Sat.Apr 21, 2012 - Fri.Apr 27, 2012

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

'While attending the NSBA Annual Conference this past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Sal Kahn’s keynote on Sunday. Khan is the creator of Khan Academy. He began his keynote by sharing a video montage of Khan Academy highlights and then presenting some impressive statistics on usage. To date, these statistics are: 140 million+ lessons delivered, 500 million+ exercises done, and 6+ million unique visits per month.

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Some Handy Tools For YouTube

The Web20Classroom

'Today (April 23, 2012) is the 7th Anniversary of the first video ever being uploaded to YouTube. You can still see that first video here. Many districts are realizing the potential that YouTube learning can have in the classroom. There are lots of great videos and channels out there on 1000''s of topics. I have put together a list of some of my favorite tools to use with YouTube.

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How to Build a Course for iTunesU

The Electric Educator

'This post provides an overview of iTunesU Course creation process along with suggestions and tips for creating an outstanding course. To view a completed course, I would recommend looking at the " Google in the Classroom " course that I developed. For several years academic institutions have posted content to iTunesU. The problem with this system is that there was no systematic way to organize this content into a coherent sequence.

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Autism Awareness Month

SpeechTechie

'As April- Autism Awareness Month- draws to a close, I wanted to share a presentation I made this weekend in Florida at NOVA Southeastern University, sponsored by the Florida DOE and the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD). The focus of the presentation was technology resources (web-based and iOS) that are dedicated to or can be "re-purposed" for use with the population of students with autism at various levels of functioning.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Canisters for Classrooms

A Principal's Reflections

'Back-to-school time can be stressful for teachers who may have limited funds to help stock the classroom with items to help keep kids’ classrooms healthier. [1] That is why the Clorox Company is launching the Canisters for Classrooms program to help teachers get Clorox ® Disinfecting Wipes for their classrooms and get parents involved in donating, too!

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Put The Internet To Work For You

The Web20Classroom

'Let''s face it. The easier and more automated I can make certain things I do, the better off I am. While I haven''t perfected my "Get Out Of Bed, Dress Me, Make Me Bacon" machine.yet, I have found a site that puts the power of the Internet to work for me. If This, Than That (or IFTTT) is a powerful website where you set up triggers and recipes to do tasks for you.

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Live Monday, April 23rd - Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis on Flattening Classrooms

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me Monday, April 23rd, for live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with good friends Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis, authors of Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time. The book presents a seven-step approach to transforming teaching using current pedagogies, technology tools, and global collaboration to create standards-aligned, technology rich, cross-cultural learning experiences that enhance 21st century student engagement. "

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Exchange Ideas With a Growing Community

A Principal's Reflections

'The Adobe Education Exchange is a central location for educators to meet, share, discuss, and collaborate on topics of interest to the Adobe education community. K12 and Higher Education faculty and staff can share and receive recognition for their teaching and learning resources and search for specific resources by subject, grade level, software product, and resource type.

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Font Lust & Other Graphic Desires

The Daring Librarian

'True Confession: I sometimes spend more time on the title graphics of my blog posts and preso title slides than I do writing the darn things! It''s totally probably a Photoshop Elements / Comic Life addiction - but I can quit at any time! But it''s also all part of being a Presentation Ninja and an impt. VIRAL SECRET! A hot graphically compelling title pic with a sexy font grabs your reader AND your audience!

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Lies, damned lies and the Internet

Learning with 'e's

Critical thinking is an increasingly important skill students need to acquire. Content is growing exponentially on the web, and students are exposed to increasing amounts of erroneous material, misleading, biased or opinionated accounts and false research. During the last week I have been thinking about how teachers can address this issue. One of the new digital literacies students need to acquire is the ability to distinguish the good from the bad content.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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.

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Whom Do You Network With on LinkedIn?

