Teaching Educators How to Play

We’ve been talking about developing Learning Communities for Educators.  Perhaps in order to effectively engage in a learning community and learn from each other we need to re-learn “how to play.” I want to make the argument that more teachers need to learn how to play and see  the importance of “play” in learning and [...]

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Educating the Net Generation

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In the month of May we reviewed new and upcoming online courses. We also shared the process of online course development from concept to actualization.  The last course up for review is Educating the Net Generation Online ™.
Educating the Net Generation (ENG) helps educators gain some [...]

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Reflection – Example of 21st Literacy Education in Action

It’s Friday. Time for a video. Videos are nice on Friday afternoons. I found this wonderful example of the King Middle School in Portland, Maine. I believe that this school is really putting the approaches to 21st Literacy Education in a Action. The video provides examples of how the school integrates subjects like science, English, [...]

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RSS: Controlling the Flow of Information

There are so many different ways that we receive information over the Internet. We read blogs, wikis, news feeds. We also watch videos and listen to podcasts. Truly, it can become overwhelming to read, watch and listen to all the things we want, and even need, to keep abreast of our field.
There is a solution [...]

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Learning from the Ning learning community

Ning is a ring of social networks run by participants who start and build the social network. I’ve found that Ning can be a great place to learn from others in your own field who have the same interests as yourself. I’m part of a Ning network called NextGen Teachers. The NextGen Ning network [...]

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Using Wikis with Net Generation Students

As we have seen in previous posts, the Net Generation students use the Internet and many online tools as a learning aid, and they are collaborative learners. Another online collaboration tool that can be used with Net Generation Students is a wiki. Christy shared a link with us to the Flat Classroom Project wiki, [...]

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Talk about Change!

Why is it so important in Online Course Development to look at the differences in generations? Are we really that different? Is it only in our students that we see differences?
At the August FISH meeting in Nashville, I presented an overview of PLS Online Course Development: who we are, what we do, how we do [...]

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Learning by Creating and Collaborating—Digitally

The video A Vision of K-12 Students Today shows net generation learners sharing a message about how their preferred digital learning style doesn’t always match up with how they are taught.
My favorite quote from the video is “If we learn by doing, what are we learning sitting here?”

The video’s message is [...]

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Using Mobile Devices to Teach the Net Generation

In a previous post, I gave a brief introduction to Mobile Learning, but here is a great visual example of Mobile Learning in action. This is a terrific video that demonstrates how handheld devices can be used to engage students in learning. The students in this video are using a pocket PC in their learning. [...]

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Who is the Net Generation? How do they Learn?

The Net Generation categorization includes the generation of children and adolescents in the population today. According to some, the label also extends to individuals of the Generation Y bracket. The Net Generation has never known a world without the computers or internet. They are a different breed of learner compared to their Generation X and [...]

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