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8 things to look for in today’s classroom [Couros]

On 01/09/2013, in 21st century, education, education reform, engagement / engaging students, hearts -- matters of the heart, K-12 related, more voice more choice more control, student-related, by Daniel Christian

8 things to look for in today’s classroom — by George Couros

Excerpt:

As I think that leaders should be able to describe what they are looking for in schools I have thought of eight things that I really want to see in today’s classroom. I really believe that classrooms need to be learner focused. This is not simply that students are creating but that they are also having opportunities to follow their interests and explore passions. The teacher should embody learning as well.

From DSC:
If we can tap into students’ passions/hearts, I believe we’ll find enormous amounts of creative energy pour forth! I’m again struck with adding the tags/keywords to this posting — More choice, more control.

Tagged with: 21st century • education • education reform • engagement • hearts -- matters of the heart • K-12 • more choice more control • participation • passions • student-related

Tagged with: career development • student-related • workplace

Example slides from ECAR’s 2012 Annual Study of Students and IT [Educause]

On 12/18/2012, in Apple, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, Google, IT in HE, Microsoft, open courseware and systems, simulations, student-related, tablets, by Daniel Christian

Example slides from today’s presentation:

ECAR2-2012

ECAR3-2012

ECAR4-2012

ECAR5-2012

ECAR6-2012

From DSC:
I also support one of the questions which, paraphrasing, asked, “Do you pulse check students’ expectations?“

Tagged with: Apple • educational technology • eportfolios • games • Google • IT • Microsoft • open • simulations • student-related • tablets

Online Learning: A Manifesto [Stommel]

On 12/05/2012, in blended learning, hybrid learning, K-12 related, learning, learning spaces, online learning, open courseware and systems, pedagogy, student-related, by Daniel Christian

Online Learning: A Manifesto — from hybridpedagogy.com by Jesse Stommel

What we need is to ignore the hype and misrepresentations (on both sides of the debate) and gather together more people willing to carefully reflect on how, where, and why we learn online. There is no productive place in this conversation for exclusivity or anti-intellectualism. Those of us talking about digital pedagogy and digital humanities need to be engaging thoughtfully in discussions about online learning and open education. Those of us in higher ed. need to be engaging thoughtfully with K-12 teachers and administrators. And it’s especially important that we open our discussions of the future of education to students, who should both participate in and help to build their own learning spaces. Pedagogy needs to be at the center of all these discussions.

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I have no interest in debating the whether of online learning. That bird has most assuredly flown. What I’d like to do here is outline a pedagogy of online learning — not best practices, but points of departure to encourage a diversity of pedagogies.

Tagged with: blended learning • hybrid learning • K-12 • learning • learning spaces • online learning • open • pedagogy • student-related

The unbundling of higher education seems to be taking another step forward…[Christian]

On 11/30/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, changing business models, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, more voice more choice more control, new business models, reinvent, staying relevant, by Daniel Christian

From DSC, some examples:

Unbundling and Unmooring: Technology and the Higher Ed Tsunami — from educause.org by Audrey Watters
Unbundling Higher Education | From the Bell Tower –– from lj.libraryjournal.com by Steven Bell
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Recent events in higher education suggest a new trend — earning degrees by the course from multiple providers. Are we looking at the iTunes model of unbundled higher ed? Call it alt-HE.
Napster, Udacity, and the Academy — from Clay Shirky
Excerpt:
Once you see this pattern—a new story rearranging people’s sense of the possible, with the incumbents the last to know—you see it everywhere. First, the people running the old system don’t notice the change. When they do, they assume it’s minor. Then that it’s a niche. Then a fad. And by the time they understand that the world has actually changed, they’ve squandered most of the time they had to adapt.
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It’s been interesting watching this unfold in music, books, newspapers, TV, but nothing has ever been as interesting to me as watching it happen in my own backyard. Higher education is now being disrupted; our MP3 is the massive open online course (or MOOC), and our Napster is Udacity, the education startup.
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But who faces that choice? Are we to imagine an 18 year old who can set aside $250K and 4 years, but who would have a hard time choosing between a residential college and a series of MOOCs? Elite high school students will not be abandoning elite colleges any time soon; the issue isn’t what education of “the very best sort” looks like, but what the whole system looks like.

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • change • Daniel S. Christian • disruption • future of higher education • game-changing environment • higher education • more choice more control • new business models in he • reinvent • staying relevant • student-related

Nuance introduces PaperPort Notes 2.0, new iPad app unites speech recognition and text conversion [4-traders.com]

On 11/21/2012, in innovation, multimedia, productivity / tips and tricks, student-related, tools, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Nuance Communications Inc. : Nuance introduces PaperPort Notes 2.0, new iPad app unites speech recognition and text conversion — from 4-traders.com
Most complete notetaking app can now grab text from images taken with iPad camera

Excerpt:

BURLINGTON, Mass., – November 20, 2012 – Nuance Communications, Inc. today launched version 2.0 of its PaperPort Notes app for the Apple iPad, introducing the ability to capture text from an image taken with the iPad’s built-in camera and instantly transform the words into accurate and editable notes. With a simple tap of a finger, it is easy to grab text from a picture or image of a sign, PowerPoint presentation, business card, receipt, or a handout.

