While at Alan November’s BLC conference, I had a chance to meet a great educator and blogger from Maine, Bob Sprankle. He’s written a fantastic article for teachers about to kick off the new school year at the PBS Teacher’s site, Media Infusion. Four weeks to getting yourself caught up for 21st century teaching. Check […]
Continue reading →A key tenet to my belief in democratic education is shared learning on a global scale. In this and upcoming posts I’ll be introducing web tools that strengthen this concept (previously, I mentioned Scratch’s website, which would also fall under this category). Having students create and present what they are learning is a highly effective […]
Continue reading →As a tinkerer, Mitch Resnick’s lab at MIT is the ultimate playpen. He has the bits and tools to create just about anything. The lab is just packed, with the physical manifestations of imaginations hanging from the ceiling, packed into corners and stuffed under desks. Forget neatness. This is a working space for hand-on creativity. […]
Continue reading →Educational Technology Consultant from Bangalore, India: educatorslog.in. Shuchi is talking about building online communities in India. Shuchi discusses teaching in India…Indian schools are silos. Educator communities are few and far between. Blogging was an answer, but it also is a single medium of communication. Some teachers don’t participate. This doesn’t mean 21st century skills are […]
Continue reading →Keith Krueger is with the Consortium for School Networking. He’s taking a global perspective on the changes in education and where the US fits. Meta analysis of technology in education research: Metiri Group shows than when technology is done right it can be a powerful transformer of education. Tech is being over promised, thus the […]
Continue reading →This is mostly a question/answer session. Technology integration must be at a system level. He iterates that teachers already have too much on their plate to be expected to lead the charge. And what can we do to help teachers? Look at what machines can do to replace medial tasks, including in the teaching process. […]
Continue reading →It is always refreshing to to find a distinguished education researcher that has a finger on the pulse of social media. Yong Zhao’s keynote brigs a globalization perspective to the conference. I’ve known this is important, but it is covered very little in the professional development I’ve seen. Sure we mention it, elude to it, […]
Continue reading →Just got out of the early bird session presented by Terry Hadley from the QCA over the pond. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in the UK is charged as a governmental advisory board for education curriculum standards. They have developed a very impressive Big Picture of the curriculum covering a wide berth of life skills, […]
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