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Roland Gesthuizen

iPads for Learning - Why the iPad? - 134 views

www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/why-ipad

iPad pilot tablet review school technology Apple evaluation resources

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • To date, feedback from participating schools has been overwhelmingly positive. For instance the touch screen interface of the iPad is proving to be a great success for students with special needs.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    "We, here at the Victorian government school system, are proud of our internationally recognised eLearning achievements. The iPads for Learning trial is no exception. We are working with Apple to test the value of the iPad, and the applications it can access, as an additional opportunity to engage students and to improve their educational attainment."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Feb 11
     
    Review website by state government to share resources and evaluation for iPads and tablet computers used in a school setting. Includes details of current pilot schools.
Peg Dryden

100 Google Search Tricks for the Savviest of Students | Online College Courses - 185 views

www.onlinecollegecourses.com/...s-for-the-savviest-of-students

Google Search research tools Tricks

shared by Peg Dryden on 26 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Jean Potter on 26 Jan 11
     
    suggestions for specialized Google searches - including using Google as a proxy. Some good ideas here.
Randy Rodgers

STUDYBLUE | Make online flashcards & notes. Study anywhere, anytime. - 142 views

www.studyblue.com

flashcards study education web2.0 elearning students Tools socialnetworking

shared by Randy Rodgers on 24 Feb 11 - Cached
  • webExplorations on 24 Feb 11
     
    Set up notes and/or flashcards by course. Allows recording notes as part of the text. Record online, no special software needed.
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  • webExplorations on 24 Feb 11
     
    Interesting tool. Have to have department added by webmasters so there's a slight delay from instant gratification. ;-)
  • Martin Burrett on 24 Nov 11
     
    A beautifully made online flash/study card site. Teachers can make great looking text, image and audio based study cards and share them online. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
  • Michele Brown on 17 May 12
     
    Online flashcards and notes that can include pictures and video.
  • Randy Rodgers on 01 Jun 12
     
    Create online flashcards that students can access via web browser or mobile apps (iOS and Android); tracks student progress.
Deborah Baillesderr

CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology - 117 views

www.cast.org

udl education technology teaching learning cast

shared by Deborah Baillesderr on 15 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Denise Whiteman on 15 Mar 11
     
    WOW! Free tools related to literacy skills. The book builder tool has a section which reads a story (here's a link for "A Tortoise and a Hare") - They offer professional development and multimedia learning tools. ....."A Tortoise and a Hare" - just this one book offers an amazing variety of learning tools including: activating background knowledge, self assessment and reflection, collaboration and communication, action and expression, coping skills and strategies, challenge and support, recruiting interest, goal-centered learning, and designing flexible curriculum. Each of these skills has a specific activity within the story to address it (almost every page has a different one!). Every page also has a question to think about and respond to. At the end it discusses the moral in another activity and the story itself offers extension activities for follow-up. The story is read by a young girl, but there is also a text reader built in, a glossary, and word-by-word English/Spanish translations.
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  • msovoice on 16 Mar 11
     
    This is great. Good for educators, parents, and students. The book builder thing is cool!
  • Mark Trerotola on 22 May 12
     
    An educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.
  • Marc Patton on 02 Mar 13
     
    CAST is an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.
Javier E

News: Decline of 'Western Civ'? - Inside Higher Ed - 25 views

www.insidehighered.com/...on_courses_at_top_universities

western civilization education history university US

shared by Javier E on 20 May 11 - No Cached
  • Fifty years ago, 10 of the 50 "top" colleges mandated a Western Civ course, while students at 31 of them could choose a "Western Civilization" course from among a group of courses that would fulfill general education requirements. The situation is different today, according to the report. None of those "top 50" colleges and only one of the 75 public universities, the University of South Carolina, mandates one semester of "Western Civ." The association did not count Columbia University and Colgate University as offering the traditional "Western Civ" course, even though those institutions require two-semester courses on Western thought, because those courses include non-Western texts. Sixteen of the "Top 50" list Western Civ among several choices for a general education curriculum, as do 44 of the 75 large public institutions.
  • The "traditional Western Civ course," he said, was especially well suited for the student population of the 1960s. But he said today's student body is radically different and might not be as interested in such courses. He also attributed the change to an increasing specialization among professors, which affects how well they can teach broad survey courses and how much they enjoy doing so.
  • Whereas many colleges in the 1960s had standard core curriculums, more and more universities have moved to a model where students select from a broad range of courses in thematic areas.
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  • "The notion that the cultural traditions of our population reside in Western Civilization is belied by the demographic changes in the American population," Grossman said. He said it is knowledge of world history, a perspective that encompasses Western Civilization, that students are going to need in order to be successful in business, nonprofit, and government jobs.
rief61

