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Samantha Calamari

Education Technology Issue - 1 views

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    Just in case you missed it... the entire issue is dedicated to edtech including the link Daniel posted below. I found the "Does the Digital Classroom Enfeeble the Mind?" article particularly interesting.
wiljennings419

5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) - 1 views

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    While we've witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we're struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. We're sharing these common challenges with you, so your school doesn't have to make them.
Pablo Zatz

Behavior Management Software - ClassDojo - 1 views

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    Phenomenal classroom behavior app. A must!
Rhys Daunic

eChalk integrates Google Apps for edu - 1 views

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    I think we DSS consultants had something to do with this move by eChalk :) 
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Idaho Teachers Fight a Reliance on Computers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A good read. How would you respond?
wiljennings419

Online Tools for Educational Technology: Thinkfinity - 0 views

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    A number of tools that we use and some we don't gathered in one site.
Pablo Zatz

Featured Wiki: Fugleflicks | - 2 views

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    Classroom examples of wiki use in art/film making
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Most Popular Blog Posts | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 views

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    This educator has a wealth of resources for tech-ed, and an especially rich source of links/ideas for ELL, ESL, & EFL's
anonymous

Google Apps K-12 Lesson Plans using Docs, Sites, and Calendar. - 1 views

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    Check out these excellent lesson plans that allow educators to integrate Google Apps into the curriculum.
anonymous

National Ed Tech Plan Puts Technology at the Heart of Education Reform -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    Important reading for all educators, especially those interested in preparing our students for life in today's ever-changing landscape.
anonymous

14 Technologies Educators Should Watch in 2010 -- THE Journal - 3 views

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    There are some interesting finds in this article; although, I would say we are all utilizing most of these technologies all ready as part of our practice.
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    I was just about to add this article when I saw you already had. I agree that we are using many of them. I would like to know more about the Epson projector that is an IWB. I believe that product is somthing to watch!
anonymous

What Are the Top-10 Ed Tech Priorities for 2010? -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • Keeping educators up to date on the latest technologies to help them be more effective in their teaching environments;
  • Using technology to "scale improvement" and "accelerate reform";
  • Developing systems and strategies that will help educators use assessment data to improve student learning;
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    "Developing systems and strategies that will help educators use assessment data to improve student learning;"
anonymous

Executive Summary | National Education Technology Plan - 1 views

  • The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching “grand challenge problems” that should be funded and coordinated at a national level.
  • Just as leveraging technology can help us improve learning and assessment, the model of 21st century learning calls for using technology to help build the capacity of educators by enabling a shift to a model of connected teaching. In such a teaching model, teams of connected educators replace solo practitioners and classrooms are fully connected to provide educators with 24/7 access to data and analytic tools as well as to resources that help them act on the insights the data provide.
  • In connected teaching, teaching is a team activity. Individual educators build online learning communities consisting of their students and their students’ peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and afterschool programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations that serve students in the hours they are not in school; and parents who desire greater participation in their children’s education.
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  • Episodic and ineffective professional development is replaced by professional learning that is collaborative, coherent, and continuous and that blends more effective in-person courses and workshops with the expanded opportunities, immediacy, and convenience enabled by online environments full of resources and opportunities for collaboration.
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    From the summary: " The NETP presents a model of 21st century learning powered by technology, with goals and recommendations in five essential areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure, and productivity. The plan also identifies far-reaching "grand challenge problems" that should be funded and coordinated at a national level."
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    Outstanding stuff, Dan! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Rhys Daunic

Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • PowerPoint’s worst offense is not a chart like the spaghetti graphic, which was first uncovered by NBC’s Richard Engel, but rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a presentation on a conflict’s causes) that take no account of interconnected political, economic and ethnic forces.
  • behind all the PowerPoint jokes are serious concerns that the program stifles discussion, critical thinking and thoughtful decision-making.
  • “I have to make a storyboard complete with digital pictures, diagrams and text summaries on just about anything that happens,” Lieutenant Nuxoll told the Web site. “Conduct a key leader engagement? Make a storyboard. Award a microgrant? Make a storyboard.”
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      Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.  Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused.  
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  • hierarchical ordering of a confused world
  • the slides impart less information than a five-page paper can hold, and that they relieve the briefer of the need to polish writing to convey an analytic, persuasive point
  • “Dumb-Dumb Bullets,
  • vague PowerPoint slides
  • oes come in handy when the goal is not imparting information
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    Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand-in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.   Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused as a replacement for rigorous critical thinking around complex issues.  It's a visual aide, not a complete platform for stand-alone communication.  
Angela Watson

Docs for Developing Technology Vision Statements - 6 views

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    These are great templates by Bill Ferriter.
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Google Apps Marketplace - EDU - 1 views

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    More apps, organized nicely.
wiljennings419

Coaching Teachers: What You Need to Know - 0 views

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    Article about coaching teachers, the necessary training for being a coach, etc. "A principal may see the coach as part of and accountable to the administration. Yet in order for coaching to be effective, teachers need to be able to completely trust a coach and know that what is said and observed will not be repeated to the principal."
Rhys Daunic

iPad as an Interactive White Board for $5 or $10 « Moving at the Speed of Cre... - 1 views

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    School leaders around the United States continue to spend HUGE amounts of money on interactive whiteboards for classrooms, despite the fact that these devices universally FAIL to empower students to become more independent, self-directed and engaged learners in the way mobile learning devices (like laptops, tablets or other personal digital learning tools) can. Please do not misunderstand me: It definitely IS a big deal for a teacher and his/her students to have access to an LCD projector connected to a computer in the classroom if previously, the "normal" technology in the room was an overhead projector.
wiljennings419

Are schools ready for cloud computing? - 1 views

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    Are Educators Ready for Cloud Computing in Schools? By Patrick Ledesma on May 16, 2011 3:34 PM | No Comments | No Recommendations In 2001, Mark Prensky coined the terms "Digital Natives" and "Digital Immigrants" to describe the differences between adults and students in using technology. Educators are the "Digital Immigrants" who have to adapt and learn how to integrate technology into their lives. Students are "Digital Natives" born into a culture and lifestyle where technology immersion is the norm.
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