5 Research-Based Tips for Providing Students with Meaningful Feedback In recent years, research has confirmed what most teachers already knew: providing students with meaningful feedback can greatly enhance learning and improve student achievement. Professor James Pennebaker from the University of Texas at Austin has been researching the benefits of frequent testing and the feedback it leads to. He explains that in the history of the study of learning, the role of feedback has always been central. When people are trying to learn new skills, they must get some information that tells them whether or not they are doing the right thing. The downside, of course, is that not all feedback is equally effective, and it can even be counterproductive, especially if it's presented in a solely negative or corrective way. So what exactly are the most effective ways to use feedback in educational settings? 1. For example, feedback like "Great job!" Has a student's performance changed or improved since the last time you assessed her? 2. 3. 4. 5.
Two Case Studies: How Connected Educators Can Transform Schools Figuring out which new teaching practices or pieces of technology might work in a classroom can feel like a full-time job. Lots of educators spend their free time researching new ideas and connecting with other educators, but there are plenty more that find the process confusing and overwhelming. How much easier would it be to have a dedicated staff person whose job is to bring new ideas into the district, support teachers and smooth the way with administrators? That’s what Kris Hupp does for Cornell School District, a tiny district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Our teachers want to learn and try new technologies, but if they try something and it blows up in their faces no one is going to be upset.” The most important thing about his job is to create trust with both teachers and administrators who sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of labor disputes and budget issues, Hupp said. Hupp also runs a Professional Learning Community (PLC) of both teachers and administrators.
Teaching Empathy Through Digital Game Play Digital Tools Quandary The playful approach to learning a new concept that kids usually take when playing a video game can be just the right jumping-off point for diving deeply into a topic. Games can’t do all the teaching, but can engage kids to start thinking. At least that’s how MIT’s Education Arcade and the Learning Games Network are approaching their new free game Quandary. The two groups designed the video game to teach ethics while aligning with Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts for third through eighth graders. Quandary approaches the broad topic of ethics by helping students understand how to take a different perspective and learn how to empathize. “We see games as an organized space for playful exploration and through the process people encounter and form new ideas and concepts, they begin to construct knowledge.” The game currently has three episodes that follow a similar pattern. [RELATED: Empathy: They Key to Social and Emotional Learning] Related
Save This List! 21 Top Websites for Social Studies Teachers Every day on our Facebook page, teachers post "Helpline" questions and receive resource recommendations, lesson and classroom management ideas, career advice, and so much more. Recently, a high school teacher asked readers to suggest their favorite sites for teaching social studies. The list was so awesome, we just had to share it! 1. iCivics icivics.org 2.
OSPedagogy | Now you see IT – How technology works best This guest post was written by José Picardo @josepicardoSHS. Last week we handed out just short of 400 iPads to pupils in years 7 and 12 and new staff in the first phase of our staged 1:1 iPad implementation. This initial roll out was preceded by months of research, preparation and multitude of staff training sessions exclusively dedicated to tablets and other digital tools. Pupils have also spent a great deal of the last week immersed in iPad-related vocabulary and syntax: setting up their iCloud accounts, configuring their Exchange email addresses and enrolling on our Mobile Device Management program. Witnessing how words and phrases that were completely foreign to many of us can quickly gain currency and become part of the vernacular is remarkable. However, this is much more easily said than achieved. The key is not to remain at this stage for long. We often refer to the transformative potential of technology with unbridled enthusiasm. About the author
10 Ways To Use Instagram In Your Classroom Instagram is a hugely popular social network for photo sharing. Though the use of social media in the classroom may have skyrocketed, Twitter and Facebook definitely reign supreme as the key social media tools for schools and teachers. Somehow, despite the widespread popularity of Instagram, few teachers are employing it in the classroom. We’ve heard from a few of you that your concerns lie in the privacy arena. The handy infographic below takes a look at ten different ways you can put Instagram to use in your classroom. Student Work Showcase: Take photos of student work and showcase for your network to see.
