Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Translated into Spanish – Claudia Uribe de Piedrahita, the Director of Eduteka has organised the translation in Spanish – http://www.eduteka.org/TaxonomiaBloomDigital.php
I feel incredibly honoured and I really hope this will be of assistance to teachers and learners. Further resources and material will be added as they become available.
I have uploaded the PDF version [...]
I had heard from my safe and comfortable position in New Zealand about the “No child left behind” program in the states. I had heard too, from colleagues that this was a major problem and a concern. But isolated from direct exposure, this was of passing interest.
The reality of NCLB in schools is completely different [...]
Ian sent me an interesting article from the Edge – http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/tapscott09/tapscott09_index.html
The article is “The impending demise of University“. The article is written by Don Tapscott
Here is a quote from the article
“The old-style lecture, [...]
I have just updated the Voicethread starter sheet and reposted it to the wiki
The Starter sheets are available at this URL – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets
Voicethread – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+voicethread.pdf
Delicious – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/delicious+v2.pdf
Google Maps – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+googlemaps.pdf
Wikispaces – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/wikispaces+v2.pdf
Google Advanced Search – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/Starter+sheet+-+Adv+Google+search.pdf
Boolean Searches – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/boolean.pdf
Buzzword – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+Buzzword.pdf
Animoto – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+animoto.pdf
Mixbook – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mixbook.pdf
Mindmeister – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mindmeister.pdf
Google Forms – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+google+forms.pdf
Google Earth – starter sheet – [...]
This week I am heading across the ditch to Brisbane to attend the MYSA Conference (MYSA – Middle Years Schooling Association), But its is taking me out of class for 3 days.
So I have to prepare relief for my classes and I have work that I want the students to cover. With all the best [...]
This video was posted in the latest ICT PD newsletter. Its a 7 minute video that is worth watching.
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opXKmwg8VQM
As I watch it it raises a number of questions for me some serious.
How many of our children as still rote taught?
Could we take our children out on the field trips that we see here?
How many [...]
I have just published the updates to 21st Century Pedagogy and 21st Century Assessment on Edorigami.wikispaces.com
The feedback has really helped to shape these articles. Many thanks to all who posted comments or contacted me directly. Its very much appreciated
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Even if you have a 21st Century classroom, flexible and adaptable; even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; An adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker; even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have [...]
I found this as a post from the 3 Billion blog. The post refers to a youth orientated trend report published by the Next Great Thing. Go to the site and download the paper. It makes for an interesting read.
The paper has a marketing focus but don’t let that deter you. There aren’t that many [...]
I have been working on another rubric which I would like to share with you.
This is one for using skype (or a similar audio or audio/visual tools) to look at teleconferencing.
The rubric has 2 aspects
1. Applying – this is looking at the planning and communications aspects of the conference call
2. Evaluating – this is the [...]
