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ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Right now we are doing a poor job of helping educators with these tasks. Participant device prerequisites.

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Book review – Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today

Dangerously Irrelevant

Chapter 4 gave me a lot to think about and there are numerous ideas in Chapter 5 for taking educatorslearning in some new directions, particularly pages 152-155 where Eric and Tom describe some ways to move from hours- to outcomes-based ‘accountability’ for educator learning.