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Educational Technology Newsletter

In this issue
1-Media Literacy.
2-Flipped Classroom.
3-Cloud computing.
4- BYWD.
In NMC Horizon Report in Higher
Education, mentione challenges that faced
adopting technology in higher education to 3
challenges: Solvable, difficult, and wicked
challenges. Improving digital literacy is one
of solvable challenge that is understood and
known how to solve. Literacy in traditional
education is how to read and write while in
the digital world has a deeper meaning.
According to Center of Media Literacy
website media literacy is the ability to
access, analyze, evaluate and create media in
a variety of forms. Media Literacy Project
web site said, the ability to read many types
of media has become an essential skill in the
21st Century.

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With all media that are surrounding

us like video, music, newspaper, etc., the
average time that a child between (8-18)
years is exposing the media is 5:48 hours per
a day! (Potter, 2014). In those days, it is
essential to be more aware and conscious of
all the saturation media. This article shows
what people and universities do to spread
media literacy?
In chapter 21 of Media Literacy
textbook, W James Potter lists twelve
guidelines as a personal strategy for
increasing media literacy. The 12 guidelines
are strength your personal locus, focuses on
usefulness as a goal, develop an accurate

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awareness of your exposure. In addition to

acquiring a base of useful knowledge, think
about the reality- fantasy continuum, and
examine your mental codes. Also, examine
your opinions, change behaviors, make crosschannel comparisons, become more skilled at
designing messages, do not take privacy for
granted and finally take personal
responsibility (Potter, 2014).

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NMC Horizon Report indicate that with

the purpose of integrating media literacy
into the curriculum, the faculties need
training and improving many their
media skills by a joint workshop to
extend their approach using video in
their classroom. In general, many
universities established courses about
this issue and Wright State University
one of them. In Educational Technology
Program EDT 7510 Media literacy is a
requirement course to complete the
program that indicates that universities
have a wide interest in this issue.
References
Horizon Report in Higher Education.
(2015). Retrieved September 10, 2015,
http://www.nmc.org/publicationfrom
type/horizon-report/
Potter, W. (2014). 21. Media literacy.
Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
What is Media Literacy? (n.d.). Retrieved
September
10,
2015,
from
https://medialiteracyproject.org/learn/medialiteracy/
What is Media Literacy? A Definition...and
More.(n.d.).Retrieved
September
10,
2015,

from
http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/whatmedia-literacy-definitionand-more

In 2015, NMC
Technology Outlook in Higher
Education In Ireland showed
that Flipped Classroom one of
sharing feature in higher
education in Austria and
Horizon Report on one or less
year to adapting. Flipped
classroom is an opposite of the
traditional learning way. To
illustrate that, in traditional
learning teacher advocates
class time to explain and
clarify the objects of learning
and students' role is receiving
the information and do
assignments at home.
Conversely the flipped
classroom where student
read/watch lessons at a home
then teacher advocates
classroom time to discuss and
practice what they have
learned.

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Experts believe this method of

learning has great benefits for
students. According to the
description on ASCD's page
for Flip Your Classroom:
Reach Every Student in Every
Class Every Day, by Aaron
Sams and Jonathan Bergmann,
"flipped classroom is a
powerful approach to teaching
that helps students to become
learners who can learn for
themselves
and
by
themselves".
Although
learning responsibility will be
on students' shoulder rather
than the teacher, students will
engage in the class more
because they learn
by
themselves. Also, integrate
technology
(video,
PowerPoint)
into
the
classroom make students
attract and engage in learning
more.
To create a successful
flipped classroom teachers
need four steps to achieve the
succeed. (Joe Hirsch, 2014)
Said before teachers flip out,
here are four tips to make the
transition smoother and more

impactful. First, start with

lesson goals, then build out.
Second, use rich imagery and
direct language. Third, make
videos that reveal what
Students know. Finally, bring
parents on board.

