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Clif Mims

SimplyBox - 0 views

  • The most visual free service to Capture, Organize, and Share anything you find on the web. Simple, yet powerful, collaboration around the content YOU find!
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    It is a free service that allows you to visually capture any part of a web page. As you collect items that you captured, you organize them in boxes. You can then share these items or boxes with friends, colleagues, ... the world. The result is: efficient and visual collaboration around content. We call it: "Content Networking".
Dean Mantz

Storytelling Alice - Download - 0 views

  • Storytelling Alice was created as part of the research for my PhD dissertation. It has not been heavily tested in the classroom (as Alice 2 has) and no support is available. It is available for download in part because of the overwhelming number of requests that I have received and in part because it provides a glimpse of some of the ideas influencing the design of Alice 3.
Dean Mantz

Meta-Analysis: Is Blended Learning Most Effective? -- THE Journal - 0 views

  • The United States Department of Education reported recently that it's found some evidence to support the notion that blended learning is more effective than either face to face or online learning by themselves. Further, between online and face to face instruction, online is at least as good and may even have the advantage in terms of improving student achievement and potentially expanding the amount of time (and quality time) students spend learning.
Dean Mantz

Top News - How tech drives success in Title I schools - 0 views

  • The report, "Leveraging Title I and Title IID: Maximizing the Impact of Technology in Education," and the guide, "A Resource Guide Identifying Technology Tools for Schools," were released Sept. 24 by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the National Association for State Title I Directors (NASTID)
  • For instance, acccording to the report, Kansas's Technology Rich Classrooms program saw a 10.4 percent increase in third grade state reading scores. In Arkansas, the Technology Integration in the Elementary Classroom project saw third graders' literacy proficiency increase from 67 percent to 84 percent, and among fourth graders from 47 percent to 69 percent.
  • Sixty-seven percent of Title I students have access to a cell phone outside of the classroom, 79 percent have a music or video device, and 46 percent have access to a computer, according to Project Tomorrow's 2008 Speak Up survey data.
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    Title I improvements with technology integration.
Clif Mims

Google Guide - 0 views

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    Tips, tricks and tutorials on making Google search easier and effective for novices, experts and everyone else. It also provides PDF cheat sheets of Google search shortcuts.
Dean Mantz

ProCon.org - Pros and Cons of Controversial Issues - 0 views

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    Debate topics provide with points made pro/con of topic.
Dean Mantz

SEoverview - 2 views

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    Learn the process and functionality of Intel's Showing Evidence web tool.
Dean Mantz

National Educational Technology Plan - 9 views

  • The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation.
Dean Mantz

toolsforsearch - home - 2 views

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    A variety of tools for searching on the web.
April H.

Creating & Connecting - Research & Guidelines on Online Social --and Educational--Netwo... - 0 views

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    Compilation of several surveys that looked at social networking. Respondants were students, parents, and school district administrators.
Dean Mantz

From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) ... - 6 views

  • Wireless devices in the classroom threaten to distract student attention but also offer opportunities for student engagement. Faculty use different methods to reduce in-class distractions, up to mandating no use of wireless devices during class sessions. To increase student engagement using wireless devices, faculty employ creative options for making wireless devices part of instruction, from cell phones as clickers to laptops for on-the-fly web research.
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