The Techno Constructivist

A blog about the use of educational technology and constructivism in todays classroom. Digital Natives possess more technology knowledge than any other generation. Using this we can integrate curriculum with technology so students can discover new concepts and content.

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Kaufman Highlights vs Crandall 2014

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This is a discussion to have with all IT integrators. Many adopt the attitude of leaving the hibernating bear alone. After all, eventually, the resistant teacher will come out of the den ready to enjoy the springtime of learning? No. Not necessarily.

But technological change is as much emotional and psychological as it is instruction. If you don’t first have the teacher in the mood to learn, you’ll be struggling. So, be careful of labeling the teacher as resistant in the first place and be willing to teach and encourage the teacher wherever he/she is. This is a nice article from Elena Aguilar. Check out part 2 after reading this one.

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3 Tools to Connect Your Classroom in Under 3 Minutes.

Are you short on time? Or maybe you’re just short? Or maybe like me…you are BOTH. :) When I first started to digitally connect with my students 3 years ago, I tried a class Facebook group. At the…

And all of these are often blocked in schools…

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How to answer: Short Answer Questions

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Reblogging for next year.

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An excellent article and PDF guide for finding, evaluating, and integrating online video into teaching.

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G.O.A.T.

Created by Anthony Petrie

For Gallery1988’s Old School Video Game Art Show: Level 2, showing Oct. 26th through Nov. 24th.

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People are always gonna label you, it’s up to you to overcome those labels 

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School technology needs grow faster in preparation for common-core

But with the Common Core State Standards initiative pushing schools in 46 states and the District of Columbia to administer “next generation” assessments almost exclusively online—with an accompanying commitment to more digital resources—it’s possible schools’ demand for bandwidth could exceed even those projections.

Further, ensuring access to enough bandwidth—the common term for the measure of the rate of data consumption that is possible over a given network—isn’t always as simple as increasing funding or raising priorities. And it’s even more difficult when districts use shortsighted methods to calculate just how much bandwidth they need.

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“If we teach today as we as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow”

John Dewey (Via Nikhil Goyal’s Book One Size Does Not Fit All” (via adventuresinlearning)

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The new iPhone 5 is here (photos)

Without further ado and much speculation and excitement, Apple has just announced the new iPhone 5 at the Yerba Buena Center! Here are some snazzy pics of it too, which confirms all the rumors and speculation so far.

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WHAT IS A FLIPPED CLASSROOM? The flipped classrom is one in which lectures and instruction take place outside of classtime usually in the form of instructor videos or screencasts while homework and group activities take place in class.

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Online or Face to Face classes? When students were asked who they turn to first for trustworthy academic advice, a whopping 61 percent said it was a professor. When asked who their college mentor is, 46 percent said it was also a professor. It looks like students put a lot of trust in their instructors, but do students take their advice on study and research?

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What happens when you try to pass your digital content to your siblings?

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TED is a great video resource that Educational Technology and Mobile Learning reviews so often. It has great inspirational videos that teachers can share with their students and also provides free inestimable insight into several topics and I do recommend that you keep an eye on its videos.

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With the incredible popularity of blogs, it’s no surprise that many teachers have molded the medium to fit their classroom needs and help engage their digitally inclined students. Here are six ideas to help you make blogging work for your classroom

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Every August I visit my my units again. I look them over and revise, edit, and reuse. I guess teaching concepts versus content makes this process more tedious. I began teaching through content and was introduced to concept based instruction without even knowing I was learning it. I was involved in the Middle Years Program of the International Baccalaureate program. I had my Aha moment about two years later, while developing thematic units for world history. The idea of teaching concepts versus a timeline seemed too simple. I thought to myself, "why isn't every one teaching this way, it just make sense!" As I dig deeper into concept based instruction and am considering merging this topic with technology for my masters thesis, I find it all consuming. I see another way to teach a topic. It's like turning a new page in a thrilling book. My mantra is "If I teach the concept through the best context, then I get the content for free!" I live this in my classroom. Yes, it is more at the beginning, but I get results....even on the state testing ....100% pass rate!