Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Wonderville is a great, free site I just learned about from an article in Tech & Learning magazine. Wonderville is an award winning site that has interactive science activities that are fun and educational. There are over 30 games on Wonderville that help students learn about science while having fun. There are also puzzles, activity sheets and crosswords, videos exploring real-life applications of science and behind the scenes looks at science careers.

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The Web20Classroom

JUNE 4, 2012

'Y''all know how much I love Livebinders. Around our office we use them all the time to organize resources and share the good stuff with our teachers. Tina and Barbara (the Founders) have created a great product that really meets a lot of needs for teachers and are always willing to listen and seek out advice for changes they want to make. Last year they unveiled a contest to have educators vote on the Top 10 best Livebinders around.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 7, 2012

Making the move from our safe and trusted traditional literacy habits to newer digital skills can be quite a challenge, but as teachers I think we are really unlikely to be able to use technology and help our students use technology really effectively unless we are prepared to face this challenge. Technology needs to be more than part of the way we teach but it also has to be part of the way we ourselves continue to learn and part of our everyday professional practice.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JUNE 7, 2012

'End of the Year Ideas for Next Year Flip grammar-- need to find resources and make online mastery quizzes Figure out how to record lectures or screen-casts. Learn how to better utilize the small group features on Edmodo Learn Class Dojo, Classroom Organizer Get devices for students who don''t have access to BYOD Obtain digital copies of texts taught in class.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 5, 2012

'I''ve written about the interactive app charts that Kathy Schrock has created that organized different iOS, Android, and Google and Web 2.0 apps based on the Bloom''s Taxonomy level. They are a great way to find Apps based on what you are trying to have the students do. She just updated them with a new diagram for Bloom''s Taxonomy. The new diagram is interlocking gears instead of a pyramid.

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SpeechTechie

JUNE 5, 2012

'YouTube scares a lot of people, who rightfully worry about its Wild West of content and the often pragmatically inappropriate and soul-crushingly rude comments left in response to videos. It is not a resource that kids should really be allowed to explore without boundaries. At the same time, I do think it is a shame that so many school districts have chosen to block this and other resources rather than teaching kids to use them responsibly, and holding them accountable for when they don''t.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 2, 2012

'Yesterday I had the privilege of facilitating a Common Core and Project Based Learning professional development class for 7th-12th grade teachers. Prior to my training, they had two days of ELA Common Core and one day of deconstructing performance assessments for ELA Common Core. Meeting their needs through professional development While I had a rather large group (over 40 and had to turn people away to go to another class since all of the computers and chairs were taken), over half of them had

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 5, 2012

'Slide.ly is a neat site that just came out of beta/invite only and is now available to everyone. With Slide.ly, you can easily create videos using photos and music and then share the video with others. You can login using your Facebook account or create a free Slide.ly account. It''s very easy to create a Slide.ly. You link your photo accounts, or upload photos from your computer, and select the photos you want to use, drag them into the order you want, add music from YouTube or SoundCloud, add

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 4, 2012

'This is my first try at sending a Google Reader find to my blog. Very simple! I''m happy that it''s a tip from a teacher! Skitch as a Teaching Tool : Name: Steve Lai Profession: Teacher, Guitar Tutor Location : Richmond, BC, Canada Blog : www.teachingwithipad.org Twitter : sly111 Bio: Steve Lai teaches French as a second language to 6-10 year old students at Richmond Christian School.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 8, 2012

'Graphic Used Under a CC By-SA 2.0 License I recently had the privilege of being invited to be interviewed on the Down the Hall podcast. Down the Hall is produced by the External Programs and Learning Technologies (EPLT) department of the University of British Columbia. I have networked on Twitter and on this blog with one of the podcast hosts, Dave Roy ( @UBCMET ), a Senior Program Assistant for EPLT, and it was Dave who asked me for an interview after hearing me in another recent podcast appea

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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

JUNE 3, 2012

'Mirrored & adapted from my MHMS Daring School Library Blog Keep Reading: Summer Reading for Kids, Librarians, & GAMERS! I love loaning my adorable kids (my students) over to my local public library for the summer. We''re A+ partners and they love my kids, too! Of course not as much as *I* do but pretty close! We just had a representative from our Howard County Savage Branch Library come out to talk to our 6th graders - I set her up in our MHTV Studio & videotaped it (yes, w/a VHS!

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 6, 2012

'PBLU is a site I just found that is a new online social network of educators who use Project Based Learning in their classrooms. It is officially launching this summer and will provide free online courses (2 weeks long) and project ideas for teachers to use. It will have resources, links, help, and ways to connect with other PBL educators. Some of the classes they will be offering include: How to Launch the Project • How to Create a Project Calendar • How to Manage the Project • How to Grade th

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 4, 2012

'Farm5 Flickr image A few of our students own and use iPads for school. How are they using them? I asked two of our Freshmen to share their experiences thus far with their iPads. This is how my conversation with Jasmine and Ridge (interviewed separately) went: How long have you had your iPad2? J: I got my iPad at the end of 8th grade. R: A year. Why did you get an iPad and how has your perspective changed now that you''ve had it for a while?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 6, 2012

'Join me Thursday, June 7th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Christine DiPaulo and some of the students who have taken part in her iAm course on "personal branding." "Personal branding," she says, "is a current trend and is an ideal way to have high school students think about what they can do to create the Brand of YOU?

