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8 Things to Look For in Today’s Classroom

8 Things to Look For in Today’s Classroom
As I think that leaders should be able to describe what they are looking for in schools I have thought of eight things that I really want to see in today’s classroom. I really believe that classrooms need to be learner focused. This is not simply that students are creating but that they are also having opportunities to follow their interests and explore passions.1 The teacher should embody learning as well. Will Richardson recently wrote this in a comment on one of my recent posts on what teachers need to be like in our current day and the focus that needs to be on learning: …we need teachers who are masters at developing kids as learners who are adept at sense making around their own goals. Although technology is not the focus, it does give us many opportunities to magnify the opportunities I list below. 1. Finally, let’s start to really tap into the wisdom of our rooms and have students not only learn, but teach each other. What I have missed? Related:  Design thinkingInglés

#DesignThinking para equipos directivos en Euskadi Surgen problemas. Es inevitable. Un centro educativo es una institución compleja y que aparezcan problemas entra dentro de la lógica de las relaciones humanas y de la gestión de la complejidad. Por otro lado, también es normal que un centro educativo se plantee retos. Crecer, mejorar, cambiar son procesos normales y, si no lo son, habría que normalizarlos porque una institución que no evoluciona, está ya muerta. ¿Y quién gestiona ambas situaciones? En este sentido, es importante que los equipos directivos cuenten con estrategias para resolver los problemas y afrontar los retos de manera eficaz (es decir, que los unos acaben solucionados y los otros alcanzados) pero también es necesario que esto se consiga de manera eficiente. Esta es la justificación para las tres sesiones de Design Thinking para equipos directivos organizadas por el Berritzegune Nagusia en Euskadi. Para mí ha sido una experiencia muy aleccionadora. Eskerrik asko! Me gusta: Me gusta Cargando...

Schools Need to Include More Visual-Based Learning When asked what my first language is, I often answer, “visual.” I think in images, prefer to be taught through images, and like to express what I know through images. I find it disconcerting that as learners progress to the higher grades, there is less use of images and visuals to teach concepts. The power of the use of vision for learning is emphasized by developmental molecular biologist, John Medina, where in his publication, Brain Rules, he states: Vision Trumps All Other SensesWe are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Created by students for teachers, the following video shows students frustrated with the lack of visual learning in the classroom: This post is a call to action to increase visual-based learning in the classroom through: Use Visuals, Images, Data Visualizations, Infographics and Videos to Teach Concepts Our brains are wired to rapidly make sense of and remember visual input. Like this:

Ideogramas: Imaginar y dibujar a partir de objetos cotidianos En esta entrada os muestro una de las primeras actividades que realizamos este curso en 3º de la eso: la elaboración de ideogramas a partir de objetos cotidianos. Una buena manera de fomentar la imaginación y la creatividad y practicar la línea artística y el pensamiento visual. Los resultados fueron excelentes y gran parte de ellos se encuentran recogidos en el siguiente vídeo: La idea partió de las geniales ilustraciones de Victor Nunes que descubrí en Pinterest. No os perdais su página de facebook. Y de los más sencillos, aunque también muy inspiradores, diseños de Marta altés. También encontrareis fantásticas imágenes para inspiraros en el tablero Ideogramas al que contribuyen entre otros, dos maestros del #VisualThinking: Garbiñe Larralde o Ramón Besonias., autores el proyecto colaborativo #dibujamelas del que os hablaré en un siguiente post. ¿Os animáis a garabatear ideogramas?

5 Tips for Teaching Digital Citizenship in the Elementary Classroom -- THE Journal Digital Citizenship 5 Tips for Teaching Digital Citizenship in the Elementary Classroom While we shouldn't stop teaching children how to say "please" and "thank you," and bullies will still exist in the face-to-face world, it is vital that we treat online safety and digital citizenship with the same amount of seriousness and attention. By Mary Beth Hertz04/18/12 As elementary level teachers, we are charged not just with teaching academics, but with teaching students social skills as well: "Ignore bullies and tell an adult if you feel threatened,'" "Don't talk to strangers," "Treat people the way you want to be treated." You're probably familiar with phrases similar to these if you teach the younger grades. But when was the last time you talked to your students about how to use good manners while leaving a comment on a blog post? These are the new citizenship skills for our students. The growing trend of schools banning and blocking social media sites and mobile devices frightens me.

¿Qué es Visual Thinking y cómo puedes usarlo? | Extrem Service Jam Por Laura Gutiérrez Araujo (@lauracrisgu) ¿Recuerdas cuando eras pequeño?… antes de siquiera aprender las vocales y las letras, ya pintabas en las paredes, cogías cualquier boli que pillaras por ahí y te ponías a dibujar arboles, soles y grandes montañas (las niñas también dibujábamos corazones). Los primeros regalos que le diste a tu padre y a tu madre fueron divertidos dibujos en los cuales representabas cuánto los querías. El pensamiento visual o visual thinking (en Inglés) es algo innato a la condición humana. El pensamiento visual es una herramienta que consiste en volcar y manipular ideas a través de dibujos simples y fácilmente reconocibles, creando conexiones entre si por medio de mapas mentales, con el objetivo de entenderlas mejor, definir objetivos, identificar problemas, descubrir soluciones, simular procesos y generar nuevas ideas. ¿Cómo convertir las ideas en imágenes? 1. 2. 3. 4. Aunque el proceso no siempre es lineal. Si, pero…¿y si no sé dibujar? 1. 2. 3. Fuentes:

What Easter Island’s colossal stone statues teach about the dangers of modern school reform EASTER ISLAND, CHILE: A tourist walks behind a platform with seven huge statues (moais in Rapa Nui language), the only ones facing the sea, in Ahu Akivi in Easter Island, 3700 km off the coast of Chile, 12 February 2005. The Chilean island, located in the Polynesian archipielago, has many archeological sites and its Rapa Nui National Park is included on UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list since 1995. AFP PHOTO/MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images) Eastern Island is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia that is a territory of Chile and known worldwide for its colossal statues — more than 800 — that were created by early inhabitants during the 10th – 16th Centuries. By Yong Zhao The stone statues on Easter Island (Diamond, 2005) have a lot to teach us about education. Early Europeans did not believe that the “Polynesians, ‘mere savages,’ could have created the statues or the beautifully constructed stone platforms” (Diamond, 2005, p. 82). Auerswald, P.

