BBC Education NewsSince most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
Please see http://t4.jordandistrict.org/payatten… to learn how you can become a better teacher.
Here is a quick rundown of the categories for this year:
The Next Generation Learning campaign is about using technology well to make learning a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for people of all ages and abilities.
Putting technology at the heart of learning will improve education and training in the UK – inspiring learners, engaging parents, enabling teachers, motivating employees and giving school and college leavers the skills businesses want.
Evidence shows that technology significantly improves results for all learners. Despite this, technology is fully exploited by only 20 per cent of schools and colleges.
BBC Schools
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
Learning resources for home and school
Bitesize
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision
Supports KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE exam revision
Learning Zone Broadband
www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips
rich audio visual material for use in primary and secondary schools from the BBC schools programming archive. Recently launched, very much in development and will continue to evolve and increase content over the next 3-5 year.
BBC Blast
www.bbc.co.uk/blast
Inspires, supports, develops and showcases the creative arts for young people aged 13-19. Lots of resources and ideas for pupils and teachers.
BBC News School Report
www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport
The opportunity for secondary schools to broadcast live news, aimed at 11-14 year olds. Fantastic supporting resources for teachers including lesson plans.
BBC Me and My Movie
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie
CBBC me and my movie is a unique film-making initiative inspiring and enabling primary children to make movies and tell their own stories.
Nominated as one of the most influential educational blog posts this article examines the book ‘How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci’, to explain how schools are preventing the emergence of another da Vinci. A thought provoking article.
1. Curiosita (from “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci”)
What? Intense and insatiable curiosity; constantly learning due to a desire to ask and answer questions
The Murder: In schools, for the most part, students learn only what the teacher decides they will learn. Student questions will often go unanswered if they lead away from the material (go off-topic), or if there are time constraints on what must be learned that leave no time for these questions in class.2. Dimostrazione (from “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci”)
What? Constant testing of knowledge through experience and persistence; accepting of and learning from mistakes
The Murder: Except in the sciences (and sometimes even then), knowledge is simply given and expected to be absorbed rather than questioned and tested. On tests and labs, wrong answers cost the students their grades, therefore it becomes unacceptable to make mistakes. Mistakes are less about learning experiences and more about losing marks. Questioning societal norms is a very negative thing, even if they don’t make sense.
Read the full article here.
Ever needed to download a Youtube video for classroom use? Or need a Youtube video in a different video format?
iDesktop.tv is a dynamic web 2.0 application, that offers a better way to search and watch YouTube videos. Not only but you can download YouTube videos! You can use the site to search through a huge collection of videos from various video sharing sites and when you find something you like the site will download and convert it to a file type of your choosing all from the same website. You can also use the site to store and group videos for use at your convenience.
http://www.idesktop.tv
Features / Benefits
(Read the article)
This booklet has been published by the National Education Network and features a wide range of educational resources from the 10 Regional Broadband Consortia.
What is the NEN?…. (Read the article)