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The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
When I talk about “learning games,” I also mean sites where students can easily create online video games that might not have an overt learning purpose. However, they can be excellent opportunities for English Language Learners to develop their English — by following the instructions on the screen, by writing directions for their game, and by writing and talking about their reactions to playing games made by their peers.
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ThingLink: How to Transform an Image into a Full-Blown Lesson - Faculty eCommons
Go beyond enhancing an idea or a lesson—transform your students’ learning with a tool called ThingLink. ThingLink engages your students and drives curiosity and discovery—and it’s free. It’s an image platform that converts an image into an interactive experience by letting you connect music, video, text, images, shops, and more from around the web.
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How to Find Creative Commons Licensed Material on Media Sharing Sites - Faculty eCommons
"This week, we’ll show you how to search for specific OER media like videos and images using a site’s CC search filter."
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How to Conduct a Successful OER Search with Google - Faculty eCommons
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Using IFTTT to Trigger Alerts From Google Announcements - YouTube
Send an RSS from announcement page to email
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Learning In Burlington: Are You Sure Your Child Isn't Using Social Media?
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Elizabeth English: Why So Many Schools Remain Penitentiaries of Boredom
""It's harder to change a school than it is to move a graveyard." Or, as it's also been said, "It's harder to change a history course than it is to change history." I think we can all agree that our schools should be among our most dynamic and innovative institutions; but despite the endless talk about school reform, they remain among our most ossified."
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Resources from: Learning Trends with GETideas.org The Design of Modern Learning Environments Join our network at http://GETideas.org
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21st Century PLNs for School Leaders
Start a Twitter Account, Read Blogs, Write a blog
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Why Social Media Can and Is Changing Education
"Social media is something that has become so prevalent in our culture that I have seen everything from large companies to churches having their own facebook accounts. When I first was presented with the idea that using Twitter, Facebook, or blogging as something in education I was weary of its application. As I have immersed myself in the process, and have seen my own staff and school use this themselves along with students, I have seen some tremendous changes in their practice."
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Young change agents leveraging social media | NetFamilyNews.org
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Group that teaches DIY and technology skills and making things.
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The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools | MindShift
"Sometimes teachers and administrators need a kick in the pants to see what they perceive as problems re-framed in a different way. Adam S. Bellow, author of The Tech Commandments, and founder of eduTecher, spoke to a roomful of receptive teachers at the recent ISTE 2011 conference, and demonstrated some of the ironies and contradictions the education system is mired in. And he had some advice."
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New Wordpress Plugin Lets You Build Your Own Online School - Edudemic
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"list of compelling ways to learn online this year. Opportunities for learning seem limitless, applications get smarter and the content gets richer. "
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15 Free Learning Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of
"It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks. New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene for a while sometimes don’t garner enough attention to make it onto your radar, often getting overshadowed by more high-profile sites. As a result, even those who are in the ed tech loop can miss out on some seriously helpful free learning sites. Here we highlight just a few of these under-the-radar free learning sites, that run the gamut from providing full degree programs to simple job-skill training tools, offering a little something for every kind of learner."
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Library Services in the Digital Age | Pew Internet Libraries
The internet has already had a major impact on how people find and access information, and now the rising popularity of e-books is helping transform Americans’ reading habits. In this changing landscape, public libraries are trying to adjust their services to these new realities while still serving the needs of patrons who rely on more traditional resources. In a new survey of Americans’ attitudes and expectations for public libraries, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that many library patrons are eager to see libraries’ digital services expand, yet also feel that print books remain important in the digital age.
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"You know students need to acquire 21st century skills. But how do you work those skills into the curriculum? Learn how to use the content you already teach to challenge students to think critically, collaborate with others, solve new problems, and adapt to change across new learning contexts. Help students build the seven habitudes—habits of disciplined decisions and specific attitudes—they need to succeed."
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Learn how to harness students' natural curiosity to develop self-directed learners. Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in work that is meaningful to them and others. Real-life examples illustrate how every student can become a teacher and a global publisher. The embedded QR codes link to supporting websites.
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Anne Davies and Sandra Herbst: Practical and Possible: Developing an Assessment Plan
A helpful first step is to deconstruct the curriculum so you know exactly what needs to be taught, what the evidence of learning could be, what samples and models you might use to support learning and how you are going to evaluate.
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Blogging With Students | Edublogs Teacher Challenges
"Blogs are the perfect tool for reflection, creating a learning portfolio, project management, sharing, and much more. You can learn more about blogs and why blog here! You can work through the activities in any order and at any time."
