by Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day blog.
(Usually, I just post a weekly version of this regular feature. However, sometimes I post an extra “Special Edition” when I have more good links than usual)
I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through these older links, and help me organize them for my own use. I hope others will find them helpful, too. These are resources that I didn’t include in my “Best Tweets” feature because I had planned to post about them, or because I didn’t even get around to sending a tweet sharing them.
Check out the Special Edition of “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”:
The following are what I believe are the rights of all student to have with regards to using technology as an educational tool, written as a student to their teacher:
by Jenny Luca
I work in an Independent School in Melbourne, Australia, and this year we have made a commitment to help our students (grades 7-12) create ePortfolios, using an Edublogs campus as the platform. Here are 5 reasons why we are making student blogging and portfolio development a high priority.
Jenny Luca is a Teacher-Librarian from Melbourne, Australia who is passionate about exploring the potential of new technologies in educational settings. She writes the blog Lucacept – Intercepting the Web and has presented at conferences in Australia and internationally. Follow Jenny on Twitter @jennyluca. Meet the rest of our Voices.
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Since I am on holiday, I have time to sit down and really read the blog posts of our students at Anastasis Academy…all 500 of them! I am so proud of what our students do and the ways that their teachers challenge them to think and reflect. As I was reading, I kept sending out tweets with links to the posts…I forgot that to read an Edu 2.0 blog post, you have to be registered on Edu 2.0. Oops! I thought I would share some favorites here. None of them have been re-touched or edited.
These are from an intermediate class who started with the prompt: “I used to believe, now I know.”
Post 1
I used to think the traditional way of school was the only, iPads are a new way to learn.and best way to learn. Now I think using IPads, sitting around the room, and being creative is a great way to take advantage of the generations…….
Read the all the posts, CLICK HERE
Report: New technologies have transformed today’s learners
The emergence of widespread Internet connectivity, social networking and mobile computing all have contributed to the creation of a new type of learner, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. “These three elements together have changed the context of learning,” says Lee Rainie, director of the center’s Internet and American Life Project. Students today are more self-directed, more inclined to collaborate and rely on feedback from peers, and are better-equipped to obtain information, the report states.
