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Ken Fuller

Unexpected Learnings: BackNoise Can Be Toxic | New Media Atlanta - 0 views

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  • The first speaker was quite good, but he kept referring to the “backnoise.”  I didn’t know what this meant, but a quick check of Twitter and Facebook led me to the BackNoise website.  From what I can determine, BackNoise is the equivalent of passing notes or whispering in the back of the classroom, except anyone who wants to participate or listen in can do so.  Someone had set up a conversation area on BackNoise for New Media Atlanta, and people in the audience were typing in comments during the day that others could read in real time. 
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Just what is backchanneling?
  • One thing I learned yesterday was how the existence of BackNoise can change the direction of an event in real time.  This sounds like a good thing, and it partly is.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      The intended use and the ultimate outcome could be worlds apart; read on.
  • after lunch, the lights in the auditorium were low and several people posted on BackNoise that they were falling asleep, so the organizers turned the lights back up.  When a panel discussion and the keynote speaker got good reviews, they let those sessions run long (which meant the last session of the day didn’t happen, which would have upset me if I were that presenter, but it appears the audience got what they wanted).  And there were enough gripes about the “no beverages in the room” policy that the organizers had a shipment of bottled water brought in and added a break in the afternoon.  All good stuff!
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Unfortunately, BackNoise, the backchannel service being used, allowed anonymous posts. In this case anonimity allowed the participants to take cheap shots at the presenters.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Getting feedback from the participants allowed the organizers to "cater" to the needs or interests of the participants. For example, improving the lighting, or being more flexible with restrictions, no beverages in the conference room.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Real-time gathering or dissemination of information can be good feedback for the presenters/organizers.
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  • A majority of the comments were just plain mean in an irrelevant way – not constructive criticism, but rude, boorish, even vicious remarks. A few people commented about this rudeness on BackNoise and were immediately scolded with responses like “If you don’t want to read snarkiness, you don’t have to stay on this site!”  They were right.  I became more and more dismayed as I stayed on the site, and I kept telling myself I should leave (and maybe actually pay attention to the presentations – what a concept!).  But it was like catching the first few minutes of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” or trying to eat just one Frito…you know it’s going to be a junky trainwreck but you just can’t help yourself and you can’t stop.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      The one and only person to post their handle was shouted down by the "crowd think". See Philip Zombardo on TED.com on the effect of power on one's actions. http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil.html
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      The remarks became more critical, each one seemingly worse than the previous remark.
  • That’s the silver lining in what became, for me at least, a big, ugly, gray cloud of negativity.  As the second speaker started, people on BackNoise started bashing his PowerPoint slide design, and then his content.  His content was pretty basic – I wasn’t learning anything new – so I distracted myself by continuing to watch the conversation on BackNoise.  It degenerated from bad to worse.  As the day went on, there were some posts of substance, such as people saying that they wanted more “how to” information than they were getting.
  • Only one person put his real name up, and pretty soon the masses bored of picking on the speakers and turned on him for awhile.  He was able to defend himself in a snarky (and presumably respected-by-this-crowd) way, so that mood passed.  But you could see the “crowdthink” forming right before your eyes – if one or two people designated a presenter “good” or “bad” early on, the vast majority of other posts would follow along in that vein.  And they’d almost try to one-up each other with the meanest and wittiest observations they could think of.
  • At one point, I had Twitter open on one browser (using the designated #nmatl hashtag) and BackNoise open on another browser.  The difference between th
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      The last speaker got wise and projected the live BackNoise feed for all to see. The perception of no longer being anonymous appeared to change the tone of the conversation.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Following another source (Twitter) the feedback was much more positive or just about fact finding.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      ...the "crowd" had been very critical of a speaker who had the misfortune of seeing the comments as well.
  • Here are my takeaways from New Media Atlanta:
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Questions to consider after this experience: Do you put a no laptop/mobile device policy in place? Should you continue to read the backchannel feedback, looking for ways to improve your presentations and better meet the needs of your audience? What positive/negative affect might that feedback have on you as a presenter? Are you sure the conference is a fit for you? What new information might you take away from it? Do you know your audience?
  • If you were reading Twitter, you’d get a very different (and more positive) view of the conference than if you were reading BackNoise.
  • The last speaker
  • instead of using a PowerPoint presentation, he put the live BackNoise conversation feed up on the screen behind him as he spoke.  The tone improved, partly because Chris was really good
  • I’m sure having the comments be so very public made people behave a bit better as wel
  • e two was significant – the majority of tweets were either positive or simply restated facts from the presentations. 
  • I cringed for one of the previous speakers when two separate people posted how much her presentation had sucked, and this was right up on the screen for the entire audience (including her) to see.
  • I was blissfully ignorant about BackNoise.
  • I’m truly nervous about presenting, at least to a group with laptops or smartphones in front of them
  • should I read the BackNoise chatter about my presentation afterwards or not?  If people have constructive criticisms that can help me improve my talk and give the audience more of what they want next time, that’s great!  But I don’t think I could handle people joking about or making fun of the way I look, the way I pronounce words, or other personal details that are completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.  That kind of feedback would probably make me a worse speaker – more tentative, less sure of myself, and less likely to want to present at all.  Come to think of it, could BackNoise have a dampening effect on professionals being willing to share their knowledge in general?
  • The negativity on BackNoise had a very large and detrimental impact on how I viewed the event. 
  • the conference and the speakers were not bad at all – in fact, they were quite good.  The problem was that there were too many advanced people in the audience, like me, whose expectations didn’t match what was being presented.
  • I don’t often bring a laptop to conferences, and now I see why.
  • too distracting.  It’s not just BackNoise, it’s Twitter, other social media sites (ironically), checking email, etc
  • anonymity tends to bring out the worst in peopl
  • How can you justify paying good money to attend an event and then not only fail to pay attention to the content, but instead spend the day trying to entertain people you don’t even know at others’ expense?
  • I have the naïve optimism to ask anyone and everyone who’s attending a conference or event to do two things: If you use BackNoise or similar sites, keep your comments constructive and focus on the venue or content rather than making personal attacks or jokes about fellow human beings. Have the guts to use your name when you have suggestions as to how things can be improved rather than remaining anonymous.  That would be the mature, professional thing to do.
    • Ken Fuller
      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Things to consider when using some form of backchanneling as a presenter or participant: Find the right application for the venue, audience, purpose Encourage participants to focus on the content, contribute constructive comments to the conversation and use your name or handle
  • Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
     
