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Pam Jeffrey

Digitally Speaking / Blogging - 169 views

digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Blogging

web 2.0 blog

shared by Pam Jeffrey on 18 Oct 09 - Cached

  • Using Feed Readers

     

    Feed readers are probably the most important digital tool for today's learner because they make sifting through the amazing amount of content added to the Internet easy.  Also known as aggregators, feed readers are free tools that can automatically check nearly any website for new content dozens of times a day---saving ridiculous amounts of time and customizing learning experiences for anyone. 

     

    Imagine never having to go hunting for new information from your favorite sources again.  Learning goes from a frustrating search through thousands of marginal links written by questionable characters to quickly browsing the thoughts of writers that you trust, respect and enjoy.

     

    Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?

     

    It's not!  Here's a Commoncraft tutorial explaining RSS Feeds in Plain English:

     

    Feed readers can quickly and easily support blogging in the classroom, allowing teachers to provide students with ready access to age-appropriate sites of interest that are connected to the curriculum.  By collecting sites in advance and organizing them with a feed reader, teachers can make accessing information manageable for their students. 

    Here are several examples of feed readers in action:

     

    Student Blogs

    http://www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/20982438

     

     

    This feed list includes several elementary, middle and high school blogs that students can explore during silent reading or while online at home.

     

     

    Current Events 

    http://www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/16714925

     

    This feed list includes links to several news websites that cover topics that are a part of one teacher's required social studies curriculum. 

     

    Global Warming

    http://www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/22534539

    Used specifically as a part of one classroom project, this feed list contains information related to global warming that students can use as a starting point for individual research. 

     

    While there are literally dozens of different feed reader programs to choose from (Bloglines and Google Reader are two biggies), Pageflakes is a favorite of many educators because it has a visual layout that is easy to read and interesting to look at.  It is also free and web-based.  That means that users can check accounts from any computer with an Internet connection.  Finally, Pageflakes makes it quick and easy to add new websites to a growing feed list—and to get rid of any websites that users are no longer interested in.

    What's even better:  Pageflakes has been developing a teacher version of their tool just for us that includes an online grade tracker, a task list and a built in writing tutor.  As Pageflakes works to perfect its teacher product, this might become one of the first kid-friendly feed readers on the market. Teacher Pageflakes users can actually blog and create a discussion forum directly in their feed reader---making an all-in-one digital home for students. 

     

    For more information about the teacher version of Pageflakes, check out this review:

     

    http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/02/pageflakes-for.html

     

     

    For more information on using feed readers to organize and manage information, check out this handout: 

  • Meredith Stewart on 18 Oct 09
     
    Checklist to use before embarking on a blogging project with students
Michele Rosen

MIT App Inventor | Explore MIT App Inventor - 73 views

appinventor.mit.edu/explore

shared by Michele Rosen on 16 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Christian King on 17 Feb 13
     
    An Android drag and drop programming environment. Similar to Scratch. looks like there are a lot of tutorials and even a curriculum available if you dig through the site.
Lee-Anne Patterson

Scratch Cards - Scratch Wiki - 1 views

info.scratch.mit.edu/...Scratch_Cards

scratch programming technology scratch cards

shared by Lee-Anne Patterson on 06 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Lee-Anne Patterson on 06 Apr 09
     
    Scratch cards provide a quick way to learn new Scratch code. The front of the card shows what you can do; the back shows how to do it. Click to view and print each card. Found via Seedlings podcast
Michele Rosen

TouchDevelop - 45 views

www.touchdevelop.com

shared by Michele Rosen on 25 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 25 Jul 13
     
    This is a fab suite of programming tools and toys from Microsoft Research. The site using HTML 5 which means that it works across most devices from PCs, Apple, Android and more. It has a get tutorial section to get you started and you are able to pick apart coding from other public projects. You can share your finished scripts and programmes with a link to play on most devices and even export it to the Windows Store. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Jamie Bridge

Nearpod - 32 views

No, that's not bait and switch. That's business.

review tools

started by charliemacneil on 14 Aug 14 2 follow-ups, last by Jamie Bridge on 15 Aug 14
Matt Renwick

Hybrid Classes Outlearn Traditional Classes -- THE Journal - 61 views

thejournal.com/...learn-traditional-classes.aspx

hybrid classes journal

shared by Matt Renwick on 06 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • nine out of 10 schools using a hybrid learning program reported higher academic performance on standardized tests compared to traditional classrooms
  • The use of a blended classroom system; Students rotate among different learning stations; Instruction is delivered in small groups; Students take frequent digital assessments; Educators use student information to differentiate instruction; and The personalized learning is considered "cost-effective."
Tracy Tuten

