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Scott Nourse

Opening Up to Ed Tech: 5 Questions with Leslie Fisher -- THE Journal - 1 views

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    Leslie Fisher put on some insightful, useful, and entertaining sessions if you ever get a chance to attend one.
Wygenia Miles

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

Wygenia Miles

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

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    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.
Scott Nourse

Pearson Maximizes the Power of the iPad for Virginia Students - 3 views

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    Pearson partners with the Virginia Department of Education to provide Virginia students with the first-ever Social Studies digital curriculum made especially for the Apple iPad. Three lesson elements allow students to connect, experience, and understand Virginia's Standards of Learning, providing a complete instructional solution.
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    Hopefully this is just the start. Is this to Debs desk?
Scott Nourse

Bloom's Taxonomy and Web 2.0 Tools - 3 views

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    Illustration of Blooms Taxonomy and how Web 2.0s might relate
William Russo

For minorities, new 'digital divide' seen - USATODAY.com - 3 views

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    Wow...this is a must read. Lots of data in this article that should be discussed.
Scott Nourse

Fortune favors the ( ): Effects of disfluency on educational outcomes - 0 views

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    Previous research has shown that disfluency - the subjective experience of difficulty asso- ciated with cognitive operations - leads to deeper processing. Two studies explore the extent to which this deeper processing engendered by disfluency interventions can lead to improved memory performance. Study 1 found that information in hard-to-read fonts was better remembered than easier to read information in a controlled laboratory setting. Study 2 extended this finding to high school classrooms. The results suggest that superficial changes to learning materials could yield significant improvements in educational outcomes.
Scott Nourse

Want readers to remember your words, use Comic Sans - News - Digital Arts - 2 views

  • "More cognitive engagement leads to deeper processing, which facilitates encoding and subsequently better retrieval," the researchers summarized in their paper Fortune favors the Bold and the Italicized: Effects of disfluency on educational outcomes, which was published in the January issue of the Cognition scientific journal.
William Russo

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201010.pdf - 2 views

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    Harassment and bullying policy document from the federal DOE
William Russo

MICHIGAN: Detroit Public Schools Get "Technology Infusion" (2011-01-04) - 1 views

  • every middle and high school-student
  • their ability to compete not just in Detroit but globally."
  • erdusco says each school is developing its own curriculum that integrates the technology. Verdusco says the netbooks will have to stay in the classroom. Students will start getting their computers next month.
Sarah Edwards

The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution - A place for conversations that promote effectiv... - 1 views

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    Only had time for the 10cent tour but this looks interesting...
Sarah Edwards

The Whiteboard Blog - 1 views

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    Free ideas for whiteboard use anyone?
Scott Nourse

Instructional Coaching - 4 views

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    Great resource to find out about general Instructional Coaching, techniques, etc...
Scott Nourse

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

  • 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.”
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    part 2
Scott Nourse

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

  • 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
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    Pros and cons
Ken Fuller

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

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    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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