    Blogger Stacy Williams writes about the good, the bad, and the ugly of "BackNoise" [backchannel]
Ken Fuller

To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Managing the Legal Risks of Social Media - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 15 Jul 10
     
    Being proactive is key in harnessing the power of emerging technologies like social media. Check out this article on the implications of social media in the workplace from an HR perspective. Try looking at the content through the eyes of an IT specialist. Directly from the article "The Bottom Line" Organizations must develop strong policies and implement them in a defensible way. If there are no internal resources with the hybrid legal and IT experience needed to execute a smart e-discovery strategy, it's advisable to hire outside expertise. Getting your e-discovery ducks in a row may be a tall order, but it can be done. Here are some guidelines: 1. Know your enemy. Find out what kinds of social media tools are being used in your organization and why. 2. Don't try to ban social media. Locking down your company's Internet access is an unrealistic goal, and it sends the wrong message to employees. 3. Establish good policies. Consider legal risks in all of the company's existing policies, including corporate communications and acceptable use policies. 4. Educate employees. Communicate why policies are important for the well-being of the organization and its staff. 5. Solicit feedback. Ask users for their input about policy changes. This will go a long way in ensuring adoption. 6. Keep it short. Make policies clear and understandable, and cut the legal jargon. Provide guidelines and examples to help employees understand the company's expectations. 7. Require employees to certify (in writing) their understanding and compliance with all corporate policies. 8. Track and audit the use of social media sites. This will provide valuable insight about policy compliance and the nature of social media use. Most importantly, learn to embrace social media for all of its benefits. Used properly, social media tools enhance your brand, foster collaboration, and help build the kinds of relationships you need to develop successful teams.
Siu Connor

Diigo : The End Of Bookmarks? | Search Engine Journal - 1 views

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  • Diigo’s community, in using all the function of Diigo’s innovation and refinements, has the ability to help build relationships based around perhaps our greatest asset – knowledge.
  • Diigo allows users to add, gather or extract from pages of information and then share or work with others to further refine knowledge. Users can define their content on a group, community and ultimatly on a personal level via this even more enhanced UI.
  • The purpose was and is to help people grab relevant content and effectively aggregate, save and/or store this data. Diigo essentially transformed the bookmark into a more usable and effective data collection tool and has also enabled a very unique and positive community aspect with V3. Diigo basically enables people to study and research as one would in a library – by taking pertinent pieces of the knowledge puzzle and putting them where they are accessible, functional and more easily utilized.
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  • Users now have the ability to search and select suggested data from other users as well as suggesting relevant knowledge to their friends. Suggestion, when presented by like minded users, can effectively act as a knowledge filter which narrows search to a fine point.
  • Siu Connor on 21 Oct 09
     
