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PowerPoint Online - 0 views

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  • normanpeckham on 18 Sep 15
     
    With PowerPoint Online you create presentations right in your internet browser. They live in your OneDrive or Dropbox space, and you can edit and share them online without any other software or installations. Let's walk through the steps for creating a basic presentation: PowerPoint comes with "themes," sets of professionally designed colors and layouts.
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Android accessibility features - Android Accessibility Help - 0 views

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  • swimordie on 14 Aug 15
     
    Android accessibility features and apps enable you to customize your Android device to suit your needs. A brief summary of features is below, along with links to more information. Services and tools
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Document View - ProQuest - 0 views

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  • he ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) staff reach out to members and non-members by providing support during actual or potential challenges to books, Internet resources, magazines, and other library materials. Being a member of a state library association can reduce the feeling of isolation and provide networking opportunities for personal exploration of dilemmas relating to selection and access to resources in a library media program.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Being a member of the Idaho Library Association does help!
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Guideline on Censorship: Don't Let it Become an Issue in Your Schools - 0 views

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  • Teachers should be encouraged to think through a rationale for any book to be read to or by the entire class. For primary teachers, who may read aloud many picture books to their classes each week, a written rationale is not practical. However, teachers should be prepared to explain their choices, stating why the book was chosen and what the objectives are in terms of the problems, needs, or interests of their individual class.
  • Obviously, the teacher should be thoroughly familiar with all assigned selections. In short, professional responsibility means not only selecting print and nonprint materials, but also possessing a willingness and ability to defend the choices made.
  • Appropriateness Factors to be considered in assessing the appropriateness of books are children's interests, the age level and/or maturity of children in relation to the book being considered, and the content, format and illustration.
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  • Breadth of Coverage Books may present problems of stereotyping with respect to sex and to race. Religion, politics, and questions of morality or patriotism are issues about which there are considerable differences of opinion. The importance of such books may lie mainly, or only, in their historical viewpoint and should be presented as such to children who read them. Teachers and librarians should be aware of these considerations and should make every effort to provide materials which present alternate points of view. Historically there have always been those who have recognized the offensiveness of these materials. Children, like adults exposed to new ideas, can accept or reject them, based on input from all viewpoints. All opinions require protection under the First Amendment.
  • IF and AFTER censorship problems arise (and before a formal complaint procedure is initiated), here are some approaches and considerations: Be sure to inform your principal of any complaint, and how you plan to handle it. Urge your principal to read or view the material objected to. Afterwards, share with him/her your reasons for using the material with children. Also, try to get a school board member and a local minister, rabbi, or priest to read or look at the material. If a parent complains about material, insisting on an immediate discussion about it, defer such a discussion; make an appointment with him/her for a later time. At the same time, assure the parent that you have a concern for the child's interest. Neither you nor the parent should be in the position of discussing material without careful consideration beforehand of the factors that are to be discussed. Do not defend materials on the spur of the moment. Apart from being unfair to all concerned, and particularly to children, it is your professional duty to present your views thoughtfully and with consideration. Reread or review the material in question, even though you may already be familiar with it. Identify its strengths. Put down in writing why you believe it is proper and useful in your teaching program. Collect reviews of the material from such publications as Language Arts, English Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Horn Book, School Library Journal, and other professional publications. There may be three to five parents, other than the complaining parents, who may be particularly supportive of your teaching objectives. Request that they read or view the material being questioned and invite their written reactions, addressed to you and your principal
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ALA | Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials (Coping With... - 0 views

