Programming -OK, on the programming thing, here are my thoughts.In
our curriculum our objective is not as much a specific LANGUAGE. One year I may
use HTML with Javascript, this past year I used LSL — what I want kids to know
that when they encounter programming and coding that there are certain
conventions. Some are case sensitive, some are not. How do you find out how to
add to what you know about programming? Do you know where to go to find
prewritten code? Can you hack it to make it work to do what you want it to
do?We spend about a week – two weeks but I require they know how to
handcode hyperlinks and images – they are just too important.But to take
12 weeks or 6 weeks to learn a whole language – yes maybe some value – but to me
the value is HOW is the language constructed or built. What are the conventions
and how do I educate myself if I am interested in pursuing. What comes out of
this time is kids who say either “I never want to do that” or “this is really
cool, I love coding.”They are doing very simplistic work (although the
LSL object languages were pretty advanced) but since we don’t have a full course
nor time in our curriculum, I do see this as an essential part of what I
teach.I’m not teaching it for the language sake but for the sake of
understanding the whole body of how languages work – we talk about the different
languages and what they are used for as part of Intro to Computer science and
have an immersive experience.To me, this is somewhat a comprimise
between leaving it out entirely or forcing everyone to take 12 weeks of it. I
just don’t know where 12 weeks would go in the curriculum.
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This is a superb site for creating mobile browser apps online. The builder is quick and easy to use with lots of functions to include. You can continue to update and tweak your app. It's a great way for your class to begin making apps before they move on to full coding. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
The Journey from Library to Learning Commons - 50 views
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transformation of a school library to a learning commons with maker space, coding, inventing, green screen video creation, creativity spaces
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transformation of a school library to a learning commons with maker space, coding, inventing, green screen video creation, creativity spaces
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Free Technology for Teachers: QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator - 2 views
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Links and ideas on how to utilize QR codes in the classroom
About Us | Explore MIT App Inventor - 48 views
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"MIT App Inventor is an innovative beginner's introduction to programming and app creation that transforms the complex language of text-based coding into visual, drag-and-drop building blocks. The simple graphical interface grants even an inexperienced novice the ability to create a basic, fully functional app within an hour or less."
Official Google Blog: Rewriting the code for girls in CS - 43 views
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Instant Eyedropper - 6 views
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Identify HTML-color code of any pixel on the screen with single-click and auto paste it to the clipboard. Great way to teach students about identifying colors for graphics.
Zunal WebQuest Maker - 71 views
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Zunal WebQuest Maker is a web-based software for creating WebQuests in a short time without writing any HTML codes.
Gale - Widgets - 0 views
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If you subscribe to Gale Databases ... Gale's new customizable widgets are simple but powerful tools that generate short HTML code to be placed directly into any page on yur Web site. Most widgets also provide an option for adding to your facebook profile and iGoogle pages
Teaching the Controversy: Why the Creationism Vs. Evolution Debate Should Stay Out of S... - 56 views
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teaching controversy? Really?
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14 percent of high school biology teachers personally reject not only the theory of evolution but also scientific method, which teaches rigorous critical thinking skills and draws a clear path to the discovery of real truths and how to separate them from merely apparent truths.
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I don't understand how this can be rejected with the CCSS?
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Great for ten page paper
islt9440 - Group 7: Diigo for Education - About diigo.com - 86 views
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Diigo highlighting tool allows the teacher or student to highlight in an article or a web page
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The key concepts or vocabulary words could be highlighted to check for understanding. Some students have problems determining what should be highlighted in an article or passage. Teachers could use this tool to demonstrate how to correctly highlight and find the key points.
