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Loren Kurpiewski

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

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  • professionals selected from the top 10 percent of the nation’s graduates to earn a required master’s degree in education
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 19 Sep 11
       
      Although we are obviously all pursuing our masters in education, it is not required in America that teachers receive a masters in order to teacher. In fact, in some schools and in some parts of the country just getting a teaching certificate is enough to qualify adults to become teachers. I wonder if the standard to become an employable teacher in Amercia was raised, if there would be better quality teachers. I think that if becomig a teacher required more then a certificate or a bachelors degree, only those who are truely passionate about teaching would try to become teachers.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Having such requirements might also increase the prestige associated with teaching. It seems like Finland subscribes to the idea that only the best may teach, while the US still believes that those who can't do teach. Why would you want someone who can't do something teaching it? It's such a nonsensical colloquialism, but one that permeates attitudes toward teachers.
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      there is push to do this in the US - problem is QPA's and test score don't prove you can teach
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      If we increase the level of education required to teach, then we will probably have to increase teacher's compensation so they can pay off school loans. But honestly, I think increasing education is not the biggest need--changing teacher's unions so that low-quality teachers can be fired, and high-performing teachers can be rewarded, might be a more effective method.
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      I agree with Dr. Lombard in that QPAs and test scores don't prove anything about your teaching ability, but I think that spending the extra time, effort and money to earn your Masters is an indicator of your determination and eagerness to not only be a teacher, but be a *great* teacher.
  • “Children from wealthy families with lots of education can be taught by stupid teachers,” Louhivuori said, smiling. “We try to catch the weak students. It’s deep in our thinking.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      While I don't relish the idea of anyone having a stupid teacher, I certainly do applaud the acknowledgement that the weakest students need the strongest teachers. We need teachers who view working with the least priviledged students as the primo jobs and jobs working with kids who already have everything as something that you'd take if you had to. If you want to be rewarded for your job, isn't seeing a kid go from the bottom up a lot more rewarding than seeing a kid who has everything inch up a little higher in his already awesome educational career? I sound like I don't think wealthier students deserve good teachers, and that's not what I mean. I'm just saying that the toughest jobs are the ones we should be the proudest and most excited to do.
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      Now this approach makes sense in particular in the lower grades
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      BALLIN!
    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 25 Sep 11
       
      I love this quote! These weaker students are the ones falling through the cracks in America or being wrongly pushed ahead.
  • If you only measure the statistics, you miss the human aspect.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      YES
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  • His Race to the Top
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      A review of literature will show this caused as much trouble as any good
  • small enough
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      like private schools in the USA
Loren Kurpiewski

Edupunk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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  • "an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and D.I.Y. ethos of ’70s bands like The Clash to the classroom."
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 19 Sep 11
       
      I like the idea of avoiding commonly used tools like Powerpoint. There are so many other technologies students can used to create presentations nowadays.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I agree. I know the classes which have been the most tedious all feature Powerpoint prominently. Granted, the Powerpoint was used poorly, but that seems to be the norm. Let's use this exciting stuff instead!
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 21 Sep 11
       
      This approach goes along way in holding the attention the class / more and more students expect visual and audio stimulation
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      It's so easy to stick with the comfortable, old technologies (aka Powerpoint) rather than find the best technologies. I'm certainly guilty of this!
    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 25 Sep 11
       
      I like the idea of avoiding tools like powerpoint as well, there are so many other tools on the internet such as Prezi that give presentations a whole new format that becomes much more interesting and useful than a typical powerpoint.
    • Chuck DiNardo
      Chuck DiNardo on 26 Sep 11
       
      I think that students fall into the pattern of using powerpoint over alternative tools because it is the one they have the most expertise with and it is the one that their audience already understands. For example I think ustream is such a dynamic resource but it doesn't have the mainstream popularity of youtube 
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      I have never been one to fit in with the mainstream, so this my kind of attitude. Powerpoint is overused and rarely used correctly. Blackboard is rarely used to its full potential and is an educational crutch. The more variety you use, the more interest you may keep.
  • Reaction against commercialization of learning
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I like that this is essentially a movement away from managed curriculum and toward constant differentiation. Between this and "do it yourself," the attitude of "hey, if this doesn't work, we will do whatever we need to in order to find something that does" permeates and I love that.
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 21 Sep 11
       
