Ep 37 When for Web 2.0.. Resources, Debates..Solutions

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A fabulous episode with scores of possibilities for web 2.0 in teaching and learning, what are the issues and the realities? Hot news from the USA and UK! The U.K. is considering including blogging, tweeting, and podcasting in the elementary school curriculum? Say it isn’t so? Listen in to the debate! Is it what you expect or not? Free resources include a tremendous learning tool- DimDim. Listen as Kathy describes a seminar she did with local and distant participants connected through the free webconference service! Don’t miss this episode It is full of must hear information and great resources.  Also breaking into the Schooltube?? You have to hear this…

 

 

NEWS FLASH  I

Dr. Kathy King was awarded the Outstanding Book Award at the AERA 2009 Conference in April 2009. Over 17,000 usually attend the conference each year and it the leading educational research conference. We are so pleased to have Teachers Podcast recognized at such new heights!!

She gave a brief acceptance speech about the distance learning book: Harnessing Innovative Technologies in Higher Education from Atwood Press. For more information check out the book description.

Her recent books are available at Information Age Publishing- check out her Author Blog there!

NEWS FLASH  II  

Teachers Podcast will be available in Schooltube.com soon.

Some short videos introducing our series and the podcasting book check it out about 4/28/09!

Watch for further details in a few days!

Short Takes

• Science is Failing to Inspire Some

  • Advocates cite many problems with science education, such as teachers lacking a science background. But perhaps the most critical issue, they say, is standardized testing that forces students to memorize and regurgitate. ……“Bad tests are forcing a trivialization of science education and drive most students away from science. Real science is exciting. It’s completely different from these textbooks.”  Read more  from the Houston Chronicle 

  • Related resource: Clay Christensen Interview on District Leader’s Podcast  
    • Author of Disrupting Class speaks on similar line of thought- take listen to this practical, but revealing interview on one of our “sister” podcast series!
    • Episode 36 Clay Christensen Interview

Feature Discussion

• U.K. Mulls Blogging, Tweeting, Podcasting in Primary School Curriculum
  • Blogging, tweeting, and podcasting are all good and fun, but what about including them in the school curriculum? Folks in the U.K. are considering an overhaul of their elementary school curriculum……The proposed curriculum—which would also give teachers more freedom to decide what students concentrate on in classes—marks the biggest change to the U.K.’s primary school education in a decade….  Read more from the School Library Journal….

• IPOD Hit the books: Elementary school embraces the media player as a learning tool
  DAVIE – The fourth-graders sit in clusters in a darkened classroom at Nova Blanche Forman Elementary School, headphones over their ears and pencils in hands, jotting notes into science journals as they watch a report on the sun’s layers play on iPods. Down the hall, a class of third-graders watches a podcast on iPods to help them solve math problems. And in another classroom, first-graders read books and create their own video book reviews for their classmates to watch. ….. Read more at The South Fl Sun-Sentinel…

BUT WAIT CAN IT BE?

• Survey Shows Barriers to Web 2.0 in Schools?
  • What still? But the news here is the reasons for the gap…. listen in to Kathy and Mark explore this one!
  • Teachers and students are largely driving the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but human and technological barriers are holding back the use of these as learning tools in many classrooms, according to a new study…..   ….. According to Lightspeed Systems, there is a persistent gap between how today’s digital natives learn in schools and how they work and interact outside of school–a trend that underscores the need for districts to keep pace with technological advances and adapt to students’ learning needs.  Read more the article at eSchoolNews….

RESOURCES 

• Dimdim..com - FREE web conference service enables you to host own synchronous learning space!
  • Listen in as Kathy describes a seminar she did with local and distant participants connected through DimDim.com
  • Presentation, whiteboard, desktop and web sharing space
  • Webcam hookup, phone connection for audio or via computer
  • FREE recording included!

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NCEA Student Art Displays  in Anaheim, CA

       

 

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