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About diigo.com page Details and Tags Print Download PDF Backlinks Source Delete Rename Redirect Permissions Lock discussion history notify me Protected Details last edit by cmh459 Sunday, 7:53 pm - 36 revisions Tags none About diigo.comDiigo or Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff is a social bookmarking site that allows its users to bookmark and tag websites. Users are also able to highlight information and put sticky notes directly on the webpage as you are reading it. Your notes can be public which allows other users to view and comment on your notes and add their own or it can be private. Sites can be saved and stored for later reading and commenting. Users can also join groups with similar interests and follow specific people and sites. Teachers can register for an educator account that allows a teacher to create accounts for an entire class. In an education account, students are automatically set up as a Diigo group which allows for easy sharing of documents, pictures, videos, and articles with only your class group. There are also pre-set privacy settings so only the teacher and classmates can see the bookmarks and communications. This is a great way to ensure that your students and their comments are kept private from the rest of the Internet community. Diigo is a great tool for teachers to use to have students interact with material and to share that interaction with classmates. Best Practices for using Diigo tools Tagging Tool Teachers or students can tag a website that they want to bookmark for future reference. Teachers can research websites or articles that they want their students to view on a certain topic and tag them for the students. This tool is nice when researching a certain topic. The teacher can tag the websites that the students should use eliminating the extra time of searching for the sites that would be useful and appropriate for the project.Highlighting Tool Diigo highlighting tool allows the teacher or student to highlight in an article or a web page . 1The key concepts or vocabulary words could be highlighted to check for understanding. Some students have problems determining what should be highlighted in an article or passage. Teachers could use this tool to demonstrate how to correctly highlight and find the key points. Sticky Notes Tool The sticky note tool is a great addition to the tools of diigo. Students may add sticky notes to a passage as they are reading it. The sticky notes could be used to make notes or ask questions by the students. Teachers could postition the sticky notes in the passage for students to respond to various ideas as they are reading. Students could use sticky notes to peer edit and make comments on other student's work through Google docs. These are just a few ideas of how to apply the diigo tools to your teaching practices. Both students and teachers benefit form using these tools. The variety of uses or practices give both groups a hands on way of dealing with text while making it more efficient. Bookmark/Snapsho
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My group for my grad class, "Learning with the Internet" created this wiki about using and implementing Diigo in the classroom.
Paste HTML: free anonymous HTML hosting - 50 views
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This site is what Google sites lacks- the ability to paste up HTML and javascript for free- hosted in perpetuity. Fantastic, free resource.
CODE77 Rubrics - Beginning 2009 version - 3 views
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These rubrics primarily address professional productivity. They are the foundation on which more complex technology and technology-related professional skills are built.
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Schools have to engage people as they are. That requires leaders who insist on more cultural diversity in school: not just teachers who celebrate cooperation, but other teachers who celebrate competition; not just teachers who honor environmental virtues, but teachers who honor mili
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tary virtues; not just curriculums that teach how to share, but curriculums that teach how to win and how to lose; not just programs that work like friendship circles, but programs that work like boot camp
Why I Like Prezi - 0 views
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Why I Like Prezi In my life, I have given a *lot* of presentations. In high school, they were presentations on group projects. In university, they were presentations on research projects. At Google, they're presentations on how to use our APIs. When I first started giving presentations, I used Powerpoint, like everyone else. But I kept thinking there must be a better way, and I experimented with other options - flash interfaces, interactive Javascript apps. Then I discovered Prezi, and it has become my presentation tool of choice. Prezi is an online tool for creating presentations - but it's not just a Powerpoint clone, like the Zoho or Google offering. When you first create a Prezi, you're greeted with a blank canvas and a small toolbox. You can write text, insert images, and draw arrows. You can draw frames (visible or hidden) around bits of content, and then you can define a path from one frame to the next frame. That path is your presentation. It's like being able to draw your thoughts on a whiteboard, and then instructing a camera where to go and what to zoom into. It's a simple idea, but I love it. Here's why: It forces me to "shape" my presentation. A slide deck is always linear in form, with no obvious structure of ideas inside of it. Each of my Prezis has a structure, and each structure is different. The structure is visual, but it supports a conceptual structure. One structure might be 3 main ideas, with rows of ideas for each one. Another might be 1 main idea, with a circular branching of subideas. Having a structure helps me to have more of a point to my presentations, and to realize the core ideas of them. It makes it easy to go from brainstorming stage to presentation stage, all in the same tool. I can write a bunch of thoughts, insert some images, and easily move them around, cluster them, re-order them, etc. I can figure out the structure of my presentation by looking at what I have laid out, and seeing how they fit together. Some people do this
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