0From Clark and Salomon (1986):
General media comparisons and studies pertaining to their overall instructional impact have yielded little that warrants optimism. Even in the few cases where dramatic changes in achievement or ability were found to result from the introduction of a medium such as television, . . . it was not the...
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Tags: 21st Century Learning, change, Curriculum, Education, learning, teaching, Technology
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0Cross posted at Building Understanding.
It began when Tara and I took on the task of articulating our ISB21 curriculum’s standards and benchmarks. I voiced it in a single tweet:
Okay, some background…
Our task is to ensure that the thorough standards from both ISTE and AASL were completely represented, while remaining true to one of...
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Tags: 21st century education, collaboration, communication, ib, teaching
Posted in Dennis Harter | 37 Comments »
0The orignial
Mike McCormick’s Remix
Nice work Mike and crew!
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0Cross posted on Always Learning
In January, I shared a list of international school teachers (those teaching outside of their home country in a school catering to expatriate families) on Twitter (or blogging). In the last few months, even more teachers have added themselves to the Google Form, so I thought I would do a...
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Tags: Blog, communication, connect, contact, Education, expatriate, expats, google forms, International School, Kim Cofino, mscofino, networking, overseas, recruiting, teachers, teaching, Twitter
Posted in Kim Cofino | 3 Comments »
0Cross posted on Always Learning
Over the last two years I’ve been fortunate to attend quite a few conferences (thanks to my wonderfully supportive admin at ISB). One of the things I’ve noticed at these conferences is that the attendees seem to be almost the same group of people over and over again, which I...
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Tags: conference, conferences, Education, ISB, Kim Cofino, learning, pd, Professional Development, tara ethridge, teaching, techtrain2010, workshop
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0Cross posted on Always Learning
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending, and presenting at, the Apple Global Leadership Summit in Hong Kong. I knew it was going to be great after presenting at the Think Ahead Roadshow here in Bangkok in February, but I don’t think I realized just how great it was...
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Tags: 21st century, apple, CDNIS, conference, Education, greg whitby, hksummit, hong kong, ideo, john couch, Kim Cofino, learning, literacy, marco torres, pd, Professional Development, stephen heppell, summit, teaching, tom kelley
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0Cross-posted on Always Learning
This weekend I discovered TweetDeck and I am totally in love! (Yes, I am late to the party with this one @JavaJive, Jeff showed it to me ages ago, but better late than never, right?).
As you may know, I am obsessively organized (often mocked for the obscene amount of folders I...
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Tags: ADE, apple distinguised educators, Blogging, Blogs, categorize, Education, groups, International School, Kim Cofino, lucy gray, organize, teachers, teaching, tweetdeck, Twitter, vicki davis
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