John Lien's Techintegration Blog: Recent Episodes
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iTunes has been a very successful platform to sell music and getting lots of really good content through podcasting. A while back Apple and realease iTunes U that had lots of content from many universities such as University of South Florida, MIT, and Duke just to name a few.
This past week iTunes just has unveiled the K12 section with lots of content from K12 institutions for K12teachers and students. Being from Florida and a Florida Master Digital Educator I’m very excited that the Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) from University of South Florida is the one that is managing our content.
They have about 11 institutions to start, if you like to see a very impressive K12 looking one make sure to visit the Arizona Department of Education one.
I just read an article from eSchool News“U.S. educators seek lessons from Scandinavia“ that really confirms what all of us in the area educational technology. A delegation from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recently visited the Scandinavian region, learn what they where doing different since that region score higher than any other in a recent international test of math and science skills. eSchool News“found that educators in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark all cited autonomy, project-based learning, and nationwide broadband internet access as keys to their success”. Further more they did not find in those nations were competitive grading, standardized testing, and top-down accountability which is what we are known for. If haven’t done so you need to read it! My point is that integration of technology in the classroom is one the most powerful ways to promote project-based learning. I think there is a lesson in there to be learned…… what do you think???
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Podcast Topics:
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Nettrekker - 21st Century Skills (http://school.nettrekker.com/ )
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Dr. Peter Diamandis - On Innovation (http://www.xprize.org/ )
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Webblender 2 - David Wagner (http://tech4learning.com/ )
To get ideas make sure you visit http://k12onlineconference.org/ to learn about others are doing.
Learn about the Technology Integration Matrix developed for the FLDOE teachers at http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/ .
Interviews after the Florida Digital Educators training.
Visit http://techintegration.net or email me at lienj@ocps.net