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WB_CE_Dig_Portfolios.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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  • Betsy Morris on 21 Jun 10
     
    A digital portfolio is a computer-based collection of student performance over time. Portfolios make classroom learning more accessible to parents, administrators, and other district support staff because they provide a window into student learning. A portfolio showcases both student achievement and student learning over time.
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Assessment, Technology, and Change - 0 views

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  • Jacques Cool on 05 Jul 10
     
    In this article, the authors present a model for how technology can provide more observations about student learning than current assessments. To illustrate this approach, the authors describe their early research on using immersive technologies to develop virtual performance assessments.
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Performous - Announcements - 21 views

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  • Frances DiDavide on 28 Jul 10
     
    Learn to sing!
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    Learn to sing online.
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Ed... - 42 views

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  • David McGavock on 27 Aug 10
     
    "Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important the area of assessment be addressed. One usable method for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes. Another is to provide some type of graphic organizer. Below you will find a collection of assessment rubrics and graphic organizers that may be helpful to you as you design your own. Let me know if you have one you would like to share! A book dealing with both the theoretical and practical design of rubrics is the ASCD publication, Assessing Student Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model. "
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New Study Changes Equation for Girls Who Want Careers in Math - 0 views

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  • katie harts on 29 Jul 08
     
    New research results indicate that girls perform as well as boys on elementary and high school math tests, equipping them for careers in science and technology.
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Stats: Old Media's Decline, New Media's Ascent - 0 views

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shared by J Black on 29 Jan 09 - Cached
  • J Black on 29 Jan 09
     
    Quick: what was the most widely-used form of media in 2008? If you guessed Internet news sites, blogs, or social networks, you'd be way off. Network TV news (NBC, CBS, ABC) is still used by the highest percentage of adult Internet users, with local newspapers and local TV news occupying the 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively, in a recently released survey from Ketchum. While old media is still on top, the trends in the survey, which has been conducted each of the last three years, point to a familiar story: media consumption habits are quickly changing. That said, some forms of new media are performing much better than others. For example: - Blogs are now used by 24% of Internet users, up from 13% in 2006 - Social networks are now used by 26% of Internet users, up from 17% in 2006 - Videocasts are now used by 11% of Internet users, up from 6% in 2006 Slower growers include: - RSS feeds: growing from 5 to 7 percent - Podcasts: growing from 5 to 7 percent - Business news sites: flat at 8 percent
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Switcheroo Zoo - 0 views

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  • cheryl capozzoli on 05 Feb 09
     
    One of favorites just keeps getting better!!!!! Create a new creature, write about it...
  • Jim Farmer on 11 Nov 09
     
    There are 142 species in Switch Zoo, and the site features animal games, music performed using animal voices, a reference section about all of the animals in Switch Zoo, lesson plans, and poetry, stories and artwork created by students and visitors.
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PhotoPeach: Social Slideshow Sharing - 0 views

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  • Danny Nicholson on 07 Feb 09
     
    Live performance with your photos PhotoPeach helps you share your memories in a lively and vivid way by moving your photos like a video with your choice of background music, captions on each photo, fun effects, and more. To keep your memories alive forever― start using PhotoPeach today for free!
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Free Online PDF Editor - Edit PDF on the Web - PDF Hammer - 0 views

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  • Judy Robison on 25 Mar 09
     
    Use PDF Hammer to quickly and easily edit your PDF files online without installing a thing! Simply upload PDF files to PDF Hammer via your web browser, perform your edits, and then save the files back to your computer. The online editor allows you to view the pages of your PDF files as you edit them.
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Transformation 101 - Kevin Carey - 0 views

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shared by J Black on 31 Jan 09 - Cached
  • J Black on 31 Jan 09
     
    Arizona State, for example, recently used this method to transform an introductory women and gender studies course. Florida Gulf Coast University put its "Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts" course completely online. Portland State University fo
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Education Futures - Designing Education 3.0 - 0 views

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  • This is my take on the future of education.
  • The role of the corresponding Education 1.0 regime was to create graduates that would perform well in jobs with easily defined parameters and relationships.
  • The role of Education 2.0 is to develop our talents to compete in a global market with new social relationships, and where we are able to leverage our knowledge.
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  • In this paradigm, information is no longer as important as the knowledge that’s created as we interpret information and create meaning. Increasingly, people are becoming more valued for their personal knowledge rather than their ability to perform tasks.
  • Society 2.0
  • Society 3.0 refers to an emerging innovation-based society that is not quite here, yet. This is a society that is driven by accelerating change, globalized relationships, and fueled by knowmads. In an era of accelerating change, the amount of information available doubles at an increasing rate, and the half-life of useful knowledge decreases exponentially. This requires innovative thinking and action by all members of society.
  • Tero Toivanen on 19 Apr 09
     
    This is John Moravec's take on the future of education.
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Apples & Snakes - Poetry with Bite - 0 views

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shared by Caroline Roche on 07 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Caroline Roche on 07 Apr 09
     
    Site for booking performance poets in the UK
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Education Week: Top-Scoring Nations Share Strategies on Teachers - 0 views

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  • Maggie Verster on 06 Jul 09
     
    American education officials trying to learn from the policies and practices of top-performing nations seem to have two exemplary models in Singapore and Finland.
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Turned On, Plugged In, Online, & Dumb: Student Failure Despite the Techno Revolution | ... - 0 views

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  • Russell D. Jones on 01 Jul 09
     
    Bauerlain continues his rant against the poor performance of students on standardized tests. This article, citing many reports, shows that introducing technology into the classroom has done nothing to improve student performance.
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Music and the Brain - 0 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 16 May 09 - Cached
  • A little known fact about Einstein is that when he was young he did extremely poor in school. His grade school teachers told his parents to take him out of school because he was "too stupid to learn" and it would be a waste of resources for the school to invest time and energy in his education. The school suggested that his parents get Albert an easy, manual labor job as soon as they could.
  • Instead of following the school's advice, Albert's parents bought him a violin. Albert became good at the violin. Music was the key that helped Albert Einstein become one of the smartest men who has ever lived. Einstein himself says that the reason he was so smart is because he played the violin. He loved the music of Mozart and Bach the most. A friend of Einstein, G.J. Withrow, said that the way Einstein figured out his problems and equations was by improvising on the violin.
  • Another example of how rhythm orders movement is an autistic boy who could not tie his shoes. He learned how on the second try when the task of tying his shoes was put to a song. The rhythm helped organize his physical movements in time.
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  • Classical music from the baroque period causes the heart beat and pulse rate to relax to the beat of the music. As the body becomes relaxed and alert, the mind is able to concentrate more easily. Furthermore, baroque music decreases blood pressure and enhances the ability to learn. Music affects the amplitude and frequency of brain waves, which can be measured by an electro-encephalogram. Music also affects breathing rate and electrical resistance of the skin. It has been observed to cause the pupils to dilate, increase blood pressure, and increase the heart rate.
  • Mozart's music and baroque music, with a 60 beats per minute beat pattern, activate the left and right brain. The simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and retention of information. The information being studied activates the left brain while the music activates the right brain. Also, activities which engage both sides of the brain at the same time, such as playing an instrument or singing, causes the brain to be more capable of processing information.
  • According to The Center for New Discoveries in Learning, learning potential can be increased a minimum of five times by using this 60 beats per minute music.
  • Dr. Lozanov's system involved using certain classical music pieces from the baroque period which have around a 60 beats per minute pattern. He has proven that foreign languages can be learned with 85-100% efficiency in only thirty days by using these baroque pieces. His students had a recall accuracy rate of almost 100% even after not reviewing the material for four years.
  • Group 1 was read the words with Handel's Water Music in the background. They were also asked to imagine the words. Group 2 was read the same words also with Handel's Water Music in the background. Group 2 was not asked to imagine the words. Group 3 was only read the words, was not given any background music, and was also not asked to imagine the words. The results from the first two tests showed that groups 1 and 2 had much better scores than group 3. The results from the third test, a week later, showed that group 1 performed much better than groups 2 or 3.
  • One simple way students can improve test scores is by listening to certain types of music such as Mozart's Sonata for Two Piano's in D Major before taking a test. This type of music releases neurons in the brain which help the body to relax.
  • William Balach, Kelly Bowman, and Lauri Mohler, all from Pennsylvania State University, studied the effects of music genre and tempo on memory retention. They had four groups learn vocabulary words using one of four instrumental pieces - slow classical, slow jazz, fast classical, and fast jazz.
  • Surprisingly, the results showed that changing the genre had no effect on recall but changing the tempo decreased recall.
  • One key ingredient to the order of music from the baroque and classical periods is math. This is realized by the body and the human mind performs better when listening to this ordered music.
  • George recognized that Saul overcame his problems by using special music. With this story in mind King George asked George Frederick Handel to write some special music for him that would help him in the same way that music helped Saul. Handel wrote his Water Music for this purpose.
  • Dr. Ballam goes on to say that, "The human mind shuts down after three or four repetitions of a rhythm, or a melody, or a harmonic progression."
  • Bob Larson, a Christian minister and former rock musician, remembers that in the 70's teens would bring raw eggs to a rock concert and put them on the front of the stage. The eggs would be hard boiled by the music before the end of the concert and could be eaten. Dr. Earl W. Flosdorf and Dr. Leslie A. Chambers showed that proteins in a liquid medium were coagulated when subjected to piercing high-pitched sounds
  • Rock music was played in one of the boxes while Bach's music was played in the other box. The rats could choose to switch boxes through a tunnel that connected both boxes. Almost all of the rats chose to go into the box with the Bach music even after the type of music was switched from one box to the other.
  • She found that the plants grew well for almost every type of music except rock and acid rock. Jazz, classical, and Ravi Shankar turned out to be the most helpful to the plants. However, the plants tested with the rock music withered and died. The acid rock music also had negative effects on the plant growth.
  • One cannot deny the power of music. High school students who study music have higher grade point averages that those who don't. These students also develop faster physically. Student listening skills are also improved through music education. The top three schools in America all place a great emphasis on music and the arts. Hungary, Japan, and the Netherlands, the top three academic countries in the world, all place a great emphasis on music education and participation in music. The top engineers from Silicon Valley are all musicians. Napoleon understood the enormous power of music. He summed it up by saying, "Give me control over he who shapes the music of a nation, and I care not who makes the laws" .
  • Tero Toivanen on 16 May 09
     
