Putting Learning First
Teaching In the 21st Century
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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Calendar of the Future
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The Calendar of the Future | A Tungle Manifesto via kwout
While I not would normally incorporate a youtube video in a Kwout clip I am doing so because you will want to watch this video within the Calendar of the Future Manifesto site. This is the first of many videos that explore what the next More >
12 Technologies that changed everything
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Slideshows – 12 Technologies That Changed Everything – index via kwout
I found it particularly interesting that I have actually owned or used many of these technologies (no I wasn’t on Sputnik or any other spaceflight). Perhaps this confirms my role as a bleeding edge early adopter.
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Misguided Tablet Strategy
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Microsoft’s misguided tablet strategy is the apotheosis of the company | Tech Sanity Check | TechRepublic.com via kwout
Jason Hiner the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic makes the argument that Microsoft’s misguided tablet is the apothesis of the company. Balmer’s notion that Windows 7 will run on Slate PC’s in 2010 has not and will not More >
Lecture Capture is NOT Online Learning
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Is it Live or is it Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on Student Learning via kwout
Students in a large introductory microeconomics course at a major research university were randomly assigned to live lectures versus watching these same lectures in an internet setting, where all other factors (e.g., instruction, supplemental materials) were More >
NewSchools
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NewSchools Venture Fund is a venture philanthropy firm working to transform public education through powerful ideas and passionate entrepreneurs so that all children — especially those in underserved communities — have the opportunity to succeed. The following video documents their development, vision and mission:
NewSchools Summit 2010: A New Policy World from NewSchools on Vimeo.
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Developmental Wiring
about 3 months ago - No comments
MediaWiseVideos offers the following:
From neurons to brain wiring, Dr. David Walsh gives an easy-to-understand tour of children’s and teens’ brain development and the impact of experience on the “wiring’ of their brains. Children are shaped by the stories they see and hear from parents, relatives, and teachers which pass on values, attitudes, and affect emotional More >
Visual Notes on the iPad
about 4 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
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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
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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
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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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