When Social Networking Goes 'Live' -- THE Journal - 1 views
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Marlene Johnshoy on 07 Jul 11An English teacher in Iowa talks about how she parlayed Twitter interactions into a class trip halfway around the world.
At 8 p.m
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Teaching to the Text Message - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Text messages
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Twitterwalls: the writing's on the wall - Cat's Pyjamas - 1 views
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What's a "tweet-up"? what's a "twitterwall"? Ideas for using Twitter at group meetings.
using-facebook-for-learning - 0 views
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Reasons not to use Facebook: counter-points given
Free Technology for Teachers: Verbling - Practice and Learn a Language with a Partner - 0 views
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Practice and learn a language with a partner in reciprocal conversations
CoSN Releases Horizon Report: 2011 K-12 Edition Toolkit | NMC - 1 views
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Have you ever read an NMC Horizon Report and thought, "I want to start implementing these technologies and learning approaches at my school...but where to begin?" Produced by the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Report details emerging technologies likely to have a significant impact on teaching and learning around the globe. The Toolkit is geared toward education leaders who wish to learn more about and further the dialogue on the emerging technologies identified in the Report and their potential to re-imagine K-12 education.
Free Technology for Teachers: Month in Review - June's Most Popular Posts - 0 views
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here's a list of sites that I found many of you would like to explore
Quality Commenting Video by Third Graders | Langwitches Blog - 1 views
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Great videos about commenting in kid friendly language. Made by 2nd and 3rd graders - I'll use this when teaching my 2nd -4th graders how to comment.
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The Innovative Educator: Look Who's All A-Twitter About Education - 1 views
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Top 25 edu Policy/Media Tweeters and the Top 25 Educator Tweeters - you could find people to follow on Twitter here.
Twitter backchannels in the classroom - Lets talk after « Mr. P. Tucker's edu... - 2 views
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The cons of using Twitter as a backchannel discussion. The article debates the benefits of a backchannel discussion and negative effects it may have to the overall understanding of the presentation when the listener's attention is split between two activities.
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Interesting article. I think I would lose a fair amount of what speaker was saying if I were tweeting as well.
At Dwight School, Virtual Learning and the Rock - NYTimes.com - 3 views
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Students go to class at 8pm?
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No traditional teacher, he was kind of a cross between air traffic controller and computer dork.
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It seems like this teacher really needs to be on his game to juggle both the content and technology in a very savvy way. I wonder how much time he spends prepping for class.
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Now students start in sixth grade with a digital citizenship and ethics unit — dangers of cyberbullying included — followed by an introduction to blogging, which requires them to “blog regularly as a means of self-assessment and reflection,
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Are these sorts of classes available at the schools you teach?
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Mobile Devices in Classroom Give English Learners a Leg Up - New America Media - 0 views
Nik's QuickShout: Create Online Social Interaction Around Videos - 0 views
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Grockit - directions for making one from Nik Peachey
Education Week: Missouri Repeals Teacher-Student Facebook Restrictions - 0 views
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They repealed the law, but now leave restriction-setting up to the district. Is that any better?
A Survey of the Electronic Portfolio Market Sector: Analysis and Surprising Trends -- C... - 2 views
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If you are considering using electronic portfolios with your students - here is a review of software available for a school. You might also want to consider LinguaFolio, and just plain wikis as other alternatives.
6 Easy Steps to Online Success -- Campus Technology - 1 views
eTools for Language Teachers: Ideas for Student Projects - 5 views
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5. Blabberize Funny way to make pictures talk. Click here for an instructional video.
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A few of my students use Prezi. Basically like powerpoint, but visually a little more appealing. I'm assuming it's free, and probably stored in the cloud somewhere, so students can't really "lose" or forget it.
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Prezi is free, and does have a sharing component. It is helpful for students that use Ipads, since Google presentation doesn't seem to work for them.
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Ideas for Student Projects
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carlatech14, week3
Research Supports Global Curriculum | Edutopia - 0 views
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In 1985, only 50 foreign-language-immersion schools existed in the United States, and as of 2011 that number has grown to 448
When Not to Use Video Chat for Language Learning | | Academic Technology Specialists - 0 views
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October 31, 2011
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This article is not the most recent, but it's still an interesting read.
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trying to have a conversation with someone you have never met, over a low quality video connection, in a language you don’t speak very well, is quite challenging socially as well as linguistically.
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This is the most interesting point in the article. Even when speaking with another native English speaker on Skype or Google Hangouts, it can be hard to negotiate turn taking.
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Kalinago English: 10 Speaking English Activities using TED.com - 1 views
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Extensive worksheets can take away from the authentic experience of learning from the speaker.
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Use opinions to heighten interest.
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I really don't think that extensive worksheets provide a particularly authentic experience - such a thing mainly just erodes the power of the message within the video, takes away the inherent pleasure in learning from TED speakers.
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This is a great interpersonal activity, although I would imagine student reactions to it may vary. For instance, some students (like me) may find it stressful not to write things down. On the other hand, not writing things down takes the pressure off for being "perfect" and puts the attention on the spontaneous nature of the interpersonal mode.
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