    Mozart's music and baroque music, with a 60 beats per minute beat pattern, activate the left and right brain. The simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and retention of information. The information being studied activates the left brain while the music activates the right brain. Also, activities which engage both sides of the brain at the same time, such as playing an instrument or singing, causes the brain to be more capable of processing information.
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Software Quality Assurance Testing and Test Tool Resources - 0 views

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  • Uzair Ahmed on 02 Jun 09
     
    500+ software QA testing tools, training courses, QA jobs, tester certification, testing glossary, white papers. Open source and commercial tools: unit, functional, GUI, performance, regression, compatibility testing, bug tracking, test management.
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Physical Benefits of Salat « Muslim Dunia's Blog - 0 views

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  • Sussana Martin on 17 Sep 09
     
    Salat is one of the five fundamental requirements that a Muslim is obligated to perform. Salat is given the highest priority in the Holy Qur'an . There are many benefits of Salat described in the Book of Allah.
  • Kathleen N on 03 Oct 09
     
    I do not see how these links belong in the Classroom 2.0 group. why not create your own group or list.
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Education Week: 'Untie My Hands': A Principal's Plea - 29 views

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  • “Accountability must be a reciprocal process,” according to the Harvard University professor Richard F. Elmore. “For every increment of performance I demand from you,” Elmore explains, “I have an equal responsibility to provide you with the capacity to meet that expectation. Likewise, for every investment you make in my skill and knowledge, I have a reciprocal responsibility to demonstrate some new increment in performance.”
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Electronic Field Trip | National Park Foundation - 22 views

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  • Karen Vitek on 11 Jan 10
     
    "National Park Foundation, The Official Charity of America's National Parks: Discover Your Parks Sign In Give Now NPF News: * Happy Holidays! As a gift from NPF, download our free National Parks screensaver! * UL Announces Multi-Year Sponsorship of the National Christmas Tree Lighting * Jordin Sparks, Celtic Woman, Joshua Redman Join National Christmas Tree Lighting * Sheryl Crow, Common and Ray LaMontagne Perform At Nat'l Christmas Tree Lighting * National Christmas Tree Lighting Broadcast Nationally On PBS Beginning Dec 4 * NPF Invites Americans To Honor Veterans Day By Supporting Flight 93 RSS Tell Your Friends Electronic Field Trip The EFT, or Electronic Field Trip, is an interactive, live, educational experience that breaks down the geographic barrier between youth and our national treasures and creates a shared classroom experience with park rangers, fellow students and classrooms across the country."
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Building a Better Teacher - NYTimes.com - 20 views

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  • There was no shortage of prescriptions at the time for how to cure the poor performance that plagued so many American schools. Proponents of No Child Left Behind saw standardized testing as a solution. President Bush also championed a billion-dollar program to encourage schools to adopt reading curriculums with an emphasis on phonics. Others argued for smaller classes or more parental involvement or more state financing.
  • This record encouraged a belief in some people that good teaching must be purely instinctive, a kind of magic performed by born superstars.
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