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Martin Burrett

Food Fight - 12 views

www.brainpop.com/foodfight

food chain food web science games

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  • Martin Burrett on 27 Feb 12
     
    This is a superb game which teaches about food webs in a competitive battle game. Who will succumb to selection pressures and who will survive? http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Martin Burrett

Fun with Music - 4 views

www.sfskids.org/...home.asp

music orchestra instruments

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  • Martin Burrett on 18 Jun 12
     
    This is a nicely designed musical resource from the San Francisco Symphony. Explore music, instruments, how music is composed and more. The radio area has a good selection of classical tracks to listen to with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts
Julie Shy

Coursera - 6 views

www.coursera.org

online_courses elearning

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  • Julie Shy on 19 Sep 12
     
    We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. We envision a future where the top universities are educating not only thousands of students, but millions. Our technology enables the best professors to teach tens or hundreds of thousands of students. Through this, we hope to give everyone access to the world-class education that has so far been available only to a select few. We want to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in. Our Courses Classes offered on Coursera are designed to help you master the material. When you take one of our classes, you will watch lectures taught by world-class professors, learn at your own pace, test your knowledge, and reinforce concepts through interactive exercises. When you join one of our classes, you'll also join a global community of thousands of students learning alongside you.
Martin Burrett

Wideo.co - 8 views

wideo.co

animation cartoon

shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Jul 13
     
    This is an easy to use animation tool. Choose your objects from the bank on the site or upload your own. Then drag your items into place and select a point on the timeline and move the object again to set how the animation moves. You can include photos, shapes and text. Your creations can be published and shared or embedded online. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams
Vicki Davis

Brainstorming in the Cloud: Using Prezi Meeting to Facilitate Feedback during the Topic... - 13 views

prezi.com/...age-of-the-composition-process

education collaborativewriting news brainstorming composition bestpractices literature edu_trends edu_newapp

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  • Vicki Davis on 03 Aug 13
     
    Prezi meeting is a tool that students are using in the brainstorming and planning phase of a project. This presentation shares how this works.
Martin Burrett

Looking Glass - 10 views

lookingglass.wustl.edu

animation programming

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  • Martin Burrett on 27 Aug 13
     
    This is a superb site and download where you can make 3D animated cartoons by selecting your props, characters and locations and then use blocks to programme how things move and interact in a similar way to MIT's Scratch. You can upload your creations to the website to share. There are a set of challenges to try and you can even remix animations designed by other users. Discovered via @mberry http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams
Steve Ransom

Online courses - Course - 12 views

educourses.withgoogle.com/course

google course education courses

shared by Steve Ransom on 20 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 20 Nov 13
     
    Nice new selection of new self-paced courses for education by Google
Vicki Davis

How to set up a student newspaper | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...setting-up-student-newspaper

education news newspaper bestpractices

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  • Vicki Davis on 31 Oct 13
     
    This is an interesting article from the Guardian's teacher network about running an independent newspaper using a Grammar school as a case study. I thought this quote is telling: "The key to the success of the newspaper is to establish a trust relationship with the students involved so that they know the boundaries of their independence and know where their responsibilities lie. The editorial team is appointed and led by the editor in chief, a student selected by an interview with me and the outgoing editor."
yc c

Animated Explanations - Explanatory Animations - 33 views

animatedexplanations.com

explanations explication tutorial howto video animated education

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  • yc c on 09 Aug 10
     
    A website full of animated movies, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, all free for you to view and to embed in your website. Simply select an animated explanation and follow the instructions to integrate it in your site.
Ted Sakshaug

Darwin: Who Wants to Live a Million Years?: Science Channel - 6 views

science.discovery.com/...darwin.html

darwin evolution interactive science Biology game middleschool

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  • Ted Sakshaug on 20 Jul 10
     
    Darwin's natural selection game
carlos villalobos

| Ruth Cohn | Articles | - 2 views

www.cominghometopassion.com/articles.html

all_teachers

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  • carlos villalobos on 07 Nov 10
     
