-
7 Survival Skills For Modern Teachers And Students - Edudemic
-
Changing Our Education System One Programmer At A Time | TechCrunch
-
Learning from Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling | Make a Powerful Point
-
The New Twitter Profile Page: Complete Image Size Guide - AllTwitter
-
Master Chrome Apps and Extensions: Differences and Recommendations
-
Alan Levine’s ds106 Assignment Bank — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
This collection presents an array of options for student communication. It currently hosts 639 assignments and 5870 examples created from them. Users may visit Featured Assignments, spin for a randomly chosen assignment or view a random response to an assignment
-
Emailing Large Groups of Students in 14 Steps | Teacher Tech
-
How to Give the Best Presentation You Possibly Can | Karl Gude
-
Great collection of historical video
-
Wow! Congrats to you both for this well deserved h
@MaineSchoolTech @alicebarr Wow! Congrats to you both for this well deserved honor.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Weekly Links (weekly)
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Summertime and Learning Opportunities
 |
| Attribution: Anne Davis 773 https://flic.kr/p/efNfHY |
It's Spring Break in Maine which always makes me start working on summer plans. Time goes quickly from now until the end of school. A few educators have asked about local summer learning opportunities. Here are a few that I know about in the New England area. If you have some to add please put them in the comment section.
June
- June 19 - August 8
- Google Tools for Schools; Various locations in Vermont
- 8 Summer institutes on using Google Tools, Chromebooks and more
- 21-22 Apps Events Connecticut Summit; Greenwich, CT.
- 23-25 Sebago Alliance Tech Camp for Staff; Windham, ME
- 25-26 GAFE Peak; York, ME
- 26-27 NELMS 1:1 Institute; Kennebunk, ME
- 23-27 Learn Everywhere; Thomas College
July
- 6/30 - 2 TechnologyTeacher.me; Gould Academy
- 10 Cloud Camp NE; East Bridgewater, MA.
- for schools using Google Tools
- 14 - 18
- Teaching and Learning with the iPad; University of Southern Maine
- Teachers will explore the use of iPads and apps that support student learning, collaboration, and communication. Apps are providing new ways for students and teachers to use touch screens as well as recording video and audio. Teachers who attend this course will learn ways to change their teaching to include Apps during instruction as well as ways for students to demonstrate learning by creating products on the iPad.
- The Read Write Web in the Classroom; University of Southern Maine
- Explore the use of Web 2.0 online tools that support student learning, collaboration, and communication extending beyond classroom walls. Educators will become familiar with what it means to be literate in the 21st century classroom. #usmepc500
- Create, Make & Learn; Burlington, VT
- Includes 4 strands of learning featuring Wes Fryer and Kevin Jarrett
- 21 - 25
- 21st Century Teaching and Learning with Technology; University of Southern Maine
- In our technology-driven, globally diverse world, students are consuming and producing many forms of electronic media. How do we develop teaching strategies for the 21st Century classroom given changing ideas about literacy? This course is designed for K-12 educators looking to integrate an array of current digital technology skills with core academic subjects. #usmepc512
- 28 - 8/1
- Mac Computer in the Digital Classroom; University of Southern Maine
- Educators will become familiar with digital technology tools and their use to enhance learning, engage students, and integrate 21st century skills in the classroom. Software components will include the iLife suite (iPhoto, Safari, iTunes etc.) online tools, and Internet resources. Topics to be covered will be web page publishing, blogs, podcasts and project based learning activities.
- 31 - 8/1
- Apps Events New Hampshire Summit; Bedford, NH.
August
- 12 - 13 Google Apps for Education Maine Pre-Summit, Yarmouth, ME.
- 14 - 15 Google Apps for Education Maine Summit, Yarmouth, ME.
- 18 - 20 Technology for Innovation in Education; Tilton Academy, Tilton, NH
- The focus of this year's conference will once again be Google Apps for Education (GAFE). The conference will be August 18-20. The first two days will be aimed at anyone interested in or currently using GAFE with students in the classroom and the third day will be aimed at GAFE domain administrators.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Weekly Links (weekly)
-
E-book "If you’ve been wondering how non-techies can get involved in 3D Printing this book is for you! Although we’ve worked in Digital Fabrication since 1986, FabLab Hub presents a number of workshops and we’ve seen how intimidating some of the work, especially CAD, can be to anyone new to 3D Printing. The explains basic concepts in easy to understand language and tries to give a realistic view of what is actually possible for the “person on the street” to accomplish."