      This appears to be the way education is headed
  • Do-it-yourself attitude
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Speaking as someone who is very DIY by nature, I love the idea behind this movement. The assosciation with 'Unschooling' is a little troubling though. I read an article on Unschooling over the summer and it talked about a 15 year old kid who couldn't read. I think a little guidance in the right direction is still needed.
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    • Zachary Beebe
      Zachary Beebe on 22 Sep 11
       
      Booya!
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Ha!
  • ^ Hirst, A. (2008-06-08). "Changing Expectations". YouTube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=fNTlescIvW0. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      I dig this video. Nice visuals and sentiments regarding the Edupunk idea. And a pretty kickin' soundtrack by Oasis, too.
  • government and corporate interests
  • Self-directed learning Student-centered education Unschooling Anarchistic free school Student voice Libre learning Popular Education Critical pedagogy
  • reframing and bundling emerging technologies
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 25 Sep 11
       
      This categorization process of students mixed with new hardware in the classroom makes me feel like gov't. and corporations think of schools as customers. Just because new tech is inside of a classroom does not mean that it will be the godsend that fixes everything. Punk schools of thought can breed creativity!
  • Thinking and learning for yourself
    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 25 Sep 11
       
      I love the fact that the one idea the keeps coming up is the thinking and learning for yourself.  We cannot continue to teach our students in a way that doesn't force them to think and learn by themselves!
  • "Wikipedia:WikiProject Murder Madness and Mayhem"
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      This is a fantastic, inspiring example of an edupunk-style assignment! This would definately keep the students interested and engaged because it encourages them not only to learn about the subject, but champion it.
Kristen Koburger

Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Educational Games and Game Builders - 4 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...l-games-and-game-builders.html

EDU 618 educational games

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  • Kristen Koburger on 14 Sep 11
     
    This is a link to a website with links to educational games for many topics for many subject areas. Kristen Koburger
  • Susannah Azzaro on 18 Sep 11
     
    This site is like Christmas every day! THANKS!
  • Loren Kurpiewski on 19 Sep 11
     
    Wow! These would be an absolutely fantastic way to add some fun to an otherwise boring lesson.
Loren Kurpiewski

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 2 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...nlands-Schools-Successful.html

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  • The people in the government agencies running them, from national officials to local authorities, are educators, not business people, military leaders or career politicians.
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 19 Sep 11
       
      Why dont we do this???? Having politicians and businessmen run the education system in this country is like having a ballerina play football. It doesnt make sense!
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I wish there was a "like" button here. So this is my LIKE.
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Double like.
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      LIKE!
  • “We are not much interested in PISA. It’s not what we are about.”
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      I wonder if they would be saying the same thing if they were at the bottom, though. It's easy to say you don't care about test scores when your test scores are through the roof. If you're at the bottom of the pack and saying you don't care about test scores, then people say "Well, obviously. That's why they are doing so poorly."
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Yes, but isn't he saying that their focus is not preparing the students for some standardized test, but more in training them in how to be knowledgeable about the important things they need to know to be functional, productive adults? With that dreamy philosophy actually put to practice, it would seem to me that they would achieve success on the tests, and continue to not care much about them...
    • Chuck DiNardo
      Chuck DiNardo on 26 Sep 11
       
      I agree that the sentiment is that value in placed on learning rather than testing. It would be interesting to see from a budgetary standpoint how much money the U.S. invests in standardized testing and consider what they could accomplish if they put that money into more effectively helping students learn.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 27 Sep 11
       
      I understand and agree with the fact that they put the focus on learning as opposed to testing. However, they still take the tests. If they were truly not concerned about the tests, they could just opt not to take them, right? If the US said that we were focused on the holistic learning process and not on tests, would anyone put any value in that statement considering our test performance?
  • Teachers in Finland spend fewer hours at school each day and spend less time in classrooms than American teachers.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Interesting. In our curriculum class last night, China was being praised for how much more time is spent in the classroom (praised in a video clip).
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm wondering if teachers might be a little more sane if they spent more time prepping and less time in-class... what do you think? And maybe it just varies by the teacher.
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  • Finland provides three years of maternity leave and subsidized day care to parents, and preschool for all 5-year-olds, where the emphasis is on play and socializing. In addition, the state subsidizes parents, paying them around 150 euros per month for every child until he or she turns 17.
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 20 Sep 11
       
