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John Evans

Shai Agassi's bold plan for electric cars | Video on TED.com - 0 views

  • Forget about the hybrid auto -- Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020.
John Evans

TSTC Takes One Small Step for Virtual Worlds, One Giant Leap for Virtual World Education - 0 views

  • One graduation, not affected by swine flu, occurred at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Texas State Technical College's virtual college (vTSTC) in Second Life. On this day, Julie Shannan, became the first known student to graduate from a certificate program taken entirely in a virtual environment.
John Evans

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - 0 views

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    Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. Read below to learn how you can take advantage of the power of Skype in your classroom.
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    50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
John Evans

Quotes by Clay Shirky (page 1 of 1) - 10 views

  • "Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring."
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      It's the ease of use and resulting adoption that takes place over time that allows people to see the application of technology in ways that it wasn't easily apparent before.
John Evans

Link Checker - free online link test. Check your web pages with LinkChecker. - 5 views

  • Enter the URL to the page you want checked and we'll instantly test the links on your page to see if they're working! It's a simple 3 step process that takes only seconds. No signup, no login required. 
Phil Taylor

Turning the Classroom Upside Down - WSJ.com - 1 views

  • The teacher delivers lectures on a new concept, students do some homework problems, and after a few weeks they take an exam. Some do well, some do poorly, and then it's on to the next topic.
  • given students and teachers the power to "flip" the traditional classroom
John Evans

Mobile Tech Learning - How to Design a Beautiful iPad Lesson - 6 views

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    John I liked this because I learned how to take a screenshot on ipad2. So thanks.
Phil Taylor

Red Tape - That famous space shuttle photo: When is sharing stealing? - 3 views

  • The law, however, is not. The mere act of taking a photograph means the photographer holds the copyright for that picture. Sharing it on a social media site does nothing to limit or reduce that fundamental right,
  • “There's definitely an ethics issue here,"
Phil Taylor

Stagnant Future, Stagnant Tests: Pointed Response to NY Times "Grading the Digital Scho... - 3 views

  • they are understanding a complex text and making sense of it within the context of their own lives.   No parent wants more, no teacher does, than for kids to be able to not just "read" Shakespeare but to understand why his work still speaks urgently to the present, why it is worth taking the time to read all that odd English from another time
  • We are not responsible as educators unless we are teaching not just with technology but through it, about it, because of it.   We need to make kids understand its power, its potential, its dangers, its use.  That isn't just an investment worth making but one that it would be irresponsible to avoid.
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