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Sandy Munnell

Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom | Edutopia - 158 views

  • Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners.
    • Miss OConnor
       
      Why?  What has changed and if this is true, what are the implications in the classroom when most teachers are visual/auditory learners?
    • Sandy Munnell
       
      I would agree - making this assumption leads to other assumptions that have no scientific basis. It's a reaction to a supposed change in student learning behaviors. But it is the kind of statement that let's technology advocates jump on the bandwagon and sell their technology.
  • An app called Field Notes LT not only allows students to take copious notes of their observations, it attaches the date, time, GPS location and photographs of what is observed. These notes can be instantly shared, collaborated, and published in the field.
  • Perhaps a better question is what would I do with them that I could not do with other tools that are available and cheaper?
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    This article explores various iPad apps that could "transform" the classroom.  
Kate Pok

Glencoe Online Essay Grader - 97 views

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    interesting, but since I've never used it, can't really say much about it.
Kate Pok

Mac App Store - Essay Grader - 124 views

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    I do actually have this and while there are some things I don't like about it (having to enter each student's email one at a time), I do find the concept interesting...and while this is a bookmark for the iPad, there's also a version for Windows and Mac.
Kate Pok

T.A. Toolbar, Essay Grading Software: Grade Essays Faster, Better! - 139 views

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    the expensive version
Kate Pok

11trees: Better Documents. Fewer Trees. - word add-in for grading - 121 views

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    took me ages to find this again...enfin!  Cheaper than tatoolbar!
Garth Holman

ISTE iPad in Education Webinar - 32 views

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    Thanks for sharing. Although I am an ISTE member, this seems to have slipt past me. But the good part is now I have all the information I would have been looking for in participating.
Jason Schmidt

Global SchoolNet: Home - 27 views

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    Looking for partners for a global project? Global School net allows you to search for partners from all around the world. Volunteer your class for projects and look for other classes to work with you.
Kevin Jarrett

Return to Sender -- THE Journal - 60 views

  • The upshot of this neglect, the report goes on to say, is to leave students unsuited for a work environment in which knowing core subject content can be secondary to being able to use technology to demonstrate the so- called 21st century skills that employers now demand:
  • increasingly value people who can use their knowledge to communicate, collaborate, analyze, create, innovate, and solve problems."
  • it's also about turning information into knowledge through Web searching and vetting. It's about developing effective multimedia presentations. It's about seamlessly using digital tools to collaborate and problem-solve.
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    Great article on the need for greater use of technology in instruction.
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    Send this to your principal, superintendent or school board member...
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