Let’s take a look at what many consider the top three 21st century skills and how games can teach and assess them.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/game-learning-21st-century-skills-andrew-miller…
15 Habits For Learning In The 21st Century
Defining 21st century skills is an editorial matter. There is even debate as to whether they are truly necessary, the idea being that learning habits and priorities are timeless, and do not change because the world itself changes. But the …
15 Secrets of the Most Successful Self-Learners
Not every possible technique will necessarily stick with all self-motivated learners, of course, but the only way to find out is to test them. Try some of the following and experiment with what works in a more independent educational setting.…
Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking How College Students Learn
Harvard’s professor Eric Mazur talks on the benefits of practicing peer instruction in class, rather than the traditional lecture. The idea is getting traction. Here’s more about the practice.
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/dont-lecture-me-rethinking-how-college-students-learn-2/…
Presentation of the Week: Social Network Technologies for Learning
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The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (Book)
The book itself is an attempt at collaborative, digital publishing, with early drafts made public for comment and suggestions, using ‘a new digital tool, called CommentPress, that allowed readers to open a comment box for any paragraph of the text …
Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes
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The Future of Learning & Technology
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Presentation of the Week: Conquering the Myths of Social Media & Learning
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10 Ways Technology Supports 21st Century Learners in Being Self Directed
Life in the 21st century provides a whole-new world of opportunities for self-directed, passion-driven, personalized learning. Educators who are ready to move on from teaching the way they were taught, and administrators who will let them, can begin supporting students
Presentation of the Week
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Directory of Learning Tools 2011
Over 2,000 tools for learning and working in education and the workplace.
The Best Tools For Creating Fake “Stuff” For Learning
The fake “stuff” I’m referring to in the headline includes newspaper articles, sports “trading cards,” iPhone conversations, Facebook pages etc. These can be used for conversation practice, to create reports on historical figures (or on natural disasters or on just
How the Brain Learns Best: Strategies to Make Learning Stick
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Learning Tools Directory
Over 2,000 Tools for Learning – for schools, colleges, universities and the workplace. A great resource for teachers!