Silvia Tolisano, author and blogger at Langwitches, recently wrote a post entitled 21st Century Skills-Literacies-Fluencies. The real meat of the post IMHO is her coach analogy through which she describes a metaphor for thinking about technology support and teacher practice as it applies to instructional technology:
Coaches are working with athletes…but… they can’t PLAY FOR …
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What’s in a Word?
Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green
Hot for Teachers w/ Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green from Megan Fox
Internet is to WWW as Education is to…
I made a few alterations to this post. It appears that David missed my point, and I think that this has to do with the way that I originally wrote my ideas. All alterations appear in italics. I also added a follow-up paragraph at the end that provides an explanation for what …
What is learning?
It was either serendipitous or ironic that the two videos featured below popped into my digital radar this week. As you watch and compare/contrast the videos, consider a couple of educational questions that are batted hither-and-yon in the edublogosphere:
What are the implicit/explicit learning objectives (stated and unstated) for the students? Standards-based or real world?
How …
Michael Wesch
On Monday, September 21, Michael Wesch will deliver a workshop entitled, “The Art of Learning in New Media Environments.” I am going to live-blog the experience on this post if anyone is interested in participating virtually.
Michael Wesch: UVA Lecture
Banning Pencils?
In his editorial, A Proposal for Banning Pencils, Doug Johnson deftly describes many schools’ flawed rationale for banning emerging technologies (cell phones, social networking, etc…) using a metaphorical example, banning pencils. He writes:
“When it comes to ‘technology’ use in schools, every responsible educator’s first concerns should be student safety and educational suitability. I am suggesting …
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