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Kathy Schrock's - Google Blooms Taxonomy
Google Tools to Support Bloom's Revised Taxonomy by Kathy Shrock
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Create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card
To create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card please follow the steps below. In order to create an account without a credit card, you must make sure you are in the App Store, not the iTunes Store.
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Free toolbar for blogs and sites | iTICKER
"The iTICKER bar is free and fun; add it to websites and blogs to enhance and promote your content..."
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Links of interest 03/31/2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Links of interest 03/29/2011
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iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Paper Tweeting: Social Media in the Classroom
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Revolver Maps - Free 3D Visitor Maps
Revolver Maps are interactive visitor globes rendered by the Revolver Engine. Check the widget on the left: Use the buttons or drag to navigate.
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NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory - Tsunami Wave Height Model Shows Pacific-Wide Impact
Tsunami Wave Height Model Shows Pacific-Wide Impact
Monday, March 28, 2011
Links of interest 03/28/2011
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Links Shared at ASCD - Google Docs
2011
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- Adobe 提供的線上色盤工具.
- post by Benx Shen - Doesn't work under Linux :(
- post by Michael - great color picker tool by adobe - post by designer43
- 色の組み合わせパターンを実験できます。 - post by ick ramone
- カラースキーム共有 - post by eiji saito
- カラースキームの検索，作成，共有，評価 - post by Jun Ohwada
- Adobe's on-line color picker - post by Jay Dugger
- Nice, slick Ajaxy interface for exploring color palettes. Actually pretty fun to browse!!
- post by Lindsay Donaghe - This site is very useful for finding excellent color combinations for websites, especially for those who are colorblind.
- post by Charles Nelson - A must have graphic Design tool - post by John Anthony Hartman
- 配色ツール
- post by letdown Junkhead - really cool color palette-making site. you can browse palettes other people have created or create your own and then download all of them to put into your own work.
- post by Erica - 配色ツール - post by Shun Fujiyoshi
- Adobe 提供的線上色盤工具.
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Creative Suite Podcast: Designers - Discover Adobe Kuler | Adobe TV
Kuler is a FREE web-hosted application, to explore, create and share color themes. Allison will quickly show you everything you need to know to make the most of Kuler and the online community.
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Useful Bookmarklets for your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Browser
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Step Into the Stream… Why Every School Leader Should Be a Networked Learner | November Learning
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Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | Video on TED.com
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Links of interest 03/27/2011
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by Kathy Shrock
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Langwitches Blog » Becoming Good Tutorial Designers
We are intensifying the quest to empower our learners by allowing the students to become contributors to their classroom learning community. Our model is Alan November’s six roles he outlines in The Digital Learning Farm.One of these roles is The Tutorial Designer.
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Mobile learning: Not just laptops any more | Featured Special Reports | eSchoolNews.com
Mobile learning: Not just laptops any more
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RANDA Announces Summer Release of Teacher Observation App for iPad
"RANDA Solutions is pleased to announce the upcoming market release of their Teacher Observation app for paperless classroom observation via their patent-pending mobile device system. This announcement comes amid RANDA’s cross-platform app and system field-test pilots in seven K12 school and higher ed systems utilizing eight rubrics. Under the current pilot programs, RANDA’s iPad app has been named simply “RANDA Teacher Observation Pilot”."
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Facebook has added an incredible complexity to our lives and relationships for one simple reason: it is in writing. The courts have always put things "in writing" in higher esteem above word of mouth. Now that we are inundated with video, text, and photographs and a set of complex relationships - we end up with things "in writing" that are distributed far beyond our true "friends" into places that get us in trouble.
