Tag: K-12
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ICT Advice
It’s a UK site, but check it out.
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From the Fingers of 8th Graders
EduBlog has posted on how 8th graders view blogging (in one class). It seems that being able to write for more than MDT (Mom/Dad/Teacher) is really empowering for these kids. My guess is that blogging could be a great vehicle for students self motivation, writing and expression. This enthusiasm would hopefully help support their other…
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QuestGarden
For all those WebQuest people out there, there is something new coming from Bernie Dodge – QuestGarden announced at NECC. Thanks to all the people blogging NECC (this was from Ed-Tech Insider). (holy moses links!)
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Blogging in Education
Surfing around for a bit of support for an upcomming session on blogs as educational tools, I found this paper by Stuart Glogoff. He points out the social, learner centered and peer reviewed nature of blogging gives it great utility in the classroom. The Blog of Proximal Development has posted in this happening as well.
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Knee Jerking
Another rant… Weblogg-ed has a series of posts that talk about how schools are locking down access to ‘net based resources. This is something that seems to be the norm in schools rather than the exception. It seems that education has got to be the slowest institution to accept change. We are just now starting…