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Great explanation of technology and how one can truly become a life long learner. Additionally, as we see schools banning web 2.0 technologies, we can also see what opportunities we are depriving our students of...
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Great explanation of technology and how one can truly become a life long learner. Additionally, as we see schools banning web 2.0 technologies, we can also see what opportunities we are depriving our students of...
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Critical Analysis of the World is Flat
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Young People Urgently Need New Skills to Succeed in the Global Economy
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Book for all educators to read!
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Why don't we teach the same way in school as we do sports? Why do we tolerate the amount of time spent practicing sports versus academics?
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Dr. Ohler has some fantastic ideas... especially with Digital Storytelling
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Report refuting the problems of tech ed... Discovering the positive power of educational technology
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- Move all rote curriculum to the web for immediate student review and to free teachers from the tedium of delivery and assessment chores of this kind of content
- Design more motivating and rigorous assignments
- Redefine literacy to include web literacy and global communication literacy
- Shift the balance of control between learners and the organization of school
- Redefine education from the child to the whole family
- Redefine the job description of students to be content producers as well as consumers
- Redefine the job description of teachers as building learning communities instead of teaching 20 individuals in a classroom
- We need to redefine leaders to be innovators and team leaders instead of managers
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Has this study really changed?
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The World is getting Flatter - exemplifies Thomas Friedman's book that mentions this type of process by McDonald's.
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satirical letter to administration about frustration of becoming Web 2.0