    RUHT COHN, MFT, CST Articles Below are a selection of articles I have written over the last few years on topics related to intimacy and relationship, trauma and neglect, sexuality, and general couple's issues. Although some of them were written for a professional readership, I have shared them with many clients who have often found them helpful. I hope they will speak to you as well.
Fred Delventhal

Free Educational Software And Games - 11 views

www.educational-freeware.com/category-All.aspx

software free games educational education apps applications

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  • Fred Delventhal on 06 Nov 10
     
    Welcome to educational-freeware.com! We find and review high-quality free educational software and websites - mostly for kids, but also for grown-ups. We have a large selection of web-based software (check the Online tab), as well as Windows educational software to download (under the Downloads tab).
Fred Delventhal

DEN Blog Network » Discovery Student Adventures Pilot Trip Application Now Open! - 0 views

blog.discoveryeducation.com/...ilot-trip-application-now-open

adventures den stareducator discovery_education_streaming education learning

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  • Fred Delventhal on 24 Feb 09
     
    A virtual drum roll please… We are thrilled to officially open the application process for the Discovery Student Adventures Pilot Program. Join us as we discover more of our incredible planet earth together with adventure trips to Australia, South Africa, and China. In order to participate in this pilot trip, you must be a STAR Discovery Educator. Not only are you able to take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity, each STAR selected will be able to choose four of their students to join them on the adventure! This is at no cost to you or your students! So with no further ado… here's the official wording and post importantly the link to apply.
anonymous

50 Open Courseware Collections for Musicians - 0 views

www.matchacollege.com/...ware-collections-for-musicians

Open Courseware Music Musicians Internet Courses Education Learning

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  • anonymous on 13 Nov 08
     
    The following open courseware collections include classes, entire courses, and lessons that are sure to please the musician in you. Select from college courses from some of the top-ranked universities, educational open courseware collections, music schools, and many more.
Jerry Swiatek

PicLits.com - Create a PicLit - 0 views

piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

literature picture

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  • Jerry Swiatek on 28 Aug 08
     
    PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.
Anne Bubnic

Speech Wars: Follow the Candidates' Words - 0 views

www.speechwars.com

campaign_speeches candidates loc primary_source speech vocabulary

shared by Anne Bubnic on 10 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Anne Bubnic on 10 Sep 08
     
    Weclome to SpeechWars, a great way to see what the candidates are saying. Simply type in a word, click "Go", and SpeechWars shows you how often the candidates used the word in their speeches. You can also compare two words by using both text boxes.

    The United States Library of Congress has selected SpeechWars for inclusion in its official historic collections of Internet materials related to Election 2008. The United States Library of Congress preserves the Nation's cultural artifacts and provides enduring access to them. The Library's traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving and serving collection materials of historical importance to the Congress and to the American people to foster education and scholarship extend to digital materials, including Web sites. The Library will make this collection available to researchers. The Library's vision is to preserve these Web materials about Election 2008, and to permit researchers from across the world to access them.

Vicki Davis

ASCD - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...9dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c

