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Teens migrating to Twitter — for privacy? - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - msnbc.com
- "I love twitter, it's the only thing I have to myself ... cause my parents don't have one,"
- She started tweeting 18 months ago after her dad opened his own account.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Links of interest 01/31/2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Links of interest 01/30/2012
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Nice example of a google Site
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Embed Summary of Responses - Google Forms
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A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue online.
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From Steve Dembo at FETC
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The issue of teachers using social media with students is an on-going question that been receiving a lot attention recently.
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GPS Visualizer is a free, easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints, including GPX files), driving routes, street addresses, or simple coordinates. Use it to see where you've been, plan where you're going, or visualize geographic data (business locations, scientific observations, events, customers, real estate, geotagged photos, "GPS drawing," etc.).
- Visualise GPS data logs using various maps including Google Maps andGoogle Earth. There is also a height profille generator. Also JPG, PNG,SVG and Yahoo Flash output. Also generate some additional mappingoverlays for Google Earth. - post by Julian Knight
GPS Visualizer: Do-It-Yourself Mapping
GPS Visualizer is a
free easy-to-use online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates. Works with google earth
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(click to see examples)
users:
Click here for info on
Garmin custom maps
Create KML overlays for Google Earth
NOTE: GPSVisualizer_overlays.kml (a GE "network link") gives you automatic access to this form's output from within Google Earth. [more info]
This page will help you create alternate overlays for use with Google Earth. It's true that Google Earth already contains high-resolution satellite data for many cities (and even some non-urban areas); but in parts of the U.S., the USGS black-and-white 1m aerial photos provide better detail, and the USGS topo maps contain information which is not available in GE in any form. For the rest of the world, the images from NASA's MODIS satellites might be of interest, if your data covers a large area; they transmit up-to-date (but low-resolution) images back to earth every day. -
This fine academic tool was designed to assist in the writing of reports, grant applications, and other documents related to public schools. I believe that it will be particularly useful for people involved in writing reports for WASC accreditation.
- From miura
MyThreeWords.com is a sentence sharing game. Three words start a sentence off. Players are then able to enter three words at a time to continue the story. Any number of people can play at once. A fullstop, question mark or exclamation mark will end the story.
All you need is a quick wit, fast fingers and some lightning fast connection! Are you any good?
MyThreeWords
- post by jane words
- From miura
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What does a teacher need to know and/or be able to do to be considered 'technologically savvy' in the year 2012?
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What do six teachers, two members of our educational leadership team, four reflective prompts, two educational foci, one ten minute orientation, five minutes in each of seven classrooms, and one twenty minute debrief equal? A moving professional learning experience!
We set off on our school’s first teacher led learning walk armed with information from a brief orientation along with the following reflective, nonjudgmental statement and question prompts: -
Silent Chalk Talk Protocol
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Google Sites allows you to create a custom website with your own content. You can set up a site for your class, your school, your library, or any other group that needs to share information and ideas. You can invite others to be editors and owners of the site so they can collaborate with you to build your website. The editor makes it possible to build a site in minutes, create templates for others to use, collaborate with others and create different pages such as announcements, dashboards, file cabinets, or lists. As the author, you have control over who has access to the site by sharing with everyone or only specific individuals. Google Sites also has the ability to embed media from many other Google services, including Picasa Web Albums, YouTube videos, and Google Docs. You can also insert images, tables, and other resources from outside of Google.
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Digital Learning Project.
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Learn and teach Java, one of the most popular languages in the world
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animated maps
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Links of interest 01/29/2012
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How to Create Your Own Textbook - With or Without Apple | MindShift
How educators think of content curation in the classroom is enough to change their reliance on print textbooks.
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125 Learning Sites for Kids (and Teachers) « Ed Tech Ideas
Welcome to Ed Tech Ideas!
Ed Tech Ideas is a place for busy teachers to find ideas about ways to integrate teacher-tested technology into their classrooms. -
Create Your Own Textbook
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Empowering Students Through Documentary Filmmaking — EduCon 2.4 — January 27–29, 2012 — Philadelphia
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Empowering Students Through Documentary Filmmaking
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From Phones to Facebook: How to Engage Youth on the Front Lines of Social Media | NTEN
Friday, January 27, 2012
Links of interest 01/27/2012
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OF all the challenges faced by college and high school students, few inspire as much angst, profanity, procrastination and caffeine consumption as the academic paper. The format — meant to force students to make a point, explain it, defend it, repeat it (whether in 20 pages or 5 paragraphs) — feels to many like an exercise in rigidity and boredom, like practicing piano scales in a minor key.
