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William Russo

MathSite: An Interactive Source for Seeing, Hearing, Doing Mathematics - 3 views

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    This math site looks like it would be very useful on an IWB.
William Russo

Teachers Under Fire for Internet Use - TheApple.com - 6 views

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    Article regarding teachers and social networks - it's worth a look to make sure you don't fall into any of the pitfalls discussed
David Neiss

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - 2 views

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    Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators offers teacher resources, including categorized lists of sites that are useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
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    Awesome site David!
William Russo

A Complete Guide Google WAVE - 1 views

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    The next new thing from Google- and it looks KILLER
William Russo

Copyright Case Studies - 0 views

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    "Copyright Case Study Scenarios"
William Russo

HOW TO: Download YouTube Videos to Your Desktop - 6 views

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    We are not advocating that you download Youtube videos. This is presented merely as an informational resource. Downloading personal copies of YouTube videos is not supported by the YouTube Terms of Service, which states: "You may access User Submissions for your information and personal use solely as intended through the provided functionality of the YouTube Website. You shall not copy or download any User Submission unless you see a "download" or similar link displayed by YouTube on the YouTube Website for that User Submission." We want to stress that most of these tools do violate the ToS and that if you use them, you do so at your own risk.
William Russo

Cloud Trip / Cloud Computing / Web Applications - 1 views

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    If you're not up on Cloud Computing, this site provides TONS of information and sites to visit to see the cloud in action. It's one of my absolute favorite sites to see what's on the horizon for cloud computing (no pun intended).
David Neiss

Shutterfly - 1 views

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    FREE photo and video sharing site. I can see this as a great way to show off classroom projects. Here is the site we made for our son: http://samueldavidneiss.shutterfly.com/
William Russo

Version test for Adobe Flash Player - 1 views

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    Pretty self explanatory :-)
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    With the problems caused by TTR's upgrade, this website will tell you immediately what version of flash you are running.
Ken Fuller

MoMA | Online Activities - 0 views

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    The Online Activities area contains an excellent array of resources, and interactive activities for educators, and fans of the MoMA. Be sure to visit the Modern Teachers Area designed to connect K-12 teachers to resources and the MoMA's collection.
Ken Fuller

Common Sense Media - 0 views

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    I've used this site to evaluate books, and movies that I consider sharing with my own children. A national organization led by concerned parents sharing common interests in the quality of media families choose to consume. Common Sense Media's mission is built upon the foundation of ten beliefs, two of which I think will appeal to most educational technology and library media specialists: * We believe in media sanity, not censorship. * We believe in teaching our kids to be savvy media interpreters -- we can't cover their eyes but we can teach them to see.
William Russo

http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/PIP Teens and Mobile Phones Data... - 0 views

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    Will our students' next computer be a cell phone?
William Russo

Education Week: Inverting Bloom's Taxonomy - 3 views

  • the aim is not merely to collect what is known, but to learn how to think about problems in a new way.
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    Tremendous article regarding Bloom and learning. Consider technology's role in helping "flip the pyramid" to promote knowledge and critical thinking.
William Russo

'Teach Naked' Effort Strips Computers From Classrooms - Technology - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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    Wow - what an article. This professor may have a point. Is there such a thing as "death by Powerpoint"? I'm sure the point is accurate if the technology is used as a digital replacement for poor teaching strategies. I'm interested in hearing your feedback on this article.
William Russo

23 Things about Classroom Laptops « - 2 views

  • 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.
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    Andrew Church
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    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.
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