shared by Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08 - No Cached
  • first 60 seconds of your presentation is
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      How many of us emphasize the first 60 seconds of a presentation students give?
  • Summers and other leaders from various companies were not necessarily complaining about young people's poor grammar, punctuation, or spelling—the things we spend so much time teaching and testing in our schools
  • the complaints I heard most frequently were about fuzzy thinking and young people not knowing how to write with a real voice.
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  • Employees in the 21st century have to manage an astronomical amount of information daily.
  • There is so much information available that it is almost too much, and if people aren't prepared to process the information effectively it almost freezes them in their steps.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Buidling a PLN using an RSS Reader is ESSENTIAL to managing information. THis is part of what I teach and do and so important!
  • rapidly the information is changing.
  • half-life of knowledge in the humanities is 10 years, and in math and science, it's only two or three years
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Personal learning networks and RSS readers ARE a HUGE issue here. We need to be customing portals and helping students manage information.
  • “People who've learned to ask great questions and have learned to be inquisitive are the ones who move the fastest in our environment because they solve the biggest problems in ways that have the most impact on innovation.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      How do we reward students who question teachers -- not their authority but WHAT They are teaching? Do we reward students who question? Who inquire? Who theorize? Or do we spit them out and punish them? I don't know... I'm questioning.
  • want unique products and services:
  • developing young people's capacities for imagination, creativity, and empathy will be increasingly important for maintaining the United States' competitive advantage in the future.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      IN a typical year, how often are your students asked to invent something from scratch?
  • The three look at one another blankly, and the student who has been doing all the speaking looks at me and shrugs.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      When teachers tell students WHY withouth making them investigate, then we are denying them a learning opportunity. STOP BEING THE SAGE ON THE STAGE!.
  • The test contains 80 multiple-choice questions related to the functions and branches of the federal government.
  • Let me tell you how to answer this one
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Drill and test is what we've made. Mindless robots is what we'll reap. What are we doing?
  • reading from her notes,
  • Each group will try to develop at least two different ways to solve this problem. After all the groups have finished, I'll randomly choose someone from each group who will write one of your proofs on the board, and I'll ask that person to explain the process your group used.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Every time I do a team project, the "random selection" is part of it. Randomly select -- classtools.net has a random name generator -- great tool - and it adds randomness to it.
  • a lesson in which students are learning a number of the seven survival skills while also mastering academic content?
  • students are given a complex, multi-step problem that is different from any they've seen in the past
  • how the group solved the problem, each student in every group is held accountable.
  • ncreasingly, there is only one curriculum: test prep. Of the hundreds of classes that I've observed in recent years, fewer than 1 in 20 were engaged in instruction designed to teach students to think instead of merely drilling for the test.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Not in my class, but in many classes - yes. I wonder how I'd teach differently if someone made me have a master "test" for my students at the end of the year. I'd be teaching to the test b/c I"m a type "A" driven to succeed kind of person. Beware what you measure lest that determine how you grow.
  • . It is working with colleagues to ensure that all students master the skills they need to succeed as lifelong learners, workers, and citizens.
  • I have yet to talk to a recent graduate, college teacher, community leader, or business leader who said that not knowing enough academic content was a problem.
  • critical thinking, communication skills, and collaboration.
  • seven survival skills every day, at every grade level, and in every class.
  • College and Work Readiness Assessment (www.cae.org)—that measure students' analytic-reasoning, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and writing skills.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Would like to look more at this test, however, also doing massive global collaborative projects requiring higher order thinking is something that is helpful, I think.
  • 2. Collaboration and Leadership
  • 3. Agility and Adaptability
  • Today's students need to master seven survival skills to thrive in the new world of work.
  • 4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
  • 6. Accessing and Analyzing Information
  • 7. Curiosity and Imagination
  • I conducted research beginning with conversations with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders. With a clearer picture of the skills young people need, I then set out to learn whether U.S. schools are teaching and testing the skills that matter most.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Background on the research done by Tony Wagner.
  • “First and foremost, I look for someone who asks good questions,” Parker responded. “We can teach them the technical stuff, but we can't teach them how to ask good questions—how to think.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      This is a great aspect of project based learning. Although when we allow students to have individual research topics, some teachers are frustrated because they cannot "can" their approach (especially tough if the class sizes are TOO LARGE,) students in this environment CAN and MUST ask individualized questions. This is TOUGH to do as the students who haven't developed critical thinking skills, whether because their parents have done their tough work for them (like writing their papers) or teachers have always given answers because they couldn't stand to see the student struggle -- sometimes tough love means the teacher DOESN'T give the child the answer -- as long as they are encouraged just enough to keep them going.
  • “I want people who can engage in good discussion—who can look me in the eye and have a give and take. All of our work is done in teams. You have to know how to work well with other
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Last Saturday, my son met Bill Curry, a football coach and player that he respects. Just before meeting him, my husband reviewed with my son how to meet people. HE told my son, "Look the man in his eyes and let him know your hand is there!" After shaking his hand, as Mr. Curry was signing my son's book, he said, "That is quite a handshake, son, someone has taught you well." Yes -- shaking hands and looking a person in the eye are important and must be taught. This is an essential thing to come from parents AND teachers -- I teach this with my juniors and seniors when we write resumes.
  • how to engage customers
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Engagi ng customers requires that a person stops thinking about their own selfish needs and looks at things through the eyes of the customer!!! The classic issue in marketing is that people think they are marketing to themselves. This happens over and over. Role playing, virtual worlds, and many other experiences can give people a chance to look at things through the eyes of others. I see this happen on the Ning of our projects all the time.
  • the world of work has changed profoundly.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      Work has changed, school hasn't. In fact, I would argue that schools are more industrial age than ever with testing and manufacturing of common knowledge (which is often outdated by the time the test is given) at an all time high. Let them create!
  • Over and over, executives told me that the heart of critical thinking and problem solving is the ability to ask the right questions. As one senior executive from Dell said, “Yesterday's answers won't solve today's problems.”
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      We give students our critical questions -- how often do we let them ask the questions.
  • I say to my employees, if you try five things and get all five of them right, you may be failing. If you try 10 things, and get eight of them right, you're a hero. You'll never be blamed for failing to reach a stretch goal, but you will be blamed for not trying.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      If our students get eight out of 10 right, they are a low "B" student. Do we have projects where students can experiement and fail without "ruining their lives." Can they venture out and try new, risky things?
  • risk aversion
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 28 Oct 08
       
      He says risk aversion is a problem in companies -- YES it is. Although upper management SAYS they want people willing to take risks -- from my experience in the corporate world, what they SAY and what they REWARD are two different things, just ask a wall street broker who took a risky investment and lost money.
Vicki Davis

In Florida, virtual school could make classrooms history - 1 views

mobile.orlandosentinel.com/detail.jsp

education learning innovation. technology edu_news

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  • A new law that takes effect next fall requires every district in the state to set up an online school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. They won't have to get on the bus -- or even get out of their PJs -- to head to school at the family computer.
  • Vicki Davis on 11 Nov 08
     
    Florida takes a huge step forward (or backwards?) in virtual ed.
  • Vicki Davis on 11 Nov 08
     
    A new law requires every district to set up an online school for grades K-8th grade. I'm just curious about a few things -- why the arbitrary selection of ages? I'm not sure that virtual education is a good idea for k, 1, 2 -- would need to be convinced. To me, it has great application for high school -- but yet high school isn't part of it. Many virtual classes I've seen are NOT well constructed and the online teachers aren't accessible. The teacher must be there while teachers are learning. Just have a lot of ideas here but questions too!
Vicki Davis

K12 Online Conference 2008 | K12Online08 Call for Proposals: Amplifying Possibilities - 0 views

k12onlineconference.org/?p=218

administrator all_teachers curriculum edublog education k12online k12online08 professionaldevelopment techintegrator

shared by Vicki Davis on 22 May 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 22 May 08
     
    Time for K12 online conference proposals: "We are pleased to announce the call for proposals for the third annual "K12 Online Conference" for educators around the world interested in the use of web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year's conference is scheduled for October 20-24 and October 27-31 of 2008, and will include a pre-conference keynote during the week of October 13. The conference theme for 2008 is "Amplifying Possibilities." Participation in the conference (as in the past) is entirely free. Conference materials are published in English and available for worldwide distribution and use under a Creative Commons license. Some changes in the requirements for presentations are being made this year and are detailed below. The deadline for proposal submission is June 23, 2008. Selected presentations will be announced at NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, USA on July 2.
  • Vicki Davis on 22 May 08
     
    K12 online 2008 call for proposals.
Vicki Davis

Adopt-A-Classroom - 0 views

www.adoptaclassroom.com

education grants

shared by Vicki Davis on 04 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 04 Sep 08
     
    Website for underserved classrooms in the US -- register your classroom.
  • Vicki Davis on 04 Sep 08
     
    This is a great program sponsored by Office Max and Jones New York in the Classroom. Make sure that you SIGN UP NOW as a teacher and register. Office Max is having a big awards day October 1st and selection is starting now. If you don't have enough resources, this is a GREAT way to funnel assistance into your classroom. You don't know until you ask, and the best teachers are one's who overcome excuses. US only. So, overcome that excuse and join in the site now!
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