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Ebey Soman

Religion and Ethics: Down Syndrome - 0 views

www.relijournal.com/...nd-Ethics-Down-Syndrome.379945

down syndrome children society ethics bioethics disabled religion faith abortion baby fetus women decision ethical dilemma moral theology

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  • Ebey Soman on 25 Jan 09
     
    Down syndrome is a genetic disorder (involving an extra copy of chromosome 21) that leads to moderate intellectual disability, as well as a range of physical and health problems. Screening for Down syndrome during pregnancy can be done in a number of ways. The religion and ethics program presents two different women and the tough decisions they had to make after screening their babies for Down Syndrome. Are their actions morally right? or ethically allowable? or religiously authorized?
Anica Petkoska

anicap | Twitter Grader - 0 views

twitter.grader.com/index.php

twitter tool web2.0 grader tools fun

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  • Anica Petkoska on 06 Feb 09
     
    Twitter Grader : Measure the power and authority of your twitter profile"> twitter, social media,social web
Anne Bubnic

New U.S. Research Center to Study Education Technology - 0 views

www.edweek.org/login.html

21st_century_learning ad4dcss digital_learning

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  • Anne Bubnic on 21 Aug 08
     
    Congress has authorized a new federal research center that will be charged with helping to develop innovative ways to use digital technology at schools and in universities. The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies was included as part of the latest reauthorization Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader of the Higher Education Act, approved last month. President Bush signed the law on Aug. 14. The center will be charged with supporting research and development of new education technologies, including internet-based technologies. It will also help adapt techniques already widely used in other sectors, such as advertising and the military, to classroom instruction.
Thomas Galvez

Wired Campus: Web 2.0 Classrooms Versus Learning? - 0 views

chronicle.com/...-20-classrooms-versus-learning

web2.0 learning education techintegration iisd

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  • Thomas Galvez on 13 Apr 09
     
    The author poses the question then elicits responses. Good conversation!
Jeff Johnson

Content used to be king (learning in an online world) - 0 views

heyjude.wordpress.com/...content-used-to-be-king

communication curriculum knowledge content information source newspapers magazines journals teacher sage_on_the_stage

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  • Jeff Johnson on 12 May 09
     
    There was a time when books, newspapers, magazines and journals were the prime source of content and information.  It was always your move! navigating the authority maze,  enjoying slow reading of (limited) information sources in order to gain a knowledge base that matched a particular curriculum outline. This was when content was king and the teacher was the sage on the stage. Now communication is the new curriculum, and content is but grist to the mill that churns new knowledge. Why?  I came across a few good reads this week that set me thinking and wondering about the changes that we must support in our teaching and in our library services.
Maggie Verster

RSC-Northwest e-Book Library - 0 views

www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/...library_section1.htm

ebooks library2.0 tutorials audacity school2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 24 Jun 09
     
    This library has great resource books and tutorials on anything from authoring of web based tests, to using audacity, to basic numeracy....a really fab selection of visually stimulating book like interfaces. You can download it as exe files (some gave me hassles and showed up as trojans but was fine or you can download the actual reader to view it with
Martin Burrett

National Novel Writing Month - 1 views

www.nanowrimo.org

writing creative writing English Literacy

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  • Martin Burrett on 29 Oct 11
     
    November is National Novel Writing Month. Use this site to get your budding authors writing their own novels. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
  • anonymous on 30 Oct 11
Maggie Verster

Inside Google Books: Bringing the power of Creative Commons to Google Books - 0 views

booksearch.blogspot.com/...er-of-creative-commons-to.html

google googlebooks library2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 17 Aug 09
     
    Today, we're launching an initiative to help authors and publishers discover new audiences for books they've made available for free under Creative Commons (CC) licenses. Rightsholders who want to distribute their CC-licensed books more widely can choose to allow readers around the world to download, use, and share their work via Google Books.
Fabian Aguilar

