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EdTechTeacher Summer 2012

nice collection of links from EdTechTeacher site to rubrics for assessing blog, wikis, websites, voicethread, podcasts, video projects

Yarmouth, ME website for PD training day on google transition. Not especially great, but it does have some good lesson plans for training faculty if you dig through the site.

The value of playing with blocks.

Apple web page touting the benefits of 1 to 1

The intro is pretty compelling.

a few of the slides in this preso might be worth copying for our preso. e.g. "can't win a tech arms race with a teenager"

interesting description by a history teacher who lets students use the internet for an exam.

"bringing your own device" to school myths

new science standards coming soon

Check this out- Google goggles!

DOE clearinghouse for reviewing educational research that impacts standardized testing scores

POINT/COUNTERPOINT: WILL THE IPAD REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION?

Strategies for embedding project-based learning into STEM Education

Awesome cloud-based information management tool that enables users to collect, highlight, access and share a variety of information, on a variety of devices.

gaming in the classroom Elementary computer teacher Joel Levin uses the digital game Minecraft in the second-grade classroom. In the game, players scavenge for resources and use 3D blocks to build projects that can be wholly determined by the user or the teacher. "I'm able to construct these elaborate experiences, settings, and stories for the kids to move through. Rather than having to shoehorn a lesson around a game, I'm able to think about what I'm trying to teach and then design an entire world around that

Harvard Graduate School of Education As founder and owner of School Climate Consulting Services, Molly Gosline works with school leaders, teachers, and students to more effectively address issues such as cyberbullying and suicide prevention with the goal of improving school climate for all.

Gritical Explorers Help teachers involve students in real intellectual work - in thinking critically and constructing knowledge as they investigate historical artifacts and other materials that engage their minds and imaginationsCollaborate with teachers in their classrooms to design and document explorations and to develop and share inquiry-based curricula and instructional approachesPromote the exchange of curricular experiences and ideas through an expanding teacher network, setting the stage for authentic, democratic learning in Greater Boston and beyond.

Harvard Graduate School of Education teaching approach "critical exploration"

PBS teachers- are you an innovative teacher?   The 2011 PBS Teachers Innovation Awards is open for entries through April 14th, 2011