Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Google just announced Google Connected Classroom s , which allows classes to take virtual field trips using Google+ Hangouts. Field Trip locations include the Seattle Aquarium, Minnesota Zoo, American Museum of Natural History, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and more. More trips are coming also. The field trips are live hosted events, but past events are archived and can be viewed later.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Voki is a free web 2.0 tool used to create talking avatars. Characters can be customized to look like historical figures, animals, cartoons, and even one''s self. For a fee, users can join Voki Classroom for more access to options and the ability to control privacy settings. Vokis are limited to 60 second recordings of either a user''s voice or a computer generated voice, so I use Voki for quick assignments or part of a larger project.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'What if we let students design their own schools? That''s exactly the question that was explored with The Independent Project. The program provides a model that empowers students to design and learn in their own school. The project was proposed by students. Their principal agreed to allow students to create and attend this school within a school located Monument Mountain Regional High School, a public school in Massachusetts.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

'Here''s an interesting infographic recently shared with me that takes an unusual perspective in explaining the difference between all the major social media sites.This comes from the folks over at Avalaunch Media. This might be a useful way to introduce those just wading into social media to all the different social media tools.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'It''s the week before the Chicago ASHA Convention and a lot of us are feeling the buzz! I hope some of you will be there and will come by my session. First, the details: Session Code: 1156 Title: Pairing MORE Picture Books & Apps to Contextually Address Language Objectives Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Location: McCormick Place Room: W196B Session Format: Seminar 1-hour PDH(s): 1 Hrs Abstract : Picture books historically are well-utilized tools to engage students

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Tab Scissors and Tab Glue are two extensions to use for quickly splitting your tabbed browser windows into groups and "gluing" browser windows back together. As a teacher who has to transfer grades from my Edmodo gradebook to my district gradebook, both extensions save me time minimizing and sizing windows. Anything that I need to do using split screens can be done more efficiently with Tab Scissors and Tab Glue.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'Here''s a resource you may want to bookmark. Mobile Education: Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology from Studio B Productions and sponsored by CITRIX. Mobile Education - Lessons from 35 Education Experts on Improving Learning with Mobile Technology from Studio B Productions, Inc.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Yes, the Ancient Greeks used tablets! Following on from my recent posts on praxis and the meaning of education , here are a few thoughts on pedagogy. If you ask someone what a pedagogue is, they are likely to reply ''a teacher''. One fairly limited definition of the word pedagogue is: a school teacher. Another less kind definition suggests that pedagogues are people who instruct in a dogmatic or pedantic manner.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'Tellagami is a mobile app that lets users create a short animated video using any mobile device. This is a cool tool for BYOD students and teachers to use for animated project videos. In three easy steps, users create a "Gami" animated avatar by customizing their character, selecting a background image, adding dialogue, and sharing it. Once you have the app, there is no account log in information to worry about.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Guest post by John Falino. Cross posted at ON PRINCIPAL As noted in the “ The Principalship: What’s Most Important? ” (Post: 9/13), the nature of the Principalship has changed dramatically in a very short period of time. As the demands continue to increase due to the CCSS, standardized exams, and new teacher evaluation systems, perhaps the greatest “game changer” for Principals is the high level of accessibility and connectedness that is now possible due to technology and social media.

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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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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'Taking Your Blog to the Next Level! So you''ve started a blog! AWESOME! But have you taken it to the next level? Or have you neglected it and need to get -rededicated to the blogging process? Did you know that you can use your blog as a one stop web presence shop? You can include a bio page, a page for contact, a page for links & resources, and more!

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'We use a lot of words in education without really understanding what they mean. Take the word ''education'' for example. Education is often associated with schooling, but to assume that the two are one and the same would be a serious error. When Pink Floyd sang ''we don''t need no education'' what they really should have said was ''we don''t need no schooling'' (although it wouldn''t have fit into the tune quite as well).

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Connecting 2 the World

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'As adjuncts, we are not expected to contribute research to our profession. However, the reality is that long-term academic positions have changed over the last 20 years and there is an expectation of academic publishing or presentation at conferences. However, there is little funding available for research or conference participation. So adjuncts that want to continue on an academic route may not have the opportunity to participate in conferences.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

'Here’s the roundup of what''s been popular on The Innovative Educator blog. Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of page views. I hope there''s something that looks of interest to you. If it does, check it out. If you’re inspired use one of those icons below the post to share it with others and/or leave a comment. Entry Pageviews If you''re not preparing your students to use social media.

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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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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Here are a collection of some great 21st century learning resources for Reading and Writing. Some are for students, others are for teachers. Either way, check them out today! PBS Kids- [link] Storyline Online- [link] Oxford Owls- [link] Readez- www.readeez.com Books Should Be Free [link] Tween Tribune- www.tweentribune.com National Geographic Kids- [link] Time For Kids- [link] TumbleBooks- [link] Picture Book Month- [link] 21st Century Learning Resources Partnership for 21st Century Skills NCTE

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Mark Smithers

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

'Headless horseman – Some rights reserved by cgc76. It was fabulous to attend the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Melbourne yesterday. I managed to see four of the five speakers and all of them were excellent. Starting with Dan Savage talking about the perils of expecting too much from monogamy we had then had Arlie Hochschild talking about outsourcing ourselves, Kirby Ferguson talking about conspiracy theories and patterns and finally Hanna Rosin, talking about “the end of men”.