Description (from iTunes)
PaperPort Notes is a digital note taking tool for the iPad that is transforming the way people create and share information. Now you can combine documents, web content, audio, typed text as well as hand written notes into a single document that you can easily organize and share with anyone.

PaperPort Notes brings you a complete note taking experience on the iPad that you won’t want to ever be without.

Quickly take typed and/or free hand notes
Leverage Dragon voice recognition to capture your ideas and notes simply by speaking
Convert scanned documents from the camera or photo albumn into editable text using the Nuance OmniPage Cloud service
Leverage powerful annotative tools to quickly mark up documents
Never miss another detail by adding audio page by page within your notes
Combine full documents, individual pages, content from the web and notes into a single document.
Powerful search, copy/paste, reordering and bookmarking tools allow you to quickly navigate your notes while staying organized
Access and share content using your favorite cloud storage services
PaperPort Anywhere connector provides access to files stored online or within PaperPort Desktop
Much more… Follow us on twitter for tips and updates @PaperPortNotes

iPad Screenshots

Tagged with: innovation • iPad • multimedia • productivity • student-related • tips and tricks • tools • vendors • voice recognition

Thanks LORD for the teachers, professors, and trainers out there!

On 11/21/2012, in adjunct faculty, art, career development, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, faculty, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, student-related, teachers, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: adjunct faculty • art • career development • creativity • Daniel S. Christian • faculty • relationships • student-related • teachers • training

How Google TV is setting the expectations of future students [Andrew Barras]

On 11/16/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, change, education technology, expectations, Google, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, online learning, smart/connected TV, student-related, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • change • learning from the living [class] room • learning spaces • online learning • smart classrooms • Smart/Connected TV • student expectations • student-related • web-based collaboration

Taking the next step in online education with credit equivalency [Koller & Ng]

On 11/16/2012, in accreditation, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, game-changing environment, higher education, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, student-related, by Daniel Christian

Taking the next step in online education with credit equivalency — from forbes.com by Daphne Koller & Andrew Ng

Excerpt:

At MOOCs like Coursera, offering web-based courses is the first step in increasing access to education for millions of people around the world. But for many students, much of the value of taking a course is lost if that course is not helpful in allowing them to obtain a degree. To help address this limitation, we recently announced a collaboration with American Council on Education (ACE) to begin a credit-equivalence evaluation of some courses offered on Coursera — which means that in the future, students will potentially have the opportunity to receive college transfer credit at institutions choosing to accept the ACE recommendations. This move is well in line with the current trend to provide students with credit for prior learning (including on-the-job training) and for competency, a trend whose aim is to increase completion rate and reduce time to completion.

Tagged with: accreditation • CFHE12 • cost of getting an education • game-changing environment • higher education • MOOCs • new business models in he • online learning • student-related • Walmart of Education

In this flipped class, teachers learn from students’ video [Fortson]

On 11/16/2012, in digital video, flipping -- inverted learning, K-12 related, professional development, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

In this flipped class, teachers learn from students’ video — fromthejournal.com by Kim Fortson
As many students can attest, video creation doesn’t have to be difficult and it certainly doesn’t have to be scary. One teacher shares how the flipped classroom can be a lesson in media literacy for students and teachers alike.

Excerpt:

New York technology teacher and trainer Rob Zdrojewski is flipping the flipped classroom–or, rather, his students are.

Using a video technology known as screencasting, Zdrojewski, who will host two workshops at the upcoming FETC Conference in January, turns the popular phrase on its head by asking his students at Amherst Middle School to create instructional videos for their teachers.

“The term ‘flip your classroom’ is really for the teachers to flip the classroom for the students, but this is like flipping the professional development for your staff–but having students teach the teachers,” Zdrojewski says. “It’s another catchphrase we’ve been using.”

Tagged with: digital video • flipping -- inverted learning • professional development • student-related • teachers

Gift guide: Explore Shakespeare iPad apps [Lomas]

On 11/13/2012, in drama/theater, reading, student-related, tools, writing, by Daniel Christian

Gift guide: Explore Shakespeare iPad apps — from techcrunch.com by Natasha Lomas

Excerpt:

The Explore Shakespeare iPad apps are interactive versions of Shakespeare plays, made on behalf of venerable British publisher Cambridge University Press. In addition to the full text of either Macbeth or Romeo and Juliet, you get an entire audio performance, plus photos of productions, glossaries and textual notes, plot synopses, academic articles, study activities and more. A perfect gift for students, or anyone with more than a passing interest in the bard.

