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FREE -- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - 0 views

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    Classroom resources across the curriculum searchable by category, supported with pictures, videos and informational text
Linda Wilson

Techlearning > > Breaking News! Students Create Radio-Style Podcasts > October 1, 2007 - 0 views

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    Article about the learning benefits of using podcasts in the social studies curriculum when the goal was to try to infuse reading and writing into the curriculum.
Linda Wilson

OKAPI!: Readability Statistics & CBA Reading Probe Generator - 0 views

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    "OKAPI! is a web-based application that allows you to enter a text sample and to format that sample as a set of Examiner and Student Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA) reading probes. The application also computes a readability index for the sample."
Linda Wilson

Techlearning > > The New Literacy > September 15, 2004 - 0 views

  • the best thing we can teach them is how to teach themselves.
  • Whether we like it or not, with the information age comes a whole new set of basic skills.
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      Finding information in today's world is so different from what we were taught in the past.
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  • Today, our students typically begin their information experiences in front of a global electronic library of billions of pages of information
  • Basic skills for today's students include the following:
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      The skills of evaluating online media are very different from evaluating what is found in an encyclopedia or non-fiction book in the library.
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      Notice how many online bookmarking systems there are - too many really. We chose diigo because of the groups feature and the ability to annotate your pages, like this!
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    A good overview of the 21st century skills students today require.  As teachers, our challenge is to make sure the curriculum addresses these skills so students are prepared for the world beyond school.
Linda Wilson

South African Curriculum - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks - 0 views

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    Example of online textbooks from South Africa
Linda Wilson

Techlearning > > Helping Young Students to Master Technology > October 1, 2007 - 0 views

  • Recently, students have started using Microsoft Word to compete their journals one to three times a week (using a rotating schedule and one day of full-time computer lab access).
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    Discusses the importance of true integration of technology into the curriculum, rather than treating technology as another subject area to teach.
Linda Wilson

curriculumSET: Sub Category - 0 views

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    online database of UDL resources (Kurzweil, Clicker, etc) categorized by grade (Canada).  Provides and example of a curriculum sharing database as well as examples of resources.
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