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The Clever Sheep: 14 Tools to Teach about Creative Commons - 29 views

thecleversheep.blogspot.com/...s-to-teach-about-creative.html

creativecommons

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    Dave Truss on 14 Dec 09
     
    One of the most powerful, misunderstood and under-utilized tools for teaching 21st century skills, is the Creative Commons. Besides providing access to hundreds of thousands of media works that can be used to augment the creative process, the Creative Commons offers a legitimate way for students to license their own creative works, be they audio, video, text or hybrid products.
Dave Truss

NASSP - Shifting Ground - 14 views

www.principals.org/...sec.asp

filter IWB Admin projectbasedlearning digitalfootprint chrislehmann newliteracy

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  • Moreover—and perhaps most damning—by blocking and banning many of the tools and Web sites that form the cornerstone of teenagers’ experiences, educators deny themselves access to the conversations that students are having about how to use these tools intelligently, ethically, and well. And given the overwhelming flow of information that students can access using such tools, it is essential that educators become part of those conversations.

  • Districts have spent thousands of dollars installing interactive whiteboards—which are a more powerful, more engaging chalkboard. And yes, they are a tool with some very useful functions, and yes, we have them at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, where I am principal.

    But let me be clear: interactive whiteboards only enable a teacher-centric style of teaching to be more engaging than it would have been with a traditional chalkboard. Much of the prepackaged educational gaming similarly makes the same mistake.

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      Dave Truss on 06 Dec 09
       
      I've just never bought into these as a good way to spend money other than perhaps in Kindergarten and Grade 1 where students can interact and engage with text and shapes in front of their peers.
  • Schools can and must be empowering—what held down the progressive school movements of the past 100 years was not that the ideas were wrong, but rather that it often just took too long to create the authentic examples of learning.
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  • The single greatest challenge schools face is helping students make sense of the world today. Schools have gone from information scarcity to information overload. This is why classes must be inquiry driven. Merely providing content is not enough, nor is it enough to simply present students with a problem to solve. Schools must create ways for students to come together as a community to ask powerful questions and dare them to bring all of their talents to bear on real-world problems.
  • The idea of community has changed dramatically in the past 10 years, and that idea should be reflected in classrooms.
  • Once students have worked together, the question must become, What can they create?
  • But it is not enough for educators to simply be aware of social networking; they have an obligation to teach students the difference between social networking and academic networking
  • Educators can help them understand how to paint a digital portrait of themselves online that includes the work they do in school and help them network, both locally and globally, to enrich themselves as students.
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    Dave Truss on 06 Dec 09
     
    by blocking and banning many of the tools and Web sites that form the cornerstone of teenagers' experiences, educators deny themselves access to the conversations that students are having about how to use these tools intelligently, ethically, and well. And given the overwhelming flow of information that students can access using such tools, it is essential that educators become part of those conversations.
Dave Truss

Storybird - About us: a peek inside Storybird - 8 views

storybird.com/...out-us-a-peek-inside-storybird

interactive ELL ML-K-3 digitalstorytelling

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    Dave Truss on 02 Dec 09
     
    This looks like a great tool for Primary and ELL!
    Create digital story books
Dave Truss

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School - 35 views

www.slideshare.net/...hers-guide-to-web-20-at-school

Admin studentteacher design web2.0 newliteracy

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    Dave Truss on 27 Nov 09
     
    A quick guide to help teachers get started with Web 2.0. Stick figures included!
    I love the focus on moving beyond the 'Yeah buts'. Great design as well.
Dave Truss

Is Your Boss a Bully? Stop Being the Target. - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org - 7 views

blogs.harvardbusiness.org/...ur_boss_a_bully_stop_bein.html

ML-All bullying learning quotes blogfodder

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  • Once bullying is successful it rapidly becomes a habit — neurons that fire together, wire together — address it when it begins.
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    Dave Truss on 20 Nov 09
     
    Once bullying is successful it rapidly becomes a habit - neurons that fire together, wire together - address it when it begins.
Dave Truss

Information Is Beautiful | Ideas, issues, concepts, subjects - visualized! - 24 views

www.informationisbeautiful.net

visualization

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    Dave Truss on 20 Nov 09
     
    Beautiful
    Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized!
Dave Truss

VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, documents, and videos - 19 views

isb.ed.voicethread.com/#q

voicethread examples

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    Dave Truss on 20 Nov 09
     
    ISB VoiceThreads show a variety of different ways to use VT in the classroom
Dave Truss

Edge In Frankfurt: THE AGE OF THE INFORMAVORE- A Talk with Frank Schirrmacher - 3 views

www.edge.org/...schirrmacher09_index.html

future philosophy connectivism

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    Dave Truss on 07 Nov 09
     
    thinking itself somehow leaves the brain and uses a platform outside of the human body. And that, of course, is the Internet and it's the cloud. Very soon we will have the brain in the cloud. And the raises the question about the importance of thoughts. For centuries, what was important for me was decided in my brain. But now, apparently, it will be decided somewhere else.
Dave Truss

