Tom Daccord
I am an educational technology consultant, author, and webmaster who lives in the Boston area.
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TeachPaperless: The Boy Who Cried Tech - 0 views
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Welcome to TeachPaperless. This is a blog meant to help teachers create and maintain paperless classrooms. In addition, our community regularly posts and comments on all aspects of paperless, digital, and technological culture as it relates to education.
Students Give E-Book Readers Mixed Reviews - WSJ.com - 0 views
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Book Smarts? E-Texts Receive Mixed Reviews From Students
K-3 Teachers Guide to Twitter - 0 views
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Teachers Guide to Twitter - hoping to encourage K-3 Teachers and others, to give Twitter a try.
Justin Reich - Better Strategies Needed for School Internet Access - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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In Schools, a Firewall That Works Too Well
By Justin Reich
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Web site filters in schools have had tremendous success in keeping one group of people from freely searching online. Unfortunately, that group is teachers.
U6: E-portfolios - Supporting Distance Learners in the 21st Century - 0 views
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Using e-portfolios for assessment
The use of computers in distance education creates many opportunities for learners to record their progress through a course. In many institutions, tutors are using e-portfolios as a method of formative or continuous assessment. E-portfolios can be produced and published on the Web using some of the simple tools that were discussed in Unit 4, such as wikis, blogs and Google Docs. In addition, some learners might choose to add multimedia elements such as video or audio recordings, if they have the basic equipment - and the inclination - to do so.
As the following illustration by Helen Barret (2007) shows, it is possible to create quite an elaborate, multimedia portfolio system using only freely available tools on the Web.
Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center - 0 views
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Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center
The new search tools on our Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center help you find the resources you need or take you directly to the pages that meet your needs.
* Fund Finder: Identifies total distribution of funds to your state.
* State Resources page contains state-specific information.
* The LPA Resource page contains specially developed tools and resources.
* The calendar of events is updated regularly.
District and School Administrators
* The School Reform and Improvement Database contains research on school finance models, optimal resource allocation for school improvement, whole district reform, and teacher retention strategies. -
Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center
The new search tools on our Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center help you find the resources you need or take you directly to the pages that meet your needs. Here is a sample of what you will find:
EdTechTeacher Summer 2009 Technology Workshops & Programs - 0 views
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We have partnered with Boston University School of Education and Noble & Greenough School to offer an incredible group of educational technology experts who will lead a series of innovative hands-on summer workshops in Boston. Join educators from around the world who come to Boston each summer for a memorable and inspiring educational experience.
Teaching History With Technology - 0 views
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EdTechTeacher.org presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses.
Find resources for histlaptop classory and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about new and emerging technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks and explore innnovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum. Find out how others are using technology in the classroom.
Facilitating Online | Centre for Educational Technology - 0 views
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Facilitating Online is a course intended for training educators as online facilitators of fully online and mixed mode courses. The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) produced a Course Leader's Guide as an Open Educational Resource to assist educators and trainers who wish to implement a course on online facilitation within their institution or across several institutions. The guide contains the course model, week-by-week learning activities, general guidance to the course leader on how to implement and customise the course and specific guidelines on each learning activity.
Education Secretary Seeks to Foster Innovation in Schools With $5 Billion Fund - washington... - 0 views
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With $5 Billion Fund, Duncan Seeks to Fuel Innovation in Schools
By Maria Glod
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 26, 2009; Page A19
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said yesterday that he will leverage a $5 billion fund to shape school reform, rewarding states that push for classroom innovation with federal stimulus dollars and denying extra aid to those that do not.
TwHistory - 0 views
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"Welcome to TwHistory. We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe that these stories can be told through Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources to deliver the day-to-day lives of people who lived through some of histories most exciting times. We broadcast this information through Twitter, and feel this is a new and exciting approach to understanding history."
Top News - Survey shows barriers to Web 2.0 in schools - 0 views
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Survey shows barriers to Web 2.0 in schools
Research reveals which tools are popular in schools, which aren't--and why
edubloggercon ยป BLC2009 - 0 views
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Second (annual?) EduBloggerCon "East" is being planned (thanks to the generosity of Alan November) just prior to, the Buliding Learning Communities Conference (BLC09)
Innovative Teachers Network - 0 views
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Welcome! We are a global community of educators who value innovative uses of information and communication technology to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
A Quick Tour & Review of Social Networks for Ages 5-8+ | BlogWalker - 0 views
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A Quick Tour & Review of Social Networks for Ages 5-8+
Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter | Clipmarks - 0 views
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"Nine great reasons why teachers should use Twitter: What's the point of Twitter? Why should educators get involved? What difference does using Twitter make?"
changelearning.ca - 0 views
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"Find out about key issues in education, learning, human development and what we really know about how our brains are shaped by evolution, genetics and experience. Explore what motivates learning, what encourages creative thinking and how home, school and community can create the best opportunities for meaningful learning."
Top Online High Schools on Twitter - Find Online High Schools on Twitter - 0 views
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Several online high schools now participate in Twitter, the popular microblogging platform. By "following" these virtual high schools on Twitter, you can receive the latest updates about their programs and accomplishments.
Below you'll find links to some of the top online high schools on Twitter. If you know of any other online schools that should be included in this list, email me at: distancelearn.guide@about.com.
smarthistory - 0 views
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A Short History of smARThistory
smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional and static art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Learning, teaching, assessment, and productivity will provide the framework for the National Education Technology Plan scheduled for release in January "