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Google Tools for Schools - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 10 Jan 11 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 10 Jan 11

MASSIVE collection of instructional ideas, lessons, sample products, instructions on about 20 different Google tools. Very thorough!

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Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP - 0 views

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shared by Jon Norris on 03 Jun 09 - Cached

Jon Norris on 03 Jun 09

PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. Find out about PowerToys for Windows XP Professional here.">/windowsxp/mnp_utility.mspx/templatecss?template=%2fbusiness%2ftemplates%2fMNP2.GenericArticle&shell=%2fwindowsxp%2fconfiguration_downloads.xml&locale=en-us

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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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shared by Jon Norris on 27 Jan 09 - No Cached

Jon Norris on 27 Jan 09

We are less than a mile form the convetions center...There is even a cool trail to get us there. Bring those walking shoes....

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Stock Music | Music Cues | Production Music - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 05 Jan 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 05 Jan 09

Free or inexpensive, legal-to-use music, audio, and sound effects for podcasts and other projects.

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Docstoc.com - free legal forms and business templates - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 05 Jan 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 05 Jan 09

Free online document storage, sharing, ebedding.

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Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 24 Oct 08 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 24 Oct 08

Student research, organization, writing tools (and more). Nice list (albeit a year old).

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MUSIC BAKERY: Royalty Free Music Downloads & Royalty Free Music CD Buyout Production Mu... - 1 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 10 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 11 Mar 10

Royalty-free music for student projects!

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ZAP Reader - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 03 Jun 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 03 Jun 09

Input text, set the desired speed, and Zap presents the text rapidly in tiny chunks (default is 1 word as a time). Amazingly effective method to increase reading speed.

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Stupeflix - Video production made easy - 0 views

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shared by Randy Rodgers on 22 Sep 09 - Cached

Randy Rodgers on 22 Sep 09

Site that turns videos, images, text, and audio into professional looking videos (similar to Animoto).

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