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The BHS Student Help Desk is entering its second season and I wanted to share our course outline, pathways, and some of the opportunities we’ll be creating for Burlington high school faculty and staff. Our student help desk is available six out of the seven periods a day and consists of students who have interest in educational technology. The technology competencies vary for each class and set of students, so students have opportunities to pursue a variety of pathways in this course.
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In the portal you'll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts.
- A free resource helps teachers locate interactive tools for math ... it will continue to grow and include more materials. Wolfram plans to expand the Education Portal ... http://yesshop.yolasite.com/blog.php - post by Don Balboa
- A free resource helps teachers locate interactive tools for math ... it will continue to grow and include more materials. Wolfram plans to expand the Education Porta
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Links of interest 01/25/2012
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Free Technology for Teachers: Another Earth - Compare Maps Side-by-Side
GE Teach was developed by a high school geography teacher. One of the nice features of GE Teach is the option to compare to views of Google Earth side-by-side. This morning I found a similar website called Another Earth.
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CodeLesson - Instructor-led online technology learning for professionals
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Welcome to thenewboston, the ultimate source for free video tutorials on the internet! Here you can find all of thenewboston tutorials organized in an orderly fashion in the Tutorials Section of the website.
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Free Technology for Teachers: The New Boston - Great Videos for Learning Computer Science and More
Think of The New Boston as Khan Academy for computer science. For students who are interested in programming, The New Boston offers an active discussion forum in which they can ask questions.
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Reflecting on two years of 1:1 [guest post] | Dangerously Irrelevant
Reflecting on two years of 1:1 [guest post] http://t.co/TQAJwgNj via @mcleod
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Links of interest 01/24/2012
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Printopia - AirPrint to Any Printer - Print from iPad - Print from iPhone - Ecamm Network
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Google Tools for Educators - GlobalClassroom K12
This course will help educators learn Google's web based software as a technical and educational solution to empower themselves and students to develop authentic, relevant, and digital learning. The number of software solutions offered for free by Google is growing rapidly and there are countless applications for the classroom to integrate. Topics include:
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Journey in Technology: Aggregate, Curate and Create Your Own Textbook
Are your ready to ditch your textbooks and curate your own? http://t.co/tnT0Bkd #futureofbooks
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Links of interest 01/20/2012
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"The truth is that free curiosity has greater powe
"The truth is that free curiosity has greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion" St. Augustine
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Add Twitter to Google Sites - AskBj.net ~ Never Stop Learning
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Guest Post | Helping Students Motivate Themselves - NYTimes.com
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Links of interest 01/19/2012
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The Internet may well have its downsides, but it also has the potential to make us collectively smarter, according to open-science advocate Michael Nielsen. In Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science, Nielsen argues that networked digital tools, such as discussion boards and online marketplaces, can make it easier for scientists to pool their data, share methodologies, and find far-flung collaborators.
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Lots of teachers love using Flubaroo - a Google Apps Script that helps teachers autograde and email Google Docs Form assessments. Dave let me know he released some new features based on feedback from teachers! To try it out, you can go to flubaroo.com
Highlights of new features:
Monday, January 16, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Links of interest 01/14/2012
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A high school in Connecticut is developing and honing a hybrid library that incorporates both traditional books and new digital technologies.
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Whether you're just applying to school or a college senior starting the job hunt, Google is here every step of the way with tips, products and services to help make life easier (minus an extra hand to help clean your dorm room).
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Recommended by Wes Fryer
PhotoSync will transform your photo handling forever. It‘s the first app that makes wireless transfer of your photos/videos from or to your computer and other i-Devices - a breeze. PhotoSync also transfers to Dropbox, Facebook, Google+/Picasa, Flickr, SmugMug, Zenfolio, iDisk, WebDAV, and FTP/SFTP. You need never use a cable again! -
There are 3 parts to this presentation (Three separate slide shows)
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Friday, January 13, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Links of interest 01/11/2012
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Do Teachers Need to Relearn How to Learn? – Redefining my role: Teacher as student
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Innovation in School: How Rare Is It? « Center for Teaching
I just finished the book, Innovators’ DNA, by Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen. The comprehensive interviews the authors completed told an interesting story about the qualities that innovative people and companies exhibit.
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Introduction to Advanced Placement US History Lessons | EDSITEment
Introduction to Advanced Placement US History Lessons
Scholar-reviewed Websites, Primary Sources
Teacher Tested Lesson Plans
Active Learning
Mastery of Content
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What Personal Info You Are Broadcasting On Social Networks | MakeUseOf Geeky Fun
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Educational Origami - Digital and Global Citizenship
"I have long thought that there are parallels that can be drawn between Digital and Global Citizenship. In Digital citizenship the core aspects are respect and protecting oneself, others and property. I believe the same basic tenants can be applied to Global citizenship."
