A Principal's Reflections
MAY 12, 2010
'Yesterday''s #edchat topic focused on creativity in the classroom. Allowing students to create content not only fosters creativity, but also makes learning engaging and meaningful. Recently Joe Andolino (Applied Music Theory teacher at New Milford High School ) and his class hit upon a subject that every teen is interested in: cellphones. In previous classes the students created their own original music tracks.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 12, 2010
'I admit it. I am addicted to Twitter. And I have admitted that before. I truly enjoy the people I am able to connect with and have conversations with. But I am most addicted to the resources because that is how I started. I spend lots of time finding stuff for my teachers. And I figure if it works for them, why not share with other educators. There are tons of links, articles videos and other great stuff that come across my screen everyday.
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SpeechTechie
MAY 14, 2010
'The iPhone/iPod Touch app My Pictures Talk from husband/wife team Grembe Inc. is available free today from the iTunes store. View a full description of the app at Moms with Apps. This app allows you to record sounds to go with a photo on your device, and would be a great and motivating opportunity for kids to practice speech and language skills. You can use your camera or Safari (push the home and sleep/wake button at the top of the device simultaneously to save a screenshot in your Photos app)
Nik Peachey
MAY 10, 2010
Coming as I do from a background in language teaching that emphasises that the teacher should shut up and get the students to do the talking, I often feel uncomfortable doing conference presentations, many of which still follow the format of; speaker gets up in front of audience with presentation - does presentation - audience listen (try to stay awake) and desperately try to think of a few questions at the end to prove they were awake and listening.
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A Principal's Reflections
MAY 9, 2010
'As an administrator one of the most satisfying parts of the job is seeing teachers collaborate willingly on interdisciplinary lessons. This type of learning is extremely important in terms of providing students with connections between the content areas in order to provide a heightened sense of relevance and understanding. I was excited to learn last week about an activity that was being planned for a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 12, 2010
'Official Google SketchUp Blog: SketchUp in a high school history class tags : favorite , Googlesketchup , sketchup Apple - Education - Central Elementary School Profile tags : ipodtouch , literacy , favorite Media College - Video, Audio and Multimedia Resources tags : media , multimedia , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 10, 2010
I spend a lot of time visiting innovative classrooms in New York City. As I do, there is something that I've noticed in many classes I've visited - there are still some educators that don't seem to know the no nos for teaching with a projector or interactive whiteboard (IWB). Perhaps it's easier to notice when you're sitting as an audience member or an observer which is not often the case for teachers.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
MAY 10, 2010
'If you have to do research about a post-colonial poet who''s living, where do you look? Sophomore Brooke Sturdevant decided to try Facebook FIRST to look up Simon J. Ortiz and found that he was listed! Here''s the Facebook exchange. From: Facebook Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:00 PM To: Simon J. Ortiz Subject: Brooke Sturdevant sent you a message on Facebook. facebook Brooke sent you a message.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 11, 2010
'Geocaching.com on Vimeo tags : Geocaching , favorite 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom tags : socialmedia , favorite Education Week: Embracing Wikipedia tags : wikipedia , favorite Working with Photopeach : Creative Blogs tags : photopeach , favorite Langwitches Blog » Blogging with Elementary School Students tags : blogging , favorite Posted from Diigo.
The Daring Librarian
MAY 14, 2010
'(reposted from our MHMS Media Blog ) Every week we have kids come to the library media center, flash drive in hand, eyes wide and panicked because their computer or printer didn''t work the night before and the paper is DUE TODAY! And though 99% of the time we can help them - how much less stressful would it be if you had solid tech tips to finish, save & print that report or assignment outside of school?
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 10, 2010
'Just so you know.this is a bit of a rant. There has always been fear of change in schools. Take the year 1929. The following quote appeared in The Rural American Teacher: “Students today depend upon store bought ink. They don’t know how to make their own. When they run out of ink they will be unable to write words or ciphers until their next trip to the settlement.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 9, 2010
'Google Apps in the Classroom (chadkafka) tags : google , googleapps , favorite The Periodic Table of Periodic Tables on Flickr - Photo Sharing! tags : periodictable , favorite Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles : eLearning Technology tags : twitter , favorite Stellarium Open Source Planetarium tags : astronomy , planetarium , favorite 10 Simple Google Search Tricks tags : google , favorite Math and Algebra Help - Videos from MathTV.com tags : math , algebra , tutorials , favorite Posted f
The Web20Classroom
MAY 8, 2010
'« Digital Storytelling with Animoto: My Teachmeet Presentation tags : digitalstorytelling , Animoto , favorite How to write a TED Talk tags : ted , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 14, 2010
'Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning tags : projects , web2.0 , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
The Daring Librarian
MAY 10, 2010
'Tweet and Blog for Ed Tech May 12! From ISTE: Funding for classroom technology is in jeopardy! We''re calling on educators across the US to tweet and blog for education technology funding on Wednesday, May 12. (this is my blog.sadly, Twitter is blocked at my school) President Obama''s budget for FY11 provides no direct funding for education technology programs.
The Web20Classroom
MAY 13, 2010
'Free Technology for Teachers: 3 Ways, Other Than Skype, to Bring Experts Into Class tags : skype , favorite Flickr: The U.S. National Archives'' Photostream tags : CreativeCommons , NationalArchives , favorite How to Make Placemarks and Tours in Google Earth tags : googleearth , favorite 7 Reasons Why You Need to Be a Big Dreamer - PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement tags : Passion , favorite Posted from Diigo.
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