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Martin Burrett

Percentage Calculator - 68 views

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percentages maths calculator

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  • Martin Burrett on 17 Jan 12
     
    A nice online maths tool for working out percentages. Just input the numbers. You can even embed it into your site. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Tracy Tuten

The real economics of massive online courses (essay) | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

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MOOC credentials education higher education

shared by Tracy Tuten on 09 Aug 12 - Cached
  • Is there a model out there, or an institution/student mix that could effectively utilize MOOCs in such a way as to get around this flaw? It’s hard to tell. Recent articles on Inside Higher Ed have suggested that distance education providers (like the University of Maryland’s University College – UMUC) may opt to certify the MOOCs that come out of these elite schools and bake them into their own online programs. Others suggest that MOOCs could be certified by other schools and embedded in prior learning portfolios.
  • The fatal flaw that I referred to earlier is pretty apparent:  the very notions of "mass, open" and selectivity just don’t lend themselves to a workable model that benefits both institutions and students. Our higher education system needs MOOCs to provide credentials in order for students to find it worthwhile to invest the effort, yet colleges can’t afford to provide MOOC credentials without sacrificing prestige, giving up control of the quality of the students who take their courses and running the risk of eventually diluting the value of their education brand in the eyes of the labor market.
  • In other words, as economists tell us, students themselves are an important input to education. The fact that no school uses a lottery system to determine who gets in means that determining who gets in matters a great deal to these schools, because it helps them control quality and head off the adverse effects of unqualified students either dropping out or performing poorly in career positions. For individual institutions, obtaining high quality inputs works to optimize the school’s objective function, which is maximizing prestige.
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  • We also know that there are plenty of low- to no-cost learning options available to people on a daily basis, from books on nearly every academic topic at the local library and on-the-job experience, to the television programming on the National Geographic, History and Discovery channels. If learning can and does take place everywhere, there has to be a specific reason that people would be willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars and several years of their life to get it from one particular source like a college. There is, of course, and again it’s the credential, because no matter how many years I spend diligently tuned to the History Channel, I’m simply not going to get a job as a high-school history teacher with “television watching” as the core of my resume, even if I both learned and retained far more information than I ever could have in a series of college history classes.
  • Tracy Tuten on 09 Aug 12
     
    On why MOOCs are flawed
Martin Burrett

Inchy Picnic - 80 views

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maths measure measurement inches games

shared by Martin Burrett on 08 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 08 Mar 12
     
    A picnic themed measuring game. Move your ant around the course by inputting the inches to travel. Play full screen at http://www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/swfs/antWalk.swf http://j.mp/xNy0My http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Martin Burrett

Word Cloud - 95 views

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word cloud wordle

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  • Martin Burrett on 10 Mar 15
     
    A word cloud creator with an impressive range of customisation. Just enter the text file or url to input the text and then tweak.
Kenuvis Romero

