Education Matters - (tech and non-tech)

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This article and infographic introduces you to the wonderful world of hashtags and how to use them in different social media channels.

These are necessary skill for all teachers to help make our students "college and career" ready. 

Le competenze del docente che usa strumenti "Social"
1) Aiutare gli studenti a utilizzare gli strumeti di betworking per trovare informazioni e comunicare in rete con esperti, pari, docenti
2) Conoscere le principali categorier del Web 2.0 e gli strmenti utili per la didattica. COnoscere gli sturmenti a disposizione e utilizzabili nella propria scuola
3) Utilizzare strumenti di rete per comunicare con i colleghi, studenti e genitori
4) Navigare, valutare e creare contenuti su siti social (prezi, slideshaer,..)
5) Utilizzare gli strumenti sociali per creare, mantenere e imparare in una personale rete di apprendmento
6) COnoscere le regle di netiquette e gli standard di comportamento eticon in rete
7) Conoscere e insegnare le regole sul copyright e le questioni di pricacy in rete
8) COmprendere e insegnare l'impolrtanza della gestione dell'identità e della reputazione in rete
9) Scegliere e seguire un personale piano di autoformazione per rimanere infomrato su nuovi strumenti e applicazioni
10) Partecipare nella definizione a livello di Scuola delle regole di utilizzo degli strumenti social

For development of our teachers.

Simple but useful.

Several of these would be easy to use with library lessons.

K-12 blended learning primer

Nice infographic on blended learning.

Blended learning has much potential.  However, it is only PART of the solution to why ails education today.  It is not a replacement for funding.  Adequate funding, whether online of f2f, must go hand in hand.  You can't maximize the potential of education while cutting necessary $$$.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Infographic

Lots of great information addressing access to and use of technology by children!

For cyberwellness

From Infographic...and Informational Text TCC 4-5

This is a graphic example for the article, but the site is a cybersafety site in the UK and has lots of information for parents about online safety for their children. It also tests their knowledge.

It is important to build your own brand and to promote yourself positively. You want to be polite to other users and make sure you have nothing on your profile that could be damaging to your reputation. This includes swear words, inappropriate or rude comments, and pictures and videos of drinking or drugs.  This is really important for graduating students who, most likely, need to go through and delete pictures that have been tagged in one Facebook

Make sure you give credit to others if you share something of theirs. Also make sure you are writing your own posts and not just sharing others. However, make sure you are posting valuable and relevant information. Listen and think before you write and make sure you are using proper english. 

It is okay to have debates on social netowrks with other users, everybody has the right ti voice their opinion, but don't let things get too personal or nasty. 

It is also essential to understand that there are also hings to be very careful of when using social networks. For one, people are not always who they seem. You should also make sure you do not assume a false identity. It is important to keep some kind of professionalism, but don't change yourself or hide who you really are. 

You must also make sure you are abiding by the rules of the network and report others who dont. 

Last but certainly not least, be very careful about who you share things with. There are certain places to share certain things. For example, you may post something bout your personal life in your Facebook status, but it is not appropriate to do so on your LinkedIn profile. Do not share pictures and videos with strangers, you never know how they will use these. 

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Cyberbullying

Supports an iPad book called "It's Okay to be Different" (via Story Panda). Beautiful but simple message. 

This is the best anti-bullying poster I think I've ever come across. The visual would be perfect in an elementary classroom, and the poster covers all areas from glasses to adoption to stuttering. Let's celebrate our differences!

More Google search tips...

Nothing hidden about these "tips & tricks" - just standard every day library functions. This is not new, most these functions have been used since Win95, the days before we see the net as we do now. Nonetheless, whatever it takes for people to finally catch up and educate themselves about easier searching techniques! 

Getting children to move, to be physically active, makes a difference in their grades. This infographic provides additional detail and if you click through to the link you can also get a print only version. Additional resources are also available on the websites including a CDC Physical Activity in School Factsheet and a CDC Physical Activity and Youth Factsheet.

This infographic provides 11 ideas that you might want to share with other teachers in your building on ways to use technology. It is a diverse list that could be used with students at many grade levels and it may provide you with some inspiration. If you go to the website you may print it out in color or black and white.

Do you have any ideas you would like to share? Feel free to use the comment area to do so.

Great info graph with ideas about how to add technology to up lift  and modernize your teaching and organizational skills.

Fun ideas for getting kids involved in classroom technology....

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Infographic

Lots of great information addressing access to and use of technology by children!

Lot of useful information to children's and young adult story creators finding their audience.

Check out this fantastic infographic courtesy of Jeremy Waite, head of social strategy at Adobe.  Rule #32 - rules are meant to be broken

Thought provoking ideas here - worth a read.

Great resource

Works for me!