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Ken Fuller

WikiPODia: Personal Learning Networks - 3 views

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shared by Ken Fuller on 03 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Ken Fuller on 03 Jul 10
     
    During a recent gathering of TISs Bill mentioned the importance of forming "personal learning networks" or "personal learning environments". I found the idea intriguing so I have started looking into the concept more. This is the first of many resources, examples, models, and approaches I will post to the group.
Scott Nourse

The Innovative Educator: Are Interactive Whiteboards a Smart Idea when they Make Even t... - 3 views

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shared by Scott Nourse on 24 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Scott Nourse on 24 Dec 10
     
    Wow.  A passioned plea against IWBs. A couple valid points about some pitfalls, but I have the sense that the blog writer is missing something about effective use of IWBs. Interesting comments on both sides What do y'all think?
Sarah Edwards

The Whiteboard Blog - 1 views

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shared by Sarah Edwards on 05 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Sarah Edwards on 05 Jan 11
     
    Free ideas for whiteboard use anyone?
Siu Connor

Edutopia: What Works in Public Education - 0 views

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shared by Siu Connor on 13 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Siu Connor on 13 Oct 09
     
    A great site with some forward thinking ideas that some of us may want to try and implement in our buildings.
Ken Fuller

A Taste for Telepresence -- THE Journal - 0 views

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shared by Ken Fuller on 29 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • He envisioned that telepresence would allow the district to participate in cultural exchanges among local students and those in other countries. It could be used to deliver staff development courses and enable people to get together for district business meetings without the time, expense, or carbon emissions associated with physical travel.
  • VoIP was a revelation to the district. Teachers have become more immediately accessible to parents, who no longer have to leave messages in the main offices and hope to be available when teachers call back. And now, when a teacher or staff member moves to another location in the district, the phone and a person's number can follow along; all it requires is a simple update through software. "We know who's got that device, where they have it, where they have it plugged in," Devkota explains. In short, VoIP gave the district community a taste for location-free communications, which naturally led to the next best thing to being there: telepresence.
  • Ken Fuller on 29 Apr 11
     
    I think this an interesting article. The only aspect that gave me pause, other than cost, was the idea of location-free_communications. I'm envisioning PA systems on steroids. I opened a topic "Telepresence" to see if anyone wanted to weigh in on the topic.
Ken Fuller

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

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shared by Ken Fuller on 10 Jun 10 - Cached
  • 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.
William Russo

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

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shared by William Russo on 15 Dec 10 - Cached
  • 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.
Cheryl Ann Hurd

Planning Integration with Teachers - 2 views

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shared by Cheryl Ann Hurd on 14 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Cheryl Ann Hurd on 14 Dec 10
     
    Here is a site I follow to get ideas.
Ken Fuller

Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata - 0 views

www.adammathes.com/...folksonomies.html

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shared by Ken Fuller on 13 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Ken Fuller on 13 Oct 09
     
    Any idea what "folksonomy" is? Where did the term come from? Why would it be important to this group?
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  • William Russo on 14 Oct 09
     
    Smart mobs...the power of groups to tag and share information
  • Ken Fuller on 15 Oct 09
     
    Ah! You've been doing your homework young Jedi! Do we want to apply "some structure" for example ELA8_xxx; use the more popular tags that are recommended when creating a post, or do we let it all evolve?
  • William Russo on 16 Oct 09
     
    I tend to use the tags that are provided when I tag in Diigo. Is there something I am missing by not evolving our own tags?
  • Ken Fuller on 27 Oct 09
     
    "I tend to use the tags that are provided when I tag in Diigo. Is there something I am missing by not evolving our own tags?" Oh, no not at all. I was thinking down the road when we get teachers hooked on Diigo. Let's say Teacher A wanted to search through his schools' group for ELA content. If the group added ELA_ or Gr8_ as a prefix that might simplify his search. So, in this scenario the provided tags would serve as a base and the prefixes would allow for faster more refined or focused searches.
William Russo

23 Things about Classroom Laptops « - 2 views

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shared by William Russo on 11 Oct 09 - Cached
  • 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.
Siu Connor

Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 0 views

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shared by Siu Connor on 17 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Siu Connor on 17 Oct 09
     
    Excellent source of ideas to help integrate technology into the classroom. It offers examples of how to use specific tools and links.
Robin Fischer

42 Interesting Ways to Use your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom - 3 views

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shared by Robin Fischer on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
  • William Russo on 21 Oct 09
     
    Nice list of IWB ideas (even if it is SMART) :-)
Robin Fischer

Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child - 4 views

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shared by Robin Fischer on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Robin Fischer on 25 Oct 09
     
    "Children as a mission, not a market" Imagine that!
  • William Russo on 27 Oct 09
     
    Interesting talk. What happens when the "flat" world gets flatter and students from all over the world continue to surpass ours AND their connected with laptops?
  • Siu Connor on 27 Oct 09
     
    "Help a child connect with the world." That says it all. I also like the idea of putting more emphasis on programming rather than apps. Programming requires a different way of thinking that is often under emphasized
Siu Connor

A few ways to motivate teachers to use tech by Larry Ferlazzo - 4 views

www.techlearning.com/...25324

shared by Siu Connor on 10 Nov 09 - No Cached
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  • Siu Connor on 10 Nov 09
     
    This article places the emphasis on building relationships with teachers before you try to integrate technology. Common sense, but sometimes overlooked.
  • Mark Borgioli on 10 Nov 09
     
    LOL! I just read that article on his blog earlier today: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/a-few-simple-ways-to-introduce-reluctant-colleagues-to-technology/ Interesting because they are both dated Nov 9th (today) and we both found them independently. Just shows how fast information gets relayed. Points are interesting, but his poor grammar frustrates me.
  • Angela Ryan on 10 Nov 09
     
    Great article, there are common sense ideas to share with those reluctant teachers!
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