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Should my class blog, tweet, Google App, Moodle, Desire2Learn, or Edmodo? Arrghhh!!! | ... - 0 views

royanlee.com/?p=2827 socialnetworking web2.0 tools comparison classroom features matrix
shared by Steve Ransom on 17 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 17 Jun 13
     
    A handy little matrix to help you make decisions regarding creating an online component to your classroom.
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Study: Reading novels makes us better thinkers - Salon.com - 1 views

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shared by Jessica Vacchetto on 16 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Jessica Vacchetto on 16 Jun 13
     
    Time to push back in favor of fiction?
  • Steve Ransom on 17 Jun 13
     
    No kidding. Common core swings the pendulum far in the other direction with document-based evidence, informational/expository texts, and sapping the love of the printed word right out of learning.
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Radio Show » Mapping Media to the Common Core - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 16 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 16 Jun 13
     
    Good tips and resources on podcasting/creating a radio show by Wesley Fryer.
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The web's 'echo chamber' leaves us none the wiser (Wired UK) - 0 views

www.wired.co.uk/...online-stubbornness audience echochamber
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  • Steve Ransom on 13 Jun 13
     
    Important in all worlds, analog and digital.
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Slicereader - Easy reading for Mac - 0 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 11 Jun 13
     
    A great, free text chunking app for those who need textual information processing accommodations or those with short attention spans or distractability... Mac-only
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TubeChop - David Weinberger on Too Big To Know (46:26) - 0 views

www.tubechop.com/1249706 knowledge internet
shared by Laurel Loewenguth on 10 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Laurel Loewenguth on 10 Jun 13
     
    Great video on how the internet is changing our ideas of knowledge, AND a great example of the effective use of PowerPoint
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We Don't Like "Projects" | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...t-like-projects-shawn-cornally pbl projects critique
shared by Steve Ransom on 09 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • In short, we seem to have students who believe that projects are for assessment purposes only.
  • he gave the project the highest praise a teenager can give anything: he stayed up until 2:00 AM working on it.
  • if learning isn't accompanied by the psychological stress of an exam, then they're somehow "let off the hook" and can devalue the content.
  • Steve Ransom on 09 Jun 13
     
    How sad that we've coopted the "project" in such ways. We can change this.
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SearchReSearch: Be prepared: What will happen to your content when you die? - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 08 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 08 Jun 13
     
    Google takes you through its Inactive Account Manager so that you can tell it what to do when you are no longer responsive. You'll have to appoint at least one trustee.
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Professional blog | The Reflective Educator - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 06 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 06 Jun 13
     
    Great advice... all things that hopefully came up in class, but they take a while to really "learn". Don't wait.
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2013 Internet Trends - Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13
     
    A good souce of current data if you need it for any projects.
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Five-Minute Film Festival: Learn to Use Web 2.0 Tools | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...ival-technology-tool-tutorials web2.0 tutorials learn pd socialmedia screencasts video
shared by Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 04 Jun 13
     
    Learn more/something new this summer. DIY materials and learning abound today!
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Doctopus Demonstration - YouTube - 0 views

www.youtube.com/watch googleapps google Doctopus script video howto screencast
shared by Steve Ransom on 29 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 29 May 13
     
    We tried out the Flubaroo script in class for automatically grading assignments with Google Docs. This script, Doctopus, is more about managing assignments and can really save a great deal of time once you have it all set up with a class using Google Apps.
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http://www.vsb.bc.ca/sites/default/files/13May28_op_commIII_item3.pdf - 0 views

www.vsb.bc.ca/...13May28_op_commIII_item3.pdf aup socialmedia policy
shared by Steve Ransom on 28 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 28 May 13
     
    from Vancouver, BC schools A nice example of guidelines for both students and employees
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Blogush | 186 Videos that will make you go Huh, Whoa, Wow, Ahhh, and Ha-Ha - 0 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 25 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 25 May 13
     
    Nice categorization of usable video for all kinds of reasons.
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What Makes a Question Essential? - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...-Question-Essential%C2%A2.aspx question essential PBL inquiry
shared by Steve Ransom on 22 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 22 May 13
     
    Notice how the diversity of learning tools at our disposal today enable students to more efficiently tackle these sorts of questions. Nice examples for most content areas
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GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world! - 0 views

www.geoguessr.com geography maps google location game interactive
shared by Steve Ransom on 17 May 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 17 May 13
     
    A very cool geography game that uses Google Maps Street view. Turns players into sleuths who have to use all of their knowledge and skills to figure out where they are.
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