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From the Editor - Winter 2011
STEPHEN MURPHY | 11/27/2011
We are very excited to present SEEN’s Technology issue! New technologies can be overwhelming for both teachers and students – despite that fact that students are often considered “digital natives” – so our articles focus on how teachers can use these technologies as tools to enhance and customize learning. With careful planning towards the ultimate goal of student learning, teachers can leverage technologies to make a positive impact on their students’ learning experience. Read More...
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Technology in the classroom A Teacher’s Experience
DEBORAH AUGHEY | 11/27/2011
Just before graduation in 1983, the journalism teacher of my sleepy southwest Florida high school brought a few editors into the backroom of the library to crowd around the school’s first desktop computer, an Apple 2E. We watched in bemused wonder as he typed a few sentences. He proudly bragged that this computer — that could underline, bold and even italicize words — was going to change the world. It did. Flash forward to 2011, and my convergence journalism class seamlessly integrates and manipulates a bevy of software programs, smart phone apps and digital media to support our paperless classroom where we publish nine online editions and f... Read More...
Relevant Tags: Guest Columnist with Deborah Aughey, school, online, students, teacher, education, technology, product, class, high school, deborah aughey, technology classroom, online textbook, english teacher
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I3+2HTxC=SUCCESS
LARRY BIDDLE | 11/27/2011
This simple formula enables all of us to focus on the vital balance so necessary in each of our institutions. With the tsunami of information and technology coming at us 24/7/366—next year is leap year—keeping it all in perspective is of the utmost importance. Technology is revolutionizing the world of education – replacing familiar classroom tools and changing the way we learn. MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions – covering cultural and technology trends, groundbreaking research, education policy and more. The blog site is curated by Tina Barseghian, a journalist and mother of a grade-schooler. She cites The Scie... Read More...
Relevant Tags: CELEBRATING IMPROVEMENT With Larry Biddle, education, technology, larry biddle, jostens renaissance, 2htxc success, self control, celebrating improvement, biddle 2htxc
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Inservice training at your fingertips: How you can join the digital professional development revolution
Dr. Ruth Herman Wells, M.S. | 11/27/2011
What do well-dressed teachers wear to professional development training? Anything they want — even pajamas. No, it’s not an ultra-casual Friday; it’s the new wired world of teacher professional development. Today’s teachers can upgrade their skills while wearing a bathrobe, commuting to work, or running on a treadmill. Every educator with a smart phone, laptop, tablet, computer, DVD player, or PDA now has access to a universe of affordable, high quality, 24/7 professional development training. There are many types of new distance learning options that can solve classroom problems while offering educators the college credit and clock hours the... Read More...
Relevant Tags: PROBLEM SOLVED with Dr. Ruth Herman Wells, M.S., online, development, professional, courses, training, dvd, education, professional development, online courses, herman wells, ruth herman, inservice training, wired world, distance learning
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Are your students digitally deprived?
SUSAN BROOKS-YOUNG | 11/27/2011
The general public loves mobile technology. As of June 2011, 28 million iPads have been sold and 130 million Android devices — mostly smart phones — have been activated (ZDNet , http://zd.net/n5wu07 ). By 2015, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that more people in the United States will access the Internet using some type of mobile device than will get online using a wired connection (Worldwide New Media Market Model report, http://idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS23028711 ). Read More...
Relevant Tags: Technology and Learning, mobile, technology, students, devices, school, education, learning, mobile technologies, mobile devices, digitally deprived
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Technology stimulates teacher imagination for dynamic student learning
JULIE SMITH | 11/27/2011
In three years, sales of tablet computers will grow tenfold — from 20 to 208 million, according to research by Gartner. Mobile computing is not just a technology trend — it is a paradigm shift in the way we communicate and collaborate. And, whether education embraces it or not, the shift will impact the classroom. Read More...
Relevant Tags: Technology and Learning, technology, students, district, digital, thomasville, teachers, education, digital content, district leaders, dynamic student, high school, technology stimulates, mobile computing
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The principal’s role as TECHNOLOGY LEADER
MARILYN GRADY | 11/27/2011
“To be a principal in the 21st century school demands leadership of technology. To be a leader of technology requires a willingness to learn, flexibility, and the capacity to accept change as a constant factor. Adaptability and acceptance of ambiguity are essential. Because technology changes continuously, there is no menu of technology must dos and must haves. Instead, leaders of technology must be lifelong learners and explorers of the new, the exciting, and the useful in technology.” – A principal This statement by a principal captures the spirit of interviews conducted with principals, technology specialists, librarians, media specialists... Read More...
Relevant Tags: Technology and Learning, technology, teachers, school, teacher, principals, development, professional, principal, professional development, technology leader
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The socially networked classroom
WILLIAM KIST | 11/27/2011
Over the last few years, I have visited classrooms throughout the United States and Canada to watch some of the most visionary teachers who were immersed not only in educational technology, but also in the implications of using these new media in their classrooms. I interviewed dozens of these teachers and collected their ideas in a book, “The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age,” published by Corwin Press. Their experiences with technology covered a wide range of examples, from social networking in a low-tech environment to teaching at the most advanced levels of technological innovation. Read More...
Relevant Tags: Technology and Learning, students, teachers, technology, classroom, socially networked, new media, networked classroom, social networking
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