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" "The way we think about work is changing. Thinking of jobs, careers, and pay is–by some–being replaced with the idea of work, relationships, and meaning. Technology and the resulting connectivity are a part of this. In the 21st century, we all have personal “brands”–digital footprints that precede and proceed us, leaving a record of our interactions and ideas for anyone to see." 
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If you are looking for ways to use ThingLink with your students you should check out this slideshow available on Google Drive. It provides 66 (and growing) ways to use ThingLink in the classroom. Some of the suggestions are geared to teachers, and others are student oriented. ThingLink is free to educators. If students do not have an email they share a way you may add students to your account. They have recently put out an app (free) for the iPhone and iPad.
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Can you use formative assessments to assess creativity? This post by Mark Gleeson provides a look at an in-depth working paper "Progression in Student Creativity in School: First Steps Towards New Forms of Formative Assessments." He states: The image below shows that they have created "The Five Dispositions Model" of the creative mind: Inquisitive, Persistent, Imaginative, Collaborative and Disciplined. In addition there are 15 sub-dispositions that are tracked along three dimensions: Strength, Breadth, and Depth. The model has been tested and a link to the pdf is in the post (as is the paper through Scribt). As we move towards the Common Core and creativity becomes a component that we should be addressing this paper may provide additional insights into ways to use formative assessments in this area.
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Does group brainstorming work? This post looks at this issue, working from an infographic and selecting key concepts in the infographic and expanding on them. Gleeson begins by discussing "the five biggest problems with Groupthink." The list is below and all are explained in the post. Please note that there the author of the infographic also explains their perception of what each of the phrases below means. * Social Loafing * Social Matching * Production Blocking * Lack of Attention * Fear of Criticism or Rejection Gleeson then provides a list of tips for effective brainstorming (again, this are listed in the infographic with definitions provided). The areas explored here are: * Independently prepare * Set a goal * Have meeting facilitators * Avoid criticism * Encourage competition * Try collaborative apps In education we often ask our learners to brainstorm. This article and infographic provide some insights that you may not have considered in the past. To go directly to the infographic (in which case you will not see the post by Gleeson) https://www.mavenlink.com/community/blogs/713-are-we-brainstorming-the-wrong-way--. There are also a number of free collaborative tools that support brainstorming. One of the more robust tools that is free to schools is LucidChart.
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"Lucidchart is the best free learning tool you’ve never heard of. It’s an online diagramming tool that’s easy to use and supported by a for-profit company, so you don’t have to worry about us disappearing once you’ve built your lesson plans around us. Not sure how to use a diagramming program in your classroom? Here are 10 ideas from teachers and professors who are already using Lucidchart."
Beth Dichter's insight:
A great introduction to Lucidchart, a robust online graphic organizer that is free for educators (and their students) and allows students to collaborate on projects. A few of the ideas suggested in the post are below: * Use Lucidchart as an alternative to Think, Pair, Share * Brainstorm with mindmaps (and have students collaborate, having each choose a different color if you want to follow them individually) * Real time feedback on assignments Remember, this is a free tool and the post provides great directions on how to set up your account and request it be upgraded to educational!
Carol Thomson's curator insight,
January 27, 2013 2:59 PM
i hope i can get this working in my classroom and then using it -- sometimes things are blocked! 
David Peal's curator insight,
December 26, 2013 11:21 AM
Outstanding tool for making graphic organizers and concept maps, worth the $3 a month.
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Technology is a powerful tool for learning that can be used effectively to help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in school and beyond. Susan Oxnevad provides a great visual to help understand the instructional shifts (and in fact, there are six shifts she discusses within her article).
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"Culture Shift: Teaching in a Learner-Centered Environment Powered by Digital Learning, examines the support that educators and schools will require to implement genuine teaching practices that are personalized for each student. Digital learning, the report argues, can be a major strategy for enabling teachers to meet varied students’ needs while also supporting necessary cultural shifts in teaching. According to the report, learner-centered instruction is personalized, rigorous, and based on college- and career-ready expectations. It is also collaborative, relevant, and flexible, with learning taking place anytime or anywhere. A true shift to a learner-centered environment powered by effective technology requires a strong school culture that embodies, encourages, and focuses on the needs of each student, the report argues. Specifically, Culture Shift maintains that the integration of technology and digital learning, school leadership, and changes in the teaching profession are critical to the transition to this new culture."
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"Hojoki’s basic idea is very simple: they offer one newsfeed for productivity apps. It connects to apps like Google Documents, Evernote, Dropbox, Mendeley and Google Calendar, building you a newsfeed and a collaborative space for your work."
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WeVideo lets you tell your story with video. Our online video editing platform is affordable, simple to use, and uniquely collaborative. Learn more today.
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I was introduced to concept of "Whiteboarding" when I read Frank Noschese's fantastic blog post titled, "The $2 Interactive Whiteboard" As a former math teacher and math facilitator I was drawn to ...
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Web 2.0 allows students and educators to create and interact both synchronously and asynchronously, formally or informally, at school, at home, in distance educ...
