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links for 2009-07-03

Posted: July 3rd, 2009, by Langwitches
  • Ancient Greeks, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Children of Victorian Britain, Children of World War 2
  • Twtpoll is a feedback tool that helps you to create and distribute polls on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites.
    (tags: twitter polls)
  • We need tour guides.

    In American education, we call them instructional technology integrators, technologists, ITRTS (Instructional Technology Resource Teachers), or a variety of other terms. These specialized tour guides must be multifaceted and able to stand on either side of the fence: above all, they should be experienced, recognized master teachers (not IT personnel) in order to understand the pedagogy and learning theory required to meet curriculum objectives; yet, at the same time, they should be technologically savvy enough to seamlessly incorporate the complexities of technology into an educational setting.

links for 2009-07-01

Posted: July 1st, 2009, by Langwitches
  • Kinder und Jugendliche wachsen in modernen Gesellschaften in einer Welt auf, in der digitale Technologien allgegenwärtig sind. Die weit verbreitete Nutzung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) und Online-Diensten durch junge Leute in ihrem Alltagsleben für Freizeit, Unterhaltung und soziale Interaktion wirkt sich auf ihre Lernbedürfnisse, -anforderungen und -erwartungen aus. Sie müssen Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen für die Selbstentwicklung, die Partizipation in der Gesellschaft und zukünftige Arbeitsverhältnisse erwerben.
  • Promoting Education
    Promoting Community
    Skype Ideas for Teachers and Parents
    Resources for Getting Started and Using Skype
    Finding Others Using Skype

Quotes Shared by PLN from NECC

Posted: July 1st, 2009, by Langwitches

Although I am in Argentina as NECC (National Education Computint Conference) is taking place in Washington, my PLN (Pernsonal Learning Network) is present and always willing to share.

Through Twitter and Cover it life, I am catching snippets of the conversation. As I am coming across quotes that catch my attention, I am compiling them in this blog post.

NECC – Designing Rigorous & Globally Connected Assignments w/ Alan November (via @lparisi)

” Pedagogy trumps technology”

“Staff Development - not about technology but about rethinking lesson”

Via  Krisitn Hokanson -Cover it Live

Alan November

“We need to free up teachers to design assessments that require students to learn to use resources”

“The key is to figure out what skills we teach today that will outlast the changes in technology”

Through Twitter

Alan November

If we want a global work ethnic, kids must own their own learning.”

Lee Crockett

Today’s students are not the students we were trained to teach.”

Will Richardson

If you want good customer service these days - just tweet about it

Malcolm Gladwell

“The struggle to learn something…is where the learning lies….”

Eric Hoffer

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”


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Wisdom from the Year 1809

Posted: June 24th, 2009, by Langwitches

goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and poet (1749-1832) wrote 1809 in his book “Wahlverwandtschaften”:

Es ist schlimm genug, daß man jetzt nichts mehr für sein ganzes Leben lernen kann. Unsere Vorfahren hielten sich an den Unterricht, den sie in ihrer Jugend empfangen; wir aber müssen jetzt alle fünf Jahre umlernen, wenn wir nicht ganz aus der Mode kommen wollen.

which means in translation

It is bad enough that one cannot learn anymore for the rest of one’s life. Our ancestors were able to hold on to the education they received in their youth; instead we must relearn every five years, if we want to keep up with the times.

links for 2009-06-23

Posted: June 23rd, 2009, by Langwitches