Memory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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shared by Kenuvis Romero on 23 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Encoding of working memory involves the spiking of individual neurons induced by sensory input, which persists even after the sensory input disappears (Jensen and Lisman 2005; Fransen et al. 2002). Encoding of episodic memory involves persistent changes in molecular structures that alter synaptic transmission between neurons. Examples of such structural changes include long-term potentiation (LTP) or spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP). The persistent spiking in working memory can enhance the synaptic and cellular changes in the encoding of episodic memory (Jensen and Lisman 2005).
  • Recent functional imaging studies detected working memory signals in both medial temporal lobe (MTL), a brain area strongly associated with long-term memory, and prefrontal cortex (Ranganath et al. 2005), suggesting a strong relationship between working memory and long-term memory. However, the substantially more working memory signals seen in the prefrontal lobe suggest that this area play a more important role in working memory than MTL (Suzuki 2007).
  • Consolidation and reconsolidation. Short-term memory (STM) is temporary and subject to disruption, while long-term memory (LTM), once consolidated, is persistent and stable. Consolidation of STM into LTM at the molecular level presumably involves two processes: synaptic consolidation and system consolidation. The former involves a protein synthesis process in the medial temporal lobe (MTL), whereas the latter transforms the MTL-dependent memory into an MTL-independent memory over months to years (Ledoux 2007). In recent years, such traditional consolidation dogma has been re-evaluated as a result of the studies on reconsolidation. These studies showed that prevention after retrieval affects subsequent retrieval of the memory (Sara 2000). New studies have shown that post-retrieval treatment with protein synthesis inhibitors and many other compounds can lead to an amnestic state (Nadel et al. 2000b; Alberini 2005; Dudai 2006). These findings on reconsolidation fit with the behavioral evidence that retrieved memory is not a carbon copy of the initial experiences, and memories are updated during retrieval.
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  • Physical exercise, particularly continuous aerobic exercises such as running, cycling and swimming, has many cognitive benefits and effects on the brain. Influences on the brain include increases in neurotransmitter levels, improved oxygen and nutrient delivery, and increased neurogenesis in the hippocampus. The effects of exercise on memory have important implications for improving children's academic performance, maintaining mental abilities in old age, and the prevention and potential cure of neurological diseases.
  • At the Center for Cognitive Science at Ohio State University, researchers have found that memory accuracy of adults is hurt by the fact that they know more, and have more experience than children, and tend to apply all this knowledge when learning new information. The findings appeared in the August 2004 edition of the journal Psychological Science.
  • Interference can hamper memorization and retrieval. There is retroactive interference, when learning new information makes it harder to recall old information[59] and proactive interference, where prior learning disrupts recall of new information. Although interference can lead to forgetting, it is important to keep in mind that there are situations when old information can facilitate learning of new information. Knowing Latin, for instance, can help an individual learn a related language such as French – this phenomenon is known as positive transfer.[60]
  • Methods to optimize memorization[edit] Memorization is a method of learning that allows an individual to recall information verbatim. Rote learning is the method most often used. Methods of memorizing things have been the subject of much discussion over the years with some writers, such as Cosmos Rossellius using visual alphabets. The spacing effect shows that an individual is more likely to remember a list of items when rehearsal is spaced over an extended period of time. In contrast to this is cramming which is intensive memorization in a short period of time. Also relevant is the Zeigarnik effect which states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones. The so-called Method of loci uses spatial memory to memorize non-spatial information.[72]
Amy Roediger

iDoceo for paperless recordkeeping for the iPad - 20 views

www.idoceo.net/en

apps ipad gradebook

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  • Amy Roediger on 23 Feb 14
     
    A grade book, planner, diary, schedule and resource manager all in one app. Its spreadsheet engine will calculate averages as you input your assessment data. You can insert and edit any kind of information for a class, student and semester visually, no more boring spreadsheets. Scroll, expand, filter, export, import and view your information at any time. No internet connection is required. iDoceo will work with any kind of grading system, you can even create your own. You will not miss you old paper grade book again.
Beth Hartranft

Student Response System: Faculty: Best Practices - 51 views

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clickers prs *best practices*

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  • Beth Hartranft on 31 Aug 10
     
    "Tips on effectively integrating and using clickers in the classroom Best practices are lessons learned throughout our first year using clickers. The following information was created by input from faculty, faculty development, and support. " from University of Milwaukee
Roland Gesthuizen

Fractals without a Computer! | Good Math, Bad Math - 32 views

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fractals computer camera

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 13 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • We tend to think of fractals in computational terms, because in general we generate fractal images using digital computers. But you don’t need to. Fractals are actually fascinatingly ubiquitous, and you can produce them in lots of different ways – not just digitally.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 13 Nov 10
     
    "In this video, what they've done is set up three screens, in a triangular pattern, and set them to display the input from a camera.. If you watch, they're able to manipulate it to get Julia fractals, Sierpinski triangles, and several other really famous fractals. "
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 13 Nov 10
     
    Fractals without a Computer
Rob Reynolds

Download HD YouTube Videos - YouTubeSnips - 0 views

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youtube tools Video

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  • Rob Reynolds on 23 Aug 09
     
    YouTubeSnips is a free tool that lets you download HD videos off YouTube! You can also download the video in mobile 3GP format, MP4 format, and FLV format. Simply pick one of the 3 input formats bellow:
BalancEd Tech

Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society - 42 views

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Creativity Play Design Scratch

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  • BalancEd Tech on 12 Feb 10
     
    "the "creative thinking spiral." In this pro- cess, people imagine what they want to do, create a project based on their ideas, play with their creations, share their ideas and creations with others, and reflect on their experiences-all of which leads them to imagine new ideas and new projects. As students go through this process, over and over, they learn to develop their own ideas, try them out, test the boundaries, experiment with alternatives, get input from others, and generate new ideas based on their experiences."
Phil Taylor

TubeChop - Chop YouTube Videos - 96 views

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YouTube Video editing tubechop edit

shared by Phil Taylor on 25 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Chop YouTube Videos TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.
Martin Burrett

The Decifractator - 54 views

www.amblesideprimary.com/...fracto.html

fractions decimals iwb whiteboard resources maths numeracy

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  • Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 11
     
    A good fractions resource where you input the numerator and denominator and you get the decimal equivalent. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Martin Burrett

Clockblock - Visual To-Do List - 199 views

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to do list todo

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  • Martin Burrett on 01 Oct 11
     
    A beautifully simple to do list site. Input your tasks and important thing appear large. The site uses HTML, so is usable across most devices. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Martin Burrett

DoneCal - A timesheet/timetracker calendar - 0 views

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calendar

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  • Martin Burrett on 17 Jul 11
     
    Done Cal is a really simple online calendar. Just double click on the day to input an entry. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Martin Burrett

nciku - Online English Chinese Dictionary, Learn Chinese Mandarin Online - 19 views

www.nciku.com

Chinese Mandarin dictionary language translation characters

shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Jun 11 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Jun 11
     
    A superb Mandarin-English dictionary site. Draw characters to input and search results have pictures. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Mandarin+&+Chinese+culture
Jennifer Carey

How I'm Using my iPad as a Teaching Tool « Indiana Jen - 229 views

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iPad teaching education iPad_article apple resources tools technology

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  • Jennifer Carey on 15 Oct 11
     
    Would love thoughts and input and suggestions from colleagues!
anonymous

Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century | Langwitches Blog - 196 views

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KWL

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  • Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century
  • anonymous on 01 Nov 11
     
    Very interesting input
Leanne Grandjean

Educators - The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - 49 views

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21st_century_skills P21

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      Leanne Grandjean on 02 Aug 14
       
      Scroll down about 1/2 way to locate the 21st Century Skills Maps (by subject)
  • Leanne Grandjean on 02 Aug 14
     
    P21's reports and publications support a vision for learning to ensure 21st century readiness for every student. These documents have been developed through a comprehensive process involving thorough input from partners, educators, researchers, organizations and businesses across the country. 21st Century Skills Maps!!!
Jennifer Carey

My First Attempt at Employing Digital Storytelling in the Classroom « Indiana... - 175 views

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digital storytelling classroom web2.0 technology resources history teaching learning tools

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  • Jennifer Carey on 17 Sep 11
     
    Would love colleagues' thoughts and input on this lesson!
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  • Irene Reynolds on 17 Sep 11
     
    Thank you, Jennifer, for sharing your process on digital storytelling. I teach middle school English and am not as tech-savvy as you, but I know the value of a well-planned multimedia project for students. I am inspired to plan out a similar project, now that I see how to do it. I like that they create a storyboard and script to emphasize the "meat" of their project and not the glitzy stuff. Their narrated videos are quite impressive. Your students are lucky to have you!
  • Jennifer Carey on 17 Sep 11
     
    Thanks Irene! The students did such an amazing job. You really don't have to be tech-saavy to employ this in your classroom. The software is already so user-friendly. The person who taught me how to do this was an English teacher - she would use it with poetry, so that students would have to emphasize emotion in their reading. Very effective!
  • bruce schwartz on 17 Sep 11
     
    Jennifer, this is wonderful! I love how you give your students choices of which app to use and how you place the onus on them to learn it and to troubleshoot on their own. This is something that I teach in my computer classes because students have to acquire and feel comfortable with that skill. Thanks!
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