      Sorry, I know I'm going a little crazy here with the commenting, but man. I sure wish the US had social policies like this.
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm not sure I agree. Although I too am deeply concerned about the number of homeless, hungry, neglected, and poorly-parented (purposefully or not) kids in our American system, I am also concerned about the economic burden of subsidizing children to this extent. Is there a happy medium, a creative solution, so that family-related problems are not automatically relegated to the state?
    • Rachael Webster
      Rachael Webster on 27 Sep 11
       
      Well, I was more focused on the maternity leave. Not that I'd turn down $150/month for my kid, but the real issue is how far behind the rest of the world the US is when it comes to maternity leave and valuing the family.
  • Teachers use the extra time to build curriculums and assess their students
    • Ron Lombard
      Ron Lombard on 22 Sep 11
       
      Much like the setup in Japan / preparation time is used in an effective manner along with professional development
  • here are no mandated standardized tests in Finland,
    • Zachary Beebe
      Zachary Beebe on 22 Sep 11
       
      nor should there be
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      and thus no teaching to the test!
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      I agree with this completely.
  • Ninety-seven percent of 6-year-olds attend public preschool, where children begin some academics. Schools provide food, medical care, counseling and taxi service if needed. Stu­dent health care is free.
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      Any mention of differences in taxes? I think all of the things described here sound awesome, but if they're taxing the people of Finland at 60%, there's a snowball's chance in Hell it would ever happen here in the States.
  • Equality
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      I'm not sure straight-up "equality" is what we need in education, since every individual is different. Perhaps charter schools are good insofar as they can cater to a students strength. HOWEVER, the immense discrepency between city schools and suburban schools--check Philadelphia vs. satellite Radnor township, for instance--is insane and unjust. Equal opportunity should be a given in this "land of the free."
  • We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      This is what we should be focusing on doing - creating life-long learners. Students should be excited over the process of learning, not just the end result.
Chuck DiNardo

Pursuing Teaching as a Second, or Third, Career - 0 views

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Teaching jobs

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  • Chuck DiNardo on 19 Sep 11
     
    I found this an interesting article seeing as I have taken other career paths prior to education and I know many of you have as well. With the state of the economy, many older Americans are looking to the field of teaching for a new chance to start a career. This influx of teachers from the baby boomer generation must adapt to a new era of educating students for a tech savvy future. Are the 50+ additions to the teaching pool more valuable with their real world experiences than the grad student half their age with the latest methodology and research.
  • Susannah Azzaro on 24 Sep 11
     
    I know a handful of teachers who came to Education after years in the corporate world. They bring a lot to the classroom as, I'm sure, you will. Thanks for sharing this article.
Rebecca Delivuk

Teachers Love SMART Boards: Grade: High School - 0 views

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education games technology smartboard iwb teaching

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  • Some online resources help make the decision to have an interactive whiteboard in the classroom an easy one. When you use an IWB to see and interact with a resource like National Geographic's MapMaker 1-Page Maps, it's difficult to justify "not" having an Interactive Whiteboard. This interactive map resource allows you to explore in detail different areas of the world. All you do is select a region of the world and then select a country. It even includes more detailed views of the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 14 Oct 11
       
      I'm totally using this :)
  • Rebecca Delivuk on 14 Oct 11
     
    So maybe this wasn't exactly on our list of sources, but I found it by clicking away from one source to another. This site has nifty suggestions for different websites that pair well with smartboards. I indeed to use National Geographic's MapMaker to track the states & countries we cover in our class, so at the end of every nine weeks, we can see what sections of the world have been explored via literature.
Loren Kurpiewski

High School Educational Videos | Teacher Videos for Students | SnagLearning - 0 views

learning.snagfilms.com/...P16

videos films education streaming

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  • Loren Kurpiewski on 01 Oct 11
     
    This website looks like a fantastic resource for teachers, although I was saddened to find that they didn't include English or Literature in their list of subjects.
  • Loren Kurpiewski on 01 Oct 11
     
    This website looks like a fantastic resource for teachers, although I was saddened to find that they didn't include English or Literature in their list of subjects.
Loren Kurpiewski

GOOD Video: Future Learning Engages Students with Lessons On Demand - Education - GOOD - 0 views

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future learning lessons demand education video

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  • Loren Kurpiewski on 19 Sep 11
     