Internet Evolution - Rob Salkowitz - Schoolkid Laptops: How Portugal's Doing It Right - 0 views

www.internetevolution.com/author.asp

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  • In June, Portugal completed the major phase of the largest deployment of laptops for education in the world to date, equipping nearly a million secondary school students throughout the entire country with high-performance computers and mobile Internet connectivity.
  • The government authorized the use of the 3G auction proceeds to subsidize the distribution of nearly a million laptops before the end of the decade. This pleased the telecom providers, because it amounted to a direct investment in market development: All those students and their families would become mobile broadband customers.
  • it instantly leapfrogged the country’s education system to the forefront of the global effort to integrate the Internet into the classroom, and it promised a quantum leap forward for the country’s next generation of citizens, workers, and leaders.
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  • With the subsidies, the end-cost to students’ families is only €50 to €150 for laptops that would otherwise sell for more than four times that amount. Qualified low-income families receive theirs for free. The Escola computers come with a one-year mobile broadband contract for €17 a month (discounted from the normal €23), and other plans are negotiable depending on the providers.
  • “It is most important to have scale,” says Grilo. “It can’t be just a pilot project confined to a small community. It must be everyone at once. That way, you have maximum cultural impact. Everyone feels part of the mainstream, not an anomaly or a test subject.”
  • Perhaps the most important lesson for countries seeking to emulate Portugal’s success is to design a policy that aligns the interests of all the major stakeholders: telecom providers, local OEMs, multinational partners, government ministries, local communities, schools, and the public.
Maggie Verster

Web 2.0 in Hardcover: A recommended reading list on 2.0 and education - 36 views

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/...CA6716607.html

school2.0

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  • Maggie Verster on 09 Feb 10
     
    Here are some titles that I think significantly inform the conversation about Web 2.0 in education, along with their accompanying blog or Web site, where readers can continue the conversation. Upcoming or recorded interviews with these authors are available on my FutureofEducation.com site.
Sheryl A. McCoy

Ayn Rand, Hugely Popular Author and Inspiration to Right-Wing Leaders, Was a Big Admire... - 7 views

www.alternet.org/...newspapers

Ayn_Rand sociopath author anarchy anarchist

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  • Sheryl A. McCoy on 01 Mar 10
     
    amazing story of her first years here in the United States, when Ayn Rand wrote in her notebooks and fashioned her first hero after a serial killer of the 1920's.\n\nWhy was this information not available when I was wanting to learn more about her early life? Everyone who knew her and helped her rise to prominence didn't want to have this information leaking out to the general public.
  • Sheryl A. McCoy on 01 Mar 10
     
    This information needs to be shared with any teachers, especially those teaching subjects like: history, government and english.
Linda Piscione

The Tempered Radical: An Interview on Readicide with Kelly Gallagher - 0 views

teacherleaders.typepad.com/...cide-with-kelly-gallagher.html

Kelly Gallagher book discussions Readicide VoiceThread

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  • Linda Piscione on 04 Feb 10
     
    about the discussion on VoiceThread with Kelly Gallagher, author of Readicide.
terry freedman

10 things I've learned in a year of blogging | JAMES MICHIE - 0 views

jamesmichie.com/...-learned-in-a-year-of-blogging

blogging James Mitchie

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  • terry freedman on 17 Feb 11
     
    Very useful post, which succinctly suggests 10 things to consider when blogging. I think the author, James Mitchie, should have added a #11: create list posts. These always go down well, as exemplified here! Thanks to twitterers @zoeross19 and @largerama for mentioning it.
Fred L

Artdesigner.lv - 0 views

artdesigner.lv

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  • Fred L on 11 Feb 11
     
    A very nice set of icons/artwork. The author writes in the comments section that these can be used with attribution, although he doesn't include license info in the site.
Paul Beaufait

Plate tectonics - 24 views

www.eoearth.org/...Plate_tectonics

earthquakes geology plate tectonics plates spreading convergence continents Pangea resources tectonics

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  • Paul Beaufait on 14 Mar 11
     
    Michael Pidwirny (Lead Author);John Shroder, Galal Hassan Galal Hussein (Topic Editor) "Plate tectonics". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth July 19, 2010; Last revised Date March 7, 2011; Retrieved March 14, 2011
Sukhpreet Kaur

Conversation with Dr. Michael Goldrick- Researcher, Author and Teacher - 0 views

Meet this phenomenal researcher in WizIQ conversations to dig deeper into his innovations and achievements. http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/629533-conversation-with-dr-michael-goldrick-researche...

