A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 3, 2010
'On a crisp, sunny Saturday morning in October, approximately 400 passionate educators congregated at New Milford High School for the Tri-State Educational Technology Conference (TSETC). The brainchild of Schoology and myself, we set out in mid-August to plan an unprecedented free conference that would provide educators of varying experience with practical strategies to successfully integrate technology in the classroom.
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 7, 2010
'Classroom Google Earth - home tags : googleearth favorite Understanding Creative Commons Pt 1 - Home - Doug Johnson''s Blue Skunk Blog tags : creativecommons favorite Screenr - @mbteach: How to find Creative Commons licensed photos on Flickr. tags : creativecommons Flickr favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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EdTechSandyK
OCTOBER 4, 2010
'I follow with interest the stories of educators whose careers have been damaged or even lost because of an indiscreet post they make online. Or in some cases an indiscreet post someone else makes about them or shares from their profile. It remains to be seen how this Georgia teacher''s case will pan out (unless I have missed a resolution somewhere in my research).
SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 4, 2010
'Talking Tom is a free iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app that allows children to interact with an onscreen cat. Speak and he will repeat what you say. Pet or poke him and he reacts. You can also serve him some milk, or bore him-resulting in yawns! The free version has some annoyances (an ad, 3 tease buttons on the side) that you can get rid of by actually purchasing the ad for $2.99.
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Connecting 2 the World
OCTOBER 7, 2010
I'm still working on this idea, but both Michael Hanley and Karyn Romeis have blogged about knowledge recently so I decided to post what I currently am grappling with. There are still a lot of questions to answer. Three types of knowledge In analyzing the data, knowledge could be placed into three categories: tangible representation of knowledge which could be found in policies, forms, formats, curriculum, degrees or credentials, records, and other artifacts at the individual, group, departmenta
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 6, 2010
'Google Earth Education Community tags : googleearth favorite Google Earth Podcasts tags : googleearth favorite Ten Ideas for using Google Maps and Google Earth in the Classroom tags : googleearth favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 8, 2010
'Thanks to Moms with Apps for today''s specials, including the free and totally language-based app, PictoFun ! PictoFun is a fun app featuring two games, Pictojibe, in which you match objects by association, and Pictomatch, a memory game. Pictojibe is the perfect context for teaching the descriptive and word retrieval strategy of association (with a handy context for causals, "Yes, bacon and pig go together because bacon comes from pigs.").
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
OCTOBER 8, 2010
'Our school has an official Facebook page , so we''re always interested in all the Facebook developments. No doubt about it, the new Groups feature holds a lot of potential for collaboration, including the ability to share documents. Here''s an article that describes Groups, from PC World , a source I highly recommend: New Facebook Groups: Key Facts about Facebook Groups | PC World But today''s news about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg being added to a group by someone else without his knowled
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 6, 2010
'Yesterday on Twitter my good friend, Mary Beth , posted a video for her kids on how to find Creative Commons photos on Flickr. It is a great and simple tutorial that really anyone can use with teachers or kids. Short and simple. In addition to this video you could also check out the Creative Commons Search to find photos, music and video. Also check out Compfight , which is a tool that searches the CC photos in Flickr.
Connecting 2 the World
OCTOBER 8, 2010
Yesterday I spent 2 hours in total frustration dealing with the administration of my daughter's education. Her schooling has been outstanding the last year and a half, but the administration of that schooling is complex to say the least. Her school district sends her to a regional high school that is funded by 31 different school districts. The high school is really just an alternative education program.
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.
SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 5, 2010
'BBC Pinball is a new and interesting way to do some semantic mapping with your students. It literally has a lot of bells and whistles. Pinball allows you to choose from four different ways to "bounce ideas around" and might just be a good hook for some hard-to-engage students. Dot Dash is basically a semantic web, used for "firing out ideas." You can use Drop Zone to categorize ideas, and Snap Shot is basically for describing images.
mauilibrarian2 in Olinda
OCTOBER 3, 2010
'No-o-o-o, we haven''t incorporated iPhones, iPod touches, or iPads into our curriculum yet, but YES we will be experimenting with these devices in the classroom, this year! Two main reasons we think these devices are worth exploring: They engage students They promote anywhere, anytime learning But how to create order out of the chaos that is bound to happen with each student having their own device?
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 5, 2010
'12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials tags : screencasting favorite Audacity Tutorial tags : audacity favorite Educational Leadership:Giving Students Meaningful Work:Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning tags : pbl favorite BBC - Dimensions-Map Overlays of Historical Events And Places tags : visualization geography history favorite America: A Narrative History, Tours In Google Earth tags : googleearth ushistory favorite Kids'' Vid: Video Production for Students tags : digita
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 5, 2010
'Join me Thursday, October 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com interview with Joseph DiMartino and Denise Wolk on their book, The Personalized High School: Making Learning Count for Adolescents. Date : Thursday, October 7th, 2010 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate.
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SpeechTechie
OCTOBER 4, 2010
'I think I have a thing about LEGOs , because I am talking about them again. Reminds me of some of my students. Anyway, the Internet gives us access to all sorts of fun stuff, and it doesn''t always have to be interactive to be a context for therapy. Check out MiniLand Zoo , a fabulously huge and detailed zoo posted on the MOCpages website, dedicated to sharing LEGO creations.
The Daring Librarian
OCTOBER 3, 2010
'Re-posted from my school blog as an example of what I share with my community: We here at MHMS want our families and the community find us everywhere! We want to model savvy social networking practices. So with Dr. D''s permission we started this Facebook page for our students, parents, & the community of Murray Hill Middle School! Please like us!
The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 4, 2010
'Today I came across a very cool site from the BBC. It is called Dimensions and it takes important events in history and current events and shows how big they are over a give area on a Google Map. For example here is an image showing how big an area the flood in Pakistan is on the East Coast of the U.S. Kinda puts things in perspective. Or here is an image of what the footprint of the moon would look like centered over North America.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 3, 2010
'Below are this week''s live, interactive, and free public Webinars through LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time zone in your profile; or you can check the new event time converter on the event page.
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The Web20Classroom
OCTOBER 2, 2010
'Google Docs - Tipsheet and Resource Guide tags : googledocs Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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