    I saw this video the other day on Google Reader. It sparked my interest because it is a very interesting idea and could be a great resource for teachers and students alike. I think on-demand video learning is going to be a huge part of the future of the classroom, and it is a great way for students to get a fuller understanding of something that maybe wasn't discussed in as much detail in the classroom.
  • Susannah Azzaro on 24 Sep 11
     
    Khan Academy is AWESOME! I had bookmarked it last year, and then I forgot about it. I could use it now to help my daughter in Math! Thanks!
Nathan Bell

Shrinking Budgets Put School Support On The Block : NPR - 1 views

www.npr.org/...ut-school-support-on-the-block

NPR school education budgets

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  • Nathan Bell on 17 Sep 11
     
    Interesting story discussing a specific budgetary dilemma regarding educational administrators. Regional Superintendents have been working for months without pay, and it has affected all of the schools they supervise.
  • Susannah Azzaro on 18 Sep 11
     
    Am I allowed to use the term "cluster-f"? Wow! How bizarre things have become....but perhaps a revolution will come about only after things have become so incredibly junked up. What do you think, Nate?
Brittney Story

Educational Leadership:Multiple Measures:Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...h-Interactive-Whiteboards.aspx

whiteboard technology

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  • Interactive whiteboards have great potential as a tool to enhance pedagogical practices in the classroom and ultimately improve student achievement. However, simply assuming that using this or any other technological tool can automatically enhance student achievement would be a mistake. As is the case with all powerful tools, teachers must use interactive whiteboards thoughtfully, in accordance with what we know about good classroom practice.
    • Kristen Koburger
      Kristen Koburger on 15 Oct 11
       
      I like this article because it reminds us that while technology, particularly interactive white boards, is great in the classroom, it is only as good as the teacher using it. The teacher needs to think about how they will use it in the classroom to ensure the best results for their students.
    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 16 Oct 11
       
      I love this idea of using the interactive white board to help students understand the topic as it relates to things current in the world.  Using this in addition to their textbook can show them that what was significant in the past is still significant today.
  • In many classrooms, teachers simply noted how many students obtained the correct answer instead of probing into why one answer was more appropriate than another.
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    • Brittney Story
      Brittney Story on 16 Oct 11
       
      There is no point in showing the results if your not going to discuss them!
  • A second feature is the use of graphics and other visuals to represent information. These include downloaded pictures and video clips from the Internet, sites such as Google Earth, and graphs and charts. Use of these aids was also associated with a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement.
Loren Kurpiewski

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

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  • expanded system of vocational high schools, which are attended by 43 percent of Finnish high-school students, who prepare to work in restaurants, hospitals, construction sites and offices
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      I like the idea of expanded vocational school. The American system of what is now esentially compulsory "13th - 17th Grade" in undergrad just renders the Bachelors degree that much less useful when you're out of school and looking for a job.
  • equal status with doctors and lawyers
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      As they should be! (maybe even higher status than lawyers) (who am I kidding, DEFINITELY higher status than lawyers!)
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      Wow. This is how it should be. Teachers here are ignored, questioned, suspected and even vilified for trying to do their job.
  • “We help situate them in the right high school,”
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      because let's face it, not all students are the same.
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  • Neither Scandinavian nor Baltic, Finns were proud of their Nordic roots and a unique language only they could love (or pronounce).
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 25 Sep 11
       
      This is where I can see Finland wanting to separate themselves from the rest of their neighbors in an effort to show their uniqueness within Northern Europe.
  • Public schools would be organized into one system of comprehensive schools, or peruskoulu, for ages 7 through 16.
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 25 Sep 11
       
      This was the Finn's chance to deviate from the other education systems. From the looks of the number of languages learned, they did it right.
  • Besides Finnish and Swedish (the country’s second official language), children would learn a third language (English is a favorite) usually beginning at age 9.
Zachary Beebe

Current TV - 0 views

current.com

education

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  • Zachary Beebe on 26 Sep 11
     
    This is a user driven channel that actually broadcasts on television, it is on all the major providers including comcast and verizon fios. Pretty cool tool!
Ron Lombard

Wecome to History Animated - 1 views

historyanimated.com/newhistoryanimated

education history animation

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  • Ron Lombard on 30 Sep 11
     
