Cynthia Gozzard recently presented at the Ontario Library Association conference her use of technology to address literacy. She shared this video and gave me permission to share this with my blog readership. Great examples of students using technology in the classroom.
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ReleasedMar 26, 2013
Twitter has become a popular tool among many education leaders who say it’s invaluable on many levels. Yet many education leaders are not connected to this vibrant community. In this segment our guests make the case for why you should give a twit about Twitter. Steven Weber is the principal at Hillsborough Elementary School located in Hillsborough, NC. George Couros, Principal at Forest Green School and creator and author of the “Connected Principals” collaborative. Jo-Ann Spence has been the Executive Director of Lowell Day Nursery for 25 years, taught for 10 years, on the Advisory Board of Middlesex Community College and the Early Ed. Dept. of the Vocational School and National Director of the year and Bammy Award winning Director of the Year. Nancy Blair is a school improvement consultant who frequently worked with the High Schools That Work and Making Middle Grades Work initiatives.
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A few weeks ago I shared another video from the MacArthur Foundation on Rethinking Learning. This followup video looks at the impact of digital media and gaming on learning.
Great video put out by O2 on the influence of technology on current and future spectator sports.
About a month ago we had our administrator retreat in Grand Erie and one of the speakers who had a big impact on us was George Couros. This Tedtalks is was taken about a month previous to our session. Their are many topics and themes that are similar. Thought I would just take us all back to the two days of PD.
Here is this weeks video. Shayne Evans shares with us his journey as a High School Principal in supporting and engaging students with Digital Media.
I want to wish all the staff and students of the Grand Erie District School Board a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy a well deserved holiday!
The latest trending video by apple is a testament to how students these days have video so woven into the fabric of their lives. A young boy appears to be disengaged with family and friends glued to his iPhone 5 at family Christmas. Viewing this the first time, I was totally sucked in by the storyline, believing that this was some sort of typical teen glued to their device. Brought me to tears to see the boy had actually been documenting the whole event and then sharing it through airplay on TV. Love it!!
I am really fortunate to be a part of the GEDSB A-Team, a group of forward thinking teachers and administrators who are regularly brought together to focus on the connection between our Educational Technology infusion in our board and the use of those technologies for instructional purposes. BY THE WAY the “A” in A team stands for achievement. It was noted at our last meeting how fast the technology shift is taking place in our board with things like BYOD and the like. When I read Heick’s Article on 7 most powerful Idea Shifts in learning taking place I felt it really added a context to the discussion the A Teamhad as a group. Important to note that although some educators try to fight against these shifts in their own personal practice the pace of change makes this pretty hard task.
RipTide Analogy: I think of changes like a swimmer caught within a rip tide. The common advice for those caught in a rip tide is to swim with or crossways to the current and not against it lest one become exhausted and be taken out to sea. For those resisting the tide of technology and 21st century learning maybe the riptide strategy might be better advice to deal with the shift of practice taking place.
Check out the 7 Most Powerful Ideas in Learning from Terry Heick’s article below. A link to the whole article is after the referenced pieces.
1. Digital & Research Literacy
Digital literacy is a trend that involves the consumption, comprehension, and curation of digital media. This is directly tied to research literacy, as both digital and digitized data sources serve as primary research resources.
2. Shift From Standards To Habits
The shift from purely academic standards to critical thinking habits supports personalized, 21st century learning through a preceding shift from institution to learner.
3. Game-Based Learning & Gamification
Game-Based Learning aggregates the power of learning simulations, social gaming, emotional immersion, and digital literacy to produce a net effect of transparency and participation on the learner.
4. Connectivism
Through social media, mobile learning, blended learning, eLearning, and other inherently connected learning experiences, it is possible to leverage the potential of interdependence and crowds. This occurs simply through crowdsourced knowledge (e.g., Quora, Wikipedia, learnist), visually through curation (e.g., scoopit, pinterest, MentorMob), and long-term through digital communities (e.g., twitter, Google+, facebook).
5. Transparency
A natural consequence of digital and social media, transparency is the opposite of closed, traditional schooling, where the walls of the classroom are tick and the local teachers and policies govern, judge, and process everything.
6. Place-Based Education
Place-Based Education complements digital platforms that tend towards globalization. While it is tempting for learners to constantly connect with exotic ideas in equally exotic locations, authentic learning experiences allow learners to self-direct personal change in pursuit of social change–and that starts small, at home and surrounding intimate communities.
7. Self-Directed Learning & Play
Self-Directed Learning is almost certainly at the core of the future of learning. To not allow learners to “play” with information, platforms, and ideas is to ignore the access, tools, and patterns of 21st century life.
For the whole Article visit: http://www.teachthought.com/trends/shift-learning-the-7-most-powerful-ideas-shifts-in-learning-today/
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