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Snapshot of a Deeper Learning Classroom: Aligning TED Talks to the Four Cs | Edutopia
"Edutopia is pleased to premiere the first blog in a new series designed to showcase compelling examples of how students are developing 21st century skills through a deeper-level of learning. Through this blog series, we hope to increase awareness and encourage replication of successful models."
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Resources for Understanding the Common Core State Standards | Edutopia
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As the educational community is moving toward implementing the Common Core Standards, I have been publishing tools and strategies to support that effort (see below). Recently, I published the Top 10 Characteristics of Effective Vocabulary Instruction and The Top 10 Characteristics of a Literacy-Rich Classroom. Both support the Common Core State Standards since the requirement to use more nonfiction and informational text in our teaching will result in increased demands for effective vocabulary instruction and a literacy-rich classroom to support and enrich student learning.
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5 technology skills every student needs before they leave high school « Web 2.0 edu
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Free Technology for Teachers: Create Multimedia Booklets With Simple Booklet
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NMC Horizon Report > 2013 Higher Education Edition | The New Media Consortium
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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Designing with Teachers: Participatory Models of Professional Devel...
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How Can Teachers Prepare Kids for a Connected World? | MindShift
- But it’s not easy to be the sole innovator in a school. “Teachers all over the country are fighting this fight alone,” Jenkins said
- We introduced teachers to new practices and ways of thinking about teaching. This, in turn was not to detract from addressing the requirement teachers have of preparing their students for the tests, but instead to give new practices that could result in perhaps more engaged students with material relevant to them so that the knowledge was gained in a different way — thus resulting in we hope better results for the tests.”
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Dan Pink: How Teachers Can Sell Love of Learning to Students | MindShift
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20 Tips for Creating a Professional Learning Network - Getting Smart by Miriam Clifford
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Second Quarter Challenge - Google Drive
A good example of sharing homework with parents
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Five Tips for Building Strong Collaborative Learning | Edutopia
Here are some of the strategies educators there use to help promote collaboration and empower student-centered learning in their classrooms:
- Your how-to guide for the creation you have provided is truly very eye catching and also it takes lots of efforts from your side which clearly shows your efforts results. - post by haresh patolia
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1-2-3...Get Organized: 10 Ways to Avoid Distraction When Organizing
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The Tech Curve: Tech Sherpa Show - January 8th
The questions covered this week: How to embed an image in a Google Form. Using Google Drive on an iPad.
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Google in the Classroom: Google Groups And Sites Presentation
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Weekly Links (weekly)
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How to Set Auto-Expiration Dates for Shared Folders in Google Drive
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Free Technology for Teachers: Blubbr - Create Interactive Quizzes Using YouTube Clips
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27 Ways To Publish Student Thinking
Publishing student thinking can be among the most powerful ways to improve learning. There are a variety of reasons for this, but the biggest reason is that the “threat” of publishing moves the lodestone from the classroom to the “real world.” This, of course, changes everything.
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25 Education Technology Google+ Accounts To Check Out - Edudemic
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Quality Rubrics / CCLS Rubrics
What's compelling about this rubric to me is that it highlights the role of the learner. This isn't about generating a grade or scoring, but rather, helping students reflect on their own writing without having to wait for an adult's feedback.
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iCell for iPad Gives Students 3D Views of Cells | iPad Apps for School
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30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom
In talking about creativity in schools he says, much of the blame for a lack of creativity, and therefore innovation, can be traced to our traditional educational systems. What are some ways then as educators that we foster creativity in our classrooms?
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Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » Five Questions to Ask about the Common Core*
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http://www.azk12.org/tim/docs/AZK1031_Matrix_Print.pdf
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e.reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
SEEDlings Book Talk: Who Owns the Learning?
Saturday, January 05, 2013
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- http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2219 A very nice talk about teaching innovation. -
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"21st century education. The goal is to bring you closer to what it takes to be a 21st century teacher and student and share with you some of what other educators have to say about this."
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It’s a PDF app that lets you fill in forms and most importantly, sign documents either using your mouse or by pasting a scanned signature.
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Social media in high school
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Lucy's book list of leadership reading
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Book by Guy Kawasaki
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It’s ironic that assessment in schools is most often “something adults do to students,” as Rick Stiggins puts it, because all humans are highly evolved for learning, and self-assessment is a powerful tool all learners use. Whether you are trying to master a recipe, solve an equation, improve your golf swing, you continually ask yourself questions such as “Have I learned to do what I need to do?” “What did I do wrong?” “How do I improve?” and, most importantly, “How did I learn that?” All, assessment.
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As digital technologies become daily staples in both our personal and professional lives, there's been much discussion among educators and community leaders as to whether these devices and innovations could in some way be accountable for shifts in the ethical and moral make-up of contemporary society.