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Global educators - new accredited professional development opportunity
Join the fine folks at TakingITGlobal for some exciting professional development on global education and project-based learning. Starting this month, TIGed is offering two accredited e-courses in technology-enabled global education for teachers around the world! TakingITGlobal is a youth community site with … Continue reading
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Tagged global, online, PBL, projects, takingitglobal, virtual
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GenYES changes the way teachers view students, school, and technology
OK, I know a post this long violates all the rules of blogging. But I’m doing it to make a statement that only volume can make. And you don’t have to read it all - just skim through it. You’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged children, collaboration, educational technology, educator, empowerment, GenYES, project, projects, research, student, teacher, technology, youth
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Catch the Dream - iEARN Youth Summit 2010
“Catch the Dream” in Canada! Join hundreds of educators, students, administrators and partner organizations who come together annually from 50-70 countries to share how they are using technology to build global understanding and enhance teaching and learning! Learn how to … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, conference, global, iEARN, meeting, projects, technology, youth summit
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Student video - GenYES Rocks!
SMHS GenYes Rocks! from Debbie Kovesdy on Vimeo. GenYes is the ultimate tech group at Shadow Mountain High School! We simply rock when it come to new tech and learning! In addition to tech support for teachers and students, we … Continue reading
Relevant research: Combining service-learning and technology fosters positive youth development
In an ongoing effort to promote youth empowerment in education, we’d like to offer this research synopsis. This one pulls together several of our favorite subjects: youth development, project-based learning, and technology. Best Practices for Integrating Technology and Service-Learning in … Continue reading
The Technology Ecology
Today I’m heading to Denver for the T+L conference. T+L is the Technology + Learning conference of the National School Board Association. This year it’s in Denver, Colorado, October 27-29. I’ll be doing a new session on Wednesday, Oct 28th … Continue reading
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Tagged curriculum, education, fluency, literacy, PBL, projects, school student, technology, technology ecology
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Free - Projects, portfolios and more for creative educators
Last week I mentioned the article What Makes a Good Project? Eight elements to great project design by Gary Stager in the Creative Educator magazine. I hope you had a chance to look at the whole Creative Educator magazine, because … Continue reading
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Tagged article, bloom, creative, Creative Educator, creativity, education, integration, learning, magazine, marzano, PBL, portfolio, project, project-based learning, projects, student project samples, Tech4Learning, technology
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What Makes a Good Project?
In the November 2008 issue of The Creative Educator magazine, there is the first of a two-part article on project- based learning by Gary Stager and illustrated by Peter Reynolds. What Makes a Good Project? covers eight elements of projects … Continue reading
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Tagged creative, education, educator, gary stager, good, PBL, peter reynolds, project, project-based learning, projects, technology
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The art of being an unreasonable educator
Many educators I speak to daily are very reasonable people. They have dreams about how education should be, but still show up for work every day in a system that is slow, if not hostile to change. They compromise with … Continue reading