March 2012
8 posts
This again: Computational thinking →
vivekhaldar:
In Why coding is not the new literacy, the author argues:
Coding is not the new literacy because it will never be a requirement that every man, woman and child must know how to code in order to communicate fully. It is a function of the development of communication, not its…
web20classroom: The Complete Dropbox For Educators: http://t.co/RU60e6k4
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Learning Change: Why Don’t Students Like School: A... →
gfbertini:
Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their…
StudyBlue – Learn from others, teach yourself
gfbertini:
StudyBlue is made for students. It empowers a generation of ambitious digital natives who expect and deserve high quality digital study tools. Nobody forces anybody to use it and nobody tells anybody they can’t. StudyBlue helps students learn better. Learn together. And get smarter. Over one million students from around the world have already chosen to achieve their goals by...
Free Technology for Teachers: Wiffiti - Gather &... →
positivelypersistentteach:
This post wouldn’t really apply to me, since I teach the little ones. However, the move towards more connected classrooms and allowing students to use their hand held devices I thought that this program could be beneficial. It might encourage discussion, or even get kids who are uncomfortable speaking in class to join in via text. It also be used as exit slips and...
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The Arrival of the Digital Snob →
teachingliteracy:
infoneer-pulse:
Take education, for example. What used to be the most-recognized hallmark of snobbery – an expensive Ivy League education – has been completely overturned by the digital transformation of the world. Universities like Yale, MIT and Stanford – renowned for their exclusivity and their ability to limit entry to a tiny proportion of the college-age population – are...
Learning Change: Dangerous Pedagogy in the Age of... →
gfbertini:
The script is now familiar: there is no such thing as the common good; market values become the template for shaping all aspects of society; the free, possessive individual has no obligations to anything other than his or her self-interest; profit-making is the essence of democracy; the…
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Khan Academy offers JavaScript as their first... →
