The Most-Read Blog Posts of 2016 : semester #2

credits: princekido

http://creapills.com/artistes-hommage-carrie-

Here my tribute to Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher, who died this week.I could see her again in Star Wars VII : The Force Awakens. 

A boy, a princess, an old man, and a pirate with Bigfoot as a friend. Thus began my life-long fascination with sci-fic with Star Wars.

"May the Force be with you, Princess Leia."

2016 was a killer year to actors, writers, music, arts. Let's begin 2017! We want to forget 2016. 

But first my looking back at 2016 I've come up with a roundup of what's been most-read on my blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto. 

Below you’ll see the top posts along the second semester 2016 containing several themes: edtech, languages, arts, science, history, environment, literature, e-safety, sports, dance, children's rights among other.

The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.

I kept the order of the most viewed, but eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason is that sometimes certain posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.

illustration: Luna Joulia

http://cargocollective.com/lunajoulia/

J'ai commencé avec mon hommage à Princesse Leia, Carrie Fisher que nous aimions tous.

L'année 2016 fut terrible. Nous avons perdu beaucoup de nos héros: musique, cinéma, arts. 

Commençons une nouvelle année. 2017 est là.

Mais avant je veux continuer le partager avec vous le Top des posts les plus lus du 2eme semestre 2016. Vous êtes de plus en plus nombreux à me suivre au quotidien. Je me rends compte que les étudiants aussi me visitent.

Je vous remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, de votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche des événements concernant des idées pédagogiques pour vous présenter les dernières ressources éducatives , numériques et pas numériqueses. Le numérique prend de plus en plus la place. Les technologies donnent aux jeunes et à leurs professeurs des possibilités que les générations précédentes ne pouvaient pas avoir au même âge.

Des ressources aux grandes thématiques historiques, linguistiques, culturelles et sociales, des ressources en ligne, et de nombreuses observations personnelles sur la pédagogie et la pratique éducative de façon à faciliter à tous des chances de réussite.

Here are the 2nd semester's most-read Blog posts of 2016 :

Le Top des posts du 2eme semestre 2016 :

Éducation : L'Ours Montagne, un film d'animation dans les cours de langues 

Games in school : ABZÛ, the game under the water in the classroom 

Education : Great women breaking the limit of sky : Jean Batten 

Science Education : Exploring the Big Dipper

Rentrée 2016 : Parlons de l'apprentissage des langues vivantes 

Education : Go to the theater : Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Schools : International Literacy Day : 50th Anniversary 

Education & disability : Francesca Jones, the power of a dream 


Schools : Education for Peace #PeaceDay 

Educação & Línguas : Vamos ler Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

Éducation : Difficulté de parler #Nice aux enfants? 

Schools : Ada Lovelace Day : girls in STEM 

Education : the 4th July & Eyes on June : resources & apps 

Civics education : World Humanitarian Day 2016 

Schools : Let's talk about Never Ending Story : resources 

Schools : Apps History & Culture - Hello Lisbon in AR 

World Teachers' Day : Valuing and Improving their Status 

Schools : Rio 2016 - Olympic Games, resources 

Éducation : On va au Musée chasser Pokémon Go? 

Schools : Let's talk about Intl Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 

Schools : European Researchers' Night : Science is Wonder-ful! 

Éducation : Vendredi ou la vie sauvage : Ressources 

Schools : Code Week EU ? Let's go! 

Education : Let's Suport Goal 1 #EndPoverty 

Ensino : Muda de curso : violência no namoro não é para ti! 

Schools : Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in sciences curriculum 

Schools : It's Fall Back Time ! Oh no ! 

Schools : It's Halloween : Let's learn & have fun 

Sciences education : Here comes the 2nd Supermoon, the Mega Beaver moon

Schools : World Science Day for Peace & Development 2016 : resources 

Education : World Philosophy Day : Past and Present 

Schools : Universal Children's Day 

Schools : Thanksgiving, a traditional holiday 

Education : World Aids Day #HIVprevention : resources 


Escolas : Ler O Código da Vinci, versão juvenil 

Education : Préparer une visite au Musée : Oscar Wilde

Ensino : PISA 2015 : Portugal entre os melhores países 

Arts Education : Thyssen Museum apps, discover the museum in your hands 

Schools : Human Rights Day : resources 

Education : It's Christmas time ! We can't hurt people! 

'Tis the Season : Tales, books & other resources

Francesca Jones/ ©PA credits

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/

My crush of the #2nd semester? Education & disability : Francesca Jones, the power of a dream 

Francesca Jones, fifteen-year-old, got through the first round at Junior Wimbledon 2016 despite a rare condition that has left her without all her fingers and toes.

Francesca Jones was born with ectrodactyly ectodermal dysplasia syndrome – a rare condition that causes development problems with hands and feet.

Despite leaving her with an abnormally small right hand – her racket hand – and fewer fingers and toes than is usual, she has not allowed her condition to prevent her reaching her first junior grand slam tournament.

She is a good exemple to youth who so many times do'nt believe in their dreams. 

Hoping to have inspired you in your lessons all over the year.

May 2017 be a successful year for all those educators who love teach. Preparing learners for the future should therefore be a prime function of all us.

G-Souto

30.12.2016

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2013 rundown of the best posts #2

Good morning from G-Souto's Blog, in chilled and rainy Porto, Portugal. How chilled is it? On New Year's Eve rainy & rainy day. That will complicate tomorrow evening social gatherings and fireworks around midnight to mark the new year. It's a tradition with a fascinating past.

I hope that everyone is enjoying a little time-out. Judging by the numbers of "page views" on G-Souto's Blog, many of you are using some vacation time to explore resources to use in your classroom in 2014. But if you've ignored school-related things during vacation week, that's great too. We all need some free time to do different activities.

