The show this week was a conversation about classroom groupings. Lisa and Maria were joined by Joel Zehring to discuss advantages and disadvantages of hetrogeneous and homogeneous groups.
Conversations #20
December 21, 2008
The show this week was a conversation about classroom groupings. Lisa
and Maria were joined by Joel Zehring to discuss advantages and
disadvantages, pros and cons of heterogeneous and homogeneous groups.
Have a listen as the It's Elementary team discusses 21st Century Literacies with our guest Angela Maiers. We talked about literacy from it's foundation in brain research to it's application in the 21st Century Classroom. Angela shared her work with her book Habitudes.
It’s Elementary show # 27 was a discussion with Angela Maiers about
21st century literacies. Angela is located in Clive, Iowa and currently
works as an independent consultant with both schools and employers. She
explained the brain research that is the foundation for these literacy
strategies was first discussed in the literature five decades ago.
Angela divides these literacies into several important categories
Lisa Parisi and Maria Knee discussed the topic of digital footprints. Matthew Tabor joined in the conversation, which covered such issues as educator responsibilities, professional vs. personal online personas, and online etiquette.
Lisa Parisi and Maria Knee discussed the topic of digital footprints. Matthew Tabor joined in the conversation, which covered such issues as educator responsibilities, professional vs. personal online personas, and online etiquette.
This week's topic was about attending conferences. We
asked and discussed why do you go to conferences, what do you gain by
going to a conference, and wandered off track a bit to share
experiences. We were joined by Lee Kolbert and Arvind Grover in the
skype call as well as many others in the chat room. Arvind shared
information about the unconference model from his first hand
experiences.
This week's topic was about conferences. We
asked and discussed why do you go to conferences, what do you gain by
going to a conference, and wandered off track a bit to share
experiences. We were joined by Lee Kolbert and Arvind Grover in the
skype call as well as many others in the chat room. Arvind shared
information about the unconference model from his first hand
experiences.
This week the show focused on the Presidential election outcome. What can we expect as educators with Barack Obama as president? Maria Knee and Lisa Parisi were joined by Michael Smith, Sylvia Tolisano, and Minhaaj ur Rehman to discuss our ideas.
This week the show focused on the Presidential election outcome. What can we expect as educators with Barack Obama as president?
Do you have your EdTechTalk stuff yet? Did you know there are T-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, buttons, magnets, and tote bags available? They're all based on Wordle interpretations of the EdTechTalk Delicious tags.
What are you waiting for? These are limited edition items. Shop now and avoid the rush!