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from http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org
/2015/06/04/celta-and-technology-with-orwithout-it/#.Vmn1ErEo42w

Referance
7 think you should know about flipped
classroom. . (n.d.). Retrieved September
15, 2015, from
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/e
li7081.pdf

(Hirsch. J). (2014, JULY 22) 4 Tips for

Flipped Learning. Retrieved September 15,
2015,
fromhttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/4tips-for-flipped-learning-joe-hirsch

Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student In

Every Class Every Day. (n.d.). Retrieved
September 15, 2015, from
http://shop.ascd.org/Default.aspx?TabID=55
&ProductId=63037985&gclid=CNWX56nvh
bECFUff4AodOQ05HA

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Cloud Computing

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According to (Armbrust et al, 2009) Cloud computing refers to both the applications delivered as
services over the Internet and the hardware and systems software in the datacenters that provide those
services. In simple words (Powell, 2009) said as on-demand computing, for anyone with a network
connection. Access to applications and data anywhere, any time, from any device is the potential outcome.
A year or less to adopt cloud computing in an international school in Asia based on INC Horizon
Outlook report 2014. So the question of what the benefit or advantage of cloud computing is first thing jump in
the mind to understand the Asian school trend. To answer Why Are Moving to the Cloud? 1200 IT Pros
answering this question in State of Cloud Survey 2013. 55 of answering said to increase efficiency. 49 said
improved employee mobility. 32 said increased ability to innovate. 31 said freed current IT staff of other
projects. 25 said reduced IT operating coast. 4 said enabled to offer new product/ service.
About advantages of Cloud-based technologies in the classroom (Adam, 2014) wrote in Edtechreview
website, Teachers can supply a cloud-based storage system, such as Google Drive, for supplying information
to students for projects, schedules, or assignments. . Also, to make connecting with the teacher and ask for
guidance be easier and available most of the time.

Reference
Adam. 2014. 4 Advantages of Cloud-based Technologies in the
Classroom. Retrieved September 17, 2015, from
http://edtechreview.in/e-learning/1235-4-advantages-of-cloudbased-technologies-in-the-classroom

Armbrust, M et al. (2009), Above the clouds: A Berkeley view

of Cloud Computing. Retrieved September 17, 2015, from
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS2009-28.pdf
Daly,J. (2013, Februay). The State of Cloud Computing in
Higher Education. Retrieved September 17, 2015, from
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http://www.soft9000.com/blog9000/index.php?m=07&y=
15&entry=entry150703-073114

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/02/statecloud-computing-higher-education

Powell, J. Cloud computing what is it and what does it mean

FOR education?. Retrieved September 17, 2015, from
http://erevolution.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2009/07/cloudsjohnpowell.pdf

BYOD

Bring Your Own Device

Because technology products more devices,

schools asked following that increase to avoid

being left behind. Some schools believe that

2015). Third, Technology can attract students

to the classes and learning.

allowing their students to bring their devices

like Smartphone, Ipad, Laptop has positive

effects in their learning. While other schools
believe that students bring their own devices

have negatives effects. This article highlights

the positive and negative effect on this issue.

Educators who agree in BYOD argue

that it promotes greater participation in the

classroom this is a first reason agree with BYOD

issue. Second reason is in a financial area. It

plays a huge reason in the argument for the

bring your own device system. When students

are allowed to bring their own devices to school,

the district is not required to purchase as many
tablets or laptops(Concordia online education,

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Concordia online education website

reported that educators worry that bring your

own device will increase the already significant

divide between students from high- and lower-

income

families.

(Winwright,2013)

an

educational blogger said, "It possibly opens up

the opportunity for cheating" then she adding

"what if a student brings a virus from home onto

the school wireless network!"

I believe that technology has a great

benefits for education. Students when bringing

their device to schools that make schools, in

general, follow the developing in technology not

being left behind. Also, students will be obtain

the skills dealing with the world real problems.

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Refrence

Winwright . A . (n.d) .20 Pros and Cons of implementing BYOD

in schools. . Retrieved September 17, 2015, from
http://www.securedgenetworks.com/blog/20-Pros-andCons-of-implementing-BYOD-in-schools

Concordia online education. ?(June, 2015). What is BYOD

(Bring Your Own Device) and Why Should Teachers
CareRetrieved September 17, 2015, from
http://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/tech-ed/what-isbyod-bring-your-own-device-and-why-should-teacherscare/