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A Pedagogical Framework For Digital Tools
As a consequence of society’s digitization it becomes increasingly important to use technology in education, in primary as well as in secondary education. Students must achieve a number of digital literacies and competences that can enable them to succeed in a world where digital tools are a natural part of everyday life. In order to ensure that students acquire the necessary digital literacies and competences, and to ensure that they can critically think, it is important that they are presented with a range of digital tools and gain an understanding of the tools’ capabilities. This places high demands on the teacher. As a teacher it can be difficult to keep up with the new digital opportunities, and it can be hard to assess which digital tools students should be presented to, and in which contexts it is appropriate to use them in education. The framework is based on a distinction between a monological , a dialogical , and a polyphonic form of teaching. The monological form of teaching
Hello 2013
For me, 2012 will go down as a year I basically went dark publicly. While I wrote a lot for my work, I think I posted here just 5 times. Good grief, three or four years ago I probably was posting 5 times in a week! As 2013 begins, it seems an ideal time to reflect back on 2012, share some observations and predictions, and get blogging again. LCMSs are alive and well and the market will grow. So that’s a ridiculously long post that I hope will serve as a catalyst for your own reflections on 2012. Tagged as: predictions
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Why Standardized Tests Don't Make Sense
The 90-Second History Of Education 9.81K Views 0 Likes Well here's an insanely detailed infographic to peruse.
16 Great Free Teaching Tools for Teachers
Microsoft has some great free resources to help you better integrate technology into your classroom and turn it into an engaging learning environment. I have gone through all of these resources and I found them very interesting and worth sharing with you. Check them out below and let us know what you think about them. 1- Flashcards With Microsoft's Flashcards application, teachers and students alike can create, share and study flashcards online 2- Microsoft Office 365 Free for schools, Microsoft’s Office 365 offers faculty and students exciting new ways to collaborate. 3- Photo Synth Encourage creative learning in your classroom by using interactive 3D technology to tell personal stories and explore places, events, and activities. 4- Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 Equip students with the tools needed to grasp mathematical concepts by complementing your teaching with Microsoft Mathematics 4.0. 5- Math Worksheet Generator 6- Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide 7- Interactive Classroom 8- Sky Drive
List of Tweetchats By Day of Week
From Gnosis Media Group Looking for a tweetchat? Below is a list of tweetchats in both alphabetical order and by day. Text GNOSISARTS to 368266to get tweetchat info by text message! Note: All times listed in Central Standard Time with a couple of noted exceptions. List of Tweetchats by Day of the Week Sunday #vegrunchat: Chat for vegan and vegetarian runners to share tips, recipes, and races. #giftchat: We discuss holiday gifts on Twitter. #pcinsurance: We will be discussing property and casualty insurance for both business and personal lines. #FashionInternPH: We meet twice a month to talk about internships, resumes, cover letters and everything about internships! #Spiritchat: Discuss the spiritual life. #PeopleSkills: We explore all aspects of people skills that impact business (communication, leadership, teamwork, customer service, leading change) as well as impact on non-work life. #NostalgiaChat: A weekly chat all about childhood memories and other nostalgia. Monday #TheSMGirl. #BCSM.
The 4 Newest Ways To Make Education More Interactive
Sorry to have to say it, teachers, but few students want to listen to you talk about a subject for an hour, no matter how much you may love it. You think that you have prepared a nail-biting lecture of suspense about every war in which the United States has fought, and, by the War of 1812, your students are staring out the window, hoping for a superhero to fly in and rescue them from the classroom. Even for the most dedicated of students, books and lectures get boring. Keeping lessons fresh and challenging means keeping them interactive, and given it is almost 2013, incorporating this task is actually much easier than ignoring it. The incorporation of technology into classroom settings has shown a positive impact on the attention and scores of students. Below are some advances in 2012 which have changed the face of education and how students interact with technology, and each other: The Kineo Tablet : an 8-inch 1.3 GHz dual-core tablet aimed at schools that starts at $299. 2013 is coming.
