Month: February 2013

Technology Integration Research Review

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab What Is Successful Technology Integration? A key transition over the history of information technology has been in the shift from passive audiences to active users. Digital technologies permit users unprecedented control…

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Mitch Resnick: Let’s teach kids to code | Video on TED.com

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab — it’s for everyone. See on www.ted.com

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Badges How to: Using Your Classroom Rubrics to Design a Badge System

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Recently teachers and administrators have been asking us for ideas on how to go about implementing badges in their own schools.  In this post, I’m going to describe two approaches for…

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Games Support Multiple Learning Styles

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab When we talk about “games,” that term covers a huge range. From video games to board games, from Kinect to pencil-and-paper games, all of these can contribute to student learning. See…

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The Stuff of Problem Solving: Discovering Concepts and Applying Principles

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency Few would disagree that building critical thinking and creative problem solving skills is imperative for today’s students. However, subject matter knowledge is equally important. See on www.edutopia.org

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Webmaker Badges Roadmap

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency It’s roadmappin’ time again, folks. I’ve shifted my focus a bit to zero in on making badges a success and that has two pieces: • Web literacy badges • The Open Badge…

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