6 pasos para resolver problemas en el aula con la metodología Design Thinking Cuando hablamos de “Design Thinking” nos referimos a un proceso que busca la innovación en cualquier proceso (ya sea en el marco de una empresa, de un colegio, o en cualquier otro entorno), cuya finalidad es responder a las necesidades de las personas que conviven en ese entorno y que utiliza la tecnología y el diseño como base para conseguir lograr sus objetivos. Para ponerlo en práctica podemos identificar en él seis pasos fundamentales. Son los siguientes: Observación. Comprensión. Definición. Ideación. Prototipación. Probar. El Design Thinking implica una serie de valores que a su vez tienen un gran valor dentro de la escuela. Ser visual frente a ser teórico. y además hacerlo con una mayor intensidad y motivación, frente a la simple presentación de un texto escrito. Iterar. Ser multidisciplinar. Por último, el proceso de comunicación y discusión basado en la lluvia de ideas se debe desarrollar bajo las siguientes prerrogativas: Aplaza las decisiones críticas. Visualiza las ideas.

Digital Reporting Digital reporting tools are not seen to improve student instruction or assessment but have had a significant negative impact on teacher work, according to teachers and principals surveyed in a new Alberta study. Researchers from the University of Alberta and the Alberta Teachers’ Association surveyed over 1,000 teachers and conducted focus groups with teachers and administrators as part of a study on digital reporting and assessment tools being released today. Nearly two-thirds of teachers reported that digital reporting tools, like PowerSchool and TeacherLogic, have not improved the level of instruction and assessment in classrooms. The same proportion of teachers also indicated that the tools have had a significant impact on their workload. This study found that digital reporting tools are inflexible and have been mandated on teachers with very little consultation and poor provisioning of professional development and technological support. - Dr Jason Daniels, University of Alberta

Cómo exprimir tu creatividad a través del design thinking Gástate tu dinero en los demás #felicidad #psicología 6 hours ago Creatividad: la fase de conceptualización #pensamientocreativo #educación 12 hours ago Cómo exprimir tu #creatividad a través del design thinking #innovación 12 hours ago e-book GRATIS Cómo mejorar tu #creatividad #psicología #innovación 13 hours ago Tech Tools That Have Transformed Learning With Dyslexia Fifth-grade teacher Kyle Redford remembers with emotion the day she unwittingly put an iPad in the hands of one of her 10-year-old dyslexic students, a day she called “a complete game changer.” While the rest of the class was working in a writers workshop, she handed the student an iPad and told him to try and experiment with its speech-to-text feature. With minimal expectations, Redford figured that the newness and the boy’s curiosity would at least keep him busy during writing time, which he usually found frustrating. While Redford described the boy as “very bright,” he “couldn’t even compose a sentence to save his life” because of his dyslexia. Any classroom assignment having to do with writing made him moody. So, as Redford guided the rest of the class through the workshop, the student stepped outside the classroom and spoke his ideas for his writing assignment into the iPad. At first, it was difficult. The Rise of Technology Helpful Tech Tools

Técnicas de Design Thinking en español para educadores y Caja de herramientas 1) En Design Thinking en español nos ofrecen amplia información sobre este estilo de pensar y destaca sobre todo, las técnicas para su desarrollo que presentan. Si quieres profundizar en estas técnicas o en le proceso, accede a su web. 2) Complemento la información, con un slide de PROQUAME que puedes descarar: Design thinking para educadores (al final) El kit de herramientas contiene: Una visión general del proceso de Design ThinkingLos métodos y las instrucciones que te ayudarán a aplicar el Design ThinkingY el libro de trabajo del Diseñador para apoyar tus retos de diseño. El Design Thinking es una metodología para generar ideas innovadoras que centra su eficacia en entender y dar solución a las necesidades reales de los usuarios. Se empezó a desarrollar de forma teórica en la Universidad de Stanford en California (EEUU). Al ser un gran generador de innovación, se puede aplicar a cualquier campo. Para comenzar a utilizar la metodología debemos preparar estos cuatro puntos:

6 Truths About Technology in Education I recently had the opportunity to Keynote the University of Pennsylvania Literacy Network’s Winter Symposium. Penn Literacy Network founder Mort Botel (who was also a former President of the International Reading Association) wrote one of the most influential works in my teaching career, “The Plainer Truths of Teaching/Learning/Assessing Across the Curriculum“; and with his passing this past year, I hoped to honor him in this address by framing my talk around the Truths of Technology in Education. Truth #1 is the reason we educate students. Truth #2 comes from a quote I first heard Tom Murray say on stage, “Every child in your class is someone else’s whole world.” Truth #3 is all about the story. Truth #4 is something I firmly believe and try to say in every conference and school I speak to: Our job is to help students prepare themselves for anything. Truth #6 is something all of us know who work in education. Join 25,128 other learners (and teachers) Awesome!

Greate ideas fro teachers to integrate into their classrooms. by tutorz Jan 21

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