MB004/MB004: The Basics of Educational Podcasting: Enhancing the Student Learning Exper... - 5 views

edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mb004

Podcasting

shared by rief61 on 19 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Although there are numerous professional podcasting software packages currently available ($100 - $1000+), beginning podcasters may want to start with a freeware program. One of the most widely used free podcasting software programs is Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/), an open source sound recording and editing program with versions available for PC, Mac, and Linux operating systems. For Mac users another free podcasting program is GarageBand, found within the iLife package that comes with all new Mac OS X computers. Although older versions of GarageBand do not have the podcasting function, upgrades to the new, podcasting-ready GarageBand 4.1 are available in the iLife08 package for $90 (educational discounts available; http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/). For specific instructions on using GarageBand, an online video tutorial is available from Apple at http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/.
    • rief61
      rief61 on 19 Jul 11
       
      Software
  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed
  • However, if the objective, for example, is to create a database of reusable lecture materials, then synchronizing the slides with the audio portion of the lecture and adding special effects (e.g., sound, video) may be required and will likely take at least as long as the lecture itself.
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  • For educators, podcasting offers an opportunity to bridge the traditional classroom setting with progressive state-of-the-art technologies. There are several advantages of bringing podcasting into the classroom for lectures and student assignments. First, podcasting is an exciting and novel means for students to take a more active role in their own learning experience. As students realize their podcast assignments may be published online with potentially hundreds of listeners through free podcast directories, their attention to the quality and detail of their assignments may improve. Second, podcasting is adaptable to the students' learning needs. Students can access the material whenever and as often as they would like, thereby reinforcing critical concepts or details they may have missed in the original classroom lecture. Finally, assignments that require students to generate, edit, and publish their own podcasts reinforce critical communication skills such as writing text that will be orally presented online or in a classroom.
    • rief61
      rief61 on 19 Jul 11
       
      1. Studetns take more active role in learning experience. 2. Adaptable to student's learning needs. 3. Develop communication skills.
  • These results clearly show students' perceptions of podcasting in the classroom dramatically improved after using this technology
  • Although podcasting was popular amongst most of the students, there was one student who opposed podcasting in the class
    • rief61
      rief61 on 19 Jul 11
       
      Interesting. I wonder why.
Martin Burrett

CopyPasteCharacter.com - 13 views

www.copypastecharacter.com

tools font symbol characters text

shared by Martin Burrett on 29 Jul 11 - Cached
  • Melissa Ebeling on 29 Jul 11
     
    Copy and paste characters into any document you would like!  No need to remember special short cut keys!  
  • Martin Burrett on 10 Aug 11
     
    I can't begin to tell you how many times I've had to scroll through the symbols window looking for the divide and degree sign to make maths activities (probably should learn the ALT code!), but not any more. This site has a selection of useful symbols and characters all on one page. A single click copies the symbol to your clipboard for fast pasting. Hold ALT to copy mulitple symbols. You will ♥ it! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Ana Karina

wikispaces - 1 views

www.wikispaces.com

shared by Ana Karina on 10 Aug 11 - Cached
  • A wiki is a space on the Web where you can share work and ideas, pictures and links, videos and media — and anything else you can think of. Wikispaces is special because we give you a visual editor and a bunch of other tools to make sharing all kinds of content as easy for students as it is for their teachers.
  • A Wikispaces Private Label site is a secure, dedicated wiki environment — like a clone of Wikispaces.com, but with your organization’s DNA mixed in. You get unlimited wikis (and everything you need to manage them), plus tools to integrate the site with your other systems and support your users.
  • Martin Burrett on 10 Aug 11
     