A guide to online educational resources. - NYTimes.com - 90 views

www.nytimes.com/...18openbox-t.html

education NYTimes guide DE courses

shared by Tracy Tuten on 22 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Richard Ludlow started the nonprofit Academic Earth two years ago after M.I.T.'s OpenCourseWare helped him pass linear algebra as a Yale undergraduate. His site offers the courses of 10 elite universities — 130 full courses and more than 3,500 video lectures. Viewers can turn the tables on professors and grade courses. Other guidance includes "Editor's Picks" and "Playlists," lectures selected around a theme like "First Day of Freshman Year" and "You Are What You Eat."
  • Connexions, started at Rice University 10 years ago, debundles education for the D.I.Y. learner. Anyone can write a "module," the term for instructional material that can be a single sentence or 1,000 pages. Connexions hosts more than 16,000 modules that make up almost 1,000 "collections." A collection might be, say, an algebra textbook or statistics course.
  • Daniel Colman is a curator of sorts. He sifts through the vast amount of free courses, movies and books offered online to find what he considers the very best in content and production value. Then he features them on Open Culture, the Web site he founded in 2006. It's a task in keeping with his mission as associate dean and director of Stanford's continuing education program.
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  • At last count, the site had 2,700 audio and video lectures from more than 25 universities; 268 audio books; and 105 e-books. Dr. Colman says he looks for lectures that "take ideas and make them come to life." And so you can learn 37 languages on Open Culture, or stream Jane Austen audio books, Hitchcock films and a John Hopkins biology lecture.
  • Why pay for test prep? M.I.T. OpenCourseWare has culled introductory courses in physics, calculus and biology, along with problem sets and labs, to help students prep for the Advanced Placement exams. (Not to miss an opportunity, there’s a link to the admissions office.)
  • Sydney Lacey on 22 Apr 10
     
    Thousands of pieces of free educational material - videos and podcasts of lectures, syllabuses, entire textbooks - have been posted in the name of the open courseware movement. But how to make sense of it all? Businesses, social entrepreneurs and "edupunks," envisioning a tuition-free world untethered by classrooms, have created Web sites to help navigate the mind-boggling volume of content. Some sites tweak traditional pedagogy; others aggregate, Hulu-style.
  • Tracy Tuten on 23 Apr 10
     
    Amazing online resources for education
anonymous

Using Mobile and Social Technologies in Schools - 51 views

www.nassp.org/Content.aspx

nassp mobile social resources tools filtering

shared by anonymous on 18 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • n recent years, there has been explosive growth in students creating, manipulating, and sharing content online (National School Boards Association, 2007). Recognizing the educational value of encouraging such behaviors, many school leaders have shifted their energies from limiting the use of these technologies to limiting their abuse. As with any other behavior, when schools teach and set expectations for appropriate technology use, students rise to meet the expectations. Such conditions allow educators to focus on, in the words of social technology guru Howard Rheingold (n.d.), educating “children about the necessity for critical thinking and [encouraging] them to exercise their own knowledge of how to make moral choices." One process for creating the necessary conditions is reported in From Fear to Facebook, the first-person account of one California principal who endured a series of false starts to finally arrive at a place where students in his school were maximizing their use of laptops and participatory technologies without the constant distractions of misuse (Levinson, 2010). Other similar processes and programs are emerging, and they all share a common theme: an education that fails to account for the use of social media tools prepares students well for the past, but not for their future.
Jon Tanner

10 Trends for Personalized Learning in 2014 - 55 views

www.personalizelearning.com

personalized pli ilp personalized_learning personalizedlearning

shared by Jon Tanner on 26 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Caroline Camara on 26 Aug 13
     
    Why personalize? Read this! John H. Clarke has worked for twenty years at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School in Bristol, Vermont on personalization in several roles. John helped develop the Pathways Program and wrote Personalized Learning: Student-designed Pathways to High School Graduation (Corwin, 2013) - a book we highly recommend.
  • Jon Tanner on 07 Jan 14
     
    Keep the focus on learning. Watch out for shiny objects.
Roland Gesthuizen

BBC News - A computing revolution in schools - 56 views

www.bbc.com/...technology-29010511

BBCNews programming cs4hs education

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Sep 14
     
    "This is the week when a revolution begins to sweep through schools in England. It involves a whole new way of teaching children about computing - but I suspect many parents, and even some teachers, know very little about this important moment in education."
Scott Spargo

Science Behind the Headlines: Education Packs - Royal Institution of AustraliaRiAus - A... - 44 views

riaus.org.au/...-the-headlines-education-packs

news resources review tools australia science headlines education

shared by Scott Spargo on 22 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Scott Spargo on 22 Sep 14
     
    A collection of resources for Australian science educators which tie scientific concepts to current issues in the media.
Martin Burrett

Welcome to the new Sodaplay | sodaplay.com - 83 views

sodaplay.com

physics science animation simulation java programming game

shared by Martin Burrett on 02 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 02 Jul 11
     
    This site is a playground for experimenting java programmers. Browse hundreds of user created examples or get your class to make their own. It's easy. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
anonymous

Mobile learning's major impact | eSchool News | eSchool News | 2 - 10 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...2

mobile learning stats

shared by anonymous on 10 Sep 14 - No Cached
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      anonymous on 10 Sep 14
       
      About HALF of all students in grades 3-5 have access to a tablet!
  • Eighty percent of students in grades 9-12, 65 percent of those in grades 6-8, 45 percent of grades 3-5 students
  • have access to a smartphone
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  • A report released earlier this year confirms the trend, which seems now to be less of a trend and more of a permanent feature in schools.
  • the majority (77 percent) of families have at least one smartphone at home, and 46 percent have at least one tablet.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 10 Sep 14
       
      Devices are available and accessibility is at hand!
  • School and district administrators say that mobile technology, including tablets (41 percent), one-to-one programs (28 percent), mobile apps (22 percent), and BYOD (22 percent) have had a significant impact on teaching and learning,
  • South Korea trains teachers in digital learning and has broadband connectivity in all of its schools. Additionally, South Korea plans to phase out printed textbooks in the next two years. Turkey has plans to distribute 10 million tablets to students by 2015, and Thailand’s government has similar aims, with plans to supply 13 million mobile devices to students by 2015
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