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Connecting 2 the World

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'We are told repeatedly that feedback in an important part of the writing process. However, very little has actually been written/researched about writing feedback (other than that it should be done). My own research has indicated that there are seven different roles an editor/reviewer can play which will result in different types of feedback. These might help when you are submitting a paper (whether to an adviser/supervisor, an editor, an instructor, or a colleague). 1) Contributor : This perso

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Two different approaches to administering Google Apps for Education in a school -- both effective! Jan Iwase, principal of Hale Kula Elementary School located at Schofield Barracks, O''ahu, has dived right in with student projects. Lisa Nagamine, principal of Moanalua Middle School located near Honolulu, is training her teachers thoroughly first. Mahalo to Chad Nacapuy for suggesting that we bring these two progressive, connected educators on Google Rocks!

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Some guy named Rae...

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The always thought-provoking @ValaAfshar posted this on Twitter the other day: If you look for the good in people, you’ll find it. If you look for the bad in people, you’ll find it. Remember, reciprocity. For a variety of reasons, I’ve been reflecting on relationships recently — both personal and professional ones.

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'On November 4-5, 2013, Brighton High School hosted the 2013 Michigan Google Education conference. I was honored to plan and coordinate this conference and am thrilled with the feedback and energy that it has generated! For the second year in a row the conference sold out, doubling in size to over 600 in attendance. This year a "pre-conference" day was added featuring full and half day breakout sessions to provide an opportunity to go deeper with various Google tools and teaching styles.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Writing Dialogue Use descriptive words and dialogue tags to bring you writing to life, to fill your characters with emotion. 1. How does this work? Let''s look at the excerpt below and see how it is formatted. What do you notice about how punctuation is used? From the creative writing Dialogue linked below Look closely and answer: 1. How do you know when the speaker changes?

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Education with Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Good mobile learning practice apps facilitate and transform learning. Mobile learning activities can increase students’ time on task. In a classroom, a teacher calls on one student after another but no student is active all the time; only those who are called on are active. Students remain off task for much of the time since students just wait to be called on.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Some guy named Rae...

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'The always thought-provoking @ValaAfshar posted this on Twitter the other day: If you look for the good in people, you’ll find it. If you look for the bad in people, you’ll find it. Remember, reciprocity. For a variety of reasons, I’ve been reflecting on relationships recently — both personal and professional ones. No matter the […].

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Mark Smithers

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Headless horseman – Some rights reserved by cgc76. It was fabulous to attend the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Melbourne yesterday. I managed to see four of the five speakers and all of them were excellent. Starting with Dan Savage talking about the perils of expecting too much from monogamy we had then had Arlie Hochschild talking about outsourcing ourselves, Kirby Ferguson talking about conspiracy theories and patterns and finally Hanna Rosin, talking about “the end of men”.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'This video was shot on my Ipad, and the green screen was applied in the moment using Green Screen by DO Ink. I was pretty happy with the apps ease of use. It did what I expected and the controls were simple. I was able to film this in front of my puppet green screen using a tripod for my Ipad. I used the front camera, even though the back camera is a better lens.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

'Ctrl + / Displays the keyboard shortcut list in a pop up window. d Show or hide the details pane. Share the selected item(s) n Rename the current item z Move the selected item p show document preview t opens the settings menu c opens the create menu u opens the upload menu Shift t creates a new document Shift p creates anew presentation Shift s creates a new spreadsheet Shift f creates a new folder Shift o creates a new form c opens the create menu u opens the upload menu a opens the action men

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Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

'Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

'How can an English teacher help to develop critical literacy across the curriculum? What follows is a guest post from NMHS teachers who have been collaborating with English teacher Joanna Westbrook to create authentic literacy tasks in each of their disciplines. You will hear from a science teacher, a social studies teacher, and an art teacher as each provides her take on how the Common Core and 21st Century learning goals affect what goes on in the classroom.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

': A Great Day at EdSurge #SVSUMMIT13 Storify by Sam Patterson Sun, Nov 03 2013 08:22:44 A Great Day at EdSurge #SVSUMMIT13 Yesterday was an amazing day of learning and PLN building. Edsurge got a great group together for this event. There are some great companies out there looking to connect with teachers. Here are some great tweets from the day. @lynda & @betsy_ getting the crowd fired up at @EdSurge #SVsummit13 !

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

'Photo Pin : Free Photos for Bloggers via Creative Commons tags: photos creativecommons favorite Five Steps to Starting a Class Blog in 2012 tags: blog blogging favorite Free Technology for Teachers: Five Ways to Visually Explore Wikipedia tags: Wikipedia favorite The Mobile Native: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Toolbox tags: byod favorite Over 25 Links Uncovering Project Based Learning Resources On The Web tags: project based learning PBL favorite Using Google+ To Improve Your Teaching tags: goo

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