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Teachers Without Borders | Teachers. Leaders. Worldwide. - 4 views

www.teacherswithoutborders.org

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Sep 10
     
    "Teachers Without Borders advances human welfare through professional development on a global scale. "
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Sep 10
     
    Fascinating group of teachers who do some great work. Reading up what they are now doing in Pakistan.
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EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it - 2 views

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Sep 10
     
    Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.
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Why digital doesn't mean dumb ( - Internet ) - 2 views

news.idg.no/...art.cfm

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Sep 10
     
    there's an assertion from Anna Richardson, the journalist, that I'd like to challenge. "Attention spans are much shorter" amongst "online audiences", she says. This is a common belief, but I take a different view.
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2010 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition - 1 views

wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 07 Sep 10
     
    The Horizon Report series is the most visible outcome of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, an ongoing research effort established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 07 Sep 10
     
    Horizon report is out for 2010 :-)
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The State of the GeoSocial Universe [INFOGRAPHIC] - 0 views

mashable.com/...geosocial-universe-infographic

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Aug 10
     
    The graphic below pits our social network usage against the huge adoption of mobile phones - currently at 4.6 billion worldwide. Facebook, with over 500 million users, is still around 10 times smaller than the worldwide mobile market. Even web-based e-mail, which accounts for over 800 million users collectively, barely holds a candle to the mobile juggernaut. The key here is convergence. Where do all these social platforms intersect with mobile, thus becoming "GeoSocial?"
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It Takes a Village - with Glenn McMahon - Educators' Guide to Innovation - 0 views

guidetoinnovation.ning.com/...it-takes-a-village-with-glenn

Elluminate event ICTEV eLearning LearningSpaces 2010

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Aug 10
     
    "Educating our students is a collective responsibility. As educators and leaders in schools we often wonder if we are providing the best possible education for our students. This series of Professional Learning sessions will explore the complexities that we are faced with when working through these three main areas - * Learning Culture * Learning Paradigms * Learning Spaces"
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 23 Aug 10
     
    Helen has organised an interesting series of online workshops this year.
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Will the loss of Becta give schools a fresh chance to make technology click? | Educatio... - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-computers-technology-creative

Becta UK blog trend funding policy ICT eLearning school

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Aug 10
     
    it may turn out that removing a body that was meant to make it cheaper for schools to get computers, allows them to get a wider variety. And for children preparing for a computer-driven world, it might will be a boon if it can bring a more creative approach to how they use the machines in schools.
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BBC News - Children who use technology are 'better writers' - 0 views

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Aug 10
     
    "Children who blog, text or use social networking websites are more confident about their writing skills, according to the National Literacy Trust."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Aug 10
     
    Interesting research about the literacy connection to social networking.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Historical Facebook - Facebook for Dead People - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...acebook-facebook-for-dead.html

Facebook GoogleDocs GoogleApps history community

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 16 Aug 10
     
    "Derrick Waddell created a Facebook template for historical figures to leverage student interest. This template, available through the Google Docs public template gallery, asks students to complete a Facebook profile for famous people throughout history with a place for pictures, an "about me" section, a friends column, and a map to plot the travels of historical figures. It will not result in an actual Facebook account being created."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 16 Aug 10
     
    Amazing concept, building on what some teachers probably already managed to do with a pencil and paper worksheets but with an online language that some students will be already familiar with.
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5 Ways That Paper Books Are Better Than eBooks - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...oks_are_better_than_ebooks.php

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 10
     
    This is a technology blog. However, in order to highlight how far eBooks have to go until they seriously challenge for the hearts and minds of book lovers, we present here a list of reasons why paper books are still better than eBooks. We'll also speculate about how eBooks might match each feature that paper books currently have
Roland Gesthuizen

5 Ways That eBooks Are Better Than Paper Books - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...re_better_than_paper_books.php

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 10
     
    Recently I began to buy eBooks for the Kindle application on my iPad. While I still love paper books, the digital wiles of eBooks are looking increasingly attractive to me. Below are five eBook features that may tempt you to buy electronic books too.
Roland Gesthuizen

YouTube - Apple iPad VGA Adapter Demo - 0 views

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iPad YouTube Apple demonstration monitor tutorial

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Aug 10
     
    Connecting and demonstrating Apple's iPad VGA Adapter
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Schools: Get your discount at the App Store (some day) - 0 views

www.tuaw.com/...ount-at-the-app-store-some-day

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 10 Aug 10
     
    An amendment enables developers to offer a 50% discount to educational institutions on multiple copies of apps. They can apply it to individual app titles, or to all apps that they currently offer in the App Store. As of yet, Apple hasn't noted when the discounts will be available for educational institutions, but this could be a nice treat for budget-strapped school systems in the near future.
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President Obama does his own tech demo for HealthCare.gov | Tech Sanity Check | TechRe... - 0 views