On this post I'm re-running the most popular posts of the 2nd semester 2013. The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most read post.

I kept the order of the most viewed, but eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason is that sometimes certain posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing. 

Je suis ravie de partager avec vous le Top des posts les plus lus du 2e semestre 2013. Vous êtes de plus en plus nombreux à me suivre au quotidien. Je vous remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, pour votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche des événements concernant des idées pédagogiques pour vous offrir les dernières actualités.

Here are the 2nd semester's most popular posts:

Le Top 16 des posts du 2eme semestre 2013 :

Éducation: Parole aux enfants victimes d'exclusion

Visiokids: learning sciences in 3D TV

Musique au collège: Debussy & Google Doodle

Let's code at school: Europe Code Week

Albert Camus: littérature/philosophie au lycée

Education for Peace: International Peace Day

Visual learning in school: Stephen Hawking

Education: Stop natural disasters! Resources

Allez! On y est! Rentrée 2013

MOOCs again!

The digital divide? PISA survey 2012

Going Pink at School: Let's do it!

A propos d'école numérique

Parents & Teachers: The Smartest Kids in the World

Education: Time for Vitamine 'N'

Great Lx Conference 2013

My crush of the 2nd semester? Jack et la mécanique du coeur. Absolutely!

Surtout, n’hésitez pas à me faire part de vos commentaires, ou questions. Ce blog a pour but de favoriser les échanges et provoquer le débat. Alors, à bientôt j’espère sur le blog G-Souto's Blog!

Above all, do not hesitate to share your comments or send me your questions. This blog aims to promote communication, and induce some good debate about Education & ICT. So, I hope to see you soon again on G-Souto's Blog.

Find me on Twitter, or on Google+

I wish everyone the best! Happy New Year to all educators in the world!

Let's continue our beautiful work in 2014 with joy and creativity!

Happy New Year !

G-Souto

30.12.2013

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Parents and Teachers: The Smartest Kids in the World

http://www.amandaripley.com/

"In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they’ve never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy. What is it like to be a child in these new education superpowers?"

Amanda Ripley's new book is on sale since August 13, 2013. It chronicles life inside the world's new education superpowers.

In the new book, The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, the journalist for Time and The Atlantic magazines, and author Amanda Ripley sets the scene for what is turning out to be battle for the soul of US Education.

http://us.123rf.com/

Reading The New York Times' article, Test Scores Sink as New York Adopts Tougher Benchmarks, August 7, 2013 - "in New York City, 26 percent of students in third through eighth grade passed the tests in English, and 30 percent passed in math, according to the New York State Education Department?" - parents and teachers were stunned. 

Not Amanda Ripley. Using PISA 2009 results as the backbone of her story, Ripley sets out to find out why it is that American students are falling behind their contemporaries in countries that aren’t as wealthy or innovative as the United States.

“PISA could not tell me how those countries got so smart, or what life was like for kids in those countries, day in and day out, compared to life in America,” 

Amanda Ripley's book 

So, she followed three Americans embedded in these countries for one year. Kim, 15-year-old, moving from Oklahoma to Finland; Eric, 18-year-old, exchanging a high-achieving Minnesota suburb for a booming city in South Korea for a year; and Tom, 17, leaving a historic Pennsylvania village for a gritty city in Poland. 

With these American teenagers as her guides, she explores the human dimension of PISA results.

Credits video: Amanda Ripley's website

Three stories, along with groundbreaking research into learning in other cultures, reveal a pattern of startling transformation: none of these countries had many “smart” kids a few decades ago. They had changed. Teaching had become more rigorous; parents had focused on things that mattered; and children had bought into the promise of education.

According to Amanda Ripley, parents have a critical role to play - but not always in the way we think. Effective parents "let their children make mistakes and then get right back to work. They teach them good habits and give them autonomy," 

If you are interested in getting familiar with PISA/ OECD, you can read my previous post about PISA (2011) and watch the video using graphic facilitation: "Measuring student success around the world".

“If you care about education, you must read this book.”
Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Benjamin Franklin

So a good reading for the last vacation days or if you are back to school. Parents and teachers everywhere would do well to read this book first, if they are inclined to blame their children’s/students’ poor results on the next test. 

Students are never too young or too old to benefit from their parents’ interest in them. All parents can help their children achieve their full potential by spending some time talking and reading with them, even, perhaps especially, when their children are very young. And all teachers can improve their teaching by reading this book about building resilience in a new world - as told by the young Americans who have the most at stake.

"Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."

Winston Churchill

G-Souto

16.08.2013
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References:

PISA/OECD
http://www.oecd.org/edu/

Pearson Foundation
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/oecd/index.html

Amanda Ripley
http://www.amandaripley.com/

PISA: Using graphic facilitation

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Are students well prepared for future challenges? Can they analyse, reason and communicate effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life?

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) answers these questions and more, through its surveys of 15-year-old in the principal industrialised countries.

Every three years, it assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills essential for full participation in society.

But, what is PISA? If you're not quite sure what PISA is or does, and you've got about 12 minutes to spare, watch the video in graphics below:

It's a breathtaking concept. For the OECD, it's a very real way of finding out how well-prepared today's students are to participate in society.

Did this video helped you to understand why the OECD's number-crunchers trigger such intense debate about the state of education around the world every time they release the results of the latest PISA survey?

"The best teachers are often found in schools attended by advantage students who generally do well on their subjects anyway."

G-Souto

25.07.2011
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Credits video: EDUcontact

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References: OECD
https://www.oecd.org/