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Randy Rodgers

Hack the Storybook - NEXMAP - 0 views

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    Very cool idea for using electronic components to make interactive, 21st century books, art, etc.
Randy Rodgers

32 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - 0 views

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    Google Presentation with some great, practical examples of ways Google Apps could be utilized in education.
Randy Rodgers

slidepoint.net | Create or Upload Online Presentations and Slideshows that Don't use Flash - 0 views

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    Create online slideshows that are iDevice compatible!
Randy Rodgers

BiblioNasium - Kids Share Book Recommendations. Use Online Reading Logs, Find Books At ... - 0 views

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    Social network for kids 6-12 years built around sharing books/reading. Teachers can easily set up classes, reading lists, etc.
Randy Rodgers

Seguin Independent School District - 1 views

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    Teacher technology resources for SISD
Randy Rodgers

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

  • 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.
  • Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
  • 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.
  • Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
  • 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.”
  • “schools in the cloud,”
  • 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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    Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.
Randy Rodgers

Fusion: SMART Boards, Airliners, and Notebook Software - 0 views

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    Missouri school district's Smart resources--includes Moodle course on Smart!
Jon Norris

Cool Map - 0 views

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

Marzano's Instructional Strategies - 0 views

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    Integrating technology with Marzano's 9 strategies
Randy Rodgers

Sprixi - Free images to choose and use! - 2 views

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    This site is on a break right now. They will be back someday.
Jon Norris

Decatur Mac Resources - 0 views

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    This a link to the Mac resources that Decatur has collected
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