Education Week: Learning Teams and the Future of Teaching

Learning is no longer preparation for the job, it is the job. In a world in which information expands exponentially, today’s students are active participants in an ever-expanding network of learning environments. They must learn to be knowledge navigators, seeking and finding information from multiple sources, evaluating it, making sense of it, and understanding how to collaborate with their peers to turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into action.

Education Week: Learning Teams and the Future of Teaching

Moving Beyond "One-Size-Fits-All" Digital Citizenship

In today's diverse world of education, digital citizenship is taking in an important if varied role. The needs of schools, just like the populations that they serve, are very different and need to be as individualized as possible.

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#Edchat: Join the Conversation

Written on August 18, 2009 – 6:14 am | by Shelly Terrell
Over 1000 educators have participated in #edchat discussions. Will you collaborate with us to create educational change?

Although relatively new, #edchat has become an incredible collaborative tool for educators to debate and evaluate solutions to various problems through Twitter. Over 1000 educators and administrators have contributed to the #edchat discussions from various countries around the world. In what other forum would this be possible?

Watch the video and see what #edchat is about:




#Edchat: Join the Conversation

Critical Thinking: What is it Anyway?

by Elizabeth King on June 13, 2010

As much as we hear about bringing creativity to classroom and business, we hear even more about teaching and using critical thinking skills. Since we’re prone to throwing terminology, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page about critical thinking and what it entails.

http://stayoutofschool.com/2010/06/critical-thinking-what-is-it-anyway/

Collaborative and Co-operative Learning: The How and the Why

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Collaborative and Co-operative Learning: The How and the Why

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Life on a Train

Teacher Magazine: Teaching Secrets: Hang on to the Magic

Teacher Magazine: Teaching Secrets: Hang on to the Magic

The Reflective School

The Reflective School by Peter Pappas on Prezi

Free eBook - 20 WEBTOOLS Applied to Teaching

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'Why isn't Johnny interested?': Local firms seek course to education in 21st century | SeacoastOnline.com

This is one of the best articles I have read recently on the changing educational landscape. It does not offer all of the answers, but it asks the right questions.

'Why isn't Johnny interested?': Local firms seek course to education in 21st century | SeacoastOnline.com

Youth clubs strengthen kids' self image to keep them out of trouble

When children belong to a youth club, they gain a stronger sense of who they are as a person, an Ohio State University study has revealed.The study suggests that even small improvements in self concept go a long way toward keeping children out of trouble."The more kids participate in these clubs, the better self concept they have," said Dawn Anderson-Butcher, an associate professor of social work at Ohio State. "And then that self concept makes children less vulnerable to engaging in problem behaviors."


Youth clubs strengthen kids' self image to keep them out of trouble

Sharks Use Math to Hunt

The great white shark in Jaws knew exactly where it was going — to the closest pair of plump legs around. But where might it head if it didn’t have a tasty human snack in its sights? A new study suggests that some sharks and other marine predators can follow strict mathematical strategies when foraging for dinner. The work, reported online June 9 in Nature, is the latest aiming to show whether animals sometimes move in a pattern called a Lévy walk.

http://ht.ly/1WyYW

Tools for the 21st Century Teacher

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Overcoming Obstacles to Adopting and Impementing Evidence-Based Practices

After you determine which evidence-based practices are a good fit for your school, how do you convince educators in your district to adopt them? Even more challenging, how do you ensure successful implementation? Adopting an educational program or practice almost seems easy in comparison to the hard work of sustained implementation. This brief describes types of barriers educators face in adopting and implementing evidence-based practices and tips for overcoming them.

http://www.bestevidence.org/resources/general/obstacles.htm

“iGeneration” Student Survey Reveals a Shift in the Way Teens Learn

Since their earliest memories, today’s “iGeneration” has been wired, Wi-Fied, mobile, virtually augmented and i-computed like no other generation before them. A recent “Beyond the Classroom” online survey of 13- to 17-year-old students commissioned by Aventa Learning™ revealed, not surprisingly, that these teens are turning to outside resources and technology to stay challenged and engaged.

“iGeneration” Student Survey Reveals a Shift in the Way Teens Learn

Teaching in a socially networked classroom

Let’s face it: Social networking is here to stay. Whether it is Facebook or Twitter, or the next web application waiting to become a phenomenon, social networking is a part of our students’ lives. The only place where it isn’t usually present is in our classrooms. And yet, how many of us haven’t sensed our students itching to reconnect as soon as class is over? The moment they leave the classroom, the cell phones come out and the air is abuzz with various versions of, “Where are you?” or “What are you doing?” Imagine if we could harness this drive to connect for the purpose of learning. Is it possible to use social networking to further learning?

Teaching in a socially networked classroom

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brain-Nicholas Carr