July 17, 2013
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Found this fantastic infographic touting the success of infographics. Reading it ( or more correctly, viewing it) immediately focused my thoughts on the use of visual texts in classrooms today. Click on the screenshot above to view the animated, interactive info graphic that presents 13 reasons why we should use infographics ( or visual texts […]
July 17, 2013
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Everyone is talking about a digital curriculum free of those hard copy textbooks that have been a part of schooling since the advent of the one room schoolhouse. In this series I will investigate some resources that can open up a world of digital curricula. In this second post of the series, I’ll examine the […]
July 17, 2013
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The evolution of the web from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and now to Web 3.0 can be used a metaphor of how education should also be evolving, as a movement based on the evolution from Education 1.0 to Education 3.0. I discussed this in Schools are doing Education 1.0; talking about doing Education 2.0; […]
July 16, 2013
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How to Assess Students’ Learning and Performance Learning takes place in students’ heads where it is invisible to others. This means that learning must be assessed through performance: what students can do with their learning. Assessing students’ performance can involve assessments that are formal or informal, high- or low-stakes, anonymous or public, individual or […]
July 16, 2013
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Reviews & recommendations of tools for education ou may know Joan Young from her prolific tweets as @flourishingkids on Twitter. Did you know she is also quite a technology impresario in her 4th grade classroom and once won an education hackathon for Best Mobile App for the project Schoolhouse Beats? If you have ever wondered […]