All Blog Posts Tagged 'education' (330)

10 Examples of Useful Second Life Resources for Educators

(Final post in a series on current uses of Virtual Worlds in Education)

This week I will wrap up the series of posts I published throughout June, focused on Internet based Virtual World technologies as they are being used in Education today. As I researched current VW tech options for education, it became apparent to me that Second Life remains the most… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on July 7, 2009 at 8:49am — No Comments

Spheres of Influence

How fun is this?

Three years ago I moved into a position of instructional coach for my building. The majority of my days are now spent as a content-generalist coach focused on helping teachers improve pedagogical skills. Our opt-in model keeps the conversation focused on one thing: pedagogy as opposed to content. This is a very smart model for honing in on the “P” sphere of Mishra & Koehler’s TPACK framework. However,… Continue

Added by Sean Nash on July 6, 2009 at 12:22pm — 2 Comments

Possibilities 2.0

"Give me potential or give me death."

~yep, my version of Patrick Henry's stuff

Now that I think of it, I probably could have just entitled this one “2.0″ because this is now what this phrase means to me. I’m not going to go off… Continue

Added by Sean Nash on June 20, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

It's About Connection

As a middle school teacher, if I have learned anything about being an effective teacher, I have learned it's all about connection. Not connection with 'the class' because there's no such thing as 'the class'. The connection(s) you must cultivate are those between you and each and every student.

Students will largely forget what you say to them but they will never forget how you made them feel. Connection offers the opportunity for you to build… Continue

Added by Andrew on June 10, 2009 at 8:54am — 1 Comment

"Does online Learning Work?"

"Does online Learning Work?"

It's my observation now, after spending nearly 20 years supporting education technology, that there continue to be major hurdles in getting teachers to adopt technology into their curriculum, no matter how one attempts to integrate it. I do believe that a fair percentage of them have a genuine interest in trying, but the reality is still today, that only a very small percentage end up successfully integrating technology directly.

We deal with… Continue

Added by Blaine Transue on June 8, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Students Seeking Relevance In Education

Ben Grey raises one of the most fundamental questions regarding our present situation:

What are we doing for students accomplishing their most amazing feats of education outside the education system?

Information has become decentralized.… Continue

Added by Andrew on June 5, 2009 at 1:25pm — No Comments

The Changing Nature of Professional Development In Education

This blog and it's sister blog has as its focus bringing to light the game changers of 21st century technologies and globalization as related to Education and how teaching and learning gets done in (U.S.) schools. The very first posts were critical commentaries about the perceived fear and obstruction of schools in terms of adopting new and potentially transformative learning… Continue

Added by Andrew on May 29, 2009 at 8:39am — No Comments

Where am I in the long line?

Every day the amount of 'things' I discover I could do grows and grows. Just as the store of human knowledge is exploding, so too is anyone's potential to do 'things'.The ability to network that Twitter has brought me in the last few weeks has not helped this dilemma. I could, just about, use all my time watching the hyperverse develop and grow.....

The line I am thinking about is similar to a group going for a walk in the countryside, but… Continue

Added by Roger Neilson on May 26, 2009 at 1:35am — No Comments

Successful Launch of JumpingJoey’s NumberLine™ at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2009 National Conference.

Successful Launch of JumpingJoey’s NumberLine™ at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2009 National Conference.

Elementary educators and university professors were impressed by the effectiveness

and ease of use!

May 7, 2009 - New York, NY

JumpingJoey’s NumberLine™ (www.jumpingjoeysnumberline.com), the child-centered, multi-sensory arithmetic learning system for Pre-K through Elementary, enjoyed a successful debut at the National Council of Teachers… Continue

Added by MATTHEW MANDELBAUM on May 19, 2009 at 4:40am — No Comments

Flat World Editorial

My "flat world " editorial was published in the Berkshire Eagle May 17, 2009--http://is.gd/AGny with book recommendations. Probably redundant for many Classroom 2.0 folks but huge in my local scene. Many don't even "get" what I'm talking about. Long roads to travel here.

BTW, that's become my focus: Acting locally while thinking Globally. I'm calling it GLOCAL EDUCATION.

