymour Papert (1999) La primera gran idea es aprender haciendo. Todos aprendemos mejor cuando el aprendizaje es parte de hacer algo que nos parece realmente interesante. Aprendemos de la mejor manera cuando usamos lo que aprendemos para hacer algo que realmente queremos. La segunda gran idea es la tecnología como material de construcción. La tercera gran idea es diversión difícil. La cuarta gran idea es aprender a aprender. La quinta gran idea es tomar tiempo – el tiempo adecuado para el trabajo. La sexta gran idea es la más grande de todas: no puedes hacer las cosas bien sin haberlas hecho mal. La séptima gran idea es hacer nosotros mismos lo que hacemos que nuestros estudiantes hagan. Son ideas muy simples pero de un gran potencial educativo.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Teacher's Guide on The Use of Podcasting in Education
What is a Podcast ? According to the New Oxford American Dictionary a podcast is a " digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio payer." in other words, it is a digital audio file that is created, shared and heard. Podcast can also be in the form of videos streamlined online, however, video podcast is known as vidcast or vodcast. Educational Uses of Podcasts Podcasts can be used for several educational purposes. 1- Recording for this you will need a microphone and an audio recording software like the ones mentioned below. 2- Test your Podcast Always make sure you listen to your podcasts and redo the parts that you dont like until you finally get the vesrion you want then move on to the next step 3- Publish your podcast You can use online platforms for publishing your podcasts. Tools to create your podcast Here are some of the softwares you might start with to create your podcasts . 1- Audacity 2- Garage Band
12 consells per començar el curs amb bon peu
A la imatge, el Josep de Santa Clara, de Manresa. Ahir m'explicaven que se li va morir el cavall, però que se n'ha comprat un altre. Dret, amb orgull. L'han fet aturar al semàfor, i al fons un senyal de direcció prohibida l'impedeix continuar recte. Però no s'arronsa i continua dret, agafant amb força i dignitat les regnes del seu destí. El curs que començarà el mes de setembre serà dur. Sigues exigent amb tu mateix. Bé, a quests són només 12 punts, segur que vosaltres en podreu aportar més. Salut i bits !
iLounge, University of Birmingham