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Mobile Education Store | Helping Kids Connect the Dots
The apps you’ll find on this site were designed to help elementary age children build their language skills.
They are being used by educators to help kids who are struggling with syntax or narrative skills, healthcare professionals working with special needs children, teachers in ESL classrooms and parents of kids who just need a bit of extra help. All the apps engage the visual, audio and tactile senses, helping students learn faster and retain what they’ve learned.
While these apps were initially built to assist children with higher function autism, the ease of use, positive reinforcers and engaging graphics and animations make them a great tool for anyone working on building language fundamentals. -
Lee Kolbert: Top 10 Reasons Why I'm Not Following You On Twitter And 10 Why I Am
For me and many educators, Twitter has often been like an online faculty lounge where I get control over who stays in the room and who has to leave. That may sound cruel but that's the way social networks work. You choose who to follow for many reasons. Everyone has their own criteria, and I thought I'd share a few of my own here.
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Transforming Brisbane schools with Design Thinking | NoTosh
Since the summer of 2011, NoTosh has been transforming an initial cohort of schools with The Design Thinking School programme, through the support of the Brisbane Catholic Education Department.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Links of interest 01/10/2012
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Developing a PLN or just trying to sort out the best source of information online can be difficult. Luckily, it’s never been easier to identify useful and frequently-updated education blogs.
A new list published during the Edublogs awards lets you check out some of the best education sites out there.
I’d recommend adding as many of these sites (including Edudemic!) to your preferred RSS reader as soon as possible.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Links of interest 01/08/2012
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21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology | University of Southern Maine
"21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology"
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Deepening our Learning Through Storytelling: creativity, STEM and stories - wesfryer
Description: These slides and videos were shared in the presentation, "Deepening our Learning Through Storytelling: creativity, STEM and stories" at Yarmouth High School (Maine) on September 28, 2011, by Wesley Fryer. As learners of all ages (teachers and students) we need to "play with media" and utilize media tools to communicate. Good stories start with good writing and an invitation to share. In this session we'll explore and discuss examples of digital media focusing specifically on science and math themes.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology
A new course is being offered at University of Southern Maine
WORKSHOP TOPICS
• Searching, Researching, and Managing Online Information
• Adding Digital Media to Writing and Presentations of Learning
• Learning Together Online
• Assistive Technology for RTI and Universal Design for Learning
• Problem-solving and Real World Learning
This series of workshops can be taken singly (0.5 CEUs each - 3.0 CEUs all five) or combined into a 3 Credit Inservice Graduate Credit Course. Each workshop consists of a Saturday session for 4 hours followed by 1.5 hours of online assignments and a wrap-up session on a subsequent Saturday for 2 hours. This series is designed for educators looking to expand their use of digital technology to include innovative learning explorations.
Inservice Graduate Credit Course Option
EPS 512 21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology
Participants may take all 5 workshops as a single 500-level inservice graduate course. This option must be chosen prior to beginning the workshop series. In addition to the workshop meeting dates/times, 10 hours of additional online course work will be required to receive graduate credit.
Links of interest 01/07/2012
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Educational Technology Guy: Top 10 Science Resources for educators and students
I've reviewed over 100 science resources on this site, but I thought it might be helpful to teachers to list the top 10 Science Resources.
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Developing student’s visual literacy through scaffolded image inquiry « literacy beat
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iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Google Digital Literacy Tour
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Math and Science Videos for High School
Friday, January 06, 2012
EdCamp Maine is Coming!
An Education Un-ConferenceFree Professional Development for Teachers by Teachers
Saturday, March 31, 20128:30-3:15 pmWaynflete School, Portland, ME
How Do I Register?
Visit the website (http://edcampme.wikispaces.com) and click on the Register Now button to reserve your space. Registration is limited.
#edcampMe
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Links of interest 01/05/2012
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Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool : NPR
"But lecturing has never been an effective teaching technique and now that information is everywhere, some say it's a waste of time. Indeed, physicists have the data to prove it."
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Links of interest 01/04/2012
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iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » iPad/iPod Touch App Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Open Educational Resources infoKit / What are Open Educational Resources
"There is no one, standard definition of Open Educational Resources. However, the following broad definition of OERs from OER Commons seems to be generally accepted by the community:
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.
OERs exist within a wider 'Open' movement and context, explored below."
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Links of interest 01/03/2012
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Writing Units to Teach 21st Century Skills For 7th - 12th grade English or Social Studies Classes.
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Predicting the Future of Computing - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
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