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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to a treasure from my ISTE 2023 vault. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with 'e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. 2002) Smartmobs: The Next Social Revolution. Most of us are connected to each other through numerous social media platforms. Next time: Connected Minds References Godin, S.

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Learning on the move

Learning with 'e's

It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today. Mobile learning is going to be very big indeed. One report suggests that as many as 8 out of every 10 people now having access to some form of mobile communication device.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress. Finally, we cannot afford to ignore the growing influence of mobile phones and apps as a disruptive force and the capability they have of enabling any time, any place learning. BMC Medical Education 6, 41. O''Reilly, T. What is Web 2.0. O''Reilly Media. van Dijk, J.

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and then our tools shape us

Learning with 'e's

Today''s book recommendation is the fifth in the series: Howard Rheingold (2002) Smart Mobs: The next social revolution. Mobile (cellular) phones were just beginning to make their impact on society, and were starting to penetrate sufficiently into the public consciousness to provide the media with occasional stories. Unported License.

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The changing Web

Learning with 'e's

Van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress. Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. Also, we need to pay attention to the growing power, ubiquity and utility of the mobile phone and the central role it is already playing in enabling ‘anytime anyplace’ learning for students.

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Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book

TeachThought - Learn better.

Studies of the effectiveness of video in formal learning environments have yielded some confusing ideas, namely that content acquired via video consumption doesn’t easily transfer to the medium of text (Fisch 2002; Koran, Snow & McDonald 1971).