    An article worth reading. It describes the impact diigo can have in an intelligent and thoughtful manner.
Ken Fuller

20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have -- THE Journal - 3 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 15 Oct 09
     
    This one is an oldie but a goodie. I use it whenever I work a new group of learners or learners that are new to educational technology. It's an easy read and can be modified to reflect the rapid changes in technology.
  • Siu Connor on 16 Oct 09
     
    Yes, I agree with much of the article and the skills mentioned, but at first glance, it's quite daunting. You're talking about skills that, for the average educator, takes years to acquire and with which to become comfortable. That is something we ,as integration specialists,s need to keep in mind.
  • Ken Fuller on 27 Oct 09
     
    Absolutely Sui! I think TISs face the same challenge as classroom teachers. How do we hook them? For people like you and I it's an intrinsic motivation to grow our knowledge base and fine tune our craft. Once a teacher told me, "there are three kinds of teachers, those that were born to do it, those that can be taught to do it and those that will never get it." I want to believe that the overwhelming majority of teachers fall into that second category. So, back to how do we hook them. I agree with Bill that Atomic Learning is woefully underutilized. One way to get the teachers hooked and increase the likelihood that AL is used is to adopt AL as our launching point for developing all PLOs. Take a look at the AL Toolkit http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/atomictoolkit. Assuming that we have done our due diligence and prepared our teachers to register for AL and view relevant tutorials prior to the PLO. Use the toolkit materials to "promote" our PLOs. Encourage teachers to subscribe to the AL newsletter and our web site blog feeds. Design PLOs with their work in mind - flipcharts using upcoming unit actiities, etc. I think it was Kathy Shrock that said something like, when teaching an unfamiliar application use a familiar task and when teaching an unfamiliar task use a familiar application. We also need to change the mindset so that the "learning" is their bag of bricks to carry and that we are here to coach, and support them to that end.
Ken Fuller

Big6 Resources - 2 views

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Big6 research information literacy graphic organizer webpage

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  • RESOURCES for EACH BIG6™ STEP
  • 1. Task Definition
  • General-to-specific triangle
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  • 2. Information-Seeking Strategies
  • Primary and Secondary Sources
  • Read•Write•Think lesson plans for selecting best resources (grades 3-5).
  • 3. Location and Access
  • Pathfinders
  • Online Databases
  • Great places for teachers to find WWW sites and resources to support school projects
  • 4. Use of Information
  • The Trash-n-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking - This is our favorite method for teaching/learning notetaking skills.
  • Note-taking
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Inspiration- Software for creating graphic organizers. Download a trial copy. Includes Kidspiration for younger kids
  • Citing Source
  • Copyright and plagiarism
  • Copyright for Kids
  • 5. Synthesis
  • Products and Assessments - Elementary
  • 6. Evaluation
  • Assessment and Project-Based Learning
  • Ken Fuller on 19 Mar 12
     
    Graphic organizers, webpages, reproducibles, lesson plans and other resources for use to explain, teach, and implement Big6 research skills.
Ken Fuller

Pandora Radio - Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 10 Jun 10
     
    This site is devoted to the listening of music. People in the fourth grade and older can find this site manageable and pertinent. Pandora is internet radio that allows the user to customize a "station" based on personal preferences. When a song is presented, the listener may skip it, click "I like this song" or click "I don't like this song". Based on the human input, Pandora will begin to "learn" the users preferences. The next song presented on the radio will be centered on the feedback from the previous song. Students could be presented with a new artist\composer to explore. By using this site they can be exposed to new music and be in control of the direction their tastes take them. The students can make connections between a classical composer and current pop-culture music.
  • Ken Fuller on 10 Jun 10
     
    I've been kicking around the idea of having teachers and/or students create and share Pandora stations around composers, favorite artists, genres, etc.
Scott Nourse

