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The PFT Top 10 List of Educational Technology Themes "To wrap your brain around in '06" |
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In the tradition of many other people in other traditions... something familiar but different........ from Podcast for Teachers the "PFT Top 10 List of Educational Technology Themes" of 2006. ![]() Something to keep those grey cells active at high speed- "wrap your brain" around these themes and explore them with us each week on our podcast. At this time, this list is not prioritized in any way. Only time will tell which are the "Killer Issues" and which the "iDogs" of the coming year. These themes constitute a framework for the content of Podcast For Teachers in 2006. We will be returning to them over and over again as we continue to explore and reflect on developments in the field of Educational Technology. Need some background 411 on these themes? Follow the links below to selected articles and information resources about them! |
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1 to 1 Computing - student laptop inititiatives,
etc. |
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Podcasting, videocasting,
webcasting, etceteracasting There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education: http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm05/erm0561.asp?bhcp=1%20 Podcasting Craze Comes to K-12 Schools: http://www.nsboro.k12.ma.us/ipod.htm Yahoo Groups - Podcasting/Education: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Podcasting-Education/ |
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The need for/probable
soon-to-happen explosion in Digital Content NCTE Digital Content: http://www.ncte.ie/NCTEInitiatives/DigitalContent/ Digital Content for Education and Training: http://www.aie.it/Allegati/Stranieri/26th%20Congress%20-%20IPA%20paper%20-%20Attanasio%20-%20English.pdf New Zealand Digital Strategy: http://www.digitalstrategy.govt.nz/templates/Page____165.aspx |
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Googling Up - advances in
Search technology and their impact on
Education RefDesk: http://www.refdesk.com/edusrch.html Search Engine Guide: http://www.searchengineguide.com/pages/Education Searching for help with technology integration?: http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/srchtool.html |
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Computer Game-based
Learning Digital Game-based Learning: http://www.paragonhouse.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=390%20 True Believers: Digital Game-Based Learning in the Military: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2001/feb2001/prensky.html Microsoft explores new game-based learning environment: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3642%20 |
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Smart Toys - the impending
heavy impact these informal education devices will have on formal
education The Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/news/icon/smart-toys/2005/11/30/1133311090876.html Technology and the Very Young: Lapware, Smart Toys, and Beyond: http://archive.cpsr.net/essays/2002/2ed11.html Session review: Learning with Smart Toys: http://www.eschoolnews.com/cic/fetc/blog/2005/01/000589.php |
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The $100 Laptop
Computer The $100 laptop moves closer to reality: http://news.com.com/The+100+laptop+moves+closer+to+reality/2100-1044_3-5884683.html Quanta to build Negroponte's $100 laptop: http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,107056,00.html MIT to Launch $100 Laptop Prototype: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=15143%20 |
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Tablet PCs - what happened
to this revolution in portable computing? Will it finally boot up in
'06? The Student Tablet PD: http://www.studenttabletpc.com/ Tablet PCs: The Killer App for Higher Education: http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=6246%20 Tablet PCs In Education: A Different Consenus: http://wickedstageact2.typepad.com/life_on_the_wicked_stage_/2005/10/tablet_pcs_in_e.html |
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21st Century Literacy
Skills - has Education's most important agenda been totally ignored? So
much more to think, say, and do on this subject. 21st Century Skills and Information and Communications Technologies Literacy - From A Nation at Risk to ICT Literacy: http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/21stcentury/LiteracySkills.asp 21st Century Skills - Standards for Technological Literacy (2000): http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/match4.htm Partnership for 21st Century Skills - MILE Guide: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/guide/ |
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The Convergence of Youth
Culture and the culture of Education. Mysapce.com is Youth Culture: Youth Culture and New Technologies: http://wiki.media- http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2005/12/001239.php culture.org.au/index.php/Youth_Culture_and_New_Technologies Cyber Youth Culture: At the Intersection of Technology and Humanity: http://www.vergant.com/speech.pdf |
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