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Tanya Hudson

High Tech- Low Budget Technology Options For The Music Classroom - MusicEdMagic.com - 78 views

www.musicedmagic.com/...s-for-the-music-classroom.html

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shared by Tanya Hudson on 04 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • chadcriswell on 04 Dec 12
     
    A large and growing list of free or low cost software and hardware alternatives that music educators can use in their classrooms instead of the high priced commercial stuff.
  • Tanya Hudson on 06 Dec 12
     
    Huge compilation of links to technology for music teachers!
Evan Bibbee

Why choose Schoolshape for your next language lab? | Schoolshape - 35 views

schoolshape.com/language-lab

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shared by Evan Bibbee on 04 May 12 - No Cached
  • Evan Bibbee on 04 May 12
     
    We have decided to start using this online service as part of the online toolkit for our French courses. While some of its functions may be found in CMS systems and others in more narrowly focused website (i.e., VoiceThread), Schoolshape does so, so much more. In particular it duplicates or even surpasses the capabilities of traditional language lab software. The big differences are 1) its price (more than 1/10 the cost in our case), 2) greater flexibility in terms of use and format support and 3) user friendliness. From the corporate website: Schoolshape does everything offered by other language labs, and more besides: CD quality audio recording High quality video recording Audio broadcast Video broadcast One-to-one audio calls One-to-one video calls Audio bookmarking Audio group discussion Teacher-controlled pairing Random pairing Group text discussion (forum) Private messaging Pronunciation exercises Dialogue exercises Audio and video upload and download Supports mp3, flv, wav, wmv, mp4, ogg formats Supports pictures in jpg, gif, png formats Supports flash animations and games Supports YouTube video Download audio for use with mp3 players Supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, MacOS 10.4+, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad 2, Android 2.2+.
Kate Pok

Google Drive and Dropbox Cloud Storage Services Compared - 92 views

www.gottabemobile.com/...dropbox-cloud-syncing-showdown

google dropbox cloud storage

shared by Kate Pok on 07 May 12 - No Cached
  • It’s early in the life of Google Drive, but Gmail has so many users that I think a lot of them will switch, or at least add Google Drive to their digital tools. Google Drive is a new player in file syncing, but the user base and integration of Google Docs gives Google’s new service an edge. Factor in the cheaper storage upgrade pricing and Google Drive is a better fit for users that need more than 5GB of storage. Dropbox still has an edge thanks to iPhone and iPad apps, but Google promises that Google Drive for the iPhone and iPad is just weeks away. With both services offering free storage, there’s no reason not to try both. Stream your music from Dropbox and store your documents and images in Google Drive. You get 10GB for free that way.
    • Jay Reimer
      Jay Reimer on 08 May 12
       
      I just started using Sugarsync which offers more flexibility for sharing individual folders. I am right now using a single subscription (I liked it so much!) to syn my Mac at home with my PC and my Mac at work as well as my wife's Mac at work to my personal Mac (with her login on it). It does all that without problems. I dropped Dropbox when I found, using it as a teacher, that students could take files OUT of Dropbox if they had shared access :( That caused a couple problems ... I like Google Docs "can see but not edit" option to prevent that. I like Google Drive for the potential to make your Google Docs work offline - though I have not tried that yet. However it is frustrating that if you rename or Move the Google Drive folder that Google loses track of the folder; kind of wimpy for a Google Application.... Jay
Jeannie Anderson

Exploring the Use of Social Bookmarking Technology in Education - 8 views

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  • As the price of higher education keeps increasing
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      Jeannie Anderson on 23 May 12
       
      sticky note
  • Jeannie Anderson on 23 May 12
     
    Implications for how social bookmarking can impact online and offline learning are discussed.
Sandy Dewey

Victor Reader Stream, the versatile, powerful DAISY player - 1 views

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shared by Sandy Dewey on 09 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Sandy Dewey on 09 Sep 12
     
    Download your favourite books and MP3s on your Stream and leave home with your library in the palm of your hand. This versatile, powerful DAISY-MP3 and NISO player lets you read and navigate through complex books, such as reference manuals and school books, as well as novels and magazines. You can also use its built in text to speech to read books in text format such as Bookshare. And thats not all there are many more functions, including an integrated microphone to record voice notes. No other DAISY player offers you so much in such a small package and at such an affordable price.
Brady Kiel

News From The Rock - 1 views

www.neenah.k12.wi.us/...S051875FC-051A71AF

shared by Brady Kiel on 21 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • SKI CLUB:  Attention skiers and snowboarders ... or anyone who would like to learn.  Get some friends together, and let’s have some fun!  Nordic Mountain is giving Shattuck students a fantastic opportunity at a fantastic price.  See Mrs. McConnell in the office for information and forms.  It is a first-come, first-served activity, so hurry before the bus is full!  Remember, you do not need to know how to ski to join ski club. Forms and payment are due to Mrs. McConnell NO LATER than Wednesday, January 11.  
    • Brady Kiel
      Brady Kiel on 21 Dec 11
       
