The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2011

They are merely there to provide that additional information some teachers/staff need. This is a great training resource out of the University of South Florida that provides some really basic information for teachers on how to do everything from burning CD''s to using email to hardware/software troubleshooting.

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Technology Training Software Microsoft 100

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. 7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates].

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Video Guidelines 203

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Sixth graders, from our data analysis, really are the epitome of the student learner today [as far as] leveraging the experiences that they have with technology. We’ve been doing this polling since 2003, so we've got quite an arc in terms of seeing the changes that have happened. I want them to be good discriminators of information.”

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Survey Learning Trends Smartphone 158

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Click for his story.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Social Media Video 187

Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

These days, using multimedia tools is a foregone conclusion for the well-resourced teacher; technology is enabling greater interactivity and engagement between students as well as with the information they are required to learn. Teachers have a plethora of options when it comes to using technology in their lessons. Second Life.

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Classroom Android STEM LMS 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. Click for his story.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Social Media Video 154

ProfHacker

JANUARY 5, 2017

While technologies have dramatically changed since the founding of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy , the standards of rhetoricity, accessibility, usability, and sustainability have remained remarkably stable.

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Analysis Guidelines Conference Video 81

edWeb.net

JULY 14, 2021

A very wide range of district programs can qualify for the latest funding, including access to school facilities, educational and professional development needs, and the use of technology to sustain and improve the educational environment. In 2021, the America’s Response Program Act (ARPA) added $126 billion to those funds.

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STEM Training Company Professional Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

sometimes still in uniform, and pull into a massive parking lot shared by the local community college and the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, or TCAT. Among them is 26-year-old Cheven Jones, taking a break from working on his 2003 Lexus IS 300.

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Education Study Report Course 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. 7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates].

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Video Guidelines 46

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Our latest ebook, Demanding More from EdTech Evaluations , outlined the problems that exist within the current landscape of edtech evaluation, and what can be done to provide more relevant efficacy information so decision makers can make much more valid, data-informed decisions on product fits for their teachers and students.

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EdTech eBook Study Data 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

As innovators and early adopters of emerging technology we often find ourselves in the situation to help our colleagues. How do we best help them to understand the value of new technology and how it might benefit their students lives (rather than how might it help my fit into their classroom).

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Examples Strategy Technology Study 57

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Information becomes content when there is a situation to apply it (Nonaka, 1999, Yaklief, 2010), but does not require a depth of understanding to access or transfer. Expertise requires both an understanding of the environment and the context of information for knowledge to be applied effectively and efficiently (Herling).

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Shortly after receiving this Campus Technology asked for my reaction. Can we use our imagination and technology to build something new in the NMC’s ruins? So many people chimed and pitched in, offering their interpretations, their information, their perspectives, their hearts. This is a screen capture.

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Pearson Report Trends Conference 78

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

This is the third in a series of blog posts on the future of learning and technology. In my previous blog post I examined the debate about whether we are becoming more intelligent or less intelligent as a result of our prolonged and habituated uses of technology. There are examples of how such cyborg existence might come about.

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Digital Divide Secondary Social Media Technology 60

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

Please share this information. In a new age of information, rapid innovation and globalization, how can we prepare our children to compete? This is an important documentary series for everyone. Week Will Kick Off “Teach Boldly” Year-long Teacher Support Program. Wednesday, September 14: 9:00 p.m. ET – NOVA “School of the Future”.

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Report Dropout Education Outcomes 124

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

This isn’t because the internet is down or due to a device malfunction—it’s because the online gradebook isn’t able to share data with the student information system (SIS). When two systems don’t “speak” to one another or store data in the same format, it makes it hard to pass information back and forth.

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Data LMS Company Education 110

NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 14, 2015

Founded in 2003, CyArk (for cyber archive), is an international nonprofit dedicated to enhancing accessibility to and digitally preserving heritage sites for future generations. Best experienced on Inter net Explorer, the site not only preserves and informs, it presents magical field trips and tours for our students.

