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Vision of Students Today – Wednesday Watchlist
The video is two years old but is still relevant and challenging.
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Visual Notes on the iPad
about 2 months ago - 1 comment
Ninmah Meets World via kwout
While this is something I don’t think I can do, seeing these notes help me to realize that the iPad has so much more potential than I ever imagined.
Visit the authors site and read how she created these notes…
View all the author’s visual notes on flickr…
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Meltdown in Higher Education
about 2 months ago - No comments
The Coming Meltdown in Higher Education – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
Seth Godin argues that Higher Education’s run of 400 years in the US is about to end for the following reasons:
Most undergraduate college and university programs are organized to give an average education to average students.
College has gotten More >
Most Professors Use Social Media – Sort of
about 2 months ago - No comments
Marc Parry of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a Pearson national survey on social media use in Higher Ed reveals:
More than four out of every five professors use social media. And more than half of professors use tools like video, blogs, podcasts, and wikis in their classes.
Parry also reveals that only about 10 More >
Next is Now
about 2 months ago - No comments
Next is Now depicts the human connections empowered by rapid changes in communications technology in Canada and around the world.
Thanks to Tyler Wall my friend and colleague back in Canada for this video link.
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Lectures as an outmoded form of education and news
about 3 months ago - No comments
Jeff Jarvis’ TEDxNYED lecture about lectures as an outmoded form of education and news.
Please note there are three instances where Jeff uses foul language for effect (I wish he wouldn’t) so please review the video before you pass it on to anyone else.
Please Note: I am not endorsing Jarvis’ use of foul language and thought More >
21st Century Education in New Brunswick, Canada
about 3 months ago - No comments
Looks like so folks New Brunswick’s Ministry of Education understand the opportunities that there are in a connected world:
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Teaching In the 21st Century
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
In this his prezi-driven video Kevin Roberts challenges us to acknowledge that:
Teachers are no longer the main source of information – We are the filter…
Teachers must strive to nurture in their learners the skill of learning how to learn.
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Why the iPad Abosolutely Matters
about 3 months ago - No comments
Why the iPad Absolutely Matters – Guest post | Education IT | ZDNet.com via kwout
This guest post by Matthew E. Rich, Ed. D., Principal of the Pleasant Ridge School in Glenview, IL explains why the iPad is a significant tool for teachers, students and administrators. The iPad matters for:
Teachers and Support Staff:
Progress Monitoring More >
Learning to Change-Changing to Learn
about 4 months ago - No comments
21st Century learning requires a very different educational environment. 21st Century literacies are very different that what we see in our traditional model…
It is the death of education but its the dawn of learning
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Understanding and Engaging the Net Generation
about 5 months ago - No comments
According to Don Tapscott’s research detailed in Grown Up Digital, understanding the following eight differentiating characteristics, or as he likes to call them Net Generation Norms, is central to understanding how this generation is changing work, markets, learning, the family and society.
They want freedom from everything they do, from freedom of More >
