We often hear criticisms about the lack of innovation and creativity from administrators and staff in schools. I understand these concerns; however, my response is, “if innovation and creativity are important, why do we provide educators almost no time in the schedule to explore and play with questions and ideas?”
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iPad As.... - 7 views
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This is a neat annotated list of apps that address the following needs I want my students to record and edit video on the iPad. I want my students to record and / or edit audio on the iPad. I want my students to read class content on the iPad. I want my students to annotate course readings on the iPad I want my students to be able to use audio books on the iPad. I want my students to use the iPad as a digitial notebook / note-taking device. I want my students to use their iPads to create screencasts to share and demonstrate their understanding. I want my students to create presentations on the iPad. I want my students to create digital stories on the iPad. I want my students to be able to study with the iPad. I want to use the iPad as a student response system. I want my students to create written content on the iPad. I want my students to blog on the iPad. I want my students to create ePubs / iBooks to read on the iPad. -
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The Wejr Board - Creating Time for Teachers to Tinker With Ideas #RSCON4 - 0 views
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A great post by Chris Wejr in regards to providing time for teachers to tinker. Going beyond the PLC model, Wejr discusses how he provided his staff with time where they were released from class to go and tinker and explore.
George Siemens Gets Connected - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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Learning is not just about the content of a lesson. It is about belonging to a community.
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"If you're always moving away from something, you'll be lost," Mr. Siemens remembers a priest telling him. "Always be moving toward something."
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"For me, we can't even talk like that," Mr. Cormier tells me. "It's messy, and it's always going to be messy, and those sort of clean lines are not even something we should strive for."
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An interesting piece on George Siemens and Connectivism. Good background to MOOC's and how the original concept is different from that offered by companies such as Coursera and edX.
"Knowing Someone" in Social Spaces is Complicated | CTQ - 0 views
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controlling audience is almost impossible when content is posted publicly
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I'm also wondering what we're doing to help students understand that they don't control audiences when they are posting content to the web, so misunderstandings are inevitable
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An interesting discussion of some of the issues associated with digital identity.
Beatrice the Biologist - 2 views
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"Beatrice the Biologist is part science blog, part comic, and part incoherent rambling." Using cartoons and comic drawings to shed light on the mysteries of biology.
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Using a cartoon as a prompt from which to start a discussion can often be a powerful way to begin to understand complex issues.
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) - 1 views
Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing is the fastest growing segment in the outsourcing market as of now and involves outsourcing back office operations and other business proc...
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Graphic Design Packages We developed things allows us to provide you with the creative results that you expect with less effort. We can achieve this by working closely with you and understanding y...
Putting Technology in Its Place - Lesson Plans Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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October 11, 2008, 3:00 pm Putting Technology in Its Place By Matthew Kay
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This series has been very insightful. I think teachers who are threatened and against technology don't understand what Matthew Kay eloquently states in this article: it's not about the technology, it's about people and pedagogy.
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Social Networking and Viral Marketing Using Facebook Training Course - 6 views
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Free online course about Facebook
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - 8 views
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A stick figure comic of the play originally by Shakespeare, but adapted by Dan Carroll
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How about perhaps getting students to adapt another play in this way? A whole year group maybe could make some inroads? Re-organising and rethinking content in this way would surely help with understanding and might entice in some of those reluctant Shakespeare-ophobes.
The "Dance Your Ph.D." Contest - 0 views
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Using the medium of dance to explain the complex concepts in PhDs.
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How well would you need to understand a topic in order to be able to explain it through a completely different medium?! That's the underlying principle of John Davitt's Learning Event Generator (http://www.newtools.org/showtxt.php?docid=737), which in this site we see writ large.
The Good, The Bad, and The Elephant Shaped Bell Curve Farm Bias - 0 views
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Confirmation Bias “the tendency to search for, interpret, or prioritize information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses”
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False Consensus Bias “a cognitive bias whereby a person tends to overestimate the extent to which their beliefs or opinions are typical of those of others. There is a tendency for people to assume that their own opinions, beliefs, preferences, values, and habits are normal and that others also think the same way that they do.”
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It’s the whole curve. And a whole lotta elephant in the middle.
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Alan Levine reflecting on the benefits and negatives associated with the internet and the world wide web. There are many bias at play, the challenge is simply being aware of them.
The lost promise of the Internet: Meet the man who almost invented cyberspace - Salon.com - 0 views
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just as the unregulated frontier of the 19th century gave rise to the age of robber barons, so the Internet has seen a rapid consolidation of power in the hands of a few corporate winners.
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Otlet saw the Mundaneum as the central nervous system for a new world order rooted squarely in the public sector.
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That network would do more than just provide access to information; it would serve as a platform for collaboration between governments that would, Otlet believed, help create the necessary conditions for world peace.
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A discussion of Paul Otlet, a Belgian, who created a version of the Internet in the 1930's.
What You Have To Know About Homeschooling - 1 views
Homeschooling can be a good way for your children to learn, but if they don't have a good teacher, then your homeschooling efforts will be worthless. A good teacher is one of the most important asp...
Collect The Important FAQ's To Gain The Better Understanding Of Long Term Loans! - 0 views
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When you need immediate money but for long duration, Long Term Loans may prove as one of the lucrative financial choice. So, people who are looking for quick cash support can rely on this loan option to bring back their financial status on the right track.
Creating 3D map of ocean floor using Vernier & Excel - 0 views
This lesson helps Ss understand how bathymetric maps are created. https://youtu.be/xcWCc8wBUvg Let me know what you think.
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