Miniature Earth and World on Fire Videos for Download/Viewing - 11 views

drop.io/minearth

1-1Teacher caring filter

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    Dave Truss on 07 Nov 09
     
    Caring Across the Curriculim : The videos you find in this drop.io were put here to accompany this blog post. Not all schools can access YouTube.
    http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/caring-across-the-curriculum/
Dave Truss

dy/av : 002 : the next-gen lecturer on Vimeo - 12 views

www.vimeo.com/1228744

stories design Math presentation video techintegrator digitalclassroom LCD

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    Dave Truss on 02 Nov 09
     
    Saw this a year ago and forgot about it... Dan Meyer at his best... tells a great story about moving to a digital teacher for all the right reasons.
Dave Truss

The Fischbowl: What If? - 17 views

thefischbowl.blogspot.com/...what-if.html

PODs presentation future fischbowl

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    Dave Truss on 01 Nov 09
     
    2006... What if we didn't let pods in the classroom. A great look back at quotes that I've used in presentations to emphasize that we are not doing any good if you try to hold on to the way things 'were' rather than looking to the future and asking 'what if' - see the opportunities not the obstacles!
Dave Truss

Learn 4 Life » What happens when you give a class of 8 year old children an iPod ... - 10 views

www.l4l.co.uk/?p=835

ipod techintegrator PODs

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    Dave Truss on 25 Oct 09
     
    As well as the school going through a massive rebuilding programme, they have also introduced a set of iPod touches into one year 4 class, for each child, to see what happens.

    All the touches are networked through an Apple Airport Extreme and out onto the internet through the school's connection. It is not every day you see this sort of thing.
Dave Truss

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet - 25 views

xkcd.com/627

humour techsupport

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    Dave Truss on 22 Oct 09
     
    For all those people that say, "Hey, you are good with computes, can you help me do this?"
Dave Truss

52 Land, Water, Fire and Sky Phenomena | WebEcoist | Green Living - 7 views

webecoist.com/...d-water-fire-and-sky-phenomena

science photography

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    Dave Truss on 20 Oct 09
     
    According to an ancient Greek philosopher, scientist and healer all matter is comprised of four elements: earth, water, fire and air and associated these four elements with gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. In more contemporary cosmologies these elements have been used to relate and contrast ideas of substance, feelings, energy and thought respectively.
Dave Truss

What can you do with a cell phone in the classroom? - Teach42 - 13 views

www.teach42.com/...-a-cell-phone-in-the-classroom

cellphones PODs classmanagement mycomments

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  • Fact is, they aren’t going away. If anything, they’re only becoming more and more prevalent. School budgets are tight, and here we are with millions of dollars in technology that’s being paid for by the parents VOLUNTARILY… and most schools refuse to leverage it because of outdated policies and teachers that don’t want to modify their own classroom management strategies.
  • When I saw Jeremy Davis recently, he told me of an educator who uses cell phones in the classroom. In fact, this teacher requires that the cell phone be out and ON the desk. In plain site. Not hidden in a pocket or backpack. So if the student is using it, the teacher KNOWS. And if the student is using it when they shouldn’t… Well, that’s when there are consequences.
  • Sure, we can keep fighting to keep cell phones hidden or banned in schools. But it’s a battle that schools can’t win. Life progresses, things change. Like it or not, these devices are here to stay, and adoption rates are racing towards 100+%. I suggest teachers be proactive. Because there’s a tidal wave coming and you can either ride with it, or have it crash into you.
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    Dave Truss on 19 Oct 09
     
    When I saw Jeremy Davis recently, he told me of an educator who uses cell phones in the classroom. In fact, this teacher requires that the cell phone be out and ON the desk. In plain site. Not hidden in a pocket or backpack. So if the student is using it, the teacher KNOWS. And if the student is using it when they shouldn't… Well, that's when there are consequences.
Dave Truss

Personally Owned Devices or whether or not using them in the classroom. - alice's posterous... - 1 views

aliceayel.posterous.com/d-devices-or-whether-or-not-us

PODs mycomments

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    Dave Truss on 19 Oct 09
     
    as Steve Dembo mentions "here we are with millions of dollars in technology that's being paid for by the parents VOLUNTARILY… and most schools refuse to leverage it because of outdated policies and teachers that don't want to modify their own classroom management strategies."
Dave Truss

Blogworthy Tweets - ELT notes - 4 views

eltnotes.blogspot.com

twitter mycomments gr8tweets quotes

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    Dave Truss on 18 Oct 09
     
    RT @budtheteacher: We can never know the totality of our influence in the world, or what conversations happen in response to our work.
Dave Truss

From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: What is your classroom "rules" list for integrat... - 21 views

www.cellphonesinlearning.com/...e-in-your-classroom-rules.html

PODs mycomments cellphones policy

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    Dave Truss on 18 Oct 09
     
    . We could teach appropriate cell phone etiquette, while showing students how to use cell phones as learning tools. I would like to brainstorm some "rules" for including cell phones inside of the school classroom.

    Here are my top 5 (although I reserve the right to change them as I hear better ideas).
Dave Truss

Free PDF Converter, HTML to PDF Converter For Free - 15 views

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pdf convert

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    Dave Truss on 18 Oct 09
     
    Free PDF Converter
    It's a simple HTML to PDF Converter. No need to install any applications on your computer.
    It's free and without registration!
Dave Truss

St. Vrain Valley School District Network VrainNet Terms and Conditions for Computer and... - 6 views

www.stvrain.k12.co.us/...EHC-R.pdf

AUP pdf

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    Dave Truss on 15 Oct 09
     
    From @budtheteacher - Bud Hunt
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