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How schools get it wrong
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 12, 2009
Some articles I am reading…
How Schools Get It Wrong
http://www.thestar.com/atkinsonseries/atkinson2009/article/718262–how-schools-get-it-wrong
Are Schools Preparing Students for 21st Century Learning?
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/11/02/are-schools-preparing-students-for-21st-century-learning.aspx
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/
Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/11/05/why-teenagers-are-growing-up-so-slowly-today.aspx
Drop by drop
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 11, 2009
Video source
A while ago, I wrote about how important it is to slow down (or even stop) to think. John Connell referred to this as slow blogging. The video above reminded me of this.
My take home message from the video: Slowing things down allows us to learn new things about ourselves [...]
Smilebox
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 10, 2009
Someone from one of my ICT classes created a digital scrapbook with Smilebox to mark the end of the ICT course last week. Aww!
Here are some of my photos and videos from the final sessions.
Many thanks to all my trainees who made the course an enjoyable one!
What is your reach?
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 9, 2009
It never ceases to amaze me how people find ways to connect 140 characters at a time with Twitter. Read how Karl Fisch did so at The Fischbowl: How Many People in Your Family?
Maybe one day I’ll have the same reach as he does!
How/Why teachers use Twitter
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 8, 2009
Video source
At the 4min 36sec mark, the facilitator asks the panel, “What does it mean to tweet about education?”
The panel answers this question and goes on to describe the power of education in personal learning networks (PLNs).
Know your audience
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 6, 2009
I just read a TechCrunch article on something called Aardvark. Aardvark looks like a promising social Q&A tool, but it was the example (below) that Michael Arrington shared that caught my eye.
I had to laugh. I also thought how this was a good example of needing to know your audience.
I read this on the back [...]
To book or not to book
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 5, 2009
Bryan Polivka asked for input for a session titled The End of Book Learning: Why the Next Textbook… Isn’t One. He has already received some input and has responded with another blog entry. Here’s a choice quote:
I don’t think a textbook, by nature, is actually a book at all. It is in essence a wholly [...]
Copyright, copywrong… you copy?
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 4, 2009
The Rambling Librarian has some interesting thoughts about what he labels Digital Civics and Intellectual Respect. With the current practice of mashups, this overall concept is even more important!
My only observation is nothing new: Technology evolves so fast that our laws cannot catch up. Thankfully, rather than wait for lawmakers, people co-evolve with the technology [...]
Mobile now
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 3, 2009
The future is mobile. That point is moot considering how mobile we are already. I am talking about the prevalence of smartphones like the iPhone.
We have Facebook Lite to benefit people who have only Internet access via their phones. Sites like this feature how important mobile phones are for local economies, women’s rights, weather updates, [...]
Hey Jude flowchart
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 2, 2009
If I was teaching anyone how to flowchart, I might use this!
I believe this is the original source of the flowchart.