    ANIMATED HISTORY - If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book dealing with history and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, An effort has been to depict key naval and land battles using animation technology.
  • Ron Lombard on 30 Sep 11
     
    This is an excellent site that allows animation to present complicated facts through animations connecting events with the historical concepts and activites that surround them. An excellent way to present complicated specific information to student in an accurate, detailed, and yet entertaining way.
Ron Lombard

Avalon Project - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - 1 views

avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

education social+studies primary+sources

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  • Ron Lombard on 30 Sep 11
     
    Avalon Project - excellent for use in looking at pimary documents. Students can review specific documents in the context of understanding events and historical periods
  • Ron Lombard on 30 Sep 11
     
    Students can work in groups reviewing primary documents and collecting information in the context of a event or historical action. This allows for students to understand the importance of looking at materials in the context of their particular time and location
Loren Kurpiewski

HowStuffWorks "Learn how Everything Works!" - 1 views

www.howstuffworks.com

reference science howto education technology

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  • Loren Kurpiewski on 01 Oct 11
     
    When I was little, I had a book called How Stuff Works. I used to reference it all the time because I was curious about everything. Conversion to a website format makes it that much easier to find what you need and to add additional videos as technology advances. I think that this would be a fantastic reference website for any classroom.
Rebecca Delivuk

HowStuffWorks "Search" - 0 views

www.howstuffworks.com/search.php

education lesson plan Video propaganda technology language

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  • Rebecca Delivuk on 03 Oct 11
     
    I'd love to use these howstuffworks videos to explain the role and prevalence of propaganda--perhaps in a unit exploring the literature of the WW2 and the atomic bomb, or the MacCartney era and/r the Salem Witch Trials, and/or the Cold War. These videos could form a segueway into examinations of political rhetoric prior to an election so that my student in 12th grade English could make informed voting decisions.
Chuck DiNardo

ArtBabble | ArtBabble - 0 views

www.artbabble.org

education artists artbabble

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  • Chuck DiNardo on 03 Oct 11
     
    The website artbabble.org is a great example of the alternatives to youtube that the freetech4teachers article discusses.  It is a video sharing site devoted to inspiring creativity through art. I navigated to an abstract expressionism page and watched a pretty cool video on how different artists came to find their passion for the style and medium that they employ.  I understand the need to have alternatives to youtube available as classroom resources. The school that I currently work at has a block on youtube at all school computers. You can temporarily bypass the block as a teacher, but the process never fully works when you need it to during a class. In addition to firewall issues, sights like artbabble provide a more focused and efficient search than youtube. The search options are specifically designed for finding art related media, so you don't have to scan through tons of irrelevant information.
Rachael Webster

22frames.com - Search and find captioned / subtitled videos from across the web - 2 views

www.22frames.com

education learning captions ESL english ELL language captioning 22frames

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  • Rachael Webster on 02 Oct 11
     
    I think this site is pretty awesome even for hearing students. I know that when I watch something with words along the bottom, I automatically read what is along the bottom no matter what. Things that have tickers across the bottom, like CNN or (what I'm more likely watching, shamefully) E!, I get super distracted, which is frustrating. But having the words that are actually being spoken, kids may become better readers and also better absorb what is being presented to them. Reading along also makes watching a video a less passive activity.
Max Applegate

When Contagion Spreads: Crowdsourcing Disease Outbreaks - 1 views

learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...rowdsourcing-disease-outbreaks

education publichealth lesson plan crowdsourcing

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  • Max Applegate on 15 Sep 11
     
    This great resource is a lesson plan from the New York Times. The students not only get to put their brains in the realm of public health and and social media, but they also get to see a new movie trailer as a warm up. As the students delve into using technology such as Google Tools, Twitter, and even Facebook. All this use of technology and new media would be a blast in the class and is a huge reason why it sparked my interest.
  • Susannah Azzaro on 18 Sep 11
     
    WOW! I skimmed this lesson plan, Max. It's really cool! Have you seen the movie yet?
  • Loren Kurpiewski on 19 Sep 11
     
    This is a really awesome link! I added it to my Reader and immediately went to town combing through all of it. I saw the movie last weekend and was completely freaked out by it. What makes it worse is that I have a friend who is an epidemiologist and he is always telling me all the ways in which I could die. He can be a drag sometimes. I just have to remind myself that, for most things, soap and water do the trick. :)
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