Added by Andrew on May 17, 2009 at 7:36pm — No Comments

Participatory Media Rights in Education Now!

Participatory Media Rights in Education Now!

I get sick to my stomach every time I hear of a school banning Twitter. I feel even worse for teachers and students who have never had the opportunity to use Twitter in the classroom.

I've spent the past week live blogging what I think are very successful uses of Twitter in class. I dare any administrator to visit my Twitter-enhanced Latin classes and then tell me social media has no place in a school building.

I wish… Continue

Added by Shelly Blake-Plock on May 13, 2009 at 9:51am — No Comments

Profile The "Groundswell" of Collaboration in Professional Learning Communities

In the book Groundswell: Winning in a world transformed by social technologies, authors Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff explain what they call the “groundswell” and how it in transforming our world.

According to the authors, the…

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Added by Rob Jacobs on May 11, 2009 at 8:31pm — No Comments

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan Takes Listening Tour Online

Secretary Arne Duncan wants to hear ideas about how the U.S. Department of Education can accomplish President Obama’s goal of providing every child in America a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

As the Department prepares for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, Secretary Duncan wants to hear from classroom teachers and other educators, parents and students, business people and citizens. What’s working, and what’s not? What do they need to do… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on May 11, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Collaboration & Brainstorming (Part 3) - Edmodo for workgroup collaboration

This is the final post in a 3 part series on web based collaboration and brainstorming tools for educational applications. In the first post, we examined some mind/idea mapping tools, last week we looked at some collaborative document editing applications, and this week we wrap up by checking out a free collaborative workgroup application for teachers and students. Edmodo.com is a tool that provides workgroup functionality specifically for education, and I am going to sign up and give it a… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on May 11, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Podcasting for Beginners

Hi all,

I know that so many of you podcast and so I am going to the experts. I need a few resources that will help me learn how to podcast with my Grade 4 students. It was one of the goals I set for myself this year and it is the only one that I have not done. I honestly don't know where to start and I know there are great resources out there. I guess what I need is a sort of "Podcasting for Dummies". I have learned much over the years from the "..for Dummies" books.

I… Continue

Added by Heather Davis on May 7, 2009 at 11:22pm — 2 Comments

Facebook courses

I am currently trialling a Facebook Course for HE students to experience Web 2 technologies. I have set up the course, but a student has joined as an administrator, which is not a problem at the moment as I am trialling this. However, it would be a problem if students are able to alter schedules and assessments if the course went live! Does anyone know how I can take this students off and prevent it happening again?

The other problem I have is that I wanted to link to the course from… Continue

Added by fiona turner on May 5, 2009 at 6:57am — No Comments

Standard of Ethics according to International Society for Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement Standards

The 10 Standards are based on ISPI's four principles, following a systematic process, and agreeing to a Code of Ethics. They are summarized below:

1. Focus on results and help clients focus on results.

2. Look at situations systemically taking into consideration the larger context including competing pressures, resource constraints,… Continue

Added by grace esteban on April 29, 2009 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Targeting the Right Social Media

Social media is all the buzz... but what is the right mix to meet your targets?

Be it education, consumer, community or commerce, we have all found our way to what is becoming more and more mainstream. Educators are utilizing social networks like Ning to setup school profiles and student projects to communities (… Continue

Added by John Costilla on April 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Where for art thou Twitter?

I have been using Twitter for over a year. Since New Years 2009, Twitter has taken off to new heights. Everybody wants you to follow him or her on twitter, from United States Senators to Shaq, twitter has become a ubiquitous forum for those who want to know everything.…

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Added by Andrew Marcinek on April 20, 2009 at 1:26pm — No Comments

Call for Nominations: 2009 Ypulse Totally Wired Teacher Award

The Ypulse 2009 Totally Wired Teacher Award (sponsored by Dell) will honor a trailblazing teacher who has successfully pioneered the innovative and educational use of technology, mobile technology, social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing) in the classroom.

The award is inspired by Ypulse founder Anastasia Goodstein’s book, Totally Wired: What Teens & Tweens Are Really Doing Online, and the challenges she observed around integrating…

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Added by Derek Baird on April 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments