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Microsoft Mathematics Now Free, Perfect Tool For Math, Science Buffs - 14 views

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My math teachers got really excited about this. So yeah.

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: What is Your Excuse? - 3 views

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Free Technology for Teachers: Find Self-Paced Math Lessons on Khan Academy - 5 views

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Education Week: Curricula All Over the Map for 'Blended' Classes - 3 views

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Michelle Krill on 13 Jan 11

"The Content and Approaches for Courses that Blend Face-to-Face and Virtual Learning Vary Widely, Raising Questions About What Works Best"

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Worldview: U.S. must compete with China in the classroom - Philly.com - 4 views

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f we are concerned about competition from China, we should look beyond Beijing's growing military - and economic - might. Far better to focus on China's progress, and our lag, in educating our future workforce.
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And despite the current recession, the U.S. economy is still powerful and innovative. But we are failing to produce the educated manpower we need to compete in a globalized world.
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Vi Hart's Videos Bend and Stretch Math to Inspire - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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Michelle Krill on 19 Jan 11

"For Vi Hart, her mind pondered the mathematical implications. "There's a packing puzzle here," she said. "This is the kind of thing where if you're accustomed to thinking about these problems, you see them in everything." Mathematicians over the centuries have thought long and deep about how tightly things, like piles of oranges, can be packed within a given amount of space. "Here we've got even another layer," Ms. Hart said, "where you're allowed to overhang off the edge of your square. So now you have a new puzzle, where maybe you want the big things near the edge because you can fit more of them off the edge before they fall off." Ms. Hart - her given name is Victoria, but she has long since dropped the last six letters - has an audacious career ambition: She wants to make math cool. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"For Vi Hart, her mind pondered the mathematical implications. "There's a packing puzzle here," she said. "This is the kind of thing where if you're accustomed to thinking about these problems, you see them in everything." Mathematicians over the centuries have thought long and deep about how tightly things, like piles of oranges, can be packed within a given amount of space. "Here we've got even another layer," Ms. Hart said, "where you're allowed to overhang off the edge of your square. So now you have a new puzzle, where maybe you want the big things near the edge because you can fit more of them off the edge before they fall off." Ms. Hart - her given name is Victoria, but she has long since dropped the last six letters - has an audacious career ambition: She wants to make math cool. "</div>

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More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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less costly options, like smartphones
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Oh.. there y' go. A smart phone can do even LESS than the ipad. Show me how a smartphone supports your curriculum moreso than a laptop.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Oh.. there y' go. A smart phone can do even LESS than the ipad. Show me how a smartphone supports your curriculum moreso than a laptop.</div>
  
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paying for their iPads through federal and other grants,
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Doesn't ANYONE question the wisdom of this?
  
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“You can do everything that the iPad can with existing off-the-shelf technology and hardware for probably $300 to $400 less per device,
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Agreed. But it's NOT the smartphone
  
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About 5,400 educational applications are available specifically for the iPad, of which nearly 1,000 can be downloaded free.
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  I wonder how many applications are available on the web - for FREE?
  
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“It has brought individual technology into the classroom without changing the classroom atmosphere,”
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  OK - THis one is beyond screams. It makes me ANGRY!! Can you believe this? And this guy probably gets paid more than you do!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">OK - THis one is beyond screams. It makes me ANGRY!! Can you believe this? And this guy probably gets paid more than you do!</div>
  
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“It’s not about a cool application,” Dr. Brenner said. “We are talking about changing the way we do business in the classroom.”
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Not according to Mr Curtis., He want this because it WON'T change what you're doing in the classroom. This is just SO absurd to me.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Not according to Mr Curtis., He want this because it WON'T change what you're doing in the classroom. This is just SO absurd to me.</div>
  
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More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Finally! We couldn't do that before. And we all KNOW the higher order thinking that goges on in Jeopardy games. Ugh!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Finally! We couldn't do that before. And we all KNOW the higher order thinking that goges on in Jeopardy games. Ugh!</div>
  
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The iPads cost $750 apiece
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  $750 EACH? They couldn't get a laptop for that? One that could do all that this ipad can do AND MORE??
  
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Educators, for instance, are still divided over whether initiatives to give every student a laptop have made a difference academically.
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  And the reason is that we buy toys and only allow our students to do what they always did before, yet we expect different results. Notice what they say these kids will use these ipads for. Revolutionary? Hardly. Sound education? Not even close.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">And the reason is that we buy toys and only allow our students to do what they always did before, yet we expect different results. Notice what they say these kids will use these ipads for. Revolutionary? Hardly. Sound education? Not even close.</div>
  
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“IPads are marvelous tools to engage kids, but then the novelty wears off and you get into hard-core issues of teaching and learning.”
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Exactly! When they see that they can't add apps or use it as a personal learning deice (locked down, it's still learning that's direted by the teacher and not by the student) the novelty will wear off VERY quickly.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Exactly! When they see that they can't add apps or use it as a personal learning deice (locked down, it's still learning that's direted by the teacher and not by the student) the novelty will wear off VERY quickly.</div>
  
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$56,250 for the initial 75
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  How many regular laptops could they have bought for that amount? Machines that can do all the ipad can do AND MORE!
  
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32-gigabyte, with case and stylus
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  They need 32 gig? I'll be willing to be they don't fill HALF of that. NO music. NO photos. Just apps? This decision was made by someone who thought more is better. Oh, and.. stylus? HUH?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">They need 32 gig? I'll be willing to be they don't fill HALF of that. NO music. NO photos. Just apps? This decision was made by someone who thought more is better. Oh, and.. stylus? HUH?</div>
  
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play math games, study world maps and read “Winnie the Pooh.”
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Did you hear me screaming on this one? OH BOY! They can read Winnie the Pooh! And finally study world maps. And THEN what?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Did you hear me screaming on this one? OH BOY! They can read Winnie the Pooh! And finally study world maps. And THEN what?</div>
  
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“I think this could very well be the biggest thing to hit school technology since the overhead projector,
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  And we know how much the overhead projector raises the level of Bloom's and fosters student-centered environments. It allows the TEACHERS to do things. Not the students.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">And we know how much the overhead projector raises the level of Bloom's and fosters student-centered environments. It allows the TEACHERS to do things. Not the students.</div>
  
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The New York City public schools have ordered more than 2,000 iPads, for $1.3 million
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHUUUUUGGGGHGHHHHHH!!!
  
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More than 200 Chicago public schools applied for 23 district-financed iPad grants totaling $450,000. The Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative
- anonymous on 07 Jan 11
  
  Economic recession? WHAT economic recession? Oh my. I hope that folks revisit these 'investments' in two years. There will be NO improvement and they will again blame the technology instead of the fact that it was the WRONG technology!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Economic recession? WHAT economic recession? Oh my. I hope that folks revisit these 'investments' in two years. There will be NO improvement and they will again blame the technology instead of the fact that it was the WRONG technology!</div>
  
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“If there isn’t an app that does something I need, there will be sooner or later,”
- anonymous on 08 Jan 11
  
  Yes, but students won't be able to install it.
  
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The Environmental Impact of Cell Phones | Techi.com - 5 views

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anonymous on 12 Jan 11

Another great article about the impact on the environment of something we take for granted - cell phones. (Thanks to Justine Kobeski for sharing this with me)

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Official Google Enterprise Blog: Upcoming Google Apps for Education professional develo... - 4 views

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anonymous on 26 Jan 11

"These sessions, taught by Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, have received a great response and we've decided to hold them more frequently - you can now tune in every Tuesday at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET to hear tips and techniques for using Google Apps for Education."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"These sessions, taught by Google Apps for Education Certified Trainers, have received a great response and we've decided to hold them more frequently - you can now tune in every Tuesday at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET to hear tips and techniques for using Google Apps for Education."</div>

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Sputnik Moment: 21st-Century Rocket Boys & Girls | edtechdigest.com - 2 views

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What we are missing in the 21st century is the view that technology is not the gadgets and the hardware and the software. It is not the atoms or the photons or the electrons pulsing through the Internet or our home appliances. Rather, the technology is us. According to Dr. Kane, “Technology is human creativity and artistic expression… it is knowledge in action… knowledge with a purpose… it is the art in science and engineering…” According to this view, “technology is the space between our minds and our hands.” It is our imagination, our ability to tell stories, our drive to exist and make the world a better place. For Dr. Kane, “…this space is where the speed of light generation operates.”
- anonymous on 01 Feb 11
  
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anonymous on 01 Feb 11

A great discussion starter article for your teachers.

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Oregon Trail: Developed by 3 Minnesota student teachers! - 5 views

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Darcy Goshorn on 22 Jan 11

The story of how Oregon Trail was developed by 3 student teachers in Minnesota.

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TED Blog | How to make work-life balance work: Nigel Marsh on TED.com - 6 views

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Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer.
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Why Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the Exodus » Edurati Review - 3 views

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If, for example, I were to limit my workday to 9 hours, of which 7.5 were in school, how could I conceivably read and correct papers from the vast majority of my 192 students in order for those corrections to be part of a meaningful learning experience? Do I limit the amount of work I assign in order to keep up with it? Do I shortchange the feedback to which my students are entitled? Do I allow the responsibilities of effective teaching to consume time that should be available for things outside of my school responsibilities? None of the three choices is truly acceptable, yet in reality for many teachers such are the options from which they can choose. Choices like this are just one example of the pressures that many good teachers experience, and that can help drive them from the profession.
- anonymous on 10 Feb 11
  
  It's time we work smarter not harder. We don't have to be the center of the learning experience. Teachers should be really creative travel agents that set up the trip for the students to explore, explain, get lost, fail, connect, help someone else, make a difference (a real difference). If you have interest or create it you just have to get out of the way. It's not easy to do this, that's why we need to work smarter and share the load. It's just to hard anymore to do alone.
  
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he final four pages of text, 153-156, are under the title of “Afterward: Final Thoughts” and these pages bring together final conclusions from the wealth of material Farber has provided. There are three sections, titled respectively, Why Teachers Teach,: To Educational Leaders, Policy Makers and Politicians; and To Teachers
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We can no longer continue the ongoing loss of skilled teachers. It costs too much financially. It costs even more in lost learning and benefits to our society.
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100 Google Search Tricks for the Savviest of Students | Online College Courses - 15 views

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Microsoft Mathematics is now available for free « Mathematics and Multimedia - 15 views

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Microsoft Mathematics is now available for free
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Among others, Microsoft Mathematics has the following tools: Equation Solver. Provides step-by-step solutions to solve equations. Triangle Solver which can be used to investigate and solve problems about triangles. Unit Converter which converts measurements from one unit to another. Grapher which can plot 2d or 3d graphs in the Cartesian plane/space Ink Handwriting Support, which supports handwriting for Tablet PCs.
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Free Technology for Teachers: My Fake Wall - Create a Fake Facebook Wall - 12 views

One of my former colleagues had students do just that with the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Three Trends That Will Shape the Future of Curriculum - 15 views

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Michelle Krill on 23 Feb 11

Here's a look at current trends, their implications, and changes to watch for.

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office - 11 views

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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office is now available to all users worldwide, letting two or more people work together on the same file at the same time in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 or 2010 on Windows PCs.

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anonymous on 25 Feb 11

A quick video about how you can use your Google Docs account to sync your Microsoft Office applications without ever leaving MS Office.

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Learn more about the US Presidents by using Google Earth | Google Earth Blog - 9 views

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anonymous on 23 Feb 11

Google has built a pretty neat site using the Google Earth Plug-in to show off information about all 44 presidents that we've had in the US.

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