TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Content-based academic standards. Mobile learning. For example, I love the idea of mobile learning, so I attach positive feelings to it that can lead me to cognitive distortions downstream, where I oversimplify it’s function, or catastrophize our continued misunderstanding of its potential in education. Use of data.

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Academic Standards Mobile Learning Flipped Classroom Mobility 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Start with the Standards, then get Creative When Edna Tristan became principal of the brand new STEAM Academy in El Rancho Unified School District, her mission was to tie STEAM into the regular classroom through cross-curricular, project-based activities. She turned to Twitter and soon began to expand her relationships and networks.

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Technology Education EdTech Future Ready 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

In short, the shift from purely academic standards to critical thinking habits supports personalized, 21st century learning through a preceding shift from institution to learner. twitter, Google+, facebook). twitter, Google+, facebook). Game-Based Learning & Gamification. Connectivism. Transparency.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

But deep integration of technology in learning should–ideally anyway–make learning mobile–always-on, asynchronous and self-directed access to both content and collaborators. Yes, you’ve got a pile of academic standards that have to be mastered. Grant Wiggins has a great analogy for standards—building code.

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