-
RT @cppotter: Maine's @MaineSchoolTech and @alicebarr have been nominated for a Bammy http://t.co/QYdpMWLY9W #MeSchools #wayntlc #edtechchat
-
Maine's @MaineSchoolTech and @alicebarr have been nominated for a Bammy http://t.co/nSBAJFaJb9
-
We know @alicebarr is a tech integration rockstar but I am completely blown away and, for once, speechless. @cppotter http://t.co/UynLMjKRF5
-
Submitted a vote for @alicebarr to help celebrate all that is good in American #education at http://t.co/ZKaGpa2GIx #Edreform #BammyAwards
-
"BioCoder We’re at the start of a revolution that will transform our lives as radically as the computer revolution of the 70s. The biological revolution will touch every aspect of our lives: food and health, certainly, but also art, recreation, law, business, and much more."
-
New to Twitter chats tonight? Use this key to help! #edtechchat #tlap #tlchat #iaedchat #flipclass #vachat #21stadmin http://t.co/OSEbieFEBk
-
RT @mrkrndvs: @Silvana_Hoxha: Love this approach to #edtech by @alicebarr via @Larryferlazzo http://t.co/U1uI0DMomh
-
Kids react to a walkman
-
"Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then..."
-
-
“@Silvana_Hoxha: Love this approach to #edtech by @alicebarr via @Larryferlazzo #edchat http://t.co/s4IzDfI7zd” #ozedchat
-
Love this approach to #edtech by @alicebarr via @Larryferlazzo #edchat http://t.co/sweuu2Z6uS
-
1-to-1 Tech 'Is Really About Building Effective Relationships' is my new Ed Wk post http://t.co/bXo3McPIdK w/ @alicebarr @hickstro @mpullen
Friday, April 18, 2014
Student Unconference
On Thursday, April 17, the Student Senate at Yarmouth High School sponsored an UnConference.
The idea came from thinking about wanting to do TED Talks, but not wanting to limit audience size. They wanted the entire high school to be able to participate. And it had to be completely student run.
Guidelines:
The idea came from thinking about wanting to do TED Talks, but not wanting to limit audience size. They wanted the entire high school to be able to participate. And it had to be completely student run.
Guidelines:
- Students would sign up for sessions (since this was the first time they tried it, they thought it might be helpful to get an idea of what students were interested in)
- Each advisory group had to have a minimum of one pitch for a session.
- The person or persons who pitched the session are the facilitators.
- The facilitator comes up with 2 guiding questions and one other source for the discussion and submits them ahead of time.
- A teacher should be present in the room that the session was taking place.
- Teachers can participate in the discussion if they want to.
- Every student has to participate, even if they have open campus.
- At the beginning of the UnConference period, all students go to advisor period. Advisors hand out the schedules (students do not know what session they are in until they get there).
Here are the sessions that were proposed. Because there were so many good ones, the Senate decided to run 2 sessions. It was probably a lot more work, but they were happy they did it.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Bammy Award Nomination
I received an email today that I had been nominated for a Bammy Award. Thank you to my "colleague" who nominated me. You are a mystery, but I am so honored that you think I should be added to an incredible group of educators. I follow and learn from many of them an am looking forward to meeting new nominees that I will be adding to my PLN.So now I ask that you vote. This will be exciting to see what happens next.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Response: One-To-One Technology 'Is Really About Building Effective Relationships'
At Education Week By on April 12, 2014 11:08 AM
I wrote a response to One-to-One Technology "Is Really about Relationships"
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Saturday, April 05, 2014
Weekly Links (weekly)
-
The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads. We believe these maps have no known US copyright restrictions.* To the extent that some jurisdictions grant NYPL an additional copyright in the digital reproductions of these maps, NYPL is distributing these images under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The maps can be viewed through the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections page, and downloaded (!), through the Map Warper. First, create an account, then click a map title and go. Here’s a primer and more extended blog post on the warper.
-
Apps Events - Vermont
-
new info about Add ons
-
"So the following infographic from Mentoring Minds is immediately relevant to all educators, and students as well. It’s a bit of a mash of Habits of Mind, various 21st century learning frameworks, and the aforementioned learning taxonomies, promoting collaboration, problem-solving, and real-world connections (standard “critical thinking fare” with Habits of Mind-sounding phrases such as “Open-Mindedness.”"
-
- Great - post by Waylon Solwold
-
"While Google Drive lets you upload any file, the support for files that can't be edited using Google Docs/Sheets/Slides is limited. For example, you can embed PDF files and videos, but Google doesn't offer permalinks for images."
-
"Total freedom was given to create a presentation in any format they wanted to including but not limited to: a written document, a poster, a collage, pin board, a chart etc. The entire assignment and rubric can be accessed HERE. Each student had to be prepared to answer/explain the items below."
-
Amazing things happening @ Yarmouth, ME schools! https://t.co/gFy5WyEf2y #GIEsummit @spattersons
-
Alice Barr 'classrooms must be transparent' to the community. #GIEsummit
-
Worlds created by teachers
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)