Stop Teaching – Start Learning Do you ever teach a class? By ‘teach’ I mean talk to the whole class to share instruction or discuss content. If the answer is yes, then I would like to examine your aims in doing so. The three common reasons for talking to a whole class are: Task instruction;Delivery of content/concept/facts;Class discussion. I believe that only the first of these 3 can be said to succeed in it’s aims and even then fails often. Let’s examine each one in turn. A. A task instruction should be 5 minutes at most. B. Question: Why is traditional class teaching / lecturing still so popular? Answer: It’s the easiest option available to any teacher. An important aim should be that every moment in the development of young people in schools is fully inclusive. 10 assumptions behind teaching a whole class (single-point delivery of content) are that: All listeners are listening. First Step Your first step into student-centred learning is to remove the one-size-fits-all delivery and “Flip” the content online. Conclusion
La Silicon Valley est-elle un programme politique "Si la régulation algorithmique apporte les réponses aux problèmes de la société, quel sera alors la place pour les gouvernements ?", questionne le chercheur Evgeny Morozov pour The Guardian. Aujourd’hui, la technologie nous promet l’application des lois en temps réel, explique-t-il. Grâce à leurs capteurs embarqués, les objets du quotidien les plus banals sont en train d’acquérir un énorme pouvoir pour réglementer les comportements. Et les géants des technologies s’apprêtent à devenir partout les intermédiaires entre nous et nos objets. En insérant l’efficacité dans nos objets, c’est la manière même de faire de la réglementation qui est transformée, suggère Morozov. Où discuter politique dans ce qui est réglementé par des programmes ? Le monde utopique que dessinent les boucles de rétroaction infinies de la régulation algorithmique est-il appelé à être si efficace qu’il puisse transcender la politique, c’est-à-dire la faire disparaître ? Hubert Guillaud
With Tech Tools, How Should Teachers Tackle Multitasking In Class? Important research compiled on the effects of students multitasking while learning shows that they are losing depth of learning, getting mentally fatigued, and are weakening their ability to transfer what they have learned to other subjects and situations. Educators as well as students have noticed how schoolwork suffers when attention is split between homework and a buzzing smartphone. Many students, like Alex Sifuentes, who admit to multitasking while studying, know the consequences well. “When I was grounded for a couple of months and didn’t have my phone, I got done extra early with homework,” Sifuentes wrote in response to Annie Murphy Paul’s article, “How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn?” Parents also see a big difference in their kids’ studying habits. “Devices that once were just an entertainment tool are also becoming our educational and work tools.” “Look, it’s not going away. “Look, it’s not going away. How will students stay focused? Related
Cloud Servers Below you can see a map of providers offering cloud servers hosted in specific geographic areas. Click on a marker to see providers available in the specific area. Due to the many different definitions of cloud servers, or IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), we have limited the requirements to services that are based on virtualization and automatically provisioned. Filter Cloud Providers View only providers that live up to the following requirements: The intention with our database of cloud / IaaS server providers, is the build up a database of providers offering infrastructure as a service with as many relevant details as possible about the various offerings. The entries in our database are primarily added and maintained directly by the service providers themselves, which means that is always updated and growing with new entries.
Près de 7 milliards d'abonnements mobiles sur Terre Pour le seul 2e trimestre 2014, 80 millions de nouveaux abonnés sont venus grossir les rangs de la mobilité (dont 12 millions rien que pour la Chine), avance Ericsson dans son nouveau rapport datant d’août. Une mise à jour des données de juin de l’équipementier suédois. Ces nouvelles souscriptions amènent à 6,8 milliards le nombre d’abonnements mobiles sur la planète (dont 1,26 milliard pour la Chine). En hausse de 6% sur un an et de 1,1% d’un trimestre à l’autre. 280 millions d’abonnements 4G Ce qui ne signifie pas que près de 7 milliards d’individus disposent d’un terminal mobile, nombre d’entre eux multipliant les abonnements. En moyenne, 94% de la population mondiale dispose d’un accès mobile. +60% du trafic des données Ce qui n’est pas sans conséquence sur la consommation de données. En termes de terminaux, la tendance se traduit par 300 millions de smartphones vendus pour le seul deuxième trimestre 2014. crédit photo © SVLuma – shutterstock
10 ways the iPhone 6 could give Android a run for its money The iPhone 6 was revealed on September 9, 2014. Find out what features should have Android developers scrambling to pick up the slack. Whether you're a fan of Apple or not, its product announcements are a huge deal -- sort of a block party and rock concert with new gadgets and concepts as the guests of honor -- which echo throughout all walks of life, from hard-boiled technologists to casual users, from businesses to personal consumers. An Apple event is showcased with plenty of hullabaloo and nonstop social media coverage; I've even heard it referred to as the American version of the Royal Baby. True to form (once Apple fixed the embarrassing problems with its live feed), yesterday's unveiling of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus generated a wave of buzz over the size, form, and associated features that will be included. The basics of the new designs Here's some of what's NOT different Here are the possible game changers 1: Form factor 2: Display specs 3: Communication 4: Mobile wallet
Vous avez dit bonnes pratiques numériques ? Vous avez dit bonnes pratiques numériques ? Texte de l’expert national (texte FDEP – bonnes pratiques numériques – v2, en format pdf) Théo Bondolfi, 1972. Après une formation en socio-économie et des expériences professionnelles de metteur en scène de projet créatifs, c’est en autodidacte qu’il développe plusieurs instituts de recherche et formation en innovation sociétale. « Ma chérie, dit un père à sa fille de 12 ans, j’ai acheté un logiciel qui filtre les contenus interdits aux mineurs, pour que tu arrêtes de visiter ces sites qui ne sont pas de ton âge… Peux-tu m’aider à l’installer s’il te plaît ? Eh oui, c’est aussi cela internet, une réalité sociale dans laquelle même les directeurs d’entreprises sont dépendants d’adolescents boutonneux. Revenons aux débuts d’Internet. En 2010 déjà, le courrier électronique était pratiqué par plus de 90% des internautes et les trois quarts d’entre eux indiquaient lire les journaux ou consulter les nouvelles sur internet.