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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Siu Connor

Siu Connor

INTERACT quadro interactivo nas salas de aula: Promethean na Educação - 3 views

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    The speaker makes many thought provoking statements that I think get to the core of what needs to happen in terms of technology's place in education. Curriculum needs to be overhauled and updated to reflect society's needs in terms of education. I think teachers should listen to this speech, because ultimately, success or failure is truly up to them.
Siu Connor

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

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    This article places the emphasis on building relationships with teachers before you try to integrate technology. Common sense, but sometimes overlooked.
Siu Connor

10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports - TheApple.com - 4 views

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    Technology offers alternatives to the age old (and tired) book report form.
Siu Connor

KU Matrix Learning Games Initiative - 1 views

shared by Siu Connor on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
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    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.
Siu Connor

Educational Leadership:Multiple Measures:Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards - 3 views

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    This article reaffirms my belief that the IWB can be an extremely effective and powerful educational tool IF it is used correctly.
Siu Connor

ActivInspire | Technology Resource Teachers - 4 views

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    A useful resource for all of us when looking for materials to share with teachers on the basic functions of ActivInspire.
Siu Connor

7 steps to success when working with administrators - Dangerously Irrelevant - 5 views

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    An interesting article that can provide some helpful insights for the TIS.
Siu Connor

Dimdim: Web conferencing that just works. Dimdim provides easy, open, affordable collab... - 2 views

shared by Siu Connor on 21 Oct 09 - Cached
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    Hmm...the possibilities.
Siu Connor

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

  • 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.
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    An article worth reading. It describes the impact diigo can have in an intelligent and thoughtful manner.
Siu Connor

Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 0 views

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    Excellent source of ideas to help integrate technology into the classroom. It offers examples of how to use specific tools and links.
Siu Connor

Edutopia: What Works in Public Education - 0 views

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    A great site with some forward thinking ideas that some of us may want to try and implement in our buildings.
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