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Roland O'Daniel

Chatzy - Create Virtual Room - 0 views

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    Free private chat service - create your own chat room and invite people by email. No installation or registration required
Roland O'Daniel

TokBox - Free Video Chat and Video Messaging - 0 views

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    Free video chat and video mail to anyone in the world without downloads or hassles. Video call your AIM, MSN, GMail and Yahoo buddies. Send video mail to any e-mail address.
Roland O'Daniel

Lobby | Dkapuler - 2 views

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    Backchannel chat room. Seems like it is easy to create a secure chatroom, but there are several tools that are just as easy or easier. 
Roland O'Daniel

Reading Aloud - With a few Twists | Remote Access - 2 views

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    Great post by Clarence Fisher about reading a novel with another class via Skype and how he is using technology to build the conversation. Instead of being afraid of letting students chat online, he is developing their skills. Rather than hiding some of the less rigorous comments, he's sharing with everyone, so he can learn along with us. 
Roland O'Daniel

K12 Online Conference 2008 - 0 views

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    The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. The 2008 conference theme is "Amplifying Possibilities". This year's conference begins with a pre-conference keynote the week of October 13, 2008. The following two weeks, October 20-24 and October 27-31, forty presentations will be posted online to the conference blog (this website) for participants to download and view. Live Events in the form of three "Fireside Chats" and a culminating "When Night Falls" event will be announced. Everyone is encouraged to participate in both live events during the conference as well as asynchronous conversations. More information about podcast channels and conference web feeds is available!
Roland O'Daniel

Met Any Good Authors Lately? Classroom author visits can happen via Skype (here's a lis... - 4 views

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    For all the teachers wanting to do a skype with an author. Here is a list of authors willing to do it for free.
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    Thanks Roland. I shared this article with my SR coaches. Many of them made plans to have their students use the video conferencing equipment to chat with an author. Skype provides them a free option they can begin utilizing while they are waiting for the IVC equipment to arrive and be installed. Also nice to have that quick list of authors for them to consider inviting into their classrooms. Thanks :)
Jackie Miller

SRTrainingSummer09 / Chapter 6- Group 2 - 0 views

  • This way, each kid reads every fifth chapter, all the way through the book.
    • stephanie stobaugh
       
      I a little scared about this so far...:( I tried something like this once with not so great results...but let's keep reading.
    • Jackie Miller
       
      I felt the same way b4 starting Lit Circles
  • the expert for each chapter recounted the key elements of the chapter to the rest of the kids, who hadn’t read it After this round of highlights from each chapter, the groups transitioned into general discussion about the five-chapter segment of the novel.
  • (recognizing that reading doesn’t necessarily guarantee remembering)
    • Abby Dobie
       
      OK Students need to engage with the text in order to remember.
  • ...30 more annotations...
    • Denise Hamilton
       
      ok confirms what I thought
  • Chapter 8 in MacDougal-Little’s The Americans covers the reform movements between1820-1850. There are four distinct strands which emerged during this period- religious renewal, abolitionism, the early women’s rights efforts, and workplace reform
  • she did want them to sample Dickens’ voice and pick up some cultural background from the era.
    • Abby Dobie
       
      T-S i have had this same issue
  • under tough requirements to “cover” material
    • Jon Edwards
       
      OK, students become bored quickly with large reading assignments.
  • Tom’s Cabin, that connects the movements of the period in a vivid, powerful way.
    • Denise Hamilton
       
      T-T connection =similar to something
    • Matthew Albertson
       
      Ms. Hamilton is right on!
  • Or for teachers who worry, sincerely, whether hearing an oral summary from other students is as good as reading an expert’s version in print.
  • Jigsawing
    • David Underwood-Sweet
       
      I have not heard this term before
  • leapfrogging” jigsaw groups
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      ?: I wonder if this is effective for the majority
  • having every student read every page in the textbook may not be the only alternative
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      OK: i agree...reading is not always comprehension
  • Are kids actually working, thinking, and engaged with the text we assign- or are they just imitating a sentient life form while remaining functionally unconscious?
  • But textbooks frequently can be easily subdivided
    • Jon Edwards
       
      OK, Often true for my text.
  • is covering material the same as understanding it?
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      !: very important question to ask when decided to go with this method
  • the language was just too hard for her kids to plow through.
    • Paul Webster
       
      I see this with R & J and Odyssey
    • stephanie stobaugh
       
      I think this would be really good with The Odyssey. Plus some art work.
  • But textbooks frequently can be easily subdivided.
    • Josh Corman
       
      OK - allows students to become teachers to other students, a role at which a lot of them excel.
  • Are kids actually working, thinking, and engaged with the text we assign- or are they just imitating a sentient life form while remaining functionally unconscious?
  • Or for teachers who worry, sincerely, whether hearing an oral summary from other students is as good as reading an expert’s version in print
    • David Underwood-Sweet
       
      Some students may have difficulty in summarizing or in conveying the key points.
  • Textbook Jigsaw Sheet
  • Textbook Jigsaw Sheet
  • whether hearing an oral summary from other students is as good as reading an expert’s version in print.
    • Jon Edwards
       
      !, learning from similar others has many advantages.
  • The Guide-O-Rama
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      New: Sounds like a useful tool for this process
  • it is much harder to “fake it”
    • Abby Dobie
       
      X I'm not sure I agree. Often with jigsaw when the "experts" get together students are more interested in "getting the answers" than truly engaging with that text (ie. asking questions, making inferences, etc) I suppose it depends on the follow-up activity and HOW they go about sharing their info.
  • imitating a sentient life form
  • The parents think the textbook is the subject,
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      :) interesting observation
  • activate their prior knowledge
    • Paul Webster
       
      !
  • The Guide-O-Rama lets you informally coach, support, and chat with kids as you steer them along.
    • Jon Edwards
       
      ? I wonder if mixing in questions with the guide will help ensure that students follow the guide.
  • the author is there to answer questions and talk to the students.”
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      :) good point
  • when you have to read, write, talk, and listen, it is much harder to “fake it” than it is to slide through a textbook assignment without understanding.  
  • “What’s on the Prairie State exam.”
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      = teaching to the test
  • real-life examples
  • No Secrets Education
    • Jessica Slaton
       
      NEW: interesting
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