Sat.Feb 12, 2011 - Fri.Feb 18, 2011

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How to Create and Use Benchmark Assessments to Improve Student Achievement

A Principal's Reflections

'The following guest post was submitted by April Davis. Schooling is as much about learning as it is about testing how much we’ve learned. Benchmark assessments are testing tools that are used throughout the year, as opposed to final examinations, which are taken at the end of each school year. Also, benchmark assessments test much more than academic knowledge – most of them test skills and knowledge in subjects like Reading and Mathematics, and some even test proficiency in oral and written com

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When We Will Start Our Egyptian Revolution In The Classroom?

The Web20Classroom

'It has been an interesting past few weeks around the world. First the govenerment in Tunisia was brought down. Then a similar situation in Egypt. And now people are taking to the streets in Bahrain , Iran and other places. For whatever the reason the people in these countries were upset with their government and protest to the point where they brought down governments, some that had been in place for 30+ years.

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5 Considerations for Using Electronic Books in Schools

The 21st Century Principal

'At the top of the 2011 Horizon Report’s technology adoption list is electronic books. This is not surprising since more and more people are turning to reading electronic books. A BISG (Book Industry Study Group) survey in 2010 stated that “E-book sales grew exponentially in first quarter 2010 jumping from 1.5% of total US book sales in 2009 to 5% of the market in first quarter of 2010.

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Moving from Web 2.No to Web 2.Go

EdTechSandyK

'I spent the week of February 7-11 attending the 2011 TCEA Convention and Exposition in Austin, Texas. The theme for this year''s gathering was "No LimITs", and it was an appropriate theme for my biggest takeaways from the conference. For years I have been hearing and reading about the need to open up Web 2.0 tools for student and teacher use in schools as well as moving toward 1:1 computer/device access for students.

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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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The InFocus IN3916 projector

A Principal's Reflections

'Earlier this year NMHS had the opportunity to take the new InFocus IN3916 projector for a test drive. Vikki Smith, a science teacher, utilized the device in her chemistry and integrated science courses. The following is her review of the projector. The InFocus IN3916 projector is an interactive projector that allows a teacher to change her regular whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard.

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New Posted Resources 02/15/2011

The Web20Classroom

'The Three C’s of Social Networking: Consumption, Curation, Creation tags: socialmedia socialnetworking favorite 7 Video Tutorials to understand Google Voice Completely tags: googlevoice google favorite How Do We Encourage Students to be Advocates of Their Own Learning? tags: PBL favorite Facebook as a Professional Learning Network (PLN) tags: facebook pln favorite QR Code Resources From CybraryMan tags: QRcodes qrcode qr cybraryman favorite Recommended Follows From CybraryMan tags: pln twitter

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Classroom Technology that Works!

The Electric Educator

'The use of technology in the classroom provides a great way to increase student understanding, encourage collaboration, and provide an authentic way for students to share their knowledge with others. Effective use of technology takes carefully planning and execution. This week I was asked to be a guest lecturer in a teaching methods course at the University of Detroit, Mercy where I shared "the Good, the Bad, and the ugly" of classroom tech integration and my suggestions on "classroom technolog

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Live Interview on Monday, March 7th - Kevin Kelly on What Technology Wants

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me Monday, March 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Kevin Kelly, author of What Technology Wants. Date : Monday, March 7th, 2011 (rescheduled from February 17th, 2011) Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day-- international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Log in at [link]. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early.

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TCM 31 Days of Oscar

SpeechTechie

'The Academy Awards will take place on February 27. Turner Classic Movies'' 31 Days of Oscar website (featured on the Favourite Website Awards list) is an interesting resource to explore with a group of upper elementary, teens or adults. The site is meant to draw viewers to the broadcast schedule, but there''s plenty to do on the site itself. Text descriptions and video clips accompany each movie in the schedule (sometimes a clip, sometimes a trailer), and movies are all organized into interesti

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Powerful Rubrics for the 21st Century Learner

wwwatanabe

'How do we make our rubrics less 20th Century and more 21st Century? Focus on the evidence of learning and less on the product or the performance. Easily said, difficult to do. In fact, building a powerful 21st Century rubric to assess learning is an art. If made improperly, it could hinder the learner. Benefits of the Rubric Rubrics define expectations, which should be introduced to the students (and parents) before learners start working on their projects. 20th Century Rubric Flaws I will be t

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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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5 Technologies to Watch In 2011

The Electric Educator

'Note: This is the fifth and final installment of my "5 things to watch in 2011" series. Five companies to watch in 2011 Five trends to watch in 2011 Five people to follow in 201 1 Five Blogs to read in 2011 Josef Dunne, Via Flickr 1. HTML5 The development of HTML5 has been underway since 2004. The big revision within HTML5 is the ability to add tags for multimedia which eliminates the need for third party plugins like Flash.

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Week of February 14, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive 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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Another Caveat

SpeechTechie

'In the process of doing a little analytics of my own site, I stumbled across a small critique from academic circles. First of all, I have to say I am happy that anyone is talking about my site at all, especially within a college setting. The commenter said that she loved the way SpeechTechie makes people aware of what is "out there" and possible in technology integration.

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It's been a busy winter!

The Electric Educator

'It''s been a busy couple of months: Two 1-hour hands on session for the Wayne County Librarians Association on Google Forms and Google Moderator. Presentation on the Collaborative STEM Classroom at the Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) conference. Guest lecturer at the University of Detroit, Mercy on "Classroom Technology that Works." Podcasting and blogging for the EdReach Network " 5 Things " Blog Series Article on Google Body Browser for the Michigan Science Teachers monthly newsletter.

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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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Live Interview Tuesday, February 15th - David Perkins on Making Learning Whole

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

'Join me Tuesday, February 15th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with David Perkins on his book Making Learning Whol e. Date : Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am GMT (next day-- international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. Log in at [link]. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early.