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  • School librarians play a key role in making sure that students have the broad range of resources and ideas they need to develop critical thinking skills. Challenges to materials provide a “teachable moment” that can help you build understanding and support for the principles of intellectual freedom, including First Amendment rights, student rights of access and professional ethics.
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Turn a challenge into a teachable moment
  • Applying the principles of intellectual freedom Connect academic freedom with intellectual freedom. Academic freedom guarantees the teacher’s right to teach and to select classroom and library resources for instruction. Make sure everyone involved understands the right of people in a democratic society to express their concerns and that all people have the right to due process in the handling of their complaints. Explain the obligation of the school district to provide intellectual and physical access to resources that provide for a wide range of abilities and differing points of view. Define intellectual and physical access when appropriate. Intellectual access includes the right to read, receive and express ideas and the right to acquire skills to seek out, explore and examine ideas. Physical access includes being able to locate and retrieve information unimpeded by fees, age limits, separate collections or other restrictions. Emphasize the need to place the principles of intellectual and academic freedom above personal opinion, and reason above prejudice, when selecting resources. Connect intellectual freedom and access. The freedom to express your beliefs or ideas becomes meaningless when others are not allowed to receive or have access to those beliefs or ideas. Stress the need for teachers and librarians to be free to present students with alternatives and choices if students are to learn and use critical thinking and decision-making skills.
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      intellectual freedom
  • Protecting students and staff with a materials selection policy Update your materials selection policy. Include a formal reconsideration process for textbooks, gift materials, electronic and other resources used in classrooms, laboratories and libraries. Seek board of education approval. Be sure to include the educational goals of the school district and to relate the selection policy to these goals. Emphasize the positive role of the selection policy in clarifying the use of educational resources and in ensuring stability and continuity regardless of staff change. To ensure uniformity and fairness in dealing with complaints, delegate the responsibility for dealing with complaints and requests for reconsideration to the principal in each school. Inform all your school staff (including nurses, secretaries, cafeteria workers and custodians) about the materials selection policy and reconsideration process. Review the policy with staff at the beginning of each school year. Distribute a copy of the policy with a simple statement that explains its importance in protecting students, teachers and librarians against censorship.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Every school library needs a material selection policy. If your library doesn't, make it a priority.
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Intellectual Freedom Committee | Idaho Library Association - 0 views

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  • e, support, and referral.
  • Deborah Babbitt, Chair
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      anonymous on 13 Oct 10
       
      Who should I contact about a school library challenge?
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VoiceThread - Conversations in the cloud - 0 views

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  • Dane Hartman on 13 Oct 10
     
    VoiceThread is a collaborative multimedia slide show tool that supports voice, video, animated commenting, and several document formats.
  • Kristin Ewing on 22 Sep 11
     
    Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice and text commenting.
  • jamie_edtech on 21 Oct 12
     
    Presentations with added voice, video and text comments.
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Technology and Education | Box of Tricks - 2 views

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  • The rising importance and availability of online social networks and their popularity among young people in particular cannot be dismissed, putting the use of ICT at the heart of 21st century interconnectivity in all areas of society, not just education.
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      anonymous on 15 Oct 10
       
      Yes! ICT should be a the heart of 21st century eduation.
  • Pedagogy, in my opinion, needs to reflect these social changes and conform to the needs and expectations of today’s students and, if we teach them in a way that mirrors how they live their lives when they are not in school, if we help to ensure that the gap between their school life and real life is minimised, we then become better able to guarantee the commitment and engagement of the vast majority of our students.
  • the connected teacher.
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  • Using ICT with a focus on the C for Communication is, in my view, the next logical step and would allow us to bring the learning online and to blend the use of traditional tools such as textbooks or dictionaries with more up-to-date, relevant and authentic multimedia materials from the web. Microblogging would provide teachers and students with a platform in which they could interact beyond the constraints of the school walls, and with which the teacher could provide further personalised feedback and support.
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      Steven Albrecht on 19 Feb 11
       
      "meaningful and relevant" as well as trivial information?
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  • When students log on to Edmodo for the first time, they are prompted to enter the unique code generated for their class and thus both teacher and student accounts become linked and the can begin communication privately and safely.
  • lear that better communication between school and home, between teachers and students is, not only desirable, but also essential in a world in which technology is continually discovering and developing new, exciting and useful ways of improving communication between people. In a sense, our students have tasted the proverbial honey and the move towards this type of social interaction in the fiel
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Dave's ESL Cafe - 0 views

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  • Bradley Drewyor on 17 Mar 10
     
    I have been using this Web site as a resource since I first started in educational publishing way back in 1998. This has been a long-term and consistent source for information, ESL expert reviewers, and just general discussion around what needs to happen for English-language learners to have success in school. If you have ESL students and are not sure what to do for them, this is a great place to start and to find individuals who are willing to give tips and support your efforts.