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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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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 5, 2012

Someone made the ironic remark on my Facebook page that I travel a lot to speak about how information travels in 'bits and digital form'. I retorted that, yes, it is a little ironic, but certainly not surprising, because people are naturally social beings. Our social nature ensures that we are more at ease in face to face contexts, and that technology mediation of communication will always be second best.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Portfoliogen is a free online service that allows teachers to create online portfolios with their own URL web address. It was developed by teachers and is easy to use. It''s a great way to create a professional looking web page that allows you to share your experience, credentials, and qualifications to help you find a job or to share with others. You page has it''s own web address and can include personal information, certifications, photos, your resume, example lesson plans, documents, links

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The Mobile Native

JUNE 6, 2012

'Here is a must watch video about "Bring Your On Device".

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Some guy named Rae...

JUNE 6, 2012

'I’ve been a little quiet on the blog recently, but for good reason. In two short weeks I’ll be packing up my belongings, leaving Menlo (and, in fact, leaving California), and taking on a new CIO position at St. Norbert College. Yep, that’s right — I’m changing jobs. My job search started late last year, […].

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Learning with 'e's

JUNE 7, 2012

I recently blogged about the hidden audience effect , and cited Westfields Junior School's S'cool Internet Radio and David Mitchell's Quadblogging projects as examples of how students can become better engaged with learning when they perform their work for an audience. Social media and the internet have largely been responsible for this change. Before social media, the school play or the end of term concert was a good way to allow children to perform to an audience, as was the art display and th

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 4, 2012

'NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has some great, free, educational games that teachers can use with their students. There are over 25 different games and interactive activities that cover topics about water, air, the oceans, environmental issues and ocean life. Many of the games and activities are hosted on other sites, but gathered here for easy access WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea is a game based on the ecosystem of a United States west coast estuary.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2012

'Join me today, Tuesday, June 5th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Ruth Suehle, community marketing manager for the Fedora Project, as we talk about openness in education including, but also beyond, technology. Ruth Suehle works for Red Hat and is the moderator of the Life channel on opensource.com , a site that explores the success of applying open source principles outside of software.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Virtual Labs is a collection of 4 virtual labs from South Dakota State University (SDSU) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). The 4 virtual labs are: Testing for Corn Mold, Disposable Lab Equipment, Gram Staining and Using the Microscope. These labs are a great way to teach high school and college students some basic lab techniques before actually doing the lab.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Occasionally, you may want, or need, to convert PDF files to HTML files for use on a website or blog. This site will do that for free for you. PDF to HTML is free, easy to use, will accept files up to 40MB, all web based and has high quality conversions. It''s very easy to use. Go to the site, select your file on your computer, and send it to them.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Planboard is a new site I just learned about that is an online lesson planning tool for educators. You can import curriculum standards and multimedia content into the lesson plans, making it easy to organize everything. You can share your plans with others and print out PDF copies if needed. It''s also very easy to rearrange plans due to missed classes or schedule issues.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 6, 2012

'Yesterday, Google announced that it was buying QuickOffice. QuickOffice is a mobile app that allows users to view, edit, and create documents, spreadsheets and presentations, including Microsoft Office files. It integrates with Google Docs™, Dropbox , Evernote , Catch, Egnyte, Huddle™, Box, SugarSync , and MobileMe™, allowing you to access and work with your files on your mobile device.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 4, 2012

'Brain Trainer app for Android is a free (full version for $0.99) app that has games to help you improve your memory and give your brain a workout. There are games on math, letter and number sequences, picture memory games, shapes, colors, sudoku and puzzles. This is a great app that can be used for fun or to help improve memory and thinking skills.

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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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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 6, 2012

'eduClipper is a new app coming from EduTecher Adam Bellow that I wrote about last month. eduClipper is in sign up mode now and promises to provide a way to clip anything from the web and then share it with anyone. It''s free and allows you to clip and capture anything from the web including articles, links, videos, lesson plans and more. You then create a clipboard to organize what you have clipped and then you can share the clipboards with students, colleagues, the public or just keep it for y

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'InTechsWeTrust is a community of educational technology coordinators. The site is a forum with different categories and discussions about educational technology issues, news, ideas, and more. The forums are a great place to learn, share, collaborate, and network with other educators. You can also follow them on Twitter @intechswetrust. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 4, 2012

'Any.do is a very popular, free to-do list app for Android and it has just been released for iPhone and the Chrome browser. It is simple to use and navigate and you can organize your tasks by date or folder and sort them by dragging and dropping them. It includes gesture based features (similar to webOS) and you can mark tasks as high priority. The Android and iOS versions are very similar to each other with the Chrome version having less features, but still very useful.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 8, 2012

'Bundlr is a site that lets you bookmark and clip content into bundles. You can also share these bundles with others and explore other people''s bundles. There is a browser add-on that allows you to clip and organize your content, you can work with others on the same bundles, and easily share and explore other bundles by category or search. Here''s a bundle on Edapps: This could be used by teachers and students to organize materials from the web for lessons, research, and as projects.

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