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Ruth Howard

The Questions - 0 views

www.gallup.com/...Questions.aspx

shared by Ruth Howard on 12 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The Gallup World Poll asks hundreds of core items of all respondents as well as hundreds of region-specific questions around the globe to gauge the unique behavioral climate in the world's different countries and local areas. Gallup asks both the core and region-specific questions over time. This creates a constant flow and update of information and gives World Poll users the ability to compare data and spot key trends. This extensive, continuous survey provides a new access point to the voices, hearts, and minds of the majority of the Earth's population.
  • The Gallup World Poll asks hundreds of core items of all respondents as well as hundreds of region-specific questions around the globe to gauge the unique behavioral climate in the world's different countries and local areas. Gallup asks both the core and region-specific questions over time. This creates a constant flow and update of information and gives World Poll users the ability to compare data and spot key trends. This extensive, continuous survey provides a new access point to the voices, hearts, and minds of the majority of the Earth's population.
  • The Gallup World Poll asks hundreds of core items of all respondents as well as hundreds of region-specific questions around the globe to gauge the unique behavioral climate in the world's different countries and local areas. Gallup asks both the core and region-specific questions over time. This creates a constant flow and update of information and gives World Poll users the ability to compare data and spot key trends. This extensive, continuous survey provides a new access point to the voices, hearts, and minds of the majority of the Earth's population.
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  • The Gallup World Poll asks hundreds of core items of all respondents as well as hundreds of region-specific questions around the globe to gauge the unique behavioral climate in the world's different countries and local areas. Gallup asks both the core and region-specific questions over time. This creates a constant flow and update of information and gives World Poll users the ability to compare data and spot key trends. This extensive, continuous survey provides a new access point to the voices, hearts, and minds of the majority of the Earth's population.
  • The Gallup World Poll asks hundreds of core items of all respondents as well as hundreds of region-specific questions around the globe to gauge the unique behavioral climate in the world's different countries and local areas. Gallup asks both the core and region-specific questions over time. This creates a constant flow and update of information and gives World Poll users the ability to compare data and spot key trends. This extensive, continuous survey provides a new access point to the voices, hearts, and minds of the majority of the Earth's population.
  • Ruth Howard on 12 Sep 09
     
    What are the questions that will engage our students meaningfully well into their future...
  • Ruth Howard on 12 Sep 09
     
    background to questions from Gallop World Poll
Vicki Davis

Chemicals found in phones are a no-no for kids - Cincinnati Business Courier - 1 views

www.bizjournals.com/...und-in-phones-are-a-no-no.html

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shared by Vicki Davis on 03 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 03 Jul 13
     
    I saw this on Fran Drescher's Twitter account from the Cincinnati Business courier and am quite floored by it. Am I the only one who doesn't know this? How about all of the little kids I see where parents are handing them their ipad and smart phones for play purposes. I jusst need to know more but it is based on a study presented at the Pediatric Academic societies meeting in DC. Of course, they recommend hand washing. But pregnant women should be careful - a 10x increase in maternal PBDE's is associated with a 4 point IQ deficit. Of course, we also have the age old question here of causation or correlation.  I do think we need to know more and also if the equipment we're purchasing to use with young children has PBDEs in them.  If you know more, please leave comments. It does say that some manufacturers are voluntarily phasing these out. "Small children should not touch electronic items such as TVs, mobile phones, computers and other products, according to University of Cincinnati researchers. Chemicals found in such items and in many other products, including older carpets and furniture, can cause behavioral and cognition problems, they have found."
Martin Burrett

Back to school essentials, for teachers - 4 views

ukedchat.com/...school-essentials-for-teachers

teachers

shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 16 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Aug 16
     
    There is so much publicity and marketing around for the 'Back to school' push, and here in the UK it starts back in June as retailers grapple to win custom. But students are not the only ones returning to school after a pro-longed break, so we asked teachers what their essential items are to buy, before returning back for another school year. Here are the top 15 items, in no particular order, and you can see the responses in the Storify summary...
Vicki Davis

The Freecycle Network - 0 views

www.freecycle.org

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shared by Vicki Davis on 23 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Aug 08
     
    Freecycle is for giving away items that you don't want to go into landfillls.
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Aug 08
     
    This is not a "greenwashing." (Greenwashing is a new term coined for those who claim green and its not.) This is a grassroots effort of people who are giving things away for free -- keeping them out of landfills. What a great opportunity to share. My students and I are going to spend some time on here and we're going to register some items we have to freecycle. PLEASE PASS THIS ONE ALONG! What a great use of Web 2.
Adrienne Michetti