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • The Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative that has replaced history and advanced-placement biology textbooks at 11 schools. In California, six middle schools in four cities (San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno and Riverside) are teaching the first iPad-only algebra course developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • converted an empty classroom into a lab with 36 iPads — named the “iMaginarium”
  • uestion whether school officials have become so enamored with iPads that they have overlooked less costly options
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  • working with textbook publishers on instructional programs and sponsoring iPad workshops for administrators and teachers
  • iPad algebra program in California
  • n Virginia, Pearson, an educational publisher, added iPad-specific features to existing American and world history programs, including an application for “Jeopardy”-like games and functions that enable students to take on-screen notes in the margins, bookmark pages and zoom in for close-ups. Pearson will develop iPad versions for all of its new instructional programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and begin offering iPad versions for 30 top-selling math, reading, literature, social studies and science programs in April.
  • “Traditionally, so much of art history is slides on a screen,” he said. “When they were able to manipulate the image themselves, it came alive.”
  • iPads would also save money in the long run by reducing printing and textbook costs; the estimated savings in the two iPad classes alone are $7,200 a year.
  • eplacing math textbooks with digital versions
  • 60 percent of the high school’s literature reading list from iBooks free.
  • “We are talking about changing the way we do business in the classroom.”
  • Scott Nourse on 05 Jan 11
     
    part 2
Ken Fuller

Gaggle Blogs - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 22 Feb 11
     
    I attended a Gaggle run webinar, "A Day in the Life of a Gaggle Student", this morning. The presenter highlighted most of the new features and apps students and teachers are likely to use to communicate with each other throughout the day. The package is setup like Google Docs in many ways. Gaggle content is filtered so that educators can provide appropriate content and support to their students in a social media like environment. GoToMeeting was the platform used to conduct the webinar. GoToMeeting is a paid service for delivering webinars and conducting onlinr training and meetings.
Scott Nourse

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.
  • replace textbooks; allow students to correspond with teachers, file papers and homework assignments; and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.
  • extend the classroom beyond these four walls
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  • takes away students’ excuses for not doing their work.
  • e traditional scope of homework: go home, read, write,” he said, referring to its video and multimedia elements. “I’m expecting a higher rate of homework completion.”
  • spending money on tablet computers may seem like an extravagance.
  • invest in them before their educational value has been proved by research.
  • , is advancing its effort to go paperless and cut spending. Some of the tablets are being used for special education students.
  • “IPads are marvelous tools to engage kids, but then the novelty wears off, and you get into hard-core issues of teaching and learning.”
  • versatile tool with a multitude of applications, including thousands with educational uses.
  • laud the iPad’s physical attributes,
  • light weight
  • “There is very little evidence that kids learn more, faster or better by using these machines,”
  • simulate a piano keyboard on a screen or display constellations based on a viewer’s location
  • Scott Nourse on 04 Jan 11
     
    Pros and cons
Ken Fuller

Lotus Launcher Android application - AppStoreHQ - 0 views

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  • Overview Details News Reviews FREE Downloads: 10,000-50,000 Download Download Lotus Launcher Enter your email address below to receive a link via email. Visit this link from your Android device to download this app from the Android Market.
  • Description
  • Give the possibility to store your login information of your Lotus Notes webmail. Go to preferences form and define your own parameters.Web site : http://android.miny.frSee full change log on web site.
  • Ken Fuller on 07 Feb 11
     
    Android App to access Lotus iNotes. I had a teacher ask if she could access her district email from her new Droid Incredible smartphone. I did a little Googling - lotus webnotes droid incredible app - and came up with this little gem. 10-50k downloads is a fair amount and it has an average of 4 stars. For iPhone users it's a little easier. From the iPhone type in notes.buffaloschools.org in your browser of choice. You should see the same page that you would see if logging in from your desktop. Login, and voila!...cool little interface complete with calendar and contacts.
Ken Fuller

Buffalo Public Schools - Teacher Pages - 4 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 01 Nov 09
     
    Buffalo City School District (BSCD) TIS Kathleen Emhof's teacher web page. The site is clean, efficient and provides or links to many staff resources. Three features really stand out . First the subpages under the section My Home Page are written in a conversational tone. I think that has an inviting appeal. Second is the use of the Calendar feature of the home page. This moves the lab scheduling off her shoulders and encourages the staff to plan and communicate with each other. Third and lastly, making all relevant itech forms available to the staff. I have just a few suggestions: - consider password protecting the teacher resources page - create separate student/parent resource section
  • Siu Connor on 01 Nov 09
     
    You can have the ultimate webpage, but the true end goal is getting teachers and others to use it. That takes a great deal of diplomacy. Hillary, are you listening?
  • William Russo on 02 Nov 09
     
    Ken, thank you for highlighting one of our colleagues pages. One of the areas I believe we must focus more on is improving teacher pages among the teachers (or just get them to start one!).
Ken Fuller

