Education Matters - (tech and non-tech)

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Parents

Parent Teacher Conference

K-12 blended learning primer

Nice infographic on blended learning.

Blended learning has much potential.  However, it is only PART of the solution to why ails education today.  It is not a replacement for funding.  Adequate funding, whether online of f2f, must go hand in hand.  You can't maximize the potential of education while cutting necessary $$$.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Infographic

Lots of great information addressing access to and use of technology by children!

Psychology incorporates all of these "things": You should be in the classroom when Freud's 5 psychosexual stages are put forward (humour, lively environment and wonder!).

Start the class with pop music which links to the topic (understanding their world). 

At the first lesson when I have asked students to write on the board what they want from the lessons (the only one of the above they have ever written down was humour). When I asked them to give me examples of what they meant, they could not. When I explained that they needed to tell me what they meant by "fun classes", as I was I trained to teach and tutor, not to make jokes, they were unable to tell me.

When I conducted conformity research by having a group of students walking down the corridor dancing to music played over the intercom to see whether other students would conform by joining in, I demonstrated what they meant by fun. 

I have learnt from more enlightened others that a Tutor / Educator guides by pointing out where to find the relevant information plus discussion questions which allows learners to share information, analyse and evaluate during class. After more questions which stimulate arguments, the learners are given a question to answer. 

Some wonderful questions that I look forward to answering.

¿Hay diferencia entre "alumno" y "aprendiz" y entre "profesor" y "educador"?

Για την ενημέρωσή μας.

Constrasting evolution of Web.

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Infographic

Lots of great information addressing access to and use of technology by children!

It's important to note that once you post something on Facebook, or any other social network, it's no longer private, period.

While Facebook makes it fairly easy to control with whom you share information, the best way to keep your information private is to not post it anywhere in the first place.  

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Cyberbullying

Supports an iPad book called "It's Okay to be Different" (via Story Panda). Beautiful but simple message. 

This is the best anti-bullying poster I think I've ever come across. The visual would be perfect in an elementary classroom, and the poster covers all areas from glasses to adoption to stuttering. Let's celebrate our differences!