Tagged with: drama/theater • iPad • reading • student-related • tools • writing

Business and Economics majors, please meet your Philosophy, Religion, Political Science majors in Room 10…and here’s what you need to discuss.

On 11/13/2012, in business, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, economics, hearts -- matters of the heart, ideas, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, political science, real-world assignments, relationships, religion, society, student-related, United States, by Daniel Christian

To students studying Business, Economics, Religion, Political Science, and Philosophy:

Please consider — and research/define where necessary — the following items occurring in the United States today.

The fiscal cliff.
The U.S. debt limit.
Federal spending vs. revenue.
Printing money and it’s potential impact on inflation.
Recent election results.
A global economy; global competition.
The place/role of money.
Race against the machine; also see this posting.
Matthew 6:19-34.

Then, please discuss/answer the following questions:

What makes our debt risky? On a national level? On the money and banking level? On a personal level?
What are your thoughts about the following items:
- Why are billionaires dumping stocks?
- Aftershock — the book by Wiedemer, Wiedemer, & Spitzer
What implications do you see in these items? Will they be impacting you and/or your future?
- Are there political ramifications for this?
- Are there spiritual ramifications for this?
Could the U.S. be heading for trouble? If you say yes, what support do you have for this assertion? If you say no, what do you support your argument with?
Do you think we are a divided nation? What support do you have for this perspective?
What characteristics of leadership would you most like to see at this point in time?
After reading Matthew 6:19-34:

If you, personally, lost everything you had, what would that do to you emotionally? Physically? Spiritually? That is, if our savings completely dried up, what would life be like for us as a society? What would that do to our hearts? To our perspectives/worldviews/priorities? How we choose to spend our time? What would it do to our view of God? To our view of ourselves?

Some other resources to consider:

CBO warns of fiscal cliff risk — from CNN Money by Jeanne Sahadi
What’s in the fiscal cliff? — from CNN Money by Jeanne Sahadi
The Fiscal Cliff: Absolutely everything you could possibly need to know, in one FAQ — from washingtonpost.com by Suzy Khimm, Ezra Klein, Dylan Matthews and Brad Plumer (on November 27, 2012 at 9:00 am)
Post-election calm? Nope. What you need to know about the fiscal cliff — from inc.com by Robb Mandelbaum
Officials in Washington wasted no time in setting themselves heading straight toward the precipice. What does the “fiscal cliff” mean for your business?

Tagged with: business • Daniel S. Christian • economics/business • hearts -- matters of the heart • ideas • interdisciplinary • leadership • legislation • philosophy • political science • real-world assignments • relationships • religion • student-related • United States

smartmusic: music education software for band, orchestra, and voice

On 11/13/2012, in education technology, innovation, K-12 related, music, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

From DSC:
This reminds me of something I was hoping would come to fruition a while back — something I called Choir Practice:

Also see:

chromatik.com <– very sharp! So sharp I’m going to feature it in another posting.

Tagged with: educational technology • innovation • iPad • K-12 • music • student-related • teachers • tools

Average student debt climbs to $26,600 for Class of 2011 [TICAS]

On 11/08/2012, in cost of getting a degree, experimentation, new business models, reinvent, staying relevant, student-related, United States, by Daniel Christian

Average student debt climbs to $26,600 for Class of 2011 — from The Institute for College Access & Success
Report, website include state-by-state and campus-by-campus debt levels for 2011 graduates

Excerpt:

TICAS recently released Student Debt and the Class of 2011, our seventh annual report on the debt carried by new college graduates. Hundreds of news outlets around the country have already run stories featuring our findings, including The New York Times, USA Today, and PBS NewsHour.

We found that two-thirds of college seniors who graduated from public and private nonprofit four-year schools in 2011 carried an average of $26,600 in student loan debt, up 5% from the previous year. Private student loans comprised about one-fifth of the Class of 2011’s debt. Meanwhile, unemployment for recent graduates dipped from last year’s peak of 9.1% but remained high at 8.8% (still less than half the unemployment rate for young adults with only a high school diploma).

The report also shows that average student debt levels vary widely by state as well as by college. To view debt levels for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and more than 1,000 individual U.S. colleges and universities, visit our companion interactive map.

Read the press release
Read the report
Use the interactive map

From DSC:
The above items support the need for greater experimentation within higher ed.

Also see:

How Online Courses Can Form a Basis for On-Campus Teaching — from Daphne Koller
Stretching the higher education dollar — and also this page — from aei.org by Andrew P. Kelly, Kevin Carey

Tagged with: CFHE12 • cost of getting an education • experimentation • reinvent • staying relevant • student-related • United States

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