Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Links of interest 04/26/2012
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Desmos | a beautiful, free online graphing calculator
A Beautiful, Free Online Graphing Calculator
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Links of interest 04/25/2012
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Helping Laptop Programs Work: Teachers - All Teachers; Students - All Students
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edshelf is a directory of websites, mobile apps, and desktop software that are rated & reviewed by educators, for educators. We decrease the friction of using and procuring effective technology into the classroom.
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How to Change the World: 10 Things You Can Learn From the Apple Store
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Links of interest 04/24/2012
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Digital kits are nothing more than collections of content -- still images, video clips, audio clips, passages of text -- connected to the topic being studied that teachers assemble for their kids before a project even begins. Then, students use the content in digital kits to assemble their final products
Monday, April 23, 2012
Links of interest 04/23/2012
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The Electric Educator: Learn how to Share: Mastering the Google Docs Sharing Settings
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Article about textbook revision and online content curation,
Article about Digital Citizenship using example form GoodPlay and Project Zero
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Links of interest 04/22/2012
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Living in a connected age is double-edged. While policy and regulation have their place within this matrix, it seems that human agency should be the keystone. Therefore, for the body politic to walk the edge between being empowered by our connectivity or hindered by it requires a steady dose of mind training.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Not Just for Middle Schoolers
Yarmouth High School has extended Maine's MLTI program to its grade 9-12 students with gratifying results.
In 2002, Maine initiated the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Every 7th grader in the state received a laptop, which remained with that student through middle school. In 2004, when the first class of MLTI students reached the ninth grade, our district grappled with the question: what next? The Yarmouth School Department superintendent at the time, Dr. Ken Murphy, had heard Angus King speak and shared the then-governor’s belief that technology immersion could be transformational for teaching and learning. Since the state-funded program did not extend to high school students, Yarmouth chose to self-fund the laptops for Grade 9 and all high school teachers. We then added one grade per year.Read the rest of the article
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Google Education on Air
I will be presenting Google Apps for the School Community.
Hope to see you there!
You can read more about Google Hangouts and Google+ at Free Technology for Teachers
Links of interest 04/11/2012
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Google In the Classroom - Download Free Content from Michigan's MI Learning on iTunes
This course is a 101 introduction to Google docs, sites, calendar,
Gmail, and search. It's pretty basic and I don't think that any of my
GCT friends will find it very helpful, but please feel free to use and
recommend it to new users as you speak and present at various events.
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TED Blog | 100 Websites You Should Know and Use
The Web is constantly turning out new and extraordinary services many of us are unfamiliar with. During TED University at this spring’s TED2007 in Monterey, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, offered an ultra-fast-moving ride through sites in many different areas, from art, design and illustration, to daily news, blogs and curiosity. Now, by popular demand, here’s his list of 100 websites you should know and use >>
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 09, 2012
Links of interest 04/09/2012
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What makes the difference between a success story and a technology program that is abandoned due to lack of progress? Based on recent research and interviews with exemplary one-to-one districts, this eBook showcases five essential factors for a successful Implementation.
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Start 2012 by Taking 2 Minutes to Clean Your Apps Permissions
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Collaboration Station
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GTAUK Docs
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Data sets
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Links of interest 04/07/2012
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Use "The Energy WATCH" below to see how much carbon dioxide your school has emitted this week. If your school is at position number one, then your emissions have reduced the most compared to the previous week.
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Steve Hargadon: Live Wednesday April 4th - Howard Rheingold on His New Book, "Net Smart"
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Don’t Wait: The Do It Yourself NOW Digital Textbooks | Getting Smart
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Email Me Form™ - HTML Forms, Web Forms, PHP Forms
Email Me Form is a free online form generator service that helps you create HTML forms for your website, with no programming required.
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Add titles and headings and customise the style of your document - Google Docs Help
You can customise the look of text and headings in your document using the styles toolbar menu. The styles toolbar menu displays the style of your text selection in a document and lets you change the style or clear the formatting of your text.
Friday, April 06, 2012
Links of interest 04/06/2012
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101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About
- Quite a few interesting tools! - post by Naoko Takao
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Social Media Literacies Syllabus: College/University - Google Docs
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Links of interest 04/05/2012
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Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.
When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Links of interest 04/04/2012
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Innovation Unit | Transforming public services
"We are the innovation unit for public services. As a not-for-profit social enterprise we're committed to using the power of innovation to solve social challenges. We have a strong track record of supporting leaders and organisations delivering public services to see and do things differently. They come to us with a problem and we empower them to achieve radically different solutions that offer better outcomes for lower costs."
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The Teacher's Guide to Project Based Learning
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Links of interest 04/03/2012
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Curating Content
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Burlington High School Principal's Blog: A Professional Development Day That Worked - A Recap
- From looking at the sign-up spreadsheets, it seems about 90 teachers participated. - post by Bill Campbell
Monday, April 02, 2012
Links of interest 04/02/2012
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Tutorial: Automating a Help Desk Workflow - Google Apps Script — Google Developers
"This tutorial guides you through the steps of automating a help desk workflow."