student teaching/teacher education

Passion-based learning in the 21st century: An interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach [Norton]

On 04/22/2011, in 21st century, communications, dangers of the status quo, education reform, education technology, K-12 related, passions, pedagogy, staying relevant, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teaching & learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Passion-based learning in the 21st century: An interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach — from plpnetworks.com by John Norton

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach often speaks of the “moral imperative” for K12 educators to assure that all students gain the skills, knowledge and dispositions they need to be successful in a connected world “where the ability to think critically, collaborate effectively and master increasingly powerful digital technologies” will determine their success in school, college and careers.

Nussbaum-Beach has been an educator for 20 years, serving as a public school classroom teacher, technology coach, charter school principal, district administrator, university instructor, and digital learning consultant. She is a frequent international speaker and the chief executive officer of Powerful Learning Practice LLC, a company she founded with educator-author Will Richardson to provide “professional development for 21st century educators.” PLP’s client list includes public, parochial and independent schools in the United States, Canada, Australia and Norway.

Nussbaum-Beach is also president of the digital consulting firm 21st Century Collaborative, LLC and a doctoral candidate at The College of William and Mary. She serves on the advisory board for the 2011 Horizon Report on trends in K12 education. Her first book, The Connected Educator, will be published by Solution Tree later this year.

In this interview, Sheryl describes the “shift” she believes must take place in teaching and learning practices if elementary and secondary schools expect to remain relevant in an era when information and communication technologies will continue to expand exponentially.

Also see:

Passion-Based Learning for the 21st Century — from Education Week — for shorter version

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Integration of Pedagogy and Technology in Teacher Education: An Interview with Emily Hixon [Zimmerman]

On 04/21/2011, in change, education, education technology, emerging technologies, pedagogy, student teaching/teacher education, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Integration of Pedagogy and Technology in Teacher Education: An Interview with Emily Hixon — from etcjournal.com by Lynn Zimmerman

Excerpt:

What is the nature of the course you are planning?
The new course being developed, Educational Technology for Teaching & Learning, will explore classroom applications of educational technology in K-12 settings and address strategies for effectively integrating technology into the teaching and learning process. Students will learn about technology-based instructional resources and the pedagogical processes they can facilitate.

What is the goal of this course?
Given the increasingly important role technology is playing in our society and the educational process, this new course is being created to allow preservice teachers to experience technology integration in a more meaningful way. It will replace a previously offered educational technology course that students were required to take very early in their program of study. By offering the course later in their program and in conjunction with a field experience, students will be able to learn about technology integration in an authentic context. This course will focus more on pedagogical aspects of effective technology integration, which was difficult to do previously because of the novice level of the students early in their program.

— Originally from GETideas.org by Jes Kelly

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Intro to teaching online [Simple K12 and Florida Virtual School]

On 04/14/2011, in professional development, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching online, virtual K-12 schools, by Daniel Christian

Not sure if there is a more recent edition here…but also see:

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Cisco to close Flip business; cut 550 jobs; take $300M Charge

On 04/12/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, smart classrooms, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

Cisco to close Flip business; cut 550 jobs; take $300M Charge — from Forbes.com by Eric Savitz

Cisco Systems (CSCO) this morning announced a multi-part plan to revamp its consumer business, including shutting down the Flip video camera business. Cisco bought Pure Digital, the company that originally made the Flip, for $590 million in 2009. While the Flip line has admirers, the widespread availability of video-capable mobile phones undermined demand for the kind of simple stand-alone video cameras offered in the Flip business.

Tagged with: A/V • lecture recording • smart classrooms • student teaching/teacher education

A hugely powerful vision: A potent addition to our learning ecosystems of the future

On 04/09/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, change, colleges, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, immersion, informal learning, innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, marketplaces, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, pace of change, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), personalized/customized learning, platforms, play, podcasting, professional development, reinvent, RSS, simulations, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, social media, society, storytelling, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, tablets, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, universities, user experience (UX), using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, by Daniel Christian

Daniel Christian:
A Vision of Our Future Learning Ecosystems

In the near future, as the computer, the television, the telephone (and more) continues to converge, we will most likely enjoy even more powerful capabilities to conveniently create and share our content as well as participate in a global learning ecosystem — whether that be from within our homes and/or from within our schools, colleges, universities and businesses throughout the world.

We will be teachers and students at the same time — even within the same hour — with online-based learning exchanges taking place all over the virtual and physical world. Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) — in the form of online-based tutors, instructors, teachers, and professors — will be available on demand. Even more powerful/accurate/helpful learning engines will be involved behind the scenes in delivering up personalized, customized learning — available 24x7x365. Cloud-based learner profiles may enter the equation as well.

The chances for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship that are coming will be mind-blowing! What employers will be looking for — and where they can look for it — may change as well.

What we know today as the “television” will most likely play a significant role in this learning ecosystem of the future. But it won’t be like the TV we’ve come to know. It will be much more interactive and will be aware of who is using it — and what that person is interested in learning about. Technologies/applications like Apple’s AirPlay will become more standard, allowing a person to move from device to device without missing a beat. Transmedia storytellers will thrive in this environment!

Much of the professionally done content will be created by teams of specialists, including the publishers of educational content, and the in-house teams of specialists within colleges, universities, and corporations around the globe. Perhaps consortiums of colleges/universities will each contribute some of the content — more readily accepting previous coursework that was delivered via their consortium’s membership.

An additional thought regarding higher education and K-12 and their Smart Classrooms/Spaces:
For input devices…
The “chalkboards” of the future may be transparent, or they may be on top of a drawing board-sized table or they may be tablet-based. But whatever form they take and whatever is displayed upon them, the ability to annotate will be there; with the resulting graphics saved and instantly distributed. (Eventually, we may get to voice-controlled Smart Classrooms, but we have a ways to go in that area…)

Below are some of the graphics that capture a bit of what I’m seeing in my mind…and in our futures.

Alternatively available as a PowerPoint Presentation (audio forthcoming in a future version)

— from Daniel S. Christian | April 2011

Use podcasts in collaborative assignments – teacher professional development from Simple K12

On 04/08/2011, in collaboration, ideas, K-12 related, online learning, online media, podcasting, professional development, student teaching/teacher education, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: collaboration • ideas • online learning • online media • podcasting • professional development • student teaching/teacher education • teaching & learning • vodcasting

iPads, iPod Touches, and iPhones as Assistive Technology in Education

On 04/08/2011, in accessibility / UDL, assistive technologies, human-computer interaction (HCI), K-12 related, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

iPads, iPod Touches, and iPhones as Assistive Technology in Education — from Tech & Learning

A excerpt on preparing students for the real world [Martin]

On 04/05/2011, in future, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, by Daniel Christian

Except from How School Screws Things Up For “Real Life” — from Michelle Martin (emphasis DSC)

What we really need to be teaching young people, if we truly want to prepare them for the “real world,” is that:

Work and its problems are really ill-defined. Rarely are there “right” answers. More often than not we are having to make trade-offs that force us to choose between “bad” and “worse” or at least between “OK” and “less OK.” There are always going to be extenuating factors and issues that impede our ability to achieve the ideal, even in those situations that seem the most clear-cut.

Sometimes hard work is rewarded. Sometimes it is not. Sometimes following the rules is rewarded. Sometimes it is not. The challenge is learning when to stop beating our heads against a particular brick wall where our hard work and rule-following is not working. When do we need to break the rules? When do we need to work hard at something else or somewhere else?

Related to this, working harder isn’t always the answer. Sometimes we are in situations where problems go unsolved and issues are unresolved because of things that are entirely outside of our control. Sometimes there is no answer and we have to learn the lessons of patience and of moving to a new situation, rather than just buckling down and trying to make the best of what we have.

There is no “light at the end of the tunnel.” There is just more tunnel. Some parts of the tunnel are darker and some have more light flickering in. But there is always tunnel and we are never sure what lies at the other end.

From DSC:
I don’t post this to hammer teachers. Everyday when I drop off my daughter to her school early (so she can feed the animals there), I thank the LORD for the teachers at that school and everywhere! Teachers are awesome!

I post this because it resonates w/ my experiences.

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Well done video re: teaching in the 21st century, asking, “What does it mean to teach?”