Digital Web Magazine - The Principles of Design - 11 views

www.digital-web.com/...principles_of_design

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shared by Adrienne Michetti on 01 Feb 10 - Cached
  • concepts that can that make any project stronger without interfering in the more technical considerations later on
  • one of many disciplines within the larger field of design
  • a discipline within the field of art
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  • the basic tenets of design into two categories: principles and elements
  • the principles of design are the overarching truths of the profession
  • the elements of design are the components of design themselves, the objects to be arranged.
  • principles
  • Balance Rhythm Proportion Dominance Unity
  • Balance is an equilibrium
  • visual weight within a composition
  • Symmetrical balance
  • When symmetry occurs with similar, but not identical, forms it is called approximate symmetry
  • Symmetrical balance is also known as formal balance.
  • ntral axis.
  • Asymmetrical balance
  • tend to have a greater sense of visual tension. Asymmetrical balance is also known as informal balance.
  • Rhythm is the repetition or alternation of elements
  • Regular
  • Flowing
  • Progressive
  • three stages of dominance
  • Proportion is the comparison of dimensions or distribution of forms.
  • Dominance relates to varying degrees of emphasis in design
  • visual weight
  • relationship in scale between one element and another,
  • Dominant
  • Sub-dominant
  • Subordinate
  • unity describes the relationship between the individual parts and the whole of a composition
  • Gestalt theories of visual perception and psychology, specifically those dealing with how the human brain organizes visual information into categories, or groups
  • Closure is the idea that the brain tends to fill in missing information when it perceives an object is missing some of its pieces.
  • Continuance is the idea that once you begin looking in one direction, you will continue to do so until something more significant catches your attention
  • Items of similar size, shape and color tend to be grouped together by the brain, and a semantic relationship between the items is formed.
  • In addition, items in close proximity to or aligned with one another tend to be grouped in a similar way.
  • Contrast addresses the notion of dynamic tensionÔthe degree of conflict that exists within a given design between the visual elements in the composition.
  • The objects in the environment represent the positive space, and the environment itself is the negative space.
  • The rule of thirds is a compositional tool that makes use of the notion that the most interesting compositions are those in which the primary element is off center.
  • The visual center of any page is just slightly above and to the right of the actual (mathematical) center.
  • sometimes referred to as museum height.
  • The principles of design are the guiding truths of our profession, the basic concepts of balance, rhythm, proportion, dominance and unity. Successful use of these core ideas insures a solid foundation upon which any design can thrive.
  • Adrienne Michetti on 01 Feb 10
     
    These principles of design can be applied to almost anything, I believe.
Deb Henkes

Museum Box Homepage - 28 views

museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php

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shared by Deb Henkes on 28 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Kevin Jarrett on 28 Dec 10
     
    Great multimedia tool for constructing information / presentations. Possibly a terrific alternative to PowerPoint.
  • Deb Henkes on 03 Feb 11
     
    Museum Box provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
  • Deb Henkes on 03 Feb 11
     
    Museum Box is a free site that provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
Dennis OConnor

Internet Search Challenge: Adults Do Better - 0 views

internetsearchchallenge.blogspot.com/...adults-do-better.html

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shared by Dennis OConnor on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Need proof that adults search and evaluate better than youth? These charts show how students in middle school and high school compare to teachers and librarians. The assessment is the pretest from a course we call "Investigative Searching 20/10."
  • To date, 449 middle schoolers, 414 high schoolers and 28 adults have taken the 10-item pretest that measures the ability to find critical information and evaluate its credibility. There are several differences that really stand out.
  • Are these the results you would expect? Do you think they are artificially low or about right? That's hard to say without seeing the pretest. Without disclosing specific items (in case you want to take the test), the 10 items focus on skills that have been described in previous posts, requiring the application of appropriate techniques to find the author of articles, the name of the publisher, the date of publication, other instances of the content on the Internet and references to web pages.
Kelly Faulkner

MoooJvM's Channel - YouTube - 4 views

www.youtube.com/mooojvm

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shared by Kelly Faulkner on 24 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 24 Oct 11
     
    pretty interesting youtube channel for items that are now obsolete.
Vicki Davis

What is tagging? - Flat Classrooms - 6 views

flatclassrooms.ning.com/...what-is-tagging

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shared by Vicki Davis on 08 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 08 Mar 13
     
    A conversation that we're having about tagging, folksonomy and taxonomy and when to use each. This was posted as an email request on our Flat Classroom certified teacher group, however, we have as a best practice to pull out those discussion items and put them on the Ning so that everyone can benefit from the discussion when it is something others may want to read. Feel free to join in and see the conversations happening and add your thoughts.
Vicki Davis

Common Core Curriculum Resources - List | Diigo - 1 views

www.diigo.com/...mmon-core-curriculum-resources

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shared by Vicki Davis on 25 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 25 Mar 13
     
