למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

Other proponents say fake students can bridge the isolation students feel sitting alone at their computers. They stimulate participation. They build learning communities. And the ultimate hope is that they help keep students from dropping out, a serious concern of distance educators.

תוויות: אתיקה, מקוון

an interactive portfolio of public school students’ test scores, grades and attendance rates

On the site, parents will be able to view overall course grades and scores on state tests, but not individual scores on class assignments. They will also be able to see attendance histories and look at the probability of a student passing state math and English exams, based on how they have scored on periodic city tests. It will also show how their child is doing compared with children at schools serving similar student populations.

תוויות: הערכה

There is reason to believe that digital technologies will in the long run have as much impact on learning and literacy as the printing press had.

... the same digital media that are fostering the need for new literacies are also making traditional literacies more valuable then ever before.

that people develop the ability to work autonomously, whether in online or offline realms, only through processes of being instructed or mentored by others.

Simplistic views of digital learning, which pit new literacies against old, autonomy versus mentorship, or home versus school, will only serve to worsen educational divides.

תוויות: הרהורים

Laptops make a good school better, but they don't make a bad school good.

They make a good school better by facilitating more and higher quality writing, allowing the practice and development of 21st century learning skills, encouraging high student motivation and engagement, and assisting effective integration of technology in teaching and learning. (They don't make a bad school good, because if teachers and students are invested in wasting time rather than learning, an Internet-connected computer provides ample opportunities for doing so!)

תוויות: 1:1, שימוש בבתי ספר

תוויות: הרהורים

Through its voracious efforts to include more of everything under its brand, Google has fostered a more seamless, democratized global, cosmopolitan information ecosystem yet contributed to the steady commercialization of higher education and erosion of standards of information quality.

researchers are more likely to echo prevailing consensus and narrow the imagination on which research relies.

Popularity stands in for quality assessment.

Paradoxically, the very reliance on the principles of peer review within Google and reliance on the principles of peer review in the Google PageRank algorithm have undermined an appreciation for distinctions among information sources - at least among university students.

תוויות: אוריינויות, חיפוש

האמת, שכשקראתי את המאמר הרגשתי שלא ממש קבלתי תשובה לשאלה שלשמה הוא נכתב. אמנם, המודל מקל על החשיבה, וייתכן שהשאלה מה רוצים שהתלמידים יעשו אכן עוזרת למקד את התכנון של מערך ההדרכה וההתפתחות המקצועית. ברור שהרצון הוא ללמידה אחרת, לפדגוגיה חדשה, אבל מדבריו של אוטכט לא ברור איך היא מושגת.

Although these tools started as something new and different, we can not simply choose to use them in one situation, but not in another. A math teacher wouldn’t say we don’t need to use the alphabet in this class because it’s math. An English teacher wouldn’t say we don’t need to know how to switch on the lights, because this is English, not science. So why do so many of us still think of technology that way?

מה עוד היינו רוצים שירכשו וילמדו בעזרת הניידים?

תוויות: 1:1, הרהורים

explores an interesting dichotomy: the generation that grew up with the web are not the biggest or fastest adopters.

But Generation Y is not inventing the new web. Older people are. The new web is all about hyper-connectivity, real-time updates, and living your life online. And mainstream twenty-somethings aren't buying into it.

... whatever the reason is, the numbers show that mainstream Gen Y is not latching on to the newest social media tools, and for a group of people who are supposed to be the trend setters, this is a strange phenomenon.

תוויות: כלי ווב 2.0, נוער

like typing up a quote from a book, taking it outside, chiseling the words in a rock, photographing the rock, scanning the photo, and running OCR on it.

תוויות: זכויות יוצרים

To be honest, I never really thought much about doing it any other way. In my zeal to have my students experience the joys of networked learning and prepare for a world where ideas and sharing should be and hopefully will be more transparent, it seems logical.

Ever since the day I wrote my first blog post and received a comment, I knew that learning in public had huge potential.

... we have no qualms about student athletes or musicians or actors perform(ing) in public. No athlete ever joins a team and suggests they just want to practice but don’t want to play in front of a crowd.

תוויות: בלוגים, כלים חברתיים

"I've seen no shortage of creativity emanating from the marketing departments of drug companies," Peter Lurie, deputy director of the public health research group at the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen, said, after reviewing two issues of the publication obtained by The Scientist. "But even for someone as jaded as me, this is a new wrinkle."

תוויות: מידענות

So, here’s the problem. Once your students find out that we have the capability to blog and/or videoconference with authors and professionals from around the world, they think we should do it all the time. Imagine that.

But third, and perhaps most important in the long run, I love the fact that these students knew a capability existed, assumed it was their prerogative to take advantage of that, and then took the initiative to contact Mr. Doctorow. If we not only enable our students to be connected learners, but also change their mindset so that they expect to be connected learners, we’ve done a good thing.

רכישת מיומנויות מחשב תוך כדי עיסוק בתכנים רלוונטיים ומשמעותיים לילדים, יחד עם הוראתן הישירה בעת הצורך.

תוויות: הקנייה, רכישת מיומנויות

When it comes to the Internet, parents are advised to put blockers on their computer and keep it in a central place in the home. But kids can have access to this on their cellphones when they’re away from parental influence — and it can’t be controlled.

תוויות: סלולארי

My work on blogs, articles, handbooks, and so on is an invitation to engage in conversation, not a proclamation of what I absolutely know.

When I write, and even when I speak, I am basically thinking aloud - and readers and listeners are able to follow along.

Watching others learn is an act of learning.

תוויות: בלוגים, כתיבה, למידה