Change your life or become an influencer of effective change! - 0 views

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Bio Digital Human - 0 views

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    A 3d interactive model of the human body that provides complex interaction that would be near impossible to access outside medical school laboratories. Note: Requires a browser that supports HTML5 and WebGL.
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IMLS - These grants will support the planning and designing of up to 30 Learning Labs i... - 2 views

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    The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media. Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums FY 2011 Deadline: August 15, 2011 Grant Amount: Planning and Design Grants: up to $100,000
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Theory and Practice in Mathematics Teaching Development: Critical Inquiry as a Mode of ... - 0 views

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  • Kim Hefty on 06 Sep 14
     
    You will need to use your BSU information to access this article. This article addresses the "challenge of developing theory in relation to the practices of mathematics teaching and its development". This a lengthy article but well worth the read for any level of mathematics teacher! The author is trying to "show" how theory can really be put into practice. The author highlights and well supports that: 1) students learn through exploration and 2) educators using inquiry as a tool to enable teachers to develop teaching.
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How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix | EdSurge Guides - 7 views

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  • alexisseidl on 04 Sep 14
     
    This resource is an image that shows the comparison between professional development for teachers in the past and currently through the use of profession learning networks.
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  • Sarah Baughman on 04 Sep 14
     
    I LOVE this resource. It combines my assistantship, which has to do with professional development, and my online 543 course. It is perfect and really fun. Thank you for posting!
  • Ross Craycraft on 05 Sep 14
     
    Very cool resource. Great image and different approach to PLN. Great resource and find.
  • Cheronne Edwards on 08 Sep 14
     
    Great infographic! It really summarizes the shift PD could make if open to utilzing technology.I bookmarked the site and I will keep this in mind for the next time I do PD sessions.
  • andrewmacrae on 08 Sep 14
     
    I love this as I am a very visual learner. A great graphic - focus on the support, learn, engage and measure, and as a teacher who works in an international school the concept of PD is truly global. Excellent. Thanks Alexis -PLN buddy.
  • bluejayteacher on 08 Sep 14
     
    Solid graphic and one that actually focuses on teachers. A lot of the resources I found used businesses or government bodies as examples, but this is obviously more pertinent. Nice find.

Connect and Inspire: Online Communities of Practice in Education - 0 views

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Developing Communities of Practice in Schools - 0 views

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(Fletcher #2) Research-based communities of practice in UK higher education - 1 views

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  • Levi Fletcher on 04 Sep 14
     
    Research regarding the benefits of being a member of a community of practice. While the information seems a bit forced (the communities of practice used for the study were exclusively face-to-face communities), the benefits of being a member of a community of practice still seem valid. According to the study, they are (1) autonomy and freedom to think beyond, (2) sources to ideas, (3) sounding board, (4) intellectual discussion, (5) like-mindedness, (6) alternative perspective and cross-pollination of ideas, (7) overcoming intellectual isolation, (8) move towards collaborative research, (9) response to research pressure, (10) synergy and leverage, (11) time and energy saving, (12) an informal ground for learning and training, (13) fostering of tangible returns, (14) driving research, (15) opportunities to met, (16) networking, information sharing and updates, (17) support and guidance, (18) sense of belonging, (19) identity, and (20) intrinsic fulfillment. As the article is about higher education, there are certainly some benefits that are more specific to their context, but I think the findings of the article are still valid.
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History of personal learning environments - 0 views

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    The earliest recorded use of the concept of personal learning environments is by Goldstein and Miller in 1976. The next mention arises in 1998 when the first version of Future Learning Environment, a web-based learning environment designed to support learner and group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge, is mentioned. After that, the PLN begins to take off and becomes a common term.
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