Opening
The Changing University
Do SAT scores fairly measure academic skills
Your Massively Open Offline School is Broken
Online College Students on the Rise
Let’s Search
Information Facts
Building Search Understanding
Google for Educators – some great resources
http://www.google.com/edu/index.html
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html
Sign Up for Google’s Search Course
Search Lessons from Jeff
Search Lesson for K-2
Search Lesson for 3-5
Search Lesson for 6-8
Search Lesson for 9-12
Learn some basic search syntax, or use Google Advanced Search
Activity
Looking for Learning
Connectivism
Principles of connectivism:
- Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.
- Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.
- Learning may reside in non-human appliances.
- Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known
- Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.
- Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.
- Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.
- Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.
Stages of Technology Use
SAMR Model SAMR Matrix
Latest COETAIL final projects
- Sean (IB Math)
- Jessica (HS English)
- Akio (PYP, Digital Citizenship)
- Dalton (Gr4 Math)
- Dwayne (ePortfolios in PYP)
- Kevin (Library)
- Zach (IB English)
- Jayne (Secondary ESL)
- Beth (PYP EAL)
- Sophie (IB Drama)
- Manisha (ICT)
- Bart (PYP Classroom, Gr 5)
- Tabitha (PYP Classroom, Gr 2)
- Alice (Grade 1)
- Robin (Grade 6)
- Himani (IB Lang B)
- Jeff (Grade 5)
- Leslie (Spanish)
- Debi (Grade 5 & 6)
- Shary (Curriculum & PD)
- Himani (Lang B Year 12)
- Nandini (Chemistry)
Wikipedia
Use the Talk Page
Wikipedia’s Good Article criteria
Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula
Wikipedia better than a history textbook
Is Wikipedia Really Such a Bad Research Tool for Students?
Wikipedia is arguably subject to more rigorous review practices than are many scholarly publications.
WikiWand: Making Wiki more visually appealing
Easybib Google Docs Add-on
Robot used to round up cows is a hit with farmers
A Chinese province is trying to solve its labor problems with robots
Ground control: Are pilotless passenger jets within reach?
Other Opportunities to learn from Jeff and Free Stuff
Eduro Learning: Online courses for recertification credit
COETAIL Program: 3 semesters and 150 clock hours….prepare to change your teaching practice
Ninjaprogram.com: Free program for student and educator to learn Google Apps for Education
Reach – Jeff Utecht – FREE Book!
