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New Posted Resources 09/17/2010

The Web20Classroom

'Podcasting Livebinder tags : podcasting favorite Creative Commons LIvebinder tags : creativecommons favorite Online Safety Livebinder tags : safety InternetSafety internet_safety favorite Classroom Blogging Livebinder tags : blogs Blogging favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Selection of Apps Available for FREE All Weekend

SpeechTechie

'Thanks to Moms with Apps for hooking us all up with a bunch of free apps (in USA) this weekend. Please check out her full post to see all the wonderful free offerings, but I wanted to highlight a few that have particular potential for speech-language interventions. Lula''s Brew is a digital storybook with audio. This cute story would be great to grab now and use for some October interventions.

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Library Decorating & Back to School Special Slidedeck!

The Daring Librarian

'How exciting! We were so pleased to see so many wonderful "faces" at the TL Virtual Cafe webinar this past Monday! New & Familliar ones, too! (BTW, I Love hosting #TLChat Cafe but am always juggling 2 much to give a proper shout out to everyone. forgive me peeps if i missd ya! LOVE YA!) Here are the slides we shared which are being featured on Slideshare''s Education page!

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Dissertation: Analysis of the Impact of the Environment on the Group

Connecting 2 the World

In order to understand the interaction between the distributed group, individual group members, and the organization and its departments within this study, it is important to understand the various working environments and perceived power structures. There were numerous environments that an individual might have to work with as a member of the project under study.

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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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Lets Rap About The News.

The Web20Classroom

'Last week my good friend Richard over at the Free Technology for Teachers blog posted what has to be the coolest video ever. Ok, well maybe not ever. But it is still pretty cool. The folks over at Flocabulary post, each week during the school year, The Week In Rap , a short music video set to rap, that highlights current events from around the world.

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Constitution Day is Coming Up!

SpeechTechie

'Constitution Day is October 17. All classrooms (really not including you, necessarily, but it couldn''t hurt) are required to conduct a lesson on the U.S. Constitution on that day. I really like working on concepts around government with students- it''s a topic that is way abstract for them, but so functional and important to learn. Try starting with this classic available on YouTube- Three Ring Government: Kids love Schoolhouse Rock videos- they are catchy and get stuck in their head, thereby

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New Posted Resources 09/13/2010

The Web20Classroom

'Creative Commons in the Classroom tags : creativecommons favorite Promoting Creativity and Collaboration in Your Classroom with Google Docs tags : googledocs favorite 5 Tips for Getting the Most out of Google Reader « tags : googlereader favorite Search Engines for Students tags : search searchengine favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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New Posted Resources 09/14/2010

The Web20Classroom

'TeachersFirst: Twitter for Teachers Resources tags : twitter Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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iCivics

SpeechTechie

'iCivics is an incredibly rich and well designed site conceived by Justice Sandra Day O''Connor, who has been (rightly) concerned that civics is not well-taught in our schools because teachers lack effective materials (um, and time, Your Honor). iCivics features many simulations allowing students to make decisions from the perspective of government participants (e.g. attorneys arguing an issue before the Supreme Court), and I feel like I would like to revisit it and review specific simulations a

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FREE App Today: Snow Globe Maker Winter

SpeechTechie

'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. That''s what I think about the approach (distant) of winter. I''ll say it again: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. However, downloading this app today would definitely be a great move, like finding your holiday cards on sale in July. You may remember that back in the early summer, when life was full of promise, I featured the app Snow Globe Maker Beach.

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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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PBS Democracy Project

SpeechTechie

'The PBS Democracy Projec t site features some great interactives to visualize social studies concepts, particularly around Constitution Day. The President for a Day activity allows students to assume the role of President and make decisions to plan his or her day. The activity lends itself well to using a graphic organizer to emphasize the text structure of sequence.

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Supervision Strategies through Google

SpeechTechie

'Please click on over to the ADVANCE Speech in the Schools blog to see my second post in a series about free Google tools for SLPs. This post features applications of Google chat and Google Docs for communicating with graduate student interns.

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