RWL Lists

RWL for Feb 25 - 28, 2014

Social Media - is it safe to use (or how do we teach students to be safe) and how can we use it for learning?

Audio

• Education Podcasts - choose one series from this list and listen to one or two podcasts

OR

Web sites

• Teachers' Guides to Tech and Learning
• Any of the articles on Edudemic's Social Media page - lots of Twitter help and ideas.

OR

Video
• YouTube playlist on Social Media and Education - check out some of the Facebook stuff.
• The Emotional Life on Social Media (Thanks Evan)
• The Innovation of Loneliness (Thanks Brent)
• Tech Trends for Teachers in 2014 (Thanks Marty)



RWL for Feb 18-21, 2014

Assessment
From http://www.learningace.com/doc/309672/46f7b8335dad75551299f0dce3dfd8cb/determining-developing-and-assessing-the-capabilities-of-future-ready-students
21st century assessments. Authentic 21st century assessments are the essential foundation of a 21st century education. Assessments must measure all five results that matter — core subjects; 21st century content; learning and thinking skills; ICT literacy; and life skills. Assessment of 21st century skills should be integrated with assessments of core subjects. Separate assessments would defeat the purpose of infusing 21st century skills into core subjects. To be effective, sustainable and affordable, assessments must use modern technologies to increase efficiency and timeliness. Standardized tests alone can measure only a few of the important skills and knowledge students should learn. A balance of assessments, including high-quality standardized testing along with effective classroom assessments, offers students and teachers a powerful tool to master the content and skills central to success.


Must read - pp. 10 - 16 from Shifting Minds from C21Canada - note their ideas of 21C skills
Partnership for 21C Skills - pp. 16-17 for summary and assessment


Choose two among:
Read
• Innovations in Education blog post about assessment
• Transforming Assesment


• Watch
  Pearson - Assessing Complex Problems
• 21C Skills Assessment
• Authentic Assessment (GoAnimate)


Listen
• Effective Assessment in a Digital Age - also has text
• Assessment When Using New Tools - this page has links to readings, video and audio

RWL for Feb 11 - 14

AAC (Adaptive and Augmentative Communication) or Special Needs Technologies - choose two or three from the options below.

Read

MobileLearning4SpecialNeedsKids - check the video case studies and the app lists pageComputer Unlocks Teen's Voice
Apps for Autistic Kids
Speaking APPropriately
Pros and Cons of Apps
AAC-RERC White Paper

Watch

Tech and Autism - ABC 20/20 Report or Full Report (9 min)The Sound of Learning - Edutopia

Enabling Dreams - Edutopia - search for others

MobileLearning4SpecialNeedsKids - check the video case studies and the app lists page

Listen

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2010/02/19/february-19-2010/ Part 3  - about the first 5 minutes

Apps

iTouchForSpecialNeeds

http://itouch4specialneeds.pbworks.com/w/page/32672136/FrontPage

MobileLearning4SpecialNeedsKids

RWL(P) for Feb. 4-7

R/W/L  at least two of these and (P) play a game or two from the game sites:

Read

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Video_Games_Educational/

http://www.fractuslearning.com/2013/04/04/design-your-own-game/

http://sms100.wikispaces.com/Learning+about+games

Text article by Douglas Gentile on violent video games

Research on violent games by Douglas Gentile (a bibliography if you are interested in this area)

What Exactly Are Kids Learning From Games? (Text)

Watch

Katie Salen On Learning With Games (Video)

James Paul Gee on Games and Assessment (Video)

No Gamer Left Behind (Video)

Games Sites

• History Game Over The Top ( Life in the Trenches) - http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/games/overtop/index_e.shtml
• http://www.gamesforchange.org/play
• Universal Sandbox (math, physics and astronomy) http://universesandbox.com/
• Game: Third World Farmer
• Game: Enercities
• Biodiversity game - http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/biodiversitygame
• Bio Games link - Spongelab Interactive

• explorelearning.com - you can explore Gizmos for 5 min without an account

• The McCord Museum offers students a free history laboratory online
• Gr 4/5 Number Eaters http://www.hoodamath.com/games/numbereaters.html
• Purposegames.com - create and play simple point and click review games
• http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/flash/index.html
• https://sites.google.com/site/gameonlearning/science-ms-games-1
• http://www.learn4good.com/games/for-high-school-students.htm
• The Problem Site
• Canada Quiz
• Nobel Prize Site - Games
• FutureLabs
• HIstory Games - BBC
• Colorado U project
• English Games

• Game: Third World Farmer
• Game: Enercities

Game Creation software

• Kodu - easy to learn 3D game creation
• Scratch - from MIT
• Game Maker

RWL for Jan 28-31

13 REASONS WHY DIGITAL LEARNING IS BETTER - READ THIS SHORT ARTICLE AND BE PREPARED FOR THE TEST. HOW MUCH OF THIS IS DIFFERENT?

At least TWO of the following and bring your notes:

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You - http://www.sustainable-city.org/intervws/mander.htm

Videos:

http://fora.tv/2006/11/28/Paradigm_Wars#fullprogram - You can watch just segments of this using the choices listed. It would not play in Firefox for me, but was fine in Chrome.

General videos by Mander - or do your own search

Metaphor

Lakoff and Johnson - Metaphors We Live By - and a summary and Bower's critique

Lakoff video of how this started

Lakoff  video - Framing

Neil Postman - Five Things we should Know About Technological Change

- from an educator’s point of view?

In class we will watch videos about waste disposal, cell phone minerals and farming.

RWL for Jan 21-24, 2014

For an overview of some terminology see the Educause collection of 7 Things You Should Know About ... - look through the list and update yourself on one or two!

Choose THREE from the list below. Since they are not all the same, be prepared to share your info based on what you read, watch OR listened to.

Read options

Social issues - some entry points
Bowling Alone - America's Declining Social Capital - Robert Putnam - also a book version.
One Nation Under Google (pdf) - Darin Barney Chapter 1 in particular
Anarchy and the internet - Gordon Graham

Watch options

Marshall McLuhan - The Medium is The Message and Media and The Global Village
One Nation Under Google - Darin Barney (Part 1)
The Myth of Digital Literacy - Video
Privacy and Ordering Pizza! (just for fun!)

Listen options

Start with BTR and Liz Kolb (Choose any or all) - BTR Cell Phones in Learning series
TVO - The Myth of Digital Literacy
Born Digital excerpt - John Palfrey and Urs Gasser (they also have podcasts available)
or any of these
Interview with John Palfrey - Perseus Publishing

RWL for Jan 14-17, 2014

The Brain -  “Will fast facts do to our brains, what fast food has done to our bodies?” R. Redekopp

Technology and the brain - connectedness (Turkle), distractedness (ADHD?), shallow-tasking (Carr) and unbelievable resources.

Start with this short NY Times article: The Science of Concentration

Then choose one more from among the following and bring your notes to class:

Gary Small - iBrain - text (Look Inside) or video choices or audio

Multitasking or Paying Attention: Winnifred Gallagher - the book Rapt, or video (around the 30 minute mark to find the multitasking stuff) audio

Your Brain on Technology - audio