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Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This Technology Integration Matrix from Arizona allows educators to determine their level of technology integration: entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion and transformation with "five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments:active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed" creating a matrix. Each cell provides two lesson plans, focusing on two these three grade ranges: K - 4, 5 - 8 or 9 - 12. Although the lesson plans are written for Arizona Common Core Standards are also referenced so others may find valuable information within this matrix. This site takes you to the interactive version that provides the lesson plans. A pdf version is also available at http://www.azk12.org/tim/docs/AZK1031_Matrix_Print.pdf.
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"Padlet has morphed into a full blown online interactive whiteboard, collaboration, presentation, lesson management system with massive possibilities for teaching and learning. Before demonstrating how I have used Padlet in the classroom in ways I couldn’t have in the past, I’ll give you a quick(ish) tutorial in how it works."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Why choose to use Padlet? Aside from the fact that is free, it does not require that register. Gleeson recommends that as a teacher you create an account so that all the "walls" you create are in one place. This post provides detailed instructions on how to create a wall and includes two projects that he has done with his students. If you have not checked out Padlet I suspect you will after you read this post!
Tom Perran's curator insight,
May 7, 2013 6:15 AM
I like this tool. Very useful and it works with iPhones in the classroom! 
Anne Sturgess's curator insight,
May 7, 2013 5:17 PM
I'm using Padlet in a variety of ways, including gathering teacher and student ideas and for feedback about any shifts in practise related to the work I do as a Facilitator of Professional Learning for teachers.
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Write better with Draft. Easy version control and collaboration to improve your writing.
Beth Dichter's insight:
A new collaborative word processing program is now available...Draft. This is quite a bit different than Google Docs, and has some features that may convince you to give it a test drive. When you collaborate on a document are you frustrated that others may make changes to your document, and it is at times difficult to find the original version. Draft has you accept or reject each change that is suggested. You may also "mark versions" of your work and compare them. Draft is not as robust as Word (or Google Docs) but it is a simple word processing program that has additional features not mentioned here. As far as I can tell it is free at this point, but there is one feature, called Ask a Professional" where you can send off your document and get help. From what I have read there will be a fee for this.
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This amazing spoken word poem was written by Shane Koyczan to "to further explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual." The video was brought to life by "animators and motion artists [whom] brought their unique styles to 20 second segments." For more information visit the To This Day Project website located at http://tothisdayproject.com/ (and the quoted material above comes form the To This Day Project website). From this site you may also watch the video on Vimeo or listen to it (via SoundCloud).
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An updated and revised look at the three components of digital differentiation by Susan Oxnevad. Each is a ThingLink image, so as you scroll over the image links articles, slideshows, tools and more will be available.
Arthur JACQUEMIN's curator insight,
February 12, 2013 4:41 AM
Quelques schémas et explications bien sentis...
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"Wallwisher is a free and user friendly online tool that allows users to create a digital wall of multimedia sticky notes. In addition to text, the notes can include images, links and videos. Create a wall, then invite others to add stickies." Along with a list of ideas on how you might use Wallwisher in your classroom there are several examples to be seen and there is a Google Presentation with 'Nineteen Interesting Ways* to use Wallwisher in the Classroom (*and tips). Plus you can now use Wallwisher with an iPad. For more information on use with the iPad check out:
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If Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, needed a higher education, he certainly would sign up for edX, the new 60 million dollar, collaborative learning platform proposed by Harvard and MIT. "edX, is taking a different approach to changing the world through online education – they are going to study it and learn from it as they try to change it."
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In today’s dynamic classrooms, the teaching and learning process is becoming more nuanced, more seamless, and it flows back and forth from students to teachers. Here’s a look at current trends in teaching and learning, their implications, and changes to watch for.
Elizabeth Burrage's curator insight,
October 26, 2014 9:55 AM
Collaboration, using technology as a tool and blended learning - I think I've heard of this before. Common sense rules!
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Design Thinking is a mindset. Design Thinking is the confidence that everyone can be part of creating a more desirable future, and a process to take action when faced with a difficult challenge. That kind of optimism is well needed in education.
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What will have the greatest impact on American higher education in the next ten years? Think of two long-standing exponential trends: the explosive rise in processing power and perhaps the even faster rise in information-sharing – a trend most pronounced in social networks. With strong demand for innovation in the university environment, a rise in collaborative, digitally-integrated educational technologies is likely to make education more affordable, more efficient and more relevant to our future workforce.
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Create, record and share the sounds you create anywhere to friends, family and the world with SoundCloud, the world's largest community of sound creators.
luis leano's curator insight,
October 13, 2013 1:30 PM
This is a social network used by all producers in the music business to share and interact with artists all over the world. It is a very reliable website used daily by everybody whether or not they're producers. I think this relates to my topic because it is one of the widely used social networks in the business for artists to show music. |
How do we work today? What skills are needed? As we continue to move to a more global economy what are the skills that our students should have, and how do they differ from what we might call 20th century jobs?
This post begins to explore some of these questions, and provides access to a slideshare called Unlocking the Future of Work: Creating 21st Century Organizations that are Innovative, Collaborative and Global. As you read through the slides you may find yourself questioning some of her ideas. You may also find new insights into how work is changing, which may lead you to make shifts in work you do with your students.