This is my response to the stimulating and interesting post Instructivism, Constructivism or Connectivism by Ryan Tracey. Ryan writes: From a practical perspective then, is the popular “evolution”...
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Learning metaphor - understanding of an elephant based on Instructivism, Constructivism and Connectivism
101 Excellent Sites for English Educators
A list of the top 101 websites for English and Language Arts (ELA) chosen by real teachers from prominent LinkedIn groups.
Friday, March 8, 2013
March 7, 2013: IJEDICT Weekly News is out
IJEDICT Weekly News, by Stewart Marshall: A free online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos about using ICT for education and development.
Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/f-1325685118
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Five Free Web 2.0 Tools to Support Lesson Planning
"Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought or an event." -- Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Educational Consultant, Curriculum Desig
How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms
A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and secondary school students finds that digital technologies have become central to their teaching and professionalization. At the same time, the internet, mobile phones, and social media have brought new challenges to teachers, and they report striking differences in access to the latest digital technologies between lower and higher income students and school districts.
Read more at: http://zunia.org/post/how-teachers-are-using-technology-at-home-and-in-their-classrooms
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Be a Leader with a PhD in Early Childhood Education
This page provides information on PhD early childhood education programs, what is studied in them, where you can study them, the prospects, and more ...An early childhood education doctoral program prepares you for jobs in education and administration related to children from birth to age 8. To do this, the program includes courses in child psychology, parenting, and early childhood instruction and learning strategies.
Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/phd-early-childhood-education
Online And Distance Learning Weekly
Online And Distance Learning Weekly, by Natalie Stewart: A free, online newspaper with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos for teachers and students interested in online and distance learning.
Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/NattyStewart24/1325359513
Monday, March 4, 2013
Why Can’t Johnny Write? Don’t Blame Social Media
Are Twitter, Facebook and fexting destroying our ability to write? One UK professor says yes. Another says all is not quite as it seems.Abulafia unloaded on Twitter’s 140-character limit, according to reports. He decried the compressed language and is especially worried that students entering college do not know how to write prose.
Yes, they can sometimes communicate in much the same way they do on social media -– where “pokes and static gestures” are more or less suggestions of a larger thought. Lay admits this can be “infuriating” to her generation. These students simply think differently.
Writing is still their primary form of communication, even if the canvas (texting and Twitter) is smaller. Lay calls Twitter “a beautiful, reductive space,” a sentiment that would warm Jack Dorsey’s heart.
Be at the Cutting Edge with a Medical Informatics Degree
This page provides information about medical informatics degree programs, schools where you can take them, prospects after completion and more ...This field is relatively young, but the need for people who have this degree is growing rapidly as technology is incorporated into every area of medicine.
Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/medical-informatics-degree
Start Your Teaching Career with an Online Early Childhood Degree
This site provides information about online early childhood degrees, what is studied in the programs, where you can study them, and more ...
The early childhood education curriculum track includes courses in child psychology, parenting, and early childhood instruction and learning strategies.
Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/online-early-childhood-degrees
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