Weekly Tech Tips - The Elephant in the Room: Learning Theories & Technology Integration

Weekly Tech Tip:

The Elephant in the Room: Learning Theories & Technology Integration


Related links:

• Seymour Papert 1983
• Scratch
• Computer Aided Instruction as a Vehicle for Problem Solving: Scratch Programming Environment in the Middle Years Classroom
• Constructionism vs. Instructionism by Seymour Papert
  
• Game Maker 7
• Constructivism
• Behaviorism

Link Stew

• Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen on Social Networking
• Alan November: "Who should own the learning?"
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• Alan November - Who Owns the Websites Your Kids Access?
• Wikis in University Teaching and Learning - Richard Buckland UNSW
• Web 2.0 Expo SF 2010: Ge Wang, "Breaking Barriers with Sound"
• Net Neutrality - Save the Internet
• The Death of The Internet
• Stephen Downes: Presentation addressing what teachers need to do in order to learn from the internet.
• Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
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• Bill Gates speaks at Science Leadership Academy
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• How Teens are Using their Mobile Phones
• No Grading, More Learning
• Free eBook - Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media
• ZooBurst - Augmented Reality Free 3d Popup Book Creator
• Second Life Users File Class Action Lawsuit Over Virtual Land
• 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom
• MapAList - Google Spreadsheets & Google Maps Mashup
• Udemy - Academy of You | Find and Create Online Courses - Teach and Learn Online
• Share Lists of Twitter Users | TweepML
• TubeMogul.com | In-Depth Tracking, Analytics for Online Video | Web Video Syndication
• Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious-Great tool for bookmarking links in your Twitter feed. But, be careful. If you share your Delicious feed with Twitter adding this tool will cause a loop and flood both your Twitter account and Delicious account with duplicate links & Tweets.

Blog Carnival:

• A Fairy Tale? by Larry Cuban on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
• Can We Use Personal Learning Networks to Create Real Reform? (#edchat summary by Betty Ray on Edutopia
• Reflection on filters, social media & school by Anne Collier on NetFamilyNews.org
• The Unwelcome Silent Curriculum by Jerrid Kruse on Teaching as a dynamic activity