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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

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Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She’s a unique brand of yuppie, one who thinks they are the main character of a very special story. Only issue is this one thing: Lucy’s kind of unhappy.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Slightly inappropriate for young learners, but a great examination of why certain people feel the way they do.

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Models of Technology Integration – Learning with Miguel

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You’re conducting walk-throughs and formal observation and you see teachers using technology. But, are they using it effectively? Are students being engaged, and is the teacher transforming learning through integration? In this session, you’ll learn about two models of technology integration (the TPACK, SAMR, LOTI, and TIM Models) that will give you a theoretical (yet practical) framework to help guide discussion about tech integration.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

A resource that every tech integration specialist should use so that they are aware of what strategies are being implemented and how they can be tweaked. Some links do not work, but are Googleable.

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Action and Reflection: Aligning and Mapping the Work of a Library to Its Community of Learning

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While I was in Cleveland, Ohio as Learning Strategist for the Cleveland Public Library, I was fortunate to see the work of many different kinds of organizations outside of education who were intere…

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

This strategy could be used by any type of integrationist, grade team, or interdisciplinary unit..

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