My new favorite word: anomaly
It means: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected
Just something to think about…
what works versus what doesn’t and how this is related to effective technology integration
Are we connected?
Here’s a video to explain connectivism:
http://www.webertube.com/mediadetails.php?key=11b1bc9a14e0b0687630
New worlds to explore emerging right before our eyes
This global third place is for Kindergarten through 2nd grade – maybe third. It’s affiliated with Sesame Street – ah, I remember the days of Sesame Street – do you? My favorite was The Count!
How do you design writing instruction?
NCTE defines writing for the 21st century
New report offers guidance on how to update writing curriculum to include blogs, wikis, and other forms of communication
“Students who go online today and participate in the web’s many forms of communication compose their writing in informal contexts, where a hierarchy of the expert-apprentice (or teacher-student) does not exist. Instead, there is a peer co-apprenticeship, where communicative knowledge is exchanged freely.”
As always, I wonder how does this help me construct what I already know about good writing instruction?
Newseum
Need a news resources that pulls 651 front pages of newspapers from 65 countries around the world?
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
“Harvesting Grades”
ePortfolios have been a topic of discussion this year
Harvesting Gradebook: Portfolios for Learning
“An idea we are discovering in these portfolios is that they are workspaces as well as portfolios, and we are calling them “learning portfolios” as differentiated from “showcase portfolios.” ”
Personal Learning Network (PLN)
connecting with others online
“One of the things we really want to explore this year is the idea of both students and staff creating personal learning networks” Karl Fisch
from the Fischbowl - a great blog
“We live in an age of information abundance. Our students need to learn how to find, evaluate, organize, synthesize, remix and re-purpose information in order to understand and solve complex problems.”
Ancient News?
Making friends via a social network is not as surprising we may think. Read this article to find out more.
Trends to watch
Citing a report by Ian Jukes and Anita Dose of the InfoSavvy Group, Rust said digital native learners prefer (1) receiving information quickly and from multiple resources; (2) parallel processing and multitasking; (3) processing pictures, sounds, and video before text; (4) random access to hyperlinked multimedia information; and (5) interacting and networking simultaneously with many others.
“The biggest shift we’re seeing right now is student preference shifting from print to digital resources,” Rust noted. “It’s all about the web.”
The Upgrade Flux
Tech is in the constant state of flux – one app upgrades their product and that affects other apps. Patience.
Example: Quicktime update disabled ability to play avi files on our Macs while using Flip Video Cams
Work around: convert files at www.zamzar.com
Long term solution: adding a video file converter to our image