    Darren Burris, a math teacher at Boston Collegiate Charter School, has a list of 186 items for Common Core Resources on his Diigo list. He's someone you'll want to follow on Diigo.
Vicki Davis

Drafts - Agile Tortoise - 4 views

agiletortoise.com/drafts

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shared by Vicki Davis on 02 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 02 Jan 13
     
    IF you tweet or share a to a lot of apps, this app, Drafts will connect to just about anything. Type it, then decide where to send it, or you can save your most inspirational items to tweet, Facebook, or wherever later. It links with evernote, twitter, facebook, app.net, email, messages, calendars, dropbox, evernote, bufferapp, toodledoo and more (as well as ifttt.com integration.) I'm still learning about all the ways to use this handy tool. The only thing I wish it did is that I could add to it from the web and then see it on my ipad.
Vicki Davis

School principals and the rhetoric of 'instructional leadership' - 13 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...ic-of-instructional-leadership

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  • Vicki Davis on 20 Apr 13
     
    Great article by Larry Cuban on the Washington Post that you should forward to principals. "Yet studies of principal behavior in schools makes clear that spending time in classrooms to observe, monitor, and evaluate classroom lessons do not necessarily lead to better teaching or higher student achievement on standardized tests. Where there is a correlation between principals' influence on teachers and student performance, it occurs when principals create and sustain an academic ethos in the school, organize instruction across the school, and align school lessons to district standards and standardized test items. There is hardly any positive association between principals walking in and out of classrooms a half-dozen times a day and conferring briefly with teaches about those five-minute visits.The reality of daily principal actions conflicts with the theory."
Megan Black

BlogBooker - Blog Book - 20 views

blogbooker.com

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shared by Megan Black on 11 Feb 13 - Cached
  • Megan Black on 11 Feb 13
     
    BlogBooker is a free site that turns your blog into a PDF book from all the blog's entries and comments. It works with WordPress, LiveJournal and Blogger blogs. It is very simple. You export your blog (slightly different process for each blog service - BlogBooker has instructions for you) and then upload it to BlogBooker. It then assembles everything into a high-quality PDF file. This can take a few minutes or longer depending on the size of your blog. This is a great way to print your BlogBook or make an archive/backup of the blog. It could also be useful for students and educators as a way to save a blog as a portfolio item.
Martin Burrett

GameSalad - 7 views

gamesalad.com

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shared by Martin Burrett on 09 Nov 12 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 09 Nov 12
     
    A great downloadable programme for making computer games for a variety of platforms and devices. Drag and drop items to make your creations. It's provides a more mature environment than tools like Scratch and there are many more options and advance settings for talented students. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Martin Burrett

Internet use in class tied to lower test scores - 2 views

ukedchat.com/...lass-tied-to-lower-test-scores

internet research laptops

shared by Martin Burrett on 18 Dec 16 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 18 Dec 16
     
    "Warning: Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test scores, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students. Michigan State University researchers studied laptop use in an introductory psychology course and found the average time spent browsing the web for non-class-related purposes was 37 minutes. Students spent the most time on social media, reading email, shopping for items such as clothes and watching videos."
Errin Gregory

Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse | The New York Public Library - 0 views

www.nypl.org/...public-domain

public public domain collections free share reuse library new york

shared by Errin Gregory on 26 Jul 16 - No Cached
  • Errin Gregory on 26 Jul 16
     
    Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain? That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways.
Martin Burrett

Flavors.me - 9 views

flavors.me

webdesign website builder

shared by Martin Burrett on 08 May 12 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 08 May 12
     
    Make a sleek looking flash webpage easily in minutes with Flavors Me. Just upload your media and click and drag the items you want in to place. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Martin Burrett

Digital scrapbooks for student creativity, self-expression, and imagination - Beeclip EDU - 19 views

edu.beeclip.com

scrapbook poster collage

shared by Martin Burrett on 10 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 10 Jul 12
     
    This is a beautifully made photo collage and poster maker. Search or upload images, add text, drag items into place and then share. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images
Ben Rimes

Slavery Footprint - Results - 12 views

slaveryfootprint.org/results

slavery footprint slave slaves developing labor working

shared by Ben Rimes on 16 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Ben Rimes on 16 Dec 11
     
    Fascinating look at how your life style, living conditions, and luxuries affects how much or how little you support the slave trade around the world. Items of clothing and geared towards children seem to have a deep connection with slave labor in developing nations. Great simulation for college students, or high school students that can deal with being asked a "trick" question about prostitution at the end.
Vicki Davis

The Big G & Business » Top 10 Google+ Plus Tips - 1 views

thebiggandbusiness.com/...top-10-google-plus-tips

Education edtech google google+

shared by Vicki Davis on 27 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Dec 11
     
    Nice overview of how to get the most outvote Google+. The 10th item is to be proposed by readers with the selected winner being included in hs book.
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