ISTE Unveils Updated Educational Technology Standards for Students at NECC
Read the full press release!
Here's what caught my eye in this release:
"The first set of standards was about learning to use technology. This set is about using technology to learn," said David Barr, retired educator and member of ISTE’s Accreditation and Standards committee.
Concensus: Podcasting Has No 'Inherent' Pedagogic Value
Read the article on CampusTechnology.com"A bevy of recent studies on students' experience listening to recorded lectures via podcasts confirms what many lecturers already know: that the pedagogical value of podcasts depends almost entirely on student motivation and the learning 'context' of the application." * I wonder, if podcasting has no inherent pedagogic value, what does? |
Classroom technology goes extreme
Read the full article.While the article itself, which featured several professors, was very interesting, here is why I am linking to it:
Here are six technologies the New Media Consortium predicts will be tapped for higher education.
- User-created content: User-created content such as blogs, vlogs, wikibooks and clips will be integrated into curriculums and seen as a rich educational resource.
- Social networking: The report urges universities to create social networking sites similar to MySpace and Facebook,
- Mobile phones: With its numerous digital functions and instant access, "these little devices will be as much a part of education as a bookbag."
- Virtual worlds: Allows students to collaborate, explore, role-play and create new experiences. More and more universities hold classes in virtual environments.
- The new scholarship and emerging forms of publication: How scholars do research and publish their work is changing slowly. Some professors fear blogging and podcasts will infringe on their work; others see a tool to circulate ideas and theories.
- Multiplayer educational gaming: Already used on some campuses, educational games promote learning and will become more popular as production kinks are ironed out.
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