    A superb wiki/web hosting site with lets you create web pages for your class or school or use it as a Wiki and let your pupils/colleagues create and build the page together. The basic account is free and if you sign up as an educator you can get extra storage space. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
  • Ray Mitsch on 24 Sep 12
     
    Members please take note of this page!
Jac Londe

Bank of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Bank_of_Canada

canada bank finance banking money banques

shared by Jac Londe on 31 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Bank of Canada
  • The bank began operations on March 11, 1935, after the passage of the Bank of Canada Act. Initially the bank was founded as a privately owned corporation in order to ensure it was free from political influence. In 1938, under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, it became " a special type of " Crown corporation, fully owned by the government; thus, in effect, by the Canadian taxpayers; with the governor appointed by Cabinet. The responsibility for creating small bills was transferred from the finance department and the private banks were ordered to remove their currency from circulation by 1949.[
Mr. Bedingfield

9/11 Ripple - CNN.com - 83 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

shared by Mr. Bedingfield on 01 Sep 11 - No Cached
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    • Mr. Bedingfield
      Mr. Bedingfield on 01 Sep 11
       
      hey this is cool
  • Beth Panitz on 02 Sep 11
     
    Very moving artwork about 9/11.
Lisa Gorhum

Teaching: Prepare and Connect | U.S. Department of Education - 35 views

www.ed.gov/...teaching-prepare-and-connect

shared by Lisa Gorhum on 30 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • As a result, the technology of everyday life has moved well beyond what educators are taught to and regularly use to support student learning.
    • Rose Molter
      Rose Molter on 30 Aug 11
       
      I think that this is what we are talking about when we say "digital native." I think that are studnets know so much more than we do that it is often difficult to know where to start.
    • Lisa Gorhum
      Lisa Gorhum on 17 Sep 11
       
      I'm wondering why businesses, especially, don't recognize that teachers do not have the latest and greatest technological tools and work to provide those materials for students who will eventually become members of the workforce.
  • In connected teaching, individual educators also create their own online learning communities consisting of their students and their students' peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and after-school programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations that serve students in the hours they are not in school; and parents who desire greater participation in their children's education.
  • The most effective educators connect to young people's developing social and emotional core (Ladson-Billings 2009; Villegas and Lucas 2002) by offering opportunities for creativity and self-expression.
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  • Parents or members of other partner institutions can log in for a virtual tour through a class project or contribute materials to the environment.
  • Connected teaching also enables our education system to augment the expertise and competencies of specialized and exceptional educators
msphillipsonline

Draw It Live - 118 views

www.drawitlive.com

whiteboard interactive collaborative draw

shared by msphillipsonline on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robinson on 05 Sep 11
     
    "Draw it Live is a free application that allows you to work together with other people to draw in real time. You simply create a whiteboard and share its URL to allow other people to join in. No password is required, and no special plugins are required."
  • msphillipsonline on 05 Jun 12
     
    Draw and chat in a collaborative whiteboard room.
David Sladkey

Using a wireless mouse with your IWB - 107 views

teachhighschoolmath.blogspot.com

mouse iwb tools

shared by David Sladkey on 01 Sep 11 - Cached
  • David Sladkey on 25 Jan 12
     
    I learned a tip yesterday that most certainly will help my students. It is that I should use a wireless mouse in class. Here is what I mean. You just have your mouse with you while you are in the back of the room and then when you need to do anything on your computer you can just scroll your mouse on any available surface. I've used slate's and special pointers before with poor performances. With the mouse I can just naturally move things around. Give it a try.
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  • bruce mcbrien on 26 Jan 12
     
    To take that one step further, try the Gyromouse, which operates like a Wii remote so you can scroll, move etc as if it were on a desktop but is actually in thin air. Very cool and very effective. I used one to simulate an interactive whiteboard for years before finally getting one.
  • Penny Hildinger on 26 Jan 12
     
    Do you think I can use it with my Smart TV?
  • anonymous on 27 Jan 12
     
    We have used the gyration mice in our school for years and I love mine, but we have had about 4 have the gyro die in them, so the longevity is now what I would like.
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