On 03/29/2011, in 21st century, education, education reform, engagement / engaging students, learning theories, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Originally saw this at:
The Educator’s PLN- posted by Chris McEnroe on 3/28/11

Also, very relevant here is the following posting from Arne Duncan at ED.gov blog:

The Changing Face of American Education
(Cross-posted from the White House Blog)

One of the greatest challenges facing our country is the coming retirement of more than 1 million baby-boomer teachers. This challenge has presented us with a once in a lifetime opportunity to help reshape education in America by recruiting and training the next generation of great American teachers.

Teaching is a rewarding and challenging profession where you can make a lasting impact. Teachers have a positive influence on students, schools, and communities, now and into the future. Schools across the nation are in need of a diverse set of talented teachers, especially in our big cities and rural areas, and especially in the areas of Math, Science, Technology, Special Education, and English Language Learning.

That’s why the department launched the TEACH campaign — a bold new initiative to inspire and empower the most talented and dedicated Americans to become teachers. We know that next to parental support, there is nothing more important to a child’s education than the quality of his or her teachers.

Many of you are already thinking about becoming teachers. The TEACH campaign provides tools at your fingertips to navigate the academic and professional requirements that will credential you to succeed as a teacher in one of our schools. TEACH.gov features an online path to teaching and over 4,000 listed, open teaching positions.

Also see:

Four Characteristics of Successful Teachers — from Faculty Focus by Maryellen Weimer

Tagged with: 21st century • education • education reform • engagement • engaging students • learning theories • student teaching/teacher education • teachers • teaching & learning

EdWeek’s 2011 Technology Counts [comments by Jesse Moyer]

On 03/28/2011, in 21st century, assessment, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, K-12 related, leadership, personalized/customized learning, student teaching/teacher education, by Daniel Christian

EdWeek’s 2011 Technology Counts — from The Future of Education by Jesse Moyer

Also see the report at:

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From Anya Kamenetz on 3-21-11 — DIY U: The transformation of higher education

On 03/22/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, accreditation, active learning, career development, change, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, digital learning, disruption, education reform, education technology, engagement / engaging students, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, informal learning, innovation, learning, learning ecosystem, more voice more choice more control, motivation, new business models, participation, personalized/customized learning, presentations, professional development, relationships, social learning / networks, staying relevant, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, teaching & learning, technology (general), traditional / tradition, trends, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
For those of us in more traditional institutions of higher education, if this is where things are heading — or even if pieces of Anya’s presentation come to fruition — what is our response? Strategy?

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$1.5M grant jump-starts teacher development

On 03/14/2011, in online tutoring, professional development, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, by Daniel Christian

$1.5M grant jump-starts teacher development — fromeschoolnews.com by Jenna Zwang

Tutor.com, which connects students with live tutors online for tutoring in math, science, social studies, and English, is the largest online tutoring and homework help service available—and, with help from a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the company is expanding its horizons to help teachers as well.

Tagged with: grants • online tutoring • professional development • student teaching/teacher education • teachers

Online learning marketplaces — find a course, teach a course. Most likely a piece of the T&L future.

On 02/18/2011, in learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, love of learning, marketplaces, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The disruption continues. A sampling of the current online-based marketplaces / exchanges (pictured below) most likely represent a piece of the future teaching & learning landscape. Find a course, teach a course.

Tagged with: exchanges • marketplaces • online learning • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • teaching & learning • teaching online

The Control Shift: A Grassroots Education Revolution Takes Shape

On 02/12/2011, in change, education, education reform, learning, staying relevant, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, by Daniel Christian

The Control Shift: A Grassroots Education Revolution Takes Shape — from Mind/Shift by Tina Barseghian
Kids are taking charge of their own learning as educators grapple with their new roles.

Tagged with: education • education reform • learning • roles • staying relevant • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • teachers

Simple tools for digital classroom

On 01/24/2011, in career development, digital learning, professional development, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Simple tools for digital classroom — from November Learning by guest blogger Geoff Gevalt
The hardest thing for teachers to do is make the transition from paper and pencils to online media: Not enough computers, not enough knowledge, not enough time and a whole new way of doing things. We work with hundreds of teachers in the same situation and we offer this advice:

Take small steps.
Find a couple of tech-savvy kids in each of your classes to help.
Explore the digital world on your own.
Seek out people in the school or in professional development spheres to mentor you.
Don’t be afraid to fail.
Don’t be afraid if you don’t have all the answers – your kids will help.

Teacher Knowledge — Exploring, a few links…

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