A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 5, 2010
'A few posts ago I wrote about a stimulating meeting that I had with members of student government at my school ( Winds of Change: Student Style 3/10/10 ). During the meeting I challenged them to be active in the change process and provide ideas on how to make NMHS a better place academically and socially. On their own, the students came up with fantastic ideas in both areas.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 9, 2010
'Differentiated Instruction tags : differentiated , instruction , differentiatedinstruction , favorite Math is not linear by Alison Blank on Prezi tags : math , prezi , favorite 10 Free Online Tools for Parent Communication tags : communication , parent , favorite Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano in Education & Language tags : digitalstorytelling , favorite Posted from Diigo.
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Nik Peachey
APRIL 3, 2010
I've just been brainstorming digital skills that I believe are required by teachers in the 21st Century. So far I've come up with 45 of them. What's striking for me about this is: few of these skills will have been taught to anyone who trained as a teacher longer than 5 years ago. few of these skills are being taught to teachers training now. the 21st century teacher needs to be a pretty amazingly skilled professional.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 7, 2010
'So I read with sympathy Kathy''s lament on Facebook about being stung by a yellow jacket, on her eyelid of all places -- OW! Former Seabury parent and respected Maui pediatrician John Briley quickly came to Kathy''s rescue, whipping out an article for her to read, from Essortment , titled Bugs and Bites: How to Treat Yellow Jacket Stings (the key to treating stings is to act quickly).
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The Electric Educator
APRIL 4, 2010
'Silvia Tolisano ( @langwitches ) posted wrote a blog post a while back about a tool called Wiffiti which aggregates specified terms from Twitter, Flickr, and SMS. According to their website, Wiffiti is "used extensively in digital signage networks ranging from huge jumbotrons in Times Square to thousands of screens in bars, cafes, schools, entertainment centers and churches.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 9, 2010
'Normally in this space I write about the tools we use to make learning easier, more fun or just plain better. But we all know that learning is not solely about the tools. We know (or at least we should) there are many dimensions to learning. One of those dimensions that we often struggle with (for both students and teachers) is motivation. Helping students feel like learning is something they want to do and need to do.
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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
APRIL 5, 2010
'Checked out the 2007 article Top Ten Online Converters - Freakitude , and four of them still work: "1. ZamZar : Free Online file conversion service. It can convert your online videos to a number of video formats. The converted files are sent via email. 2. Tubefish : Tubefish video converter can convert your videos instantly to MPEG, AVI, MOV, 3GP and Divx. 3.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 8, 2010
'12 Resources All Social Studies Teachers Should Try tags : socialstudies , favorite 100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark tags : Video , favorite Dewey Music tags : music , creativecommons , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 7, 2010
'What Makes a Learning Experience Unbelievably Satisying? | Edutopia tags : learning , favorite Self Grading Quizzes using Google Docs tags : GoogleDocs , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
The Web20Classroom
APRIL 6, 2010
'A way to link to a specific part of a youtube video tags : youtube , favorite Cybersafety Games (K-12) (Cybersafety Games) tags : cybersafety , internetsafety , favorite SCVNGR - XPLR tags : cellphones , scavengerhunts , favorite Use of Wordle for improving writing. tags : wordle , writing , favorite Google Apps Topic Review - Improving the writing process with Google Docs.pdf - Google Docs tags : googledocs , writing , favorite Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List tags : ebooks , fav
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The Web20Classroom
APRIL 5, 2010
'What a great 2 days of learning in Nashville TN last week! There were large groups of teachers learning how to use Twitter and social networking for professional development to small groups of 2 or 3 people in impromptu learning sessions. There was talk about the closing of Etherpad and the use of alternatives like Typewith.me and Primary Pad. There was great discussion about meeting kids where they are and using music and the arts for assessment in the classroom.
The Daring Librarian
APRIL 3, 2010
'i''m posting my Tweets and blogging them.cause i have more to say gwynethjones my eyes are red & puffy, been crying for 2 hours, mostly happy tears. darn you The Blind Side.!! AWEsome movie! gwynethjones BlindSide: why did Quinton Aaron not get more attention? i saw Precious & now this-both amazing performances-but he wasn''t given the same accolades?
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