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President USA webcast helpdesk government gov2.0 technology

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Aug 10
     
    Despite its other challenges and missteps, the Obama administration has made progress in pushing the U.S. government toward becoming more technically-savvy and at least considering technology as part of the solution to a number of the problems the U.S. is currently tackling. President Obama named the nation's first federal CIO as well as its first CTO, became the first president to carry a smartphone, and his IT team opened the government's first cloud computing app store (Apps.gov).
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Up Up and Away … to Sky City - 0 views

www.wonko.info/offworld

Blog 3D virtualworlds CAD socialnetworking web2.0

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Aug 10
     
    "Now this idea occurred to me after a cybernaut (thanks Mitchell) sheepishly took me to a place where he thought other cybernauts had dome something naughty - let me explain."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Aug 10
     
    Here is a fascinating adaptation for a virtual world, reconstructing it in ways that the original builders did not consider for new online meetings.
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Pleased to Tweet You: Making a case for Twitter in the classroom - 0 views

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/...CA6708199.html

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  • As long as the staff member can show a detailed educational plan for the use of Twitter/Skype/etc., there should be little problem with unblocking.
  • It’s essential that the teacher emphasize responsible use by students. Probably the most important piece is close monitoring of students by the teacher,
  • My hope is that as a result of this unit, the growing number of students who are involved in social networking will make more informed choices about what they choose to share and may even consider the educational uses of these sites, perhaps setting up online study groups or book clubs.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Aug 10
     
    After consideration by district technology coordinator John Haubner and other administrators, and @MessnerEnglish became our class Twitter account. It's essential that the teacher emphasize responsible use by students. Probably the most important piece is close monitoring of students by the teacher.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Aug 10
     
    Good case for securing permission to access Twitter in the classroom with some notes how it should be used.
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Points of View - 0 views

vpri.org/pov

VPRI book PDF eBook history trends computer education

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  • Points of View is a collection of previously-unpublished essays written to celebrate Alan Kay's 70th birthday. Twenty-nine luminaries from diverse disciplines contributed original material for this book.
  • Your donation will help us to recover the costs of printing and shipping.
  • The book is also available for download as a PDF file. Click
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Aug 10
     
    "Points of View is a collection of previously-unpublished essays written to celebrate Alan Kay's 70th birthday. Twenty-nine luminaries from diverse disciplines contributed original material for this book. "
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Economic Scene - Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...28leonhardt.html

Kindergarten learning research NYT education testing

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  • By junior high and high school, children who had excellent early schooling do little better on tests than similar children who did not — which raises the demoralizing question of how much of a difference schools and teachers can make.
  • “We don’t really care about test scores. We care about adult outcomes.”
  • Classes with 13 to 17 students did better than classes with 22 to 25. Peers also seem to matter.
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  • Good early education can impart skills that last a lifetime — patience, discipline, manners, perseverance
  • teachers. Some are highly effective. Some are not. And the differences can affect students for years to come.
  • Schools can also make sure standardized tests are measuring real student skills and teacher quality, as teachers’ unions have urged.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Aug 10
     
    "A Tennessee experiment found that some teachers were able to help students learn vastly more than other teachers. The effect largely disappeared by junior high, based on test scores. Yet for the the students in adulthood, it was discovered that the legacy of kindergarten had re-emerged. Students who had learned much more in kindergarten were more likely to go to college than students with otherwise similar backgrounds."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Aug 10
     
    Kindergardten teachers should be proud to read this report.
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MyMoodle: Books - 0 views

moodle.aub.edu.lb/...index.php

Moodle eBook tutorial

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Aug 10
     
    Very simple tutorials for teachers on many of the options in Moodle
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Aug 10
     
    Good collection of tutorials that explain how Moodle works and how to use it in your classroom. We use this software at our college.
Roland Gesthuizen

HOW TO: Manage a Sustainable Online Community - 0 views

mashable.com/...sustainable-online-community

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  • A 2008 Gartner study on social software noted that “about 70 percent of the community typically fails to coalesce.” While the measurement and the statistics behind this statement raise questions, there is an element of truth. There are detrimental effects of over-hyping the technology and then committing the three cardinal sins of running a community:
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Aug 10
     
    A 2008 Gartner study on social software noted that "about 70 percent of the community typically fails to coalesce." While the measurement and the statistics behind this statement raise questions, there is an element of truth. There are detrimental effects of over-hyping the technology and then committing the three cardinal sins of running a community:
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