      I highly recommend that you try ski club. This is a very reasonable opportunity 
Daniel Spielmann

E-Textbooks Saved Many Students Only $1 - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 4 views

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  • The study’s authors attributed those slim savings to “publisher pricing decisions.”
    • Daniel Spielmann
      Daniel Spielmann on 11 Jan 12
       
      Reminds me of a discussion from late August 2011started by a Guardian article...
Amy Burns

Stupeflix - Make video slideshows with photos, music - 86 views

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shared by Amy Burns on 09 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Amy Burns on 09 Apr 14
     
    Video creation tool.Use photos, videos and music. Free account and Pro accounts available.
  • john cummins on 10 Apr 14
     
    Wow, high priced!
Maughn Gregory

How to Fix Our Math Education - NYTimes.com - 63 views

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  • the assumption that there is a single established body of mathematical skills that everyone needs to know to be prepared for 21st-century careers. This assumption is wrong. The truth is that different sets of math skills are useful for different careers, and our math education should be changed to reflect this fact.
  • Today, American high schools offer a sequence of algebra, geometry, more algebra, pre-calculus and calculus (or a “reform” version in which these topics are interwoven). This has been codified by the Common Core State Standards, recently adopted by more than 40 states. This highly abstract curriculum is simply not the best way to prepare a vast majority of high school students for life.
  • A math curriculum that focused on real-life problems would still expose students to the abstract tools of mathematics, especially the manipulation of unknown quantities. But there is a world of difference between teaching “pure” math, with no context, and teaching relevant problems that will lead students to appreciate how a mathematical formula models and clarifies real-world situations.
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  • For instance, how often do most adults encounter a situation in which they need to solve a quadratic equation? Do they need to know what constitutes a “group of transformations” or a “complex number”? Of course professional mathematicians, physicists and engineers need to know all this, but most citizens would be better served by studying how mortgages are priced, how computers are programmed and how the statistical results of a medical trial are to be understood.
  • Imagine replacing the sequence of algebra, geometry and calculus with a sequence of finance, data and basic engineering.
  • Traditionalists will object that the standard curriculum teaches valuable abstract reasoning, even if the specific skills acquired are not immediately useful in later life. A generation ago, traditionalists were also arguing that studying Latin, though it had no practical application, helped students develop unique linguistic skills. We believe that studying applied math, like learning living languages, provides both useable knowledge and abstract skills.
  • In math, what we need is “quantitative literacy,” the ability to make quantitative connections whenever life requires (as when we are confronted with conflicting medical test results but need to decide whether to undergo a further procedure) and “mathematical modeling,” the ability to move practically between everyday problems and mathematical formulations (as when we decide whether it is better to buy or lease a new car).
Deborah Baillesderr

Seesaw - The Learning Journal - 57 views

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shared by Deborah Baillesderr on 01 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Deborah Baillesderr on 01 Aug 15
     
    A student-driven digital portfolio that empowers students (as young as 5!) to independently create, capture, and share artifacts of learning. Teachers get student work organized in one place and parents get a window into their child's day!
Maureen Greenbaum

Calls from Washington for streamlined regulation and emerging models | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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shared by Maureen Greenbaum on 02 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • more of online “innovations” like competency-based education.
  • reauthorization of the Higher Education Act might shake out.
  • flow of federal financial aid to a wide range of course providers, some of which look nothing like colleges.
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  • give state regulators a new option to either act as accreditors or create their own accreditation systems.
  • “States could accredit online courses, or hybrid models with elements on- and off-campus.”
  • any new money for those emerging models would likely come out of the coffers of traditional colleges.
  • cut back on red tape that prevents colleges from experimenting with ways to cut prices and boost student learning.
  • decentralized, more streamlined form of accreditation.
  • regional accreditors are doing a fairly good job. They are under enormous pressure to keep “bad actors” at bay while also encouraging experimentation. And he said accreditors usually get it right.
  • Andrew Kelly, however, likes Lee’s idea. Kelly, who is director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Higher Education Reform, said it would create a credible alternative to the existing accreditation system, which the bill would leave intact.
  • eliminating bureaucracy in higher education regulation is a top priority
  • “Accreditation could also be available to specialized programs, individual courses, apprenticeships, professional credentialing and even competency-based tests,”
  • “The gateway to education reform is education oversight reform,”
  • broad, bipartisan agreement that federal aid policies have not kept pace with new approaches to higher education.
  • expansion of competency-based education. And he said the federal rules governing financial aid make it hard for colleges to go big with those programs.
  • accreditors is that they favor the status quo, in part because they are membership organizations of academics that essentially practice self-regulation.
  • “The technology has reached the point where it really can improve learning,” he said, adding that “it can lower the costs.”
  • changes to the existing accreditation system that might make it easier for competency-based and other emerging forms of online education to spread.
  • offering competency-based degrees through a process called direct assessment, which is completely de-coupled from the credit-hour standard.
Tonya Thomas

