Group items tagged Technology - Tech4Learning

Make iOS and Flash Games with StencylWorks - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 12 Feb 12 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 12 Feb 12

Free software lets students design games in Flash or iOS modes. Games can be tested in iDevices or in Stencyl Lite software (Mac only for testing software; all platforms for design). Subscription allows submission to iTunes store.

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Greenfoot - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 17 Jan 14 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 17 Jan 14

Simple tool that helps students learn to program in Java.

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MakerParent - 1 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Mar 14 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 03 Mar 14

Nice collection of STEM project ideas for home (or school), sortable by age, complexity, or expense.

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How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13 - No Cached

And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
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Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
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In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
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We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
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Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
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There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
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“schools in the cloud,”
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as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
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Randy Rodgers on 30 Oct 13

Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.

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Stribe - Welcome - instantly create a social network on any website, plug and play chat... - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Jun 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 03 Jun 10

Allows users to create custom social networks and embed them into their own sites.

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Visible Tweets - Twitter Visualisations. Now with added prettiness! - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 13 Aug 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 13 Aug 10

Another Twitter tweet visualization tool--really nice effects!

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Teachers Love SMART Boards - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 24 Sep 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 24 Sep 10

Lots of good Smart board discussions, lessons, video tutorials, podcasts.

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Tangipahoa Parish Schools - SMARTBoard Resources - Notebook Files - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 24 Sep 10 - No Cached

Randy Rodgers on 24 Sep 10

Another good collection of Smart board resources, this one from Tangipahoa schools in Louisiana.

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NASA - Do-It-Yourself Podcast - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 12 Mar 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 12 Mar 09

Podcasting lesson plans from NASA

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ScribbleLive | Liveblog live blogging - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 29 Jan 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 29 Jan 09

Live blogging tool with Facebook, Twitter integration, lots of useful tools.

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Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies - Wikibooks, collection of open-content text... - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 23 Sep 08 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 23 Sep 08

Very informative book about Web 2.0 created by university students in wiki form

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Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System (ARS), PowerPoint Polling... - 1 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 10 Oct 08 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 10 Oct 08

Create online polls that users can respond to via the web or CELLPHONE! Updates go directly to the browser or PowerPoint.

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100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers - Classroom 2.0 - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 02 Dec 08 - Cached

100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers | Smart Teaching - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Oct 08 - Cached

10 Free Tools for Collaboration - Stepcase Lifehack - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 08 Nov 08 - Cached

misterrodgers's channel | 12seconds.tv (beta) - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 07 Jan 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 07 Jan 09

12second.tv channel--used for 12 second tech challenges for teachers.

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Skype in Schools / FrontPage - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Mar 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 03 Mar 09

Directory of educator Skype users.

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Innovative Educator 2.0: Top Videos to Showcase to Administrative Leaders - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 13 Nov 08 - Cached

FlipCam Tips and Tricks for Better Video | RCPS Technology - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 16 Oct 08 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 16 Oct 08

Good list of instructional tips for using digital video cams with students.

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Technology in Schools: Move Over Survey Monkey Google Forms is here and its Free - 0 views

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