I don't have all the answers but am wrestling with this problem and want to lay out the facts so you and I can become co-travelers on this journey. I speak from experience, however, having two significant experiences under my belt with the school in this arena, know that there are things that I cannot say about situations that come in out what I share. It can happen because it DOES. This isn't theory."- A great blog about education and technology. - post by Josh Levy
- Vicki Davis is doing incredible clss activities with wiki's - post by Mike Hetherington
- important and well written edublog - post by Julia Lesage
- A strong authority on the subject. Congrats on Nominations! - post by Tom Goodwin
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Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century - Cool Tools
hese free online apps make integrating digital media into the classroom, afterschool learning environment, or home both fun and easy. Users can also link to reviews about free online apps to read how others evaluate and/or use the tools.
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To Learn Twice: The Power of Immediate Feedback
"Self Grading/Scoring/Reporting Quiz Using Google Forms and Spreadsheets
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YouTube - Sir Ken Robinson, March 2011, Learning Without Frontiers
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1. Being A Good Online Citizen
Being a good online citizen means thinking critically about your behavior and acting ethically while online. Do you think about the consequences of what you say/post and do you treat others as you would in person? Topics for this category may cover one or more of the following:
Cyberbullying or online harassment
Keeping a good reputation online
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"What’s Your Story?" Internet Safety Video Contest:: Cyberbullying Update
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Free Technology for Teachers: Beyond Google - Improve Your Search Results (Repost)
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Maine Learning Technology Initiative - Maine Department of Education
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Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com
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Showing Facebook network
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Free Technology for Teachers: Lots of Great Public Domain Images of Nature
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Seedlings Season 3 Show #20
Shelly's Wiki
Maine.Gov Press Release
Geek of the Week Links
Chat and Podcast
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Links of interest 03/23/2011
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Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Bloom's Taxonomy Triangle and DigiGogy
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Teacher Vodcasting and Flipped Classroom Network
A Social Network for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom.
- World Yellow Pages - Higher Studies. Find University, Institute, Colleges world wide & talk business. Free Listing www.kezkostudy.com
- post by Muskan Roy
- World Yellow Pages - Higher Studies. Find University, Institute, Colleges world wide & talk business. Free Listing www.kezkostudy.com
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Links of interest 03/21/2011
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The Reformers Are Leaving Our Schools in the 20th Century
"Why most U.S. school reformers are on the wrong track, and how to get our kids’ education right for the future"
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Help us connect all US schools with the world by 2016 | Connect all Schools
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Create QR Code Business Cards! Free meCard, vCard Business Card Creator
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Five Skills for 21st Century Learners « Molehills out of Mountains
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Information Literacy Collaborative Unit
High School Literary Criticism Research Paper
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Tagxedo - Tag Cloud with Styles
"Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text."
- wordles now in shapes! Great for autobiographies, animal study,etc - post by Denise Chopin-Napper
- Love it! - post by N Butler
- So cool! I love Tagxedo!!!!! - post by Kim W
- I used Tagxedo yesterday for the Names of Jesus. Students were saying things like ..." I LOVE this program!" "This is so cool!" I believe that it helped accomplish my objectives and my all girl class are working on getting their T Shirts! - post by Janice Vogelzang
- these are great to use in the classroom, the kids love it - post by charlenehall208
- i have been wanting tag clouds that communicate more (e.g. via color and not just size of font) and that are more visually interesting (e.g. orient text in ways other than just a list) but not sure that taking on the shape of a celebrity is actually useful?! - post by janet russell
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Classroom guidelines and assessment for Powerpoint presentation
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Unconference: Revolutionary professional learning | Powerful Learning Practice
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10 Steps to Take Games Based Learning to the Next Level | edte.ch
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Principal 2.0 – Becoming the lead learner | Powerful Learning Practice
"We live in a time where the tools and technologies we are afforded have flattened our world. Principals and school leaders now have a vast array of options for learning and connecting with others. I have experienced the very real benefits of time invested in developing my own personal learning network, utilizing the Web and social media tools."
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"Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning and improve academic performance through content driven collaboration. We engage teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding. We prepare youth for full participation as productive and effective citizens in an increasing global economy."
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Flipped Model of Learning: A Podcast with Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams | November Learning
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Process vs Product | November Learning
"Which is… of course why some parents feel compelled to “chip in.” If PRODUCT is “king,” then that becomes what counts, and will always overshadow the PROCESS, or the learning.
Imagine, if you would, the same evening of celebration for students, however, this time, parents watch from the sidelines as students actually create the products, or if the products on display were accompanied by audio/video/journals of what the students learned. The evening could be extended to give the students time to share their learning, but also to teach their families what they learned. Parents could be given short quizzes (created by the students) to give the students feedback on how well they taught the information. Or… after the students teach their parents the information, then the students and parents could build the final product together, all the time consulting reference material, the student’s notes, and discussing the curriculum standards being acquired. These final products could then be shared by publishing pictures of them to the Internet… or not. For the question is: what is the purpose of publication?" -
Learning with 'e's: Teaching with Twitter
"Ever since I first began to use Twitter I have been thinking about how to harness the potential of microblogging for the benefits of my own students, and have tried out several ideas to exploit it already. Below are my 10 top uses of Twitter for education:"
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A Primer on Integrated Studies » Educational Rehab
"Several years ago, my colleagues and I recognized that students and teachers in our school were being done a disservice. In response to changing expectations in a high-accountability landscape, members of the school community were being pressed to work harder without any consideration given towards updating the necessary tools or supporting structures. Pressure to achieve higher test scores stressed individual efforts over overall school environment. By taking the broadest look at the actual roadblocks to success, we articulated the Integrated Studies Program (ISP). "
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"Sync.in is a web based word processor for people to collaborate in real-time.
When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate with text documents, useful for meeting notes, brainstorming, project planning, training, and more." -
John Seely Brown: Chief of Confusion
- a really cool guy with cool speeches and texts and drawings. Thank you John. You do good stuff.
- post by Vahid Masrour - Love the title, may steal. - post by david weaver
- a really cool guy with cool speeches and texts and drawings. Thank you John. You do good stuff.
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"The online teaching self-assessment survey for experienced online faculty turns theory into practice by assisting the experienced online instructors to self-assess on specific indicators of teaching presence from the COI model and the development of online class community in the design of their own online courses and how they teach them. Faculty are asked to self-assess on 20 specific indicators"
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Ultimate Mashup for Youtube Videos, Links, Images and more! | SlideBomb
Ultimate Mashup for Youtube Videos, Links, Images and more! | SlideBomb
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"is one of those social networking sites you should try out and perhaps monitor its development progress. Here’s why:
* It’s just for teachers and students
* It’s free
* Teachers can set up class sites where they can post announcements as well as assignments along with links and attachments for students in that particular class site.
* Students can be added to class rosters, upload files, post entries like a blog, contribute to other group projects, and more.
* Like Twitter, there’s even a Ning-like virtual teacher’s lounge where educators can interact. The biggest selling point here is that it’s easy to share documents (lesson plans, ideas, etc) a la Google Docs… something which is still not super simple on Twitter.
* It’s in beta testing now (just opened actually) so sign up here if you want to kick the tires on this new social network." -
Education 2.0 social network for your class - Diipo LLC
Social Networking Platform For Teachers Mixes Google Docs, Ning, Twitter, and Facebook
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Differentiated Staff Development: Going Google
Our school district has been using the Google Apps for Ed domain for about a year and a half. Technology is pervasive and used by everyone. When you walk through our schools, you see students working together, you see them teaching and learning in classroom settings, in the halls, on the field, everywhere. To give you some background, Grades 7 and 8 have been 1:1 for 10 years and the high school is in year 8 of their 1:1 initiative. Grades 4 - 6 have carts of laptops available and the K -2 teachers have a laptop and desktops. Our culture is extremely collaborative, we are used to working in all kinds of teams, leadership teams, learning area and grade level teams, and collaborative inquiry teams to name a few. Using the Google tools fits in with what we do in our schools very well and has been a fantastic addition to our toolbox. They are truly changing how we work together.
We have been primarily using Docs, Sites, and Calendars. We offer a class in the summer for teachers, so some people had really figured out how Google Docs and Sites fit in to their classroom practice. In grades 5 -12, there is an expectation that teachers will post contact information and homework on the web pages so parents and students can have access. Many teachers have a homework calendar posted and students know how to subscribe to it. We have set up building calendars and have been using them since September. All of this was done while using First class for e-mail. First Class has been our e-mail and web page editor for as long as I have been in Yarmouth (11 years) and I am not sure how long before that. All of our students and staff have e-mail accounts and use them. Email is undoubtedly embedded deep into our school culture and is the life line that keeps open lines of communication between community, staff, and students. But we also have a wide variety of users that range from email only users, to teachers that are communicating with other schools through social networking and collaborative tools.
In September 2011, for a variety of reasons we, (the tech integrators and the Administrative team) have decided to move from First Class to Google Mail. When we announced in August, 2010 that we would be changing our e-mail system in a year, it sparked fear in the hearts of many! We realized as we planned the change, that a huge cultural change was going to take place. We decided to fully implement mail starting in August would not work. It is too hectic at the beginning of the year. Instead, we have approached this as a transition. We will start using Yarmouth Google Mail in April and finally fully pull the plug on First Class in June. We knew we had to design some way to get everyone in the district on board and trained with a minimum of confusion and angst.
With the help of the administrative team, we chose a full day professional development day in the early spring. We decided to make the entire day be a Google Transition day and do it in conference style. I am proud to say, after months of planning, we pulled it off this past Friday (3/18/2011). The entire K-12 district staff attended.
Some logistic items of note:
Some learning items of note:
Final Reflection and Observations:
We have been primarily using Docs, Sites, and Calendars. We offer a class in the summer for teachers, so some people had really figured out how Google Docs and Sites fit in to their classroom practice. In grades 5 -12, there is an expectation that teachers will post contact information and homework on the web pages so parents and students can have access. Many teachers have a homework calendar posted and students know how to subscribe to it. We have set up building calendars and have been using them since September. All of this was done while using First class for e-mail. First Class has been our e-mail and web page editor for as long as I have been in Yarmouth (11 years) and I am not sure how long before that. All of our students and staff have e-mail accounts and use them. Email is undoubtedly embedded deep into our school culture and is the life line that keeps open lines of communication between community, staff, and students. But we also have a wide variety of users that range from email only users, to teachers that are communicating with other schools through social networking and collaborative tools.
In September 2011, for a variety of reasons we, (the tech integrators and the Administrative team) have decided to move from First Class to Google Mail. When we announced in August, 2010 that we would be changing our e-mail system in a year, it sparked fear in the hearts of many! We realized as we planned the change, that a huge cultural change was going to take place. We decided to fully implement mail starting in August would not work. It is too hectic at the beginning of the year. Instead, we have approached this as a transition. We will start using Yarmouth Google Mail in April and finally fully pull the plug on First Class in June. We knew we had to design some way to get everyone in the district on board and trained with a minimum of confusion and angst.
With the help of the administrative team, we chose a full day professional development day in the early spring. We decided to make the entire day be a Google Transition day and do it in conference style. I am proud to say, after months of planning, we pulled it off this past Friday (3/18/2011). The entire K-12 district staff attended.
Some logistic items of note:
- We worked with the administrative team to make sure that we had everyone who needed to be there was included. This meant closing three building and forwarding calls to a central phone. A sub come in to answer phone calls. Maintenance and the bus barn were included in this training.
- We had time at the beginning for breakfast and reconnecting. While we are a small district, people tend not to get out of their buildings very often, and it was fun for everyone to see one another.
- Everyone wore name tags.
- We had an opening keynote to introduce the day. We had a student produced video running to emphasize that this day was about learning.
- We provided lunch so that the conversations could continue.
- Our schedule was
- Keynote
- Learn about the new Mail system by building level
- break
- Choose a session 2
- Lunch
- Choose a session 3
- break
- Choose a session 4 or go to a work alike session
- Participants signed up for sessions ahead of time. but could switch around later if they wanted.
- We had high school student volunteers who were runners, photographers, and helpers in sessions. We gave them Community Service Hours for helping. These students will help us in April when we transition students to the new mail system.
Some learning items of note:
- We had three strands of learning
- I'm new to Google
- Know some Google but want to learn more
- Ready to Rock
- We had a form where participants could offer suggestions or ask questions. This will help us plan our work in the coming months.
- We made our own help website for people who wanted to learn on their own
- Our expectation was that by the end of the day, all participants should be familiar with the Yarmouth Big 4: Mail. Docs, Sites, and Calendar.
- We made it clear during the keynote that we are ALL learning. There will be bumps along the way, but we can help each other.
- We also made it clear that if a session wasn't working for a learner, they needed to get up and walk out.
- The three tech integrators taught the Intro sessions.
- Some of our own district teachers taught a session. We had seen some fantastic work over the summer, and asked these teachers to share what they had done with others.
- We asked 6 local teachers and 2 students from other districts to teach the Know some Google and Ready to Rock sessions.
- One person worked with the entire administrative assistant staff.
- Each presenter was asked to post their session materials on the site so that others could go back to it.
- During the last session we offered an open lab and work alike sessions with some of the local presenters so that teachers could work in small groups and get specific answers to questions.
- At the end of the day, we came back together to recognize presenters and get feedback on the day.
Final Reflection and Observations:
- In the morning during breakfast, people were smiling and having fun.
- All day long people stopped and said thank you and what a great day they were having.
- I am so glad we had lunch in, it was great seeing all the building cross overs and great conversations.
- Our thanks to the outside presenters. They were great!
- Over and over, I heard "It's so great that you had sessions in levels. I was able to get a lot done."
- People loved having the time to work in the last session.
- The feedback that we got was very positive.
- This was phenomenal. I really didn't realize how much these tools can do. Now I know more about what I don't know. This day helps me to continue with my own learning.
- I love the variety of sessions and all the extra help. Lots of energy around this transition!
- I loved that there were students available to ask questions so that the presenters didn't have to stop so often to help out people who were behind.
- I liked the pace.
- It was a nice that there were so many differentiated options to choose from.
- This school is awesome.
- What was perhaps most valuable/heartening to me was how I did not feel pressured. My head is spinning, but with possibilities that are exciting, not the feeling that I am behind and will never catch up.
Congratulations to Bob!
My friend Bob Sprankle is featured in the upcoming book by Stephenie Roberts called "The Art of iPhoneography, A Guide to Mobile Creativity". I am always amazed at the creations that Bob posts on his blog and Facebook page. He is so talented and creative. If you have a chance, pre-orders are available at Amazon. Congratulations Bob!
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Links of interest 03/19/2011
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Fresh Look Fridays -- Web 2.0 Library | Blog
"As with many of my recent Fresh Look Fridays posts, this one comes courtesy of a valuable member of my PLN. Meet Melina (@MelinaAkins) -- a fan-TAB-u-lous teacher in the Calgary area whom I've had the pleasure of not only conversing with online, but also in the more traditional face-to-face setting. Most recently, we spent some time chatting at the Calgary Teachers' Convention, where Melina shared a WONDERFUL site that I am now sharing with you!
Web 2 is essentially a Web 2.0 Tools Library, broken down first into 3 types of activities, and then with TONS of information, ideas, instructional videos on usage, etc. Simply choose one of the three options on the home page, and voila! An instant list of applicable Web 2.0 tools!" -
Personal Learning Networks for Professional Learning Communities PLCs - EdTechTeam
"Personal learning is a foundation of any successful PLC. Learn to build your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to support your own professional development and diffuse innovation within your PLC.
Personal learning is one of the foundations of a successful PLC - and an element of any successful organizational change effort. This session focuses on tools that can be used by any member of a PLC to build their own Personal Learning Network (PLN), which can not only support their own professional development but can also be an efficient means of diffusing innovation within the PLC. Learn to connect with a community of like minded professionals, make contributions, have conversations, and make requests in your times of need. Powerful free tools and social media such as Twitter and Ning make this possible for your PLC. Online resources for the session include links to each tool, real-world examples, and screencasts illustrating key elements of the session for later reference." -
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Wiki Wiki Teaching: The Art of Using Wiki Pages to Teach (Remix)
From @coolcatteacher: The Art Of Using Wikis To Teach: http://bit.ly/dTp5kF
Friday, March 18, 2011
Links of interest 03/18/2011
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Yesterday, one of my staff invited me in to talk to her junior Honors United States History II students about how to be more efficient and effective with their internet searching, and with their time in front of a computer screen in general. To begin the discussion, I showed them this quick clip:
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iPads in the Classroom via Kathy Schrock | Collegiate iPad User Group
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Links of interest 03/16/2011
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The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness: 10 Resources for Teaching Writing with Technology
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Digital Storytelling with the iPad
- Ski Samoens | Holiday Samoens | Ski Chalet Samoens - post by Ski SamoenS
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- World Yellow Pages for Higher Studies. Find University, Institute, Colleges world wide & talk business. Free Listing www.kezkostudy.com
- post by Muskan Roy - thanks 4 this!
super. - post by bob watson - We have a huge collection of designer clothes like Sarees, Salwar Kameez and lehenga Cholis visit - http://www.sareez.com/ - post by ankit jain
- hi - post by naruechit pengsawang
- Thanks for sharing! - post by Gaby Vellest
- A good writing style and information is certainly useful. For all readers continue to write such excellent articles. Thank you.Thanks for sharing this formation. Valuable.enjoyed reading it…
best app ideas - post by alessia alessia
- World Yellow Pages for Higher Studies. Find University, Institute, Colleges world wide & talk business. Free Listing www.kezkostudy.com
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Incompatible Browser | Facebook
Great tips for a Presentation 2.0: 10 Ways to Prepare for a TED-format Talk http://on.fb.me/eECWWU
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Links of interest 03/14/2011
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http://www.fastcompany.com/1733662/how-the-ipad-2-will-revolutionize-classroom-education
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ImageChef - Customize Photos, Clip Art
- 个性图像生成工具 - post by James Lin
- ImageChef - Customize Photos, Clip Art - post by eebo grooven
- Customize Photos, Clip Art - post by Eric Bouvier
- 霓虹燈閃爍文字自動產生器。Kuso 文字圖自動產生器。線上輕鬆製作個性圖像。支援中文。 - post by Cat‧ 貓
- テキスト付画像ジェネレータ - post by Jun Ohwada
- Photo editing. Add text, backgrounds, etc. Has "poetry blender" (add multimedia) and "word chef" (like wordle, but with a shape). - post by Shannon Kistler
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All sizes | The Joys Of Homework | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Get studio sound on your iPad with Snowball | Blue Microphones | Blue Blog
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M-Learning - Anytime Anywhere Learning in Hybrid Wireless Networks - a knol by Matthias R. Brust
This paper gives an overview on mobile learning applications in hybrid wireless networks. We define hybrid wireless network as a combination of two paradigms: a self-organizing ad-hoc network of clients with, in general, reliable links to a centralized server. We then study how this concept has been implemented into different existing mobile learning applications and which advantages this type of network may have for m-learning applications that are currently based on pure ad-hoc or client-server networks. The original version of this paper has been written in 2006.
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CSA - AuroraMAX Project - Live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife
Didn't know Canadian Space Agency #CSA has a live Aurora Cam! Check it out tonight http://tinyurl.com/38u8ruk
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