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Leveraging Horizontal Expertise

Mariana Largo2021-01-07T07:02:24+01:00January 7th, 2021|Tags: connected learning, home, out-of-school activities, research project, science|

This Connected Learning Research Network (CLRN) project at the University of Colorado at Boulder examines how the social organization of activity settings, forms of mediation, and tool use can be employed to leverage both horizontal (everyday) and vertical (scientific or school-based) kinds of expertise (Gutiérrez & Vossoughi, 2010) in children and young adults. Too often, especially in school or formal learning environments, everyday expertise and knowledge are in tension with school-based knowledge. From a cultural-historical perspective of learning and development, we are interested in how everyday and scientific knowledge grow into one another. We examine how children leverage new tools, practices, [...]

Help parents and caregivers keep kids focused, interested, and balanced

Mariana Largo2020-09-24T08:53:29+01:00September 24th, 2020|Tags: formal education, home, paper|

This article was written by Christine Elgersma, editor and member of the non-profit organization Common Sense, in July 2020. This document provides some essential tips to help parents and caregivers keep children focused, interested, and balanced while learning at a distance. The distance learning scenario isn't entirely new and the hope is that we -- parents, caregivers, teachers, and school leaders -- are now better prepared to support kids in their social, emotional, and academic growth during the pandemic. What's true is that families are taking on much more responsibility for their kids' learning than ever before. And in order [...]

Make Super Simple Videos for Teaching Online

Mariana Largo2020-09-21T08:30:18+01:00September 21st, 2020|Tags: connected learning, formal education, home, technology, video|

In the video, Professor Michael Wesch from the University of Kansas, explains why it is important to generate audiovisual records related to education. He gives the next 5 reasons which justify this importance: humanize the online class, generate links, validate and motivate students, save time, and implicit messages. It also describes how to overcome the fear of shame. In addition, it provides useful information on how to carry out this new experience at home with minimal tools such as good lighting, basic recording equipment, how to obtain good audio. These are all factors that allow you to achieve a video easily [...]

Tiempo en familia con apps: una guía para usar aplicaciones

Mariana Largo2021-02-08T22:08:19+01:00September 10th, 2020|Tags: guide, home, ICT, infographics, technology, transversal competences|

Esta guía fue elaborada por el equipo del Centro Joan Ganz Cooney, un laboratorio de investigación e innovación independiente que se enfoca en los desafíos para educar a la infancia en un panorama mediático que cambia rápidamente. La guía tiene como objetivo mostrar a los padres y madres cómo encontrar las mejores aplicaciones que se adapten a las necesidades de sus hijos e hijas, proporcionar consejos sobre cómo y por qué usar aplicaciones y resaltar algunos recursos que harán que el proceso de selección de aplicaciones sea menos abrumador y más divertido. Cuando pensamos en aplicaciones para los más pequeños a [...]

Charlas: “EduGameDay: II Encuentro de videojuegos y educación”
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Charlas: “EduGameDay: II Encuentro de videojuegos y educación”

Antonio Membrive2020-06-14T09:29:10+01:00June 14th, 2020|Tags: attention to diversity, formal education, home, learning experiences, meeting, technology|

Education Centre de Microsoft organiza el Segundo Encuentro de Videojuegos y Educación que consiste en charlas y seminarios para conocer los beneficios de los videojuegos en los entornos educativos y familiares. Su interés radica en que en este encuentro se trabajarán temáticas que muestran diversas experiencias sobre gamificación en educación y su relevancia para los aprendizajes de los estudiantes. La actividad se llevará a cabo el día sábado 13 de junio de de 2020 en el siguiente link de Youtube https://cutt.ly/2yMLBcY Podrás encontrar más información sobre el evento en el siguiente link: http://www.aka.ms/EduGameDay