Estimating Costs and Time in Instructional Design - 11 views

www.nwlink.com/...costs.html

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shared by Tonya Thomas on 24 Oct 12 - Cached
  • Instructional Designer - $28.00 hour (based on salary of $60,000 per year) eLearning designer - $37.00 hour (based on salary of $78,000 per year) Organizational Specialist - $38.46 (based on salary of $80,000 per year)
  • 200 to 500 man-hours for each instructional hour of IMI
  • Simple Asynchronous: (static HTML pages with text & graphics): 117 hours Simple Synchronous: (static HTML pages with text & graphics): 86 hours Average Asynchronous: (above plus Flash, JavaScript, animated GIF's. etc): 191 hours Average Synchronous: (above plus Flash, JavaScript, animated GIF's. etc): 147 hours Complex Asynchronous: (above plus audio, video, interactive simulations): 276 hours Complex Synchronous: (above plus audio, video, interactive simulations): 222 hours
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  • Course is five days or less, then 3 hours of preparation for each hour of training. Course is between five and ten days, then 2.5 hours of preparation for each hour of training. Course is over 10 days, then 2 hours of preparation for each hour of training.
  • research generally shows that there is at least a 50% reduction in seat time when a course is converted from classroom learning to elearning. Brandon Hall reports it is a 2:1 ratio.
  • Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $1,901.00 to $2,170.00
  • If your organization is inexperienced, expect your average developmental man-hours to be closer to 450-500 man-hours per instructional hour.
  • 1995 August/September issue of CBT Solutions Magazine reported that 221 hours was the average development time.
  • Category 1: Baseline Presentation
  • 34:1 -- Instructor-Led Training (ILT), including design, lesson plans, handouts, PowerPoint slides, etc. (Chapman, 2007). 33:1 -- PowerPoint to E-Learning Conversion (Chapman, 2006a, p20). 220:1 -- Standard e-learning, which includes presentation, audio, some video, test questions, and 20% interactivity (Chapman, 2006a, p20) 345:1 -- 3rd party courseware. Time it takes for online learning publishers to design, create, test and package 3rd party courseware (Private study by Bryan Chapman 750:1 -- Simulations from scratch. Creating highly interactive content (Chapman, 2006b)
  • Category 2: Medium Simulation Presentation
  • Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $3,768.00
  • Category 3: High Level Simulation Presentation.
  • Estimated Average Cost Per Hour Of Instruction - $7,183.00
  • Verizon says once they develop enough learning objects, they will be able to build courses in five hours or less ($10,000 to $15,000)
  • includes the instructional designer, project manager, and outsourcing fees (the instructional designer takes the content that is written in instructional design format to three other companies and an in house group for bids)
  • They use a content management system from OutStart
  • between 40 to 80 hours and costs $15,000 to $30,000 to develop one hour of elearning (George & Mcgee, 2003)
  • If the elearning looks more like a PowerPoint presentation, then a 1:1 is probably close, however, the more elearning moves away from looking like a Powerpoint presentation and looks more like an interactive package, then the more the ratio starts to increase.
  • Outside Consultant - $90.00 hour
  • Chapman
  • Category 1: Baseline Presentation
Yozo Horiuchi

Metacognition: Nurturing Self-Awareness in the Classroom - 63 views

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metacognition strategies

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  • Yozo Horiuchi on 29 Apr 15
     
    How do children gain a deeper understanding of how they think, feel, and act so that they can improve their learning and develop meaningful relationships? Since antiquity, philosophers have been intrigued with how human beings develop self-awareness -- the ability to examine and understand who we are relative to the world around us.
Steve Ransom

Your Brain on Computers - Attached to Technology and Paying a Price - NYTimes.com - 35 views

www.nytimes.com/...07brain.html

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shared by Steve Ransom on 07 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 07 Jun 10
     
    We really need to think seriously about how WE ALLOW ourselves to be changed by new tools and their capabilities... Good read here.
Bill Kuykendall

Your Brain on Computers - Attached to Technology and Paying a Price - NYTimes.com - 55 views

www.nytimes.com/...07brain.html

shared by Bill Kuykendall on 08 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information. These play to a primitive impulse to respond to immediate opportunities and threats. The stimulation provokes excitement — a dopamine squirt — that researchers say can be addictive. In its absence, people feel bored.
  • “The technology is rewiring our brains,” said Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and one of the world’s leading brain scientists. She and other researchers compare the lure of digital stimulation less to that of drugs and alcohol than to food and sex, which are essential but counterproductive in excess.
  • While many people say multitasking makes them more productive, research shows otherwise. Heavy multitaskers actually have more trouble focusing and shutting out irrelevant information, scientists say, and they experience more stress.
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  • The nonstop interactivity is one of the most significant shifts ever in the human environment,
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