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Steve Ransom

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

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    A handy little matrix to help you make decisions regarding creating an online component to your classroom.
Jessica Vacchetto

Study: Reading novels makes us better thinkers - Salon.com - 1 views

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    Time to push back in favor of fiction?
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    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.
Steve Ransom

Radio Show » Mapping Media to the Common Core - 0 views

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    Good tips and resources on podcasting/creating a radio show by Wesley Fryer.
Steve Ransom

The web's 'echo chamber' leaves us none the wiser (Wired UK) - 0 views

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    Important in all worlds, analog and digital.
Steve Ransom

Slicereader - Easy reading for Mac - 0 views

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    A great, free text chunking app for those who need textual information processing accommodations or those with short attention spans or distractability... Mac-only
Laurel Loewenguth

TubeChop - David Weinberger on Too Big To Know (46:26) - 0 views

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    Great video on how the internet is changing our ideas of knowledge, AND a great example of the effective use of PowerPoint
Steve Ransom

We Don't Like "Projects" | Edutopia - 0 views

  • 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.
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    How sad that we've coopted the "project" in such ways. We can change this.
Steve Ransom

SearchReSearch: Be prepared: What will happen to your content when you die? - 0 views

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    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.
Steve Ransom

Professional blog | The Reflective Educator - 0 views

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    Great advice... all things that hopefully came up in class, but they take a while to really "learn". Don't wait.
Steve Ransom

2013 Internet Trends - Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers - 0 views

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    A good souce of current data if you need it for any projects.
Steve Ransom

Five-Minute Film Festival: Learn to Use Web 2.0 Tools | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Learn more/something new this summer. DIY materials and learning abound today!
Steve Ransom

Doctopus Demonstration - YouTube - 0 views

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    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.
Steve Ransom

http://www.vsb.bc.ca/sites/default/files/13May28_op_commIII_item3.pdf - 0 views

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    from Vancouver, BC schools A nice example of guidelines for both students and employees
Steve Ransom

Blogush | 186 Videos that will make you go Huh, Whoa, Wow, Ahhh, and Ha-Ha - 0 views

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    Nice categorization of usable video for all kinds of reasons.
Steve Ransom

What Makes a Question Essential? - 0 views

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    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
Steve Ransom

GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world! - 0 views

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    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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