EdTechSandyK

'If you are active on the professional networking site LinkedIn , I have a question for you. Whom do you connect with on Linked In? The reason I''m asking is because my understanding of LinkedIn is it''s a network primarily aimed at highlighting your professional experience and abilities. By that understanding, the people I connect with on there should be folks who know me well enough personally to be able to speak to my character and/or ability to execute my professional duties.

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Tips for Refreshing your Blogger Blog

The Electric Educator

'I have been working on a redesign for my blog for some time now. I thought that I''d outline my process and some of the resources that I used to help others who are considering starting or re-designing their blog. The Electric Educator is powered by Blogger, Google''s blog platform. Blogger is a simple and robust platform that is very user friendly.

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Two Events Today - "Finding Your Roots" and "Résumés Are Dead"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join us today, Wednesday, April 25th, for either or both of two live and interactive shows. First, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm US Eastern Daylight Time is another WNET/PBS free webinar for educators on the new PBS 10-part series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , which explores the family histories and genetics of famous Americans. Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Finding Your Roots Senior Producer Rachel Dretzin will be participating in the webinar to share their insights a

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6 FREE, User-Friendly Online Quiz Programs I Recommend to our Faculty

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

'Question was asked of me yesterday about FREE, user-frendly online quiz programs, comparable to Class Marker , and these are the six I recommended checking out: Quizstar ProProfs Quizinator Equizzer Qedoc Hot Potatoes Good luck researching! (??? ? ) @mauilibrarian2 This post was originally published at mauilibrarian2 in Olinda.

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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.

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A Principal, a Superintendent, and a 1:1 iPad Initiative

EdTechSandyK

'This is a nice interview with Principal Patrick Larkin and Superintendent Eric Conti on the 1:1 iPad initiative currently going on at Burlington High School in Massachusetts. This is definitely of value as a "why-to-do-it" resource. I particularly love what they have to say about letting the students have their own iTunes accounts and letting them load their music and apps on the devices and the learning opportunities those decisions have created in regards to responsibility and balancing appro

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Infographic: Blog Statistics

The Electric Educator

'I have been blogging on the Electric Educator since 2008. It''s always interesting to take a look at the statistics of the blog: readers, browsers, operating systems, and locations. This is an interesting way to observe changes in computing technology (mobile visitors were very rare when I began blogging) and to better understand the global reach of the Internet.

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5,000+1,500=Collaboration Squared!

Comfortably 2.0

'I was planning on posting something worthwhile for my 5,000th post on Twitter. Well, I lost track of my Tweet count and noticed that I was in a “tweeting conversation” when my 5,000th tweet happened. So much for planning to tweet something legendary! I noticed about the same time I posted my 5,000th tweet that I was approaching 1,500 followers.

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Yesterday in Parliament

Learning with 'e's

Yesterday I spent a fascinating few hours in Parliament (which currently on its website for some reason has a picture of Russell Brand). I got to see quite a lot of the Palace of Westminster, including some place most people never get to see, all courtesy of Denise Hudson-Lawson , who just happens to be a big wheel at Westminster. Of which more later.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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BYOC (Camera) School Project

EdTechnocation.com

'For the first time at my school, we allowed students to bring their own digital cameras for a school project, titled the BYOC School Project. After attempts to purchase more digital cameras failed due to budget cuts, I had to find a way to get enough cameras so that every student in the fifth grade (around 170) would be able to use one for a currently running project.

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Teaching about mob mentality

Connecting 2 the World

Today I taught my group communication class about mob mentality. This is the first semester I have included this in my course, but with the recent publicity about Bullying, I felt it was necessary for my students to understand the role of group communication in the bullying debate. In fact, I think a large part of the bullying problem, especially for those in Middle School and High School, is based on group dynamics, social identity, and intergroup/intragroup relations.

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NC Senate Leader Releases His Plan for Education Reform

The 21st Century Principal

'North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger released his education reform plan today. The plan is called the Excellent Public Schools Act. Based on a quick read-through of the legislation and from Senator Berger''s Web Site, here are the reforms outlined in that plan: Ending social promotion for 3rd graders who can''t demonstrate they can read based on state adopted reading tests.