http://www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia
These guys are great. Another video from the Commoncraft Show.
I would have to say that these are some of the best professional development resources about. Simple, straight forwarded and fun.
Here is the blurb on the latest offering
“This video focuses on basics of social media: new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give [...]
http://www.edutopia.org/ikid-digital-learner-technology-2008
Marc Prensky has written an excellent article on the 21st Century Learner. You need to read it.
Throughout the article he has made several observations that I find interesting and challenging.
“During my talks, however, I typically look out at oceans of white hair. Never — I can’t even say rarely — is a kid in sight [...]
Multi touch interfaces are going to make a difference to how we teach and integrate technology.
Educause has released there latest installment in the “7 things you should know” series - Multi-touch interfaces - click here for the site and here for the PDF version.
If you want to watch a great video (Its a TED [...]
(with apologies for the tardiness)
Most of us have met them. If we teach in independent schools, higher decile schools or teach in more privilaged areas they are becoming increasingly common. Even the more short sighted of teachers can see them increasing as our future becomes increasingly electronic. Whether we call them Digital Natives (Marc [...]
This is an excellent Youtube Video by Prof Stephen Heppell. Its an interesting commentry about learning, the role of the teacher and schools. Well worth a watch. This video sits well with my earlier post on 21st Century Educators.
Schools of the future
Stephen ahs also got his own youtube channel - again worth a visit for [...]
http://www.uctv.tv
University of California Television is a great resource for studennts and teachers alike. The site hosts streamed video video on demand and audio and video cast on a wide range of subjects.
Teacher’s Pet or Professional Education for Teachers is a great resource for staff. They have resources for most subject areas and curricula:
Biology/Life [...]
The more I have considered teaching and learning in the 21st Century, the more convinced I am that our teaching and learning spaces must change to reflect the paradigm shift we are seeing with 21st Century learners and educator.
Classrooms have improved since the 19th Century, but essentially they are designed for the same traditional mode [...]
How do we take measure of ICT integration or implementation? Its not something we can score on a scale of 1 to 10 or measure as achieving with excellence or just passing. The benchmarks for every school and every classroom are different.
In preparing our students for the 21st Century, we must prepare them for the [...]
Thanks for the brilliant comments and suggestions about teh 21st Century Teacher. I have played with the concept some more and made some changes.
To make it easier to change and update this I have posted it to the wiki.
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Teacher
Thanks To Sheryl, Kim, David and Rod for their feedback, spell checking, suggestions and comments. Please don’t [...]
This is a great video.
The video starts by making a scary commentry on the state of education. Of the 55 industry sectors examined in their level of ict intensiveness education ranked 55th below Coal Mining. Steven Hebbell contributes to the video and the reflections.
Some of the comments are insightful and challenging like
“The death of education [...]