The Big Picture - Boston.com - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 02 Jun 10
     
    "The Big Picture is a photo blog for the Boston Globe/boston.com, entries are posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by Alan Taylor. Inspired by publications like Life Magazine (of old), National Geographic, and online experiences like MSNBC.com's Picture Stories galleries and Brian Storm's MediaStorm, The Big Picture is intended to highlight high-quality, amazing imagery - with a focus on current events, lesser-known stories and, well, just about anything that comes across the wire that looks really interesting. "
Ken Fuller

14 Ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza - 1 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 10 Jun 10
     
    "This is the best time in history to be a teacher-librarian. Major shifts in our information and communication landscapes present new opportunities for librarians to teach and lead in areas that were always considered part of their role, helping learners of all ages effectively use, manage, evaluate, organize and communicate information, and to love reading in its glorious new variety."
Siu Connor

KU Matrix Learning Games Initiative - 1 views

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  • Siu Connor on 09 Nov 09
     
    he MATRIX Project (http://matrixlearning.org) provides resources to improve middle school reading and mathematics achievement through the development of interactive educational games that use PDAs, iPods and video cameras, along with web-based resources including Quantum Simulations' online Artificial Intelligence Assessors and Tutors. The games can be played on a handheld or computer using the Flash Player™ application. Download the newest Flash Player for free, if you don't already have it. Send Us Feedback on the games, and check out games developed by our partners at New Mexico State University.
Ken Fuller

World Atlas HD and The World by National Geographic for iPad Review | Macworld - 0 views

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  • Decent atlas apps suffer from missed opportunities $(function(){ $('.zoomLink').lightBox({maxWidth:1200,maxHeight:1200}); }) by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com   timestamp(1332878700000,'longDateTime')Mar 27, 2012 4:05 pm I’ve always enjoyed poring over a good map. Whether it’s thumbing through a road atlas, spinning around a globe, or sticking pushpins into a wall map to designate where I’ve been and where I want to go, I can find countless ways to amuse myself with a well-designed map. So if there’s an app that can bring that experience to the iPad and tell me a little more about the world around me, I’m eager to give it a try.
  • National Geographic Society offers a pair of iPad-optimized atlas apps—World Atlas HD and The World by National Geographic. Both apps deliver the world to your tablet, with an easy-to-control interface and a decent amount of data.
  • he World also includes the nation factboxes found in World Atlas HD, but puts its own twist on the feature. Call up information on Belize, for example, and The World lists population, language, GDP, and other data; it also includes a brief description of the country. But there’s a photos tab as well, offering National Geographic images
  • Ken Fuller on 28 Mar 12
     
    Two iOS apps from National Geographic [optimized for the new iPad], get a 4 mouse rating from Macworld. With these apps you can bring the world to your mobile classroom.
Ken Fuller

IT4Educators - Atomic Learning - 0 views

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  • Atomic Learning offer teachers technology integration courses for graduate credit in association with IT4Educators The online, anytime, anywhere format you enjoy with Atomic Learning is now available in courses for college credit in cooperation with IT4Educators. » Apply learning by creating classroom content. Start with your own curriculum, and use your existing Atomic Learning username and password to view our video clips on the most innovative technology tools available - from Twitter to blogs, Moodle® to SMART™ Notebook. » Online and self-paced. The interactive courses are created and delivered by highly-trained practicing educators in the field to help you stay ahead of each new generation of digital learners. » Earn credit. Engage your students. You earn college credit. And what you'll create are innovative classroom experiences that will fully engage your students in the learning process.
  • Ken Fuller on 14 Jun 11
     
    Remember to have your atomic learning username and password available. IT4Educators allows you to take online, self paced courses.
William Russo

