All Discussions Tagged 'modern' - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T23:55:41Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=modern&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHands-On, Minds-On Learningtag:www.classroom20.com,2012-03-09:649749:Topic:8147242012-03-09T12:08:48.795ZBrian C. Smithhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/briancsmith
<p>Each summer for the past few years I've attended <a href="http://www.constructingmodernknowledge.com" target="_blank">Constructing Modern Knowledge</a> (CMK). This absolutely unique learning experience provided me with experiences that have shifted how I teach children and adults. Last year I joined the faculty of this amazing event and found myself learning as much as the participants. </p>
<p>Are you tiring of the "sit & get" conference sessions? Wish you were actually doing,…</p>
<p>Each summer for the past few years I've attended <a href="http://www.constructingmodernknowledge.com" target="_blank">Constructing Modern Knowledge</a> (CMK). This absolutely unique learning experience provided me with experiences that have shifted how I teach children and adults. Last year I joined the faculty of this amazing event and found myself learning as much as the participants. </p>
<p>Are you tiring of the "sit & get" conference sessions? Wish you were actually doing, creating and collaborating rather than just listening or talking about it? If so, CMK is for you. You don't need to be a "maker", programmer, scientist, or mathematician. I've helped english, social studies and kindergarten teachers develop projects that push their thinking and understanding about what learning is and can be for themselves. Ultimately, as educators we always translate this back to the learning for children in our care. </p>
<p>Constructing Modern Knowledge is back for a fifth consecutive year, July 9-12, 2012 in Manchester, NH. This year’s CMK 2011 promises to be bigger and better than ever before.</p>
<p><a href="http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/?p=859">Guest speakers</a> include award-winning filmmaker <strong><a title="About Casey Neistat" href="http://bit.ly/oz4bUE" target="_blank">Casey Neistat</a>;</strong> MIT Media Lab professor and Lilypad Arudino inventor, <strong><a title="Leah Beuechley at CMK 2012" href="http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/?p=1323" target="_blank">Dr. Leah Beuchley</a></strong>; <strong><a title="Mark Fraunfelder" href="http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/?p=1345">Mark Frauenfelder,</a></strong> Editor-in-Chief of <em>Make Magazine</em>, Founder of BoingBoing.net and author of <em><a title="Fraunfelder's Book, Made By Hand" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591843324/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=resourcesforprog&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=1591843324" target="_blank">Made By Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World</a>;</em> Expert educator and advocate for “the project approach,” <strong><a title="About Lilian Katz" href="http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/?p=1377">Dr. Lilian Katz</a></strong>and Web phenom, <strong><a title="Super Awesome Sylvia" href="http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/?p=1381" target="_blank">Super Awesome Sylvia</a><em>. </em></strong><em>Check out the line-up, not the usual suspects in edtech and that makes for interesting new learning...</em></p>
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<p><strong>So, what are you doing this summer?</strong> </p>
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<p></p> Dropping 200 lbs in 1 year - Will tablets replace standard textbooks?tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-08-25:649749:Topic:5005982010-08-25T14:29:34.122ZMike Beverlyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MikeBeverly
For many years schools have been purchasing standard paper textbooks for<br></br>
students. As we continue through the digital age, how much longer do<br></br>
these books have to their existence?<br></br><br></br>Tablet PC’s and iPad’s are becoming the way of the now, not just the way
of the future. Some schools are already starting to implement them<br></br>
into their curriculum. There are several advantages of switching over<br></br>
to a tablet model from the standard textbook model, the most obvious<br></br>
being…
For many years schools have been purchasing standard paper textbooks for<br/>
students. As we continue through the digital age, how much longer do<br/>
these books have to their existence?<br/><br/>Tablet PC’s and iPad’s are becoming the way of the now, not just the way
of the future. Some schools are already starting to implement them<br/>
into their curriculum. There are several advantages of switching over<br/>
to a tablet model from the standard textbook model, the most obvious<br/>
being price. <br/><br/>Standard textbooks are very expensive, especially
when you need to continually purchase new ones to keep them up to date.<br/>
Many K-12 schools spend up to $1200 per year for every student on<br/>
standard textbooks. College students can pay over $1200 a semester on<br/>
standard textbooks. You can buy a mid-level tablet for a onetime fee of<br/>
roughly $500. Obliviously there will be costs to the publishers but<br/>
this will be nowhere near the cost of continually purchasing standard<br/>
textbooks. <br/><br/>Check out the whole article at: <a href="http://schoolvue.blogspot.com/2010/08/dropping-200-lbs-in-1-year-will-tablets.html">http://schoolvue.blogspot.com/2010/08/dropping-200-lbs-in-1-year-will-tablets.html</a> <br/><br/><br/>