Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom? What’s The Point?
I’m sharing with you this blog post from Steven Anderson. It is a summary of a #edchat meetup this Tuesday night. I missed the conversation but I’d like to mention parents and what an impact they could have. That is why we are starting a program for parents Digital Parent
Ask parents you know, if they would sign up for a course on web 2.0 tools.
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"There is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold. As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:"
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here is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold.
As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Students get iPods and Wiis to help study
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Castle College to get £100,000 worth of IT investment
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Castle College is hoping the gadgets will encourage 300 children from disadvantaged backgrounds to learn to use modern technology.
It will use £40,000 to increase its wireless internet capacity, so students can access the internet all over its campuses.
Up to £60,000 will be used to buy Nintendo Wiis, iPod Touch MP3 players and the new Nintendo DSi, which is a portable games console with a handheld camera.
Lyn Lall, Castle College’s development manager for new technologies, said: "Innovative methods and materials will make the learning experience more personalised and fun, which will result in increased engagement, retention and achievement levels of students.
The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave
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The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave
"Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that’s notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you’ll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that’s evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes. Read more about The Complete Guide to Google Wave"
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave | EDUCAUSE
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7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave | EDUCAUSE
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Google Wave is a web-based application that represents a rethinking of electronic communication. Users create online spaces called “waves,” which include multiple discrete messages and components that constitute a running, conversational document. Users access waves through the web, resulting in a model of communication in which rather than sending separate copies of multiple messages to different people, the content resides in a single space. Wave offers a compelling platform for personal learning environments because it provides a single location for collecting information from diverse sources while accommodating a variety of formats, and it makes interactive coursework a possibility for nontechnical students. Wave challenges us to reevaluate how communication is done, stored, and shared between two or more people.
The "7 Things You Should Know About…" series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.
In addition to the "7 Things You Should Know About…" briefs, you may find other ELI resources useful in addressing teaching, learning, and technology issues at your institution. To learn more, please visit the ELI Resources page.
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