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Data Libraries Study Google 40

Learning With Lucie

DECEMBER 4, 2016

(Thank you, Erica Zimmer (@NerdyMaestra) and Craig Lyndes for your help with this session) Preparing for this session, gave me a chance to reflect back over the past 20 years - starting with the year 1996 - the year technology tools allowed us to personalize learning like never before.

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Personalized Learning Google Tools Learning 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The pivotal moment of his career happened when he was teaching at Hannam University in South Korea in 2003 surrounded by the papers of 275 writing students and wondering if he had them all. Prior to this I managed a number of large Widening Access outreach projects in South West Wales and the Valleys.

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MOOC Blackboard Digital Citizenship Course 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Shankar and others have been combing through the massive amounts of newer information generated during the pandemic, when learning online was largely no longer a choice, eliminating self-selection bias. “We If there is a takeaway that’s clear now, it’s that the shift in teaching culture has opened folks up to technology more.”.

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Education Survey Dropout Learning 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

What competencies will be necessary for information professionals – librarians, technologists, and library workers - to deliver critical services and resources and to thrive in today and tomorrow’s society? How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?

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Libraries Conference Study Blackboard 42

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

While you may take up the role of champion as a general way of perceiving your fit within your school system, we may find ourselves identifying with one adopter category or another when discussing emergent technology. Read through the descriptions below with one type of emergent technology and see how you fit.

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Maker Movement System Examples Game-Based Learning 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

Then we will have 14 practitioner-led sessions that look deeply at the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and digital literacy. More information on the keynote panelists, plus the titles and presenters of the individual sessions, is listed below. network to be kept informed of future events.

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Conference Libraries Blackboard Social Media 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2017

More information on each of them is below. They and our session presenters will look deeply at the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and digital literacy. What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information?

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Conference Blackboard Libraries Social Media 34

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Shortly after receiving this Campus Technology asked for my reaction. Can we use our imagination and technology to build something new in the NMC’s ruins? So many people chimed and pitched in, offering their interpretations, their information, their perspectives, their hearts. This is a screen capture.

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Pearson Report Trends Conference 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

More information on both Christie and Shauna below. COST: $99 - includes participating live (not required), lifetime access to the recording, access to attendee discussion forum, and a certificate of attendance. I graduated from Marshall County High School in 1996 and Murray State University in 2003.

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Libraries Advocacy Training Accessibility 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 28, 2017

of Library and Information Science Session Proposal / Comment Area: [link] Understanding Expertise and Competencies Through the Lens of Threshold Concepts Virginia M. of Library and Information Science Session Proposal / Comment Area: [link] Understanding Expertise and Competencies Through the Lens of Threshold Concepts Virginia M.

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Libraries Conference Study Blackboard 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate in what will be a "virtual Town Hall" to explore competencies, careers and successful practices for 21st-Century Information Professionals. network to be kept informed of future events. What will employers be expecting?

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Libraries Conference Study Blackboard 28

Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

The 5 best apps for law school students We’ll start with the best apps for law school students : for those who have just embarked upon or are already neck deep in law school and its rushing tide of information and assignments. per month for unlimited access to vast flashcard collections made by top law students and professors.

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Kaplan Study Course Google 52

MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

These stats come from a new, nationally representative survey of media use among children ages 8-18, by Common Sense Media, which has been tracking this since 2003. Just ask Ashley Mingo, a junior at the Hudson High School of Learning Technologies in New York City. Vicky Rideout notes that gap has been pretty persistent over time.

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Smartphone Social Media Survey Report 33

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

At the event, Carolyn Sykora , Senior Director of the ISTE Standards Program, shared that the 1998 standards described a landscape in which we were learning to use technology. The 2007 standards described a landscape in which we were using technology to learn. We’ve championed equitable access and unbanning critical resources.

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Libraries Technology Conference BYOD 40

Connecting 2 the World

MAY 26, 2011

However, with the rise in the use of distributed groups in the workplace, there is the recognition that knowledge that is distributed in the form of distributed cognition, may not be accessed in the same way that traditional organizational structures allowed. In most of the definitions, the term “information” was included.

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Study Groups Training Report 63

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”

Analysis 40

Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 18, 2016

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”

Analysis 40

Analysis Trends Strategy MOOC 40