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- Be the thing you teach.
- Be the expert of your classroom.
- Be data savvy.
- Be continually reflective on your practice.
- Be able to defend your practice.
This directive is similar to the data-savvy and expert points, but teacher leaders need to be able to explain their craft. Your administrator will be trotting all kinds of people through your classroom. As a teacher leader, you might be a maverick, doing things a little differently than the rest of the herd. Be prepared to defend that road less traveled. Know why you do the things you do. Then, as a leader, share everything you know. - Be informed about local, state, national education policy.
- Be positive and solutions-oriented.
- Rise above the turbulence.
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Informational technology needs to be holistically integrated into our learning environments.
The integration of information technology into our unique learning environments can be greatly enhanced if we apply constructivist approaches. Such approaches could include, but are not limited to discovery learning, inquiry based learning, play-based learning and making. But they also include listening, reflecting, and taking the time to process. Essentially, we want our learners to become great thinkers. We want learners to take an active role in the learning process and move away from the passive regurgitation of information being passed from a teacher to a student. Effective infusion of information technology into our learning environments is an excellent way to achieve this.
In our world, information technology is not just a means to an end. It more about the information and how we use it that is the most important. How to find it, how to process it, how to use it, and how to build on it. The technology we use facilitates and re-shapes this use of information in many new ways. For instance, no longer are we following learning in a linear fashion, say, based on a textbook. Rather, we are working in flexible frameworks where learners can focus on big ideas, but follow their learning along multiple paths happening all at once in the learning environment.
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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/
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Suite à la Conférence internationale sur les TIC et sur l’Éducation post-2015 tenue en mai dernier, l’UNESCO propose un plan d’action international d’intégration et de développement des TIC en éduc...
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A problem-solving classroom isn't easy to create. These 5 principles for a problem-solving classroom will help.
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This report summarises evidence from the OECD TALIS and PISA surveys that underpins the three themes of the 2015 International Summit on the Teaching
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If I ask you or your students, "How do you learn," how many of you could clearly articulate this process? If you can, are the strategies you're using the best ones for learning? Apply New Learning Often and in Meaningful Contexts
The more you can apply what you’re learning to your every day, the more it’ll stick in your head. The reason is simple. When you’re learning by doing, you’re implementing everything that makes our memory work. When you’re able to connect what you’re learning with a real world task, that forms the bonds in your brain, and subsequently the skills you’re learning will stick around.
We learn best when we have context, and that applies to new skills as much as it does random facts in school. That’s why something like the transfer of learning is helpful when your learning a new skill. This means you’re applying your new skills in your day to day life in a context that matters. (http://lifehacker.com/the-science-behind-how-we-learn-new-skills-908488422)
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The University of Luxembourg is set to create a centre for research, teaching and knowledge transfer in logistics to support Luxembourg’s development as a transport and logistics hub in Europe.
The University will enlist the assistance of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world, for this project. The Luxembourg Ministry for Higher Education and Research will offer political and financial support. The government on 30 October charged the Minister for Higher Education and Research to finalise the agreement together with the University of Luxembourg, as well as pledging funding for the centre for a period of ten years.
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Instructional coaches (IC's) are one group that are a bit more removed from students. Don't jump to any negative conclusions with that last sentence. What I mean is that, although they impact students in positive ways, they are a bit more separated from the consistent daily involvement that classroom teachers have with students.
Instructional coaches can have an enormous impact on the teaching and learning that happens in a school. Technology coaches help bridge the learning gap between teachers and technology. Content coaches can help teachers gain a better understanding of standards and subjects. Instructional coaches can help teachers improve their instructional practices in any subject at any time.
There are at least five reasons why schools should have instructional coaches. It's not that all teachers are weak and need help. It's about the idea that we all have blind spots (Otto Scharmer) and coaches can help others see their blind spots. According to this article in the New Yorker, even doctors have coaches to help them improve and see their blind spots.
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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/
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Les travaux de Greenhow ont été résumés sur le site de la Michigan State University.
Selon la chercheuse, en contexte informel, les médias sociaux permettent une plus grande liberté. Contrairement à certaines activités en classe ou à des forums plus officiels sur lesquels les apprenants sont tenus de participer, l’utilisation volontaire des médias sociaux dans un contexte éducatif informel amène la participation des apprenants plus timides.
La participation non obligatoire à des forums et l’utilisation volontaire d’applications hébergées sur différents réseaux sociaux pourraient constituer des formes d’enrichissement pertinentes, permettant ainsi d’avoir accès à de l’information supplémentaire, à des échanges formateurs et à des compléments sur le plan de la matière.
Les médias sociaux pourraient aussi participer à piquer et à développer la curiosité des apprenants. Toujours selon Greenhow, une des préoccupations de tout enseignant est de susciter l’intérêt des apprenants pour des sujets et de les aider dans leur quête d’apprentissage. Les réseaux sociaux utilisés volontairement, en complément du cursus officiel, peuvent ainsi constituer des lieux bénéfiques pour réaliser cette mission.
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Check out some resources meant to help education leaders find ways transform the vision and goals of schools to move towards applied, connected and real-world learning opportunities for students.
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La Commission européenne lance un réseau de MOOC pour favoriser l’acquis de compétences numériques en Europe.
La Commission européenne lance un réseau de MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses, des cours en ligne ouvert, ndlr) afin de permettre aux citoyens européens de se former aux compétences numériques dont les entreprises européennes ont besoin. L’ensemble des formations offertes est d’ores et déjà disponible sur le site Iversity qui sera géré par p.a.u. Education, une entreprise privée spécialisée dans les services pour l’enseignement.
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- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/what-are-the-skills-needed-from-students-in-the-future/
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The Internet of Everything (IoE) represents the next “world-changing” revolution, after the Industrial Revolution of 1750 – 1900, and following the Computer & Internet revolution which started in the 1950’s. It is an exciting scenario in which objects, personal devices, even animals communicate, take Intelligent decisions, and autonomous actions on their own without human interaction. This revolution will completely transform industrial sectors and the entire world, for all of us, in ways as powerful as the Industrial Revolution and even more. It is our future, and it is happening now. How is it happening? For an Evolution of Technologies, and with a Revolution of Minds… Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=smart-TV - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things - http://globaleducationandsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/why-is-it-a-must-to-have-basics-knowledge-of-cyber-security-in-a-connected-technology-world/
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The integration of mobile technology in classrooms is no longer just a nice-to-have option in learning and development. Indeed, it has now become an essential part of the educational process for the 21st century generation…
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https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/the-new-possibilities-to-learn-and-teach-with-ict/