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William Russo

The Best Sources For Advice On Using Flip Video Cameras | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of ... - 4 views

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  • There’s a good video on YouTube on How To Use A Flip Video Camera. How To Us A Flip Camera is a simple guide with screenshots. David Pogue of the New York Times has a good review/description on using a Flip, and also has a video. Here are some tips on how to edit your videos after you’ve shot them. Here are some places to get ideas and tips on using them with students: Thirty-Nine Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom is a great online presentation from Tom Barrett. 7 Things You Should Know About Flip Camcorders is a good overview on using them in education. Classroom 2.0 has a good discussion on its Forum about using Flips. I believe you can access it without being a member but, if not, it’s free and easy to join. Richard Byrne has started a collaborative project with teachers sharing Many Ways to Use Flip Video Cameras in the Classroom.
  • A few Tips & Tricks for Student filming in the Classroom is another great post over at the Langwitches blog.
Wygenia Miles

Mary Blow: Netbooks in the Classroom | Classroom Solutions - 0 views

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  • Wygenia Miles on 24 Jan 11
     
    Over the past month, I have been piloting a wireless portable computer cart in my classroom. There have been many hurdles along the way; however, empowering each student by giving them a computer has been enlightening and exhilarating. The rewards are well worth all the time and effort I have put into piloting them.
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."
Ken Fuller

Grazing for Digital Natives - ppln - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 26 Jul 10
     
    A rich source of professional learning network tools. Many examples of how teachers are connecting with each other, the students, and classrooms to classrooms.
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
     
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  • 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

25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom by Degree of Difficulty - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 02 May 13
     
    Read the comments. It's a very good exchange between diverging viewpoints.
Wygenia Miles

Why iPads Aren't Ready For Classrooms... Yet - 0 views

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Ken Fuller

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips - Online ... - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 09 Jun 11
     
    Is this a good place to start a conversation about using Facebook as a PLN platform?
Ken Fuller

25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom, By Degree Of Difficulty | Edudemic - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 02 May 13
     
    Download the Twitter Spectrum for Educators pdf.
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

20 Ways to Use Edmodo - Eventbrite - 1 views

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  • Edmodo has thousands of uses for the teacher, student, and administrator. In this webinar we will focus on 20 of them that produce results for both student engagement and teacher connection. Each use will be a practical application of Edmodo that has been observed in actual classrooms around the world.
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      Ken Fuller on 16 Dec 11
       
      Overview of Eventbrite uses for Edmodo in the elementary classroom.
Ken Fuller

Teacher Strategies: When Learning Gets Emotional | Letting Go - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 23 Sep 14
     
    Undoubtedly," one of the toughest teacher responsibilities in an inquiry classroom is helping students past those moments of the Information Search Process where they feel frustrated and confused. If this strikes a majority of students "simultaneously," it might feel easier to just return to a more "traditional," "predictable," and comfortable format rather than stick with the inquiry method. Below are some strategies we employ when our students hit those walls
Ken Fuller

Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education -- THE Journal - 1 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 29 Apr 10
     
    Teacher considers using Apples new iPad to replace her Macbook for classroom use.
Sarah Edwards

Ten reasons every teacher should want a web site - cleanapple.com - Making Meaning - 2 views

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  • Sarah Edwards on 21 Dec 10
     
    After several  website training sessions I was searching for something to encapsulate the "why" of a classroom web page. This was a terrific find. The site is a bit humbling too - our TIS pages don't hold a candle to this.
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

Sony - Children's Headphones - Black/Silver - MDR222KD/BLK - 0 views

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  • Ken Fuller on 03 Jan 11
     
    I found these at BestBuy when I was I looking for an alternative to ear buds for my little ones. What caught my eye was the reviewers comment about a teacher considering adding them to her classroom supply list. I found them at MacMall for $9.99 with free shipping http://www.macmall.com/p/5784594?dpno=7932923&source=zwb12166 "Have you considered", pitching this to some of your teachers? ;-)
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