Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For? - 15 views
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Will schools block Google+? Or will the finely-tuned privacy controls it offers trump schools', parents', and politicians' concerns?
SoundCloud - Share Your Sounds - 5 views
How Dave Eggers Is Making Learning Fun - 8 views
The Google+ Project - 14 views
EdTech Toolbox: 40 Ways to use Google Apps in the Classrooom - 12 views
Experts differ on Klout's clout - 12 views
Photo Card | Twitter Developers - 7 views
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Photo cards are a powerful new way to tweet. Photos scroll by -- have you wondered how some are photo cards and some are Tweets with links? Here's how you get your photo card on Twitter -- it needs to be the right dimensions (funny dimensions don't get it.) I've also found that you should add them directly on Twitter and not through an app. Read this information on how you have Photocards - some of these are for developers but if you want your pics to be cards and not links, you'll want to note the dimensions and that file sizes should be less than 1 MB as well.
Homework: An unnecessary evil? … Surprising findings from new research - The ... - 18 views
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six hours a day of academics are enough, and kids should have the chance after school to explore other interests and develop in other ways — or be able simply to relax in the same way that most adults like to relax after work;
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translated as “A relentless regimen of after-school drill-and-skill can raise scores a wee bit on tests of rote learning.”)
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Even if homework were a complete waste of time, how could it not be positively related to course grades?
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FDR's private school president listed these four missions for his students ranked by importance. 1) Religion 2) Character 3) Athletics 4) Academics His president at Harvard felt and required a few basic courses and then students should take what they want. The social science and math teachers created well rounded to keep their jobs, I could care if my layer or doctor is well rounded, me, I want success!
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - 1 views
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Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances -- especially when the cultural or social benefits of the use are predominant. It is a general right that applies even in situations where the law provides no specific authorization for the use in question -- as it does for certain narrowly defined classroom activities.
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guide identifies five principles that represent the media literacy education community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials
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code of best practices does not tell you the limits of fair use rights. Instead, it describes how those rights should apply in certain recurrent situations.
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Ebooks v paper - FT.com - 3 views
USO EDUCATIVO DE LOS WIKIS - 4 views
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A partir del 2004, la penetración de servicios Web 2.0 a través de Internet, posibilitó una segunda generación de comunidades basadas en la Web y de servicios residentes en ella; tales como sitios que permiten generar redes sociales que facilitan la creatividad, la colaboración y que ofrezcan a los usuarios la posibilidad de compartir entre ellos contenidos y otros recursos, sin importar su diversidad o ubicación geográfica. Uno de los servicios más exitosos de la Web 2.0 son los denominados Wikis. Basta con mencionar a Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre y de construcción colectiva, como el ícono de lo que representa las posibilidades de esta tecnología informática en Internet.
UKEdMag: Importance of a PLN by @ponderingDan - 0 views
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"When you have a specific interest, it can be difficult to learn more about it from people in your immediate circle of influence. Teaching is broad and we all have that one area we love just a little more than the others. This is why I sought out to understand more about Professional Learning Networks (PLN) and their value to teachers. I am often trying to persuade my peers to get online so they can reap the benefits that I am."
Who Am I?: A History Mystery - 3 views
26 Learning Games to Change the World | Mission to Learn - 0 views
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