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Vicki Davis

Can the FCC Create Public Super Wi-Fi Networks? - 0 views

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    No, the government isn't CREATING a WIFI network (the Washington Post didn't really look at this), however, this article on Gizmodo does share what is happening at the FCC that could help many, especially those in rural areas, be part of the world's new digital landscape. As we work to put devices in our student's hands, this sort of development could make a big difference for kids and can further spur online and blended learning initiatives as digital divides are further bridged. Applause? Can we have it next week? "Let's get one thing straight: the government is not creating its own "super WiFi network", but its plans will indeed make awesome new WiFi networks possible. Technically, what the FCC is actually trying to do is increase the amount of open spectrum that is available for WiFi networks of all sorts-and for other "unlicensed" uses. This is a very good idea."
Dean Mantz

Create Your Own Comic | Marvel Super Hero Squad | The Official Web Site - 8 views

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    great for end of year junior unit
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    Create your own comic strip or comic book using Super Hero characters.
Anna Adam

JotForm - Easiest Form Builder - 0 views

shared by Anna Adam on 07 Apr 08 - Cached
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    I could see teachers using forms for data collection with schools across the globe and then exporting the data to graph. Super easy!
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    Super easy form builder. Provide a link to use for sharing the form and a way to embed it into a web site. Allows sharing of data. Free version allows only 100 submission/month. $9/month will get you unlimited form submissions
Dennis OConnor

Super searchers go to school ... - Google Books - 6 views

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    Interview and chapter from Dr. David Barr, founder of the 21st Century Information Fluency Project. This Google book article from Joyce Valenza & Reva Basch's book Super Searchers Go to school reaveal some of David's thinking about the knowledge, skills and dispositions for successful searching. Anyone who knows David Barr recognizes his amazing understanding of 21st century information systems. This is a gem. Don't miss it.
Vicki Davis

Funschool - Fun Blaster - Super Hyper Spider Typer - 17 views

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    super hyper type spider recommended by @fsinfo on Twitter for typing. "Hungry lizards with words on their backs are after Berry the hairy spider! Save Berry from these colorful, wacky creatures by typing words quickly as they appear on their backs and help her from becoming someone's lunch! Type in the letters or words you see on the lizard's backs as soon as they appear on the screen to clear them away. Some words will be harder than others so type really fast to win! Each round will end when the spider reaches the top of the tree. "
Vicki Davis

Automate your Dropbox - 33 views

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    A super duper Dropbox, google drive, evernote, Facebook Automator. Called "ifttt for Dropbox."
Megan Black

Lucky Pilgrim: Super Techy - 8 views

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    A list of free recommended Apps for Deployment
Vicki Davis

Wichita teachers union balks at lesson-plan requirements | The Daily Caller - 0 views

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    There are many who don't understand this one point. I used to have someone who required me to have beautiful lesson plans. They were detailed. I spent more than an hour a day on them. So much time so that sometimes I felt unprepared when the kids actually walked in the door. When those detailed plans were removed and I was allowed to focus on the content created for the students to use and then keep a grid (I keep links, etc. to what I'm doing) - THAT Was when real innovation happened in my classroom. Things like wikis, blogs, etc. happened after those super-restrictive requirements were taken off my shoulders. I had the wrong audience when I had those detailed lesson plans - my audience was the principal at the time. Now, I still have plans but I keep it in a grid in a book and then keep copies of what I use with students in dropbox and other places. I do far more now than then because my focus is the students. Lesson plans aren't bad. However, if you spend your time making the LESSON PLAN itself pretty and perfect then likely you're not spending your actual time PLANNING, printing, collecting, and creating what you'll be doing with your students. Also, when you do things like #geniushour and 20% time projects, you no longer have a lesson plan but a project plan which is an entirely different thing altogether. Don't fault teachers for this.  Teaching is the hardest job everybody thinks they can do and few really can.
Vicki Davis

The Middle School Mouth: Interactive Notebooks - Yet Again - 9 views

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    A middle school teacher known only as "Seldy" shares his interactive language arts notebook in this blog post. The notebook is truly something special but even more astounding, he acknowledges that many of the pages he found on Pinterest. Pinterest is ideal for teachers and makes it super easy to share. (I have a Pinterest for beginners post for those who want an invite.) if you teach upper elementary into high school language arts, take time to peruse this notebook. Nice work!
Steve Katz

Teach With Video - 22 views

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    A super helpful book for student-created movie projects.
Vicki Davis

How to Create and Share a Pencast | SmartPen.tv - 7 views

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    If you want to see exactly how a LiveScribe pen works, this is an excellent tutorial video. It isn't super fast but it shows you how it really works from beginning to end. This demo is how to create a pencast. Although some of you may be doing this on your ipad using some of the new apps, the Livescribe pen is a sub $100 pen that is very powerful. If you prefer to take notes you can record everything on the pen. I've had one and really enjoy it.
Vicki Davis

Educreations - 24 views

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    Move over Khan Academy. Educreations is here with a super simple web or iPad app that lets you record lessons to share with your students, wherever they are. If they enable one thing like common core tagging (tag it with the standard) and enough contribute we will have an incredibly powerful tool.
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    The strength of Khan Academy's tutorials is content and clear presentation of this content. I didn't find either in Educreations' showcased examples: most could just be presented as a good old slideshow. Granted, a few do have an audio comment. But you can do that with slidecasts too (e.g. you can synch an audio file with your slides on Screencast.net or on MyPlick.com) Moreover, there is no way to caption such Educreations presentations including audio for the deaf, which means they can't be used in schools in US, Italy and other countries that have laws imposing accessibility for all for educational materials. And you can't subtitle them for people who don't know the original language, which severely curtails the potential use. Khan Academy, on the other hand has an international captioning/subtitling team - see http://gigaom.com/video/khan-academy-universal-subtitles/ . So OK, Educreations have an iPad app - the point is that Khan Academy's tutorials don't need one. The real difference is that Educreations' content is crowdsourced and the content of Khan Academy's tutorials isn't: not enough to outweigh the accessibility and internationalization issues above. Teachers can already produce their own online tutorials as slideshows, slidecasts or videos that can be captioned/subtitled in other languages with other platforