Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Links of interest 08/29/2011

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Links of interest 08/25/2011

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Links of interest 08/24/2011

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Links of interest 08/21/2011

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

2011 Sakai Institute, Deerfield New Hampshire

Session 1: Google Earth

Description: There are so many innovative ways to use Google Earth with your students. Come learn about some projects teachers are using in their classrooms. We will also do a beginner's tutorial on how to get started with Google Earth.

If you would like to contribute how you are using Google Earth in your classroom, please add to this document. I hope you find it useful. Here is the resource page.

Session 2: Search Strategies

Description: Using the internet for searching can be a remarkable research tool for students. However. they often can use your assistance when encountering information overload. Come learn about strategies that will help your students become crack researchers. Here is the resource page.

If you want to follow the conference #sakaiTLC

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Links of interest 08/17/2011

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011

Links of interest 08/15/2011

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Friday, August 12, 2011

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Links of interest 08/11/2011

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  • Ask most people what comes to mind when they think about “kids today”. If you’ve sampled the literature about Gen Y or The Millennials, you’re likely to hear that kids today are over-corrected, entitled, arrogant, irresponsible, directionless, and apathetic. With twitter-sized attention spans—these kids lack values, character, and basic civility.
    They have been labeled, tagged, earmarked, and characterized in a multiplicity of ways, but nothing sets them apart more from other generations than the fact that kids of today are most certainly unlike any other generation of kids we have known.
    As a veteran educator, parent, and mentor; I couldn’t agree more. Kids today aren’t like they used to be, and I’ve never been more proud or excited to share with you why.

    tags: angelamaiers students studentvoice

  • tags: GTI googleearth Googlesketchup

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Monday, August 08, 2011

Playing with Media: A Great Classroom Companion


I work with teachers who use technology to support their classroom instruction. Wes Fryer's new e-book, Playing with Media, has arrived just in time for school to start. Remember "make and take" workshops? This is it for the digital classroom. It is exactly the kind of book that should accompany any teacher workshop or training because it supports great teaching. It will be an invaluable resource all year long. It is relevant to any classroom in both pedagogy and instruction. The book is presented in a succinct, understandable manner. There are tools, explained with clear directions and graphics; big ideas, and follow up reading. Taken together, these will have a profound impact on any classroom. Everything is clickable. And the fact that's it's an ebook means that Wes will keep it up to date. 

The more I read through and listened, the more excited I got. Not only did I learn many little tips and tricks, the reminder that we must keep creativity in our curriculum is ever present. I also enjoyed how Wes used his own children as models to showcase student work. He is passionate about sharing and celebrating what students can do on the web.  In each category multiple tools are shown, modeling creation choice for student projects. 

I chose to download and read the versions on my iPad and Kindle. The Kindle experience was less hands on but still easy to read. There is a companion website to go with the book. The interactive experience on the iPad was fantastic. Being able to click out to websites and bookmark them was great. There is so much in this book that I will be using the resources time and time again. I really appreciated how this book is organized and would highly recommend it. I would love to see other classroom books modeled on this kind of ebook. I am going to think about it as a text book for a professional development course that I teach to education graduate students. #playingwithmedia

Links of interest 08/08/2011

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Saturday, August 06, 2011

Links of interest 08/06/2011

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Friday, August 05, 2011

Links of interest 08/05/2011

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Thursday, August 04, 2011

Thank you USMEPC512

What a rockin' class! I worked with 7 superstars this past week. 7 wonderful teachers that gave up a week of summer to drink from a fire hose. It can be hard to process so much information (especially when it's 1 semester packed in to a week), but you graciously took it all in stride. It's so great that we have folks like you that are working in and soon to be entering Maine classrooms. What lucky students! And I learned so much from you. You blog posts and final reflections keep encouraging me to continue the crusade for great teaching and learning using technology. I hope to continue the conversation. See you in the blogoshpere and on Twitter. Keep up the great work!

Thanks also to Lucy Gray for Skyping with the class and to Bill Ferriter for writing Teaching the iGeneration, a terrific book for first time learners to social media tools.

Links of interest 08/04/2011

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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Links of interest 08/03/2011

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