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Corinne Carriero

NYCLooking To Bring Networking, Technology, Social Media Into The Classroom - 1 views

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    New York City Looking To Bring Networking, Technology and Social Media Into The Classroom. Interview with Lisa Nielsen newly appointed Director of Digital Literacy and Citizenship at the New York City Department of Education
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    NYC DOE sees the light!! - They have created position of Director of Digital Literacy and Citizenship - primary role to help teachers understand possibilities of social media and how they might use various tools - Facebook, Twitter, wikis - effectively as part of their professional practice.
anonymous

mCLASS Beacon - Assessment System - Wireless Generation - 2 views

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    This looks to be a robust assessment tool that allows teachers to track student progress. Some of the features include: a learning map that displays progres towards mastery of standards (CCLS aligned) and tools to support teachers in interpreting data. It also item analysis, grade-level stats and support tools that teachers can use to design interim assessments and more.
Corinne Carriero

How the Flipped Classroom Is Radically Transforming Learning - THE DAILY RIFF - Be Smar... - 1 views

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    Teachers talk about the change in their teaching and in student learning by "flipping" instruction and becoming facilitators/coaches- spending more time working with individual students and groups as opposed to being the "sage on the stage"
Rhys Daunic

Mozilla Thimble App - 0 views

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    Mozilla Thimble App makes it ridiculously simple to create your own web pages. Write and edit HTML and CSS right in your browser. Instantly preview your work. Then host and share your finished pages with a single click. Easy, huh?
Sheila Tebbano

Next Vista for Learning - 2 views

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    Online video library with student produced videos that are all under 5 minutes. Students can produce and submit multimedia presentations to Next Vista and if they are accepted, they would be featured on the site. And it's free!
Sheila Tebbano

Vital . Login | Thirteen/WNET - 2 views

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    I found this resource and thought I should share it because it is a free resource for NYS educators. You can test drive the site before joining. It is a collection of video tutorials and lessons by teachers that cover Pre-k - high school curricula that also allows you to organize and share resources.
anonymous

CompassLearning Odyssey - 1 views

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    Compass provides teachers with online multimedia content and standards-aligned curricula that are interactive and self-paced. Compass activities for students are designed to promote problem-solving and to encourage them to make real-world connections. Compass also includes embedded assessments.
Sheila Tebbano

Shmoop: Study Guides & Teacher Resources - 0 views

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    Shmoop is a research resource, learning guide and much more. It will engage students and provide teachers with quality material that can make learning fun.
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    This is an exciting new tool that secondary teachers will love. The creators of Shmoop have put together great information, resources, learning guides, and more. The writers have a sense of humor and the material is on target. Definitely a must share Web 2.0 tool. Check it out!!
Rhys Daunic

Young Entrepreneurs Create Their Own Jobs - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Would not be done without 21st Century skills, media literacy, and the ability to problem solve and think critically to apply all of the above.  That and GUTS! 
Rhys Daunic

The school that gives every student an iPad | News | TechRadar UK - 0 views

  • The iPad project arose from day-to-day demands within the school. As Head of Computing, a dozen iMacs were fixed in Fraser's classroom, and a dozen MacBooks were available for booking; but with teachers increasingly wanting to provide pupils with web access, pressure and demand grew.
  • Apple's tablet dealt with every problem the school had with the iPod touch: it boasted a decent software keyboard and projector connection, and Apple made office apps available for sale. On importing his own iPad from the US, Fraser was sold: "On the first day, it ran and ran. I couldn't make the battery die, and I realised this alone would transform the technology experience in the classroom."
  • The school that gives every student an iPad
anonymous

Lee Kolbert: Protecting Reputations Online: A Lesson to Share and Then Create - 1 views

  • What if all middle and high school students had to watch this and then form groups of three or four and create their own similar video (or just stage it) to share their own story of caution for younger students?
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    I see this as an excellent project idea for all NY CL schools and beyond.
Carolyn Demefack

2011 Educational Technology Conference, "TCETC 2011: Technology, Media, and Designs for... - 1 views

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    TCETC 2011 will take place on Saturday, May 21st, and Sunday, May 22nd at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. This conference will serve as a multi-disciplinary forum for graduate students to discuss and exchange information on the research, development and applications of emerging technologies in PK-12 classrooms, at home environments and afterschool programs, distance learning settings, higher education, and corporate learning environments.
myfanwi

The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in The Moving Image - 1 views

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    The Blueprint for Teaching and Learning: The Moving Image (preK -12) is divided into three types of media: Film, Television, and Animation. Each of the 5 strands-Making Moving Images; Literacy; Connections; Cultural Resources; and Careers and Lifelong Learning-includes benchmarks, indicators of student learning, and suggested activities...
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    Great resource! Thanks! Will be sure to pass it on to the teachers that need this. Specially the opportunities section.
Rhys Daunic

COVERITLIVE.COM - Home - 0 views

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    Whether it's Live Blogging, hosting a weekly Question & Answer session or simply reporting on Breaking News, all readers agree: Live is Better. CoveritLive is already being used by thousands of bloggers and large media companies to engage millions of readers each month. Reviewers and some of the largest sites of the web agree no other software delivers ease of use, scale and reliability like CoveritLive.
anonymous

Upload videos! Free home video sharing and editing. Secure Home Movie Archiving, Hostin... - 0 views

shared by anonymous on 06 Apr 09 - Cached
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    According to their "About" page motionbox provides, free, 750mb video storage (free account), Easy-to-use online editing tools, Large file uploads, HD player and full-screen playbac. High quality downloads to a computer or iPod, DVDs and Flipbooks of your videos/\n
anonymous

TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Assessment Tool - 0 views

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    This tool specifically investigates the workstation, network and server cost of ownership in the K-12 environment, providing an instrument and a process that schools and districts can use in determining their total cost of ownership (TCO) for technology:
anonymous

NYSED-Virtual Learning System-Welcome to VLS - 0 views

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    The purpose of the New York State Education Department's Virtual Learning System is to encourage the use of the Internet as a tool for teaching and learning and to assist classroom teachers in locating Internet resources for instruction. VLS offers the full text of New York State's learning standards with their key ideas and performance indicators, as well as alternate performance indicators for students with severe disabilities.
anonymous

Creating Online PLC's - 0 views

  • there are three reasons why schools have failed to develop as true learning organizations—culture, competition, and isolation.
  • Through virtual exchanges and the building of personal learning networks, teachers are increasingly drawing on external communities that promote connection and knowledge-sharing.
  • providing space for reflection and collaboration is not something most schools do very we
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    A former teacher and education-technology consultant says today's professional development needs to immerse educators in experiences that promote reflection and relationship-building.
wiljennings419

The Top 10 Education APIs (And Why They're Important) | Edudemic - 1 views

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    First off, what is an API? API stands for Application Program Interface. It's a tool which allows web applications (websites and apps to the layman) to communicate with each other and share information stored in each other's databases. This information can then be incorporated into new and different projects.
Sheila Tebbano

Mapped historical photos, film, and audio | SepiaTown - 1 views

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    See then and now pictures of locations in major cities. This is really interesting for NYC teacher and kids.
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    Check out this site!
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