Virtual Schools
Can new education technologies short-circuit change-resistant politics and remake our schools? Or are well-intended advocates once again overhyping the ability of electrons and processors to solve thorny problems of teaching and learning? In this Education Next forum, John Chubb of Edison Schools and Stanford University political scientist Terry Moe make the case for the transformative power of today’s technology. EDUCATION NEXT: How likely is it that technology will make advances in education in the next decade that go far beyond any changes that have taken place in the past? John Chubb and Terry Moe: The worldwide revolution in information technology has globalized the international economy, made communication virtually instantaneous and costless, put vast storehouses of information within reach of everyone on the planet, and in countless other ways transformed how life is lived. Such resistance is not new. EN: What can we learn from technological adoption in education in the past?
iPad en classe; prise 2
Nos 9 iPads sont en circulation dans l'école depuis 8 semaines. Nous pouvons maintenant parler un peu plus des avantages et des inconvénients ce nouvel outil. Certains avantages incontournables Sa grandeur et son poids ; très facile à manipuler et à déplacer. Plusieurs enseignants ont préféré réserver les iPads pour faire de la recherche que d'utiliser le chariot avec les ultraportables. SonicPicsLite : Permets de choisir 3 photos et d'y ajouter de la narration.
Evaluating Technology Use in the Classroom
Evaluating the use of technology in a classroom environment is not something most administrators are trained to do. It is easy to walk into a classroom and see that every student is using a computer, but how do you really assess if and what type of learning is taking place? In the past, I have had administrators tell me “I walked into the teacher’s room and all the students were on laptops.” As though just the site of students working on laptops meant they were engaged in the learning process. I have been trying to wrap my head around a simple way for administrators to evaluate the use of technology in the classroom (a thank you to Dennis Harter who got me thinking about this). When most administrators evaluate teachers during the evaluation process, they have some sort of check sheet they are working from either mental or as part of a school’s evaluation process. I remembered a Marc Prensky article in Edutopia in which he talks about the typical process of technology adoption:
Promethean IWB
Promethean's aim is to unlock the potential of human achievement in education and training at all ages around the world. It does so by creating, developing, supplying and supporting leading edge, interactive learning technology and by encouraging the growth of the world's largest online teacher community in this field. In these ways, Promethean is helping bring to life the promise of 21st century learning, improving engagement and results for learners and teachers alike. Leading Edge Teaching Solutions Promethean is a world leader in the rapidly growing global market for interactive learning technology. Proven Ideas, Driven by Technology Everything we do at Promethean begins with two basic premises: No one understands teaching better than teachers. The best way to engage tech-savvy students is through technology. By thoughtfully combining these two simple ideas, Promethean is revolutionising the way education happens. World-Class Support Global Offices
Free VAK visual auditory kinesthetic learning styles test questionnaire
vak - visual, auditory, kinesthetic - learning styles model and free self-test The VAK learning styles model and related VAK learning styles tests offer a relatively simple methodology. Therefore it is important to remember that these concepts and tools are aids to understanding overall personality, preferences and strengths - which is always a mixture in each individual person. As with any methodology or tool, use VAK and other learning styles ideas with care and interpretation according to the needs of the situation. On this point, the Kolb Learning Styles page offers additional notes on the use of Learning Styles in young people's education. In addition to the VAK materials and tests below, further VAK (and VARK and VACT) explanation is on the page dealing with Multiple Intelligences and VAK. vak learning styles 'Learning style' should be interpreted to mean an individual mixture of styles. vak learning styles N.B. visual-auditory-kinesthetic learning styles see also
Tâches de base dans OneNote 2010 - OneNote
Contenu de cet article Qu’est-ce que OneNote ? Microsoft OneNote 2010 est un bloc-notes numérique dans lequel vous pouvez rassembler toutes vos notes et informations, avec l’avantage de disposer de capacités de recherche puissantes vous permettant d’accéder rapidement aux informations dont vous avez besoin, ainsi que de bloc-notes faciles à partager pour gérer la surcharge d’informations et travailler efficacement avec d’autres. Contrairement aux systèmes sur papier, programmes de traitement de texte, de messagerie électronique et autres programmes bureautiques, OneNote vous permet de recueillir et d’organiser du texte, des images, du texte manuscrit numérique, des enregistrements audio et vidéo ou autre — le tout dans un bloc-notes numérique sur votre ordinateur. OneNote 2010 est une partie intégrante de Microsoft Office 2010, qui facilite les tâches de collecte, d’organisation, de recherche et de partage des notes et informations en les rendant plus efficaces. Haut de la page
Faculty Adoption of Educational Technology (EDUCAUSE Quarterly
Research in Brief Faculty Adoption of Educational Technology Educational technology support plays a critical role in helping faculty add technology to their teaching By Franziska Zellweger Moser Roughly 10 years into the e-learning age, educational technology has made only modest inroads into changing teaching in universities.1 In Europe, and in Switzerland in particular, governmental programs implemented in the late 1990s aimed to exploit the potential of educational technology and keep pace with developments in Anglo-Saxon countries. An early lesson from these programs was the lack of sustainability of a pure project-funding approach and the need for institutional strategies regarding educational technology.2 The search for such strategies at U.S. research universities was the starting point for my doctoral dissertation. Thus, I selected three highly interesting but very different universities—MIT, Tufts, and Northeastern—for in-depth case studies into this issue. Implications 1. 2. 3. 4.
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The Journey Method - Mnemonics Training from MindTools
Remembering Long Lists Associate a list with landmarks on a journey you know well. © iStockphoto/LuisPortugal The journey method is a powerful, flexible and effective mnemonic based around the idea of remembering landmarks on a well-known journey. It combines the narrative flow of the Link Method and the structure and order of the Peg Systems into one very powerful system. How to Use the Tool You use the Journey Method by associating information with landmarks on a journey that you know well. To use this technique most effectively, it is often best to prepare the journey beforehand. To remember a list of items, whether these are people, experiments, events or objects, all you need do is associate these things with the landmarks or stops on your journey. This is an extremely effective method of remembering long lists of information. The system is extremely flexible: all you need do to remember many items is to remember a longer journey with more landmarks. Example Key Points
