Ryan Ferrin's Blog – February 2016 Archive (3)

Virtual Reality

Beginning this week’s learning, I was definitely a proponent of using virtual worlds in the classroom. I thought it would be difficult to find resources that emphasized the disadvantages of virtual realities. However, there is a lot of research that points to potential downfalls of using virtual environments.

I found that just about every advantage could be spun into a disadvantage and vice-a-versa. To me, virtual worlds seem to…

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Added by Ryan Ferrin on February 27, 2016 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Acceptable Use Policies

The National Education Association has outlined 6 key elements that make an effective Acceptable Use Policy. Reading through several AUPs, I found that most had these elements. Though online, my school doesn’t provide a distinct AUP online, there are a great number of them from other schools, which as a whole I would liked to briefly discuss.  Majority speaking, by each having 6 elements I would say that they have effective AUP. Most  include a disclaimer to legally protect…

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Added by Ryan Ferrin on February 13, 2016 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Blogging about Marzano & Bloom

Blogging about Bloom & Marzano

 

Marzano’s 9 instructional strategies and Bloom’s Taxonomy and outline best practice. When it comes to lesson planning, it is feels good to only consider covering standards and/or implementing lessons that are fun. By boosting student achievement and engagement, both Bloom’s Taxonomy and Marzano’s research outline ways to meet the needs the pressures of standards  have and the…

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Added by Ryan Ferrin on February 6, 2016 at 9:47pm — No Comments

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