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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.  
Rhys Daunic

Tequipment's Educator Resource Center: Downloads - 4 views

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    Smartboard resources for teachers from Tequipment. 
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    Thanks for sharing this Rhys. It looks like a great collection of resources.
Sue Morris

Will Kids Read Print Books Anymore? Scholastic's 2010 Report - Unruly Guides ePublishing - 2 views

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    Reading in the digital age...
Rhys Daunic

"A Wrinkle In Time" In 90 Seconds on Vimeo - 4 views

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    film fest -- make a video version of a Newberry Award winning book in 90 seconds. 
Rhys Daunic

CITY at work: Services - 0 views

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    competitor
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
santi k

Aviary Multimedia Suite - 0 views

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    Hi everyone, Aviary is an online suite of multimedia programs. They're very similar to Photoshop, Garageband, Illustrator etc, but FREE and WEB-BASED. Basically like Google docs but multimedia creation software. Would be cool for class projects and/or students who want to experiment with media programs but don't have any installed on their computer.
Pablo Zatz

SFLMedia ::: Home Page - 4 views

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    Free 4G wireless access to educational streaming video
Rhys Daunic

Mathematics in Movies - 2 views

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    Math in movie scenes.  This can be a prompt for kids to make their own stories around math problems!
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    Hey Rhys, I'm facilitating a PD today on integrating video into the classroom and I think I'll share this link with my teachers. Thanks for the share!
Rhys Daunic

Art Project, powered by Google - 1 views

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    Explore the world's museums through Art Project powered by Google. View hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
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    Tour museums around the world with street view.  
Rhys Daunic

If Google Played Jeopardy: Smartest Search Engine, But It's No Ken Jennings - 0 views

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    Good anecdote for lessons on Internet research best practices.  The right answer is not always going to be at the top or even on the first page of results! 
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.
Rhys Daunic

A Two-Step Approach to Integrating Technology | Edutopia - 2 views

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    A lot of us are intuitively doing this already, but it's always nice to have some concise writing like this behind us!  
Rhys Daunic

Storybird - Collaborative storytelling - 1 views

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    Create a story based on a set of images provided by the software.  
Rhys Daunic

Spotlight Again Falls on Web Tools and Change - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Speaks to the relevance of what we do.  Digital Citizenship.  The power in new access to broadband, and the power of governments to pull the plug.  
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.
Rhys Daunic

LESP Teacher's Corner - 1 views

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    New online learning network we started late this year at a high school I'm working in.  Some good ESL projects in here -- make sure to check out Of Mice and Men!  
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