WizIQ Conversation

started by Sukhpreet Kaur on 30 Sep 11 no follow-up yet
Steve Ransom

Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com - 9 views

www.nytimes.com/...-faces-questions-on-value.html

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shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      A valid criticism when technology implementation is decoupled from meaningful and effective pedagogy. You can't buy measurable change/improvement.
  • district was innovating
  • how the district was innovating.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Again, this is very different than how TEACHERS are innovating their PRACTICES. It's much more challenging than making a slick brochure that communicates how much technology your district has.
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  • there is no good way to quantify those achievements — putting them in a tough spot with voters deciding whether to bankroll this approach again
  • “We’ve jumped on bandwagons for different eras without knowing fully what we’re doing. This might just be the new bandwagon,” he said. “I hope not.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      There's a confidence building statement for you....
  • $46.3 million for laptops, classroom projectors, networking gear and other technology for teachers and administrators.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Exactly... and how much was spent on equipping teachers to change their practices to effectively leverage this new infrastructure?
  • If we know something works
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      And what is that "something"? New technology? If so, you missed the boat.
  • it is hard to separate the effect of the laptops from the effect of the teacher training
  • The high-level analyses that sum up these various studies, not surprisingly, give researchers pause about whether big investments in technology make sense.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Why does the argument for making schools relevant and using current cultural tools need to be backed with performance data? Give politicians and superintendents horses instead of cars and see how long that lasts.
  • Good teachers, he said, can make good use of computers, while bad teachers won’t, and they and their students could wind up becoming distracted by the technology.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Finally, a valid point.
  • “Test scores are the same, but look at all the other things students are doing: learning to use the Internet to research, learning to organize their work, learning to use professional writing tools, learning to collaborate with others.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Exactly. But somehow, "value" has been equated with test scores alone. Do we have a strong body of research on pencil effectiveness or clay effectiveness or chair effectiveness?
  • “It’s not the stuff that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.”
  • “There is a connection between the physical hand on the paper and the words on the page,” she said. “It’s intimate.”
  • “They’re inundated with 24/7 media, so they expect it,”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      And you expect them to always engage enthusiastically with tools that are no longer relevant in their culture?
  • The 30 students in the classroom held wireless clickers into which they punched their answers. Seconds later, a pie chart appeared on the screen: 23 percent answered “True,” 70 percent “False,” and 6 percent didn’t know.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Okay... and you follow up with a totally trivial example of the power of technology in learning.
  • term” that can slide past critical analysis.
  • engagement is a “fluffy
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Very true
  • rofessor Cuban at Stanford argues that keeping children engaged requires an environment of constant novelty, which cannot be sustained.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      If that is so, why not back up your claim by linking to the source here. I have a feeling he has been misquoted and taken out of context here.
  • that computers can distract and not instruct.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Computers don't really "instruct". That's why we have teachers who are supposed to know what they are doing and why they are doing it... and monitoring kids while keeping learning meaningful.
  • guide on the side.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      But many teachers are simply not prepared for how to do this effectively. To ignore this fact is just naive.
  • Professor Cuban at Stanford
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Are they in love with Cuban or something? Perhaps they should actually look at the research... or interview other authorities. Isn't that what reporting is all about? I think this reporter must be a product of too much Google, right?
  • But she loves the fact that her two children, a fourth-grader and first-grader, are learning technology, including PowerPoint
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Again, the fact that any supporter is happy that their kids are learning PowerPoint illustrates the degree of naiveté in their understanding of technology's role in learning.
  • creating an impetus to rethink education entirely
  • Mr. Share bases his buying decisions on two main factors: what his teachers tell him they need, and his experience. For instance, he said he resisted getting the interactive whiteboards sold as Smart Boards until, one day in 2008, he saw a teacher trying to mimic the product with a jury-rigged projector setup. “It was an ‘Aha!’ moment,” he said, leading him to buy Smart Boards, made by a company called Smart Technologies.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Herein lies another huge problem. Mr. Director of Technology seems to base no decisions on what the learning and technology literature have to say... nor does he consult those who would be considered authorities on technology infused learning (emphasis on learning here)
  • This is big business.
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      No kidding.
  • “Do we really need technology to learn?” she said. “It’s a very valid time to ask the question, right before this goes on the ballot.”
    • Steve Ransom
      Steve Ransom on 04 Sep 11
       
      Anyone who asks that should volunteer to have their home and work computer confiscated. After all, it's just a distraction, right?
yc c

Mizuko Ito on Why Time Spent Online Is Important for Teen Development - MacArthur Found... - 11 views

www.macfound.org/...rtant_for_Teen_Development.htm

internet teens research

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  • yc c on 28 Oct 09
     
    It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for their teens to hang out online," says Mizuko Ito, University of California, Irvine researcher and the lead author of the most extensive U.S. study to date on teens and their use of digital media. The study showed that America's youth are developing important social and technical skills online often in ways adults do not understand or value.
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