Showing posts with label ICT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ICT. Show all posts
WEBTOOLS: NO REGISTRATION NEEDED FOR STUDENTS
Huge collection of free web tools for educational use here, a blog created by Nathan Hall, a teacher and teacher-trainer interested in the use of technology in language learning and teaching.
Posting Images on the Internet
Not everything on the Internet is free so before posting images on your blog or website take a look to the infographic below.
Photo: Giving Credit via pia jane bijkerk.
©2011, copyright Thomas MacEntee
Manners Matter on the Net too
Digital Citizenship and Netiquette.
Do some rersarch and find out what these terms mean and in what contexts they are used.
Knowthenet presents Manners Matter the online Netiquette Do's and Don'ts infographic.
Twitter Cheat Sheet
Guide to Twitter
Using Twitter makes students more engaged?
http://www.edudemic.com/a-useful-social-media-cheat-sheet/
Using Twitter makes students more engaged?
http://www.edudemic.com/a-useful-social-media-cheat-sheet/
Google Drive Resources in the Cloud
Neat collection of resources compiled, selected and curated by the great Nikki D. Robertson. She describes herself as: a veteran educator and Instructional Technology Facilitator who is passionate about 1:1 Digital Initiatives, collaboration w/other education professionals, and assisting students in becoming well informed, critically thinking digital citizens.
21st Century Teachers
The image below describes the Connected Teaching Approach.
In a connected teaching model, connection replaces isolation. Classroom educators are fully instrumented, with 24/7 access to data about student learning and analytic tools that help them act on the insights the data provide. Educators are connected to their students and to professional content, resources, and systems that empower them to create, manage, and assess engaging and relevant learning experiences for students both in and outside school. They also are connected to resources and expertise that improve their own instructional practices and that guide them in becoming facilitators and collaborators in their students’ increasingly self-directed learning.
In connected teaching, teaching is a team activity. Individual educators build online learning communities consisting of their students and their students’ peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and afterschool programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world....
source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/3458534773/
Connected teaching also enables our education system to provide access to effective teaching and learning resources where they are not otherwise available and provide more options for all learners at all levels. This is accomplished by augmenting the expertise and competencies of specialized and exceptional educators with online learning systems and through on-demand courses and other self-directed learning opportunities.
The technology that enables connected teaching is available now, but not all the conditions necessary to leverage it are. Many of our existing educators do not have the same understanding of and ease with using technology that is part of the daily lives of professionals in other sectors and with this generation of students. The same can be said of many of the education leaders and policymakers in schools, districts, and states, and of the higher education institutions that prepare new educators for the field. This gap in technology understanding influences program and curriculum development, funding and purchase decisions about educational and information technology in schools, and pre-service and in-service professional learning. Too often, this gap prevents technology from being used in ways that would improve instructional practices and learning outcomes.
http://www.ed.gov/technology/draft-netp-2010/principles-connected-teaching
Skills & Attributes of Today's Learner
Most of my students are a bit reluctant to use technology as a tool for sharing their learning experience. That makes me wonder Are they really learning after all?
I have tried very hard to make them understand the basics of digital literacy with very positive feedback.
In general terms, most of them probably lack many of the skills described in the picture below so I'm afraid perhaps it's a little too late to start to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to tackle tough questions, or simply collaborate across networks (online and in-person).
Source: Edudemic
In any case I recommend this other blogpost from User Generated Education on the same topic: The Other 21st Century Skills of Modern Learners
I have tried very hard to make them understand the basics of digital literacy with very positive feedback.
In general terms, most of them probably lack many of the skills described in the picture below so I'm afraid perhaps it's a little too late to start to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to tackle tough questions, or simply collaborate across networks (online and in-person).
Source: Edudemic
In any case I recommend this other blogpost from User Generated Education on the same topic: The Other 21st Century Skills of Modern Learners
Teachers Technology Use in the Classroom
According to a recent survey in the U.S. three-quarters of teachers surveyed link educational technology to a growing list of benefits saying that:
“Technology is a critical part of learning and teaching in today’s classrooms,” commented Alicia Levi, PBS Education. “Teachers today need access to high-quality digital content to keep pace with schools’ investment in interactive whiteboards, tablets and other devices to maximize the educational benefits of technology in classrooms.”
Source: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/amazing-facts-about-teachers-technology.html
- Technology enables to reinforce and expand on content (74%),
- to motivate students to learn (74%),
- and to respond to a variety of learning styles (73%).
“Technology is a critical part of learning and teaching in today’s classrooms,” commented Alicia Levi, PBS Education. “Teachers today need access to high-quality digital content to keep pace with schools’ investment in interactive whiteboards, tablets and other devices to maximize the educational benefits of technology in classrooms.”
Source: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/amazing-facts-about-teachers-technology.html
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