23 Things about Classroom Laptops « - 2 views

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  • Work avoidance just went digital
  • ou need to find ways to bring that into class, not try and ban it.
  • Find ways in which one or two students can ‘share’ work with many. Create online spaces where students can use ‘friend-networks’.
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  • 11. Don’t be boring! Using a laptop to type in answers to textbook questions, print them out and hand it is absolutely facile. Your textbook is NOT compatible with student motivation towards technology. Boring computer activities lead to work avoidance strategies and self-interest use of the internet.
  • 12. Don’t try to win the proxy war Filters can be got around, they will always find a way. Entering a proxy war means more wasted time trying to work out what sites will work – You have to test your lessons using THEIR proxy (web access) – as you’ll find that things you want to use are blocked. Overtly policed and blocked networks are counter-productive.
  • 15. The wipe-board is no longer the hub of activity – unless you put it online. The board is not the place to ‘look’. Consider how it can be used to work with ‘small groups’ to workshop ideas – and use the laptops as a student management tool to keep them busy and focused on work – not you or the board.
  • 18. Empower and enlist your Library Librarians are teachers with an additional skill – enlist them in your classroom as a team-teacher. Don’t ask them to find online resources for you – that’s lazy, as them to teach you how to do it, or teach your students.
  • Powerful learning, comes from passionate, motivated teachers who never stop learning. Don’t lock-step these people by industrialist notions of hierarchical power play – or resort to moral or ideological pressure to teachers to do more. It is a long slow process to renew learning, not overnight change. Recognise how important the goodwill of staff is – given the absolute lack of central government funding to invest in teachers – the way it is investing in infrastructure. The criteria used to target ‘future leaders’ is not going to be as effective as it once was, so be prepared for innovation to come from the grassroots.
  • William Russo on 11 Oct 09
     
    Andrew Church
  • William Russo on 11 Oct 09
     
    Intersting thoughts in this article regarding 1:1. When you read the section on leadership, think of ways we can nurture our teacher tech leaders.
Ken Fuller

HP support forums - touch-sensitive launch buttons not working (HP Compaq 6515b) - 1 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 08 Mar 10
     
    "touch-sensitive launch buttons not working (HP Compaq 6515b)" One of my teachers is having an issue with her 6515b where the touch strip is not working. A user suggested first removing the battery and the adapter, then reinsert both and reboot. They claimed it worked for them. But, the user also has a bum battery and adapter. Right now the she is running her computer without the battery, using someones adapter.
  • Ken Fuller on 08 Mar 10
     
    talk about a bad Monay for her - resourceful though
Ken Fuller

How Slang Affects Students in the Classroom - US News and World Report - 1 views

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  • Slang terms and text-speak such as IDK (I don't know), SMH (shaking my head), and BTW (by the way) have become a common sight on student assignments, befuddling some high school teachers who are unsure how to fix this growing problem.
  • According to a survey of 700 students ages 12 to 17 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 85 percent of the respondents reported using a form of electronic communication, whether through instant messaging, text messaging, or social media. Growing up in a technological era, high school students may be unaware they are using language shortcuts in the classroom, says Allie Sakowicz, a rising senior at Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Ill.
  • "I think that students don't even realize that they're doing it," Sakowicz notes. "When we're using all this social media we're not thinking about spelling words right, so naturally that's going to translate into the classroom."
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  • In fact, 64 percent of students in the study reported inadvertently using a form of shorthand native to texting or social networking. But, the problem does not end there, as Sakowicz acknowledges that younger teachers see the slang but "let it go." "Not that they like it, but they kind of expect it," she says. "Teachers that are older and aren't familiar with all the social media devices are really upset that this is what's becoming of our language."
  • While advocates of slang words may say this trend is simply an evolution of language, Chad Dion Lassiter, professor of race relations at the University of Pennsylvania, considers it "a dumbing down of culture." Lassiter leads an academic mentorship program for high school students in the Philadelphia area and has observed "this broken level of communication."
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  • Many think of Twitter as a place where people post insignificant updates about themselves. You know, "I'm getting a coffee." There was a time when I thought the whole concept was silly. Then, Twitter transformed...actually Twitter users developed new ways to use this communication tool. Here's how educators are using Twitter to collaborate and learn more about their craft.
  • Hashtags changed everything. Twitter users have developed ways to search for content and one of the most important innovations is the hashtag (#). A hashtag is text inside a twitter post (called a tweet) that starts with a # and then some text (i.e., #hashtag). This provides a very efficient way to search for content.
  • - Note - The power of Twitter for professional development is not the tweets themselves...it's the links to broader content.
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  • To make the process even easier, download and install Tweetdeck. http://www.tweetdeck.com/ Tweetdeck is a program that allows you to perform multiple hashtag searches at the same time.
  • Putting this all together, here's how I personally use Twitter for my own professional development. I start each day by starting up Tweetdeck. I have a number of hashtag searches setup as well as people I follow. I scan the page and see what jumps out at me. Usually, these tweets have links to articles, tips, lesson plans, etc. I click the link, explore the content and try to learn something new. Using this method I can definitely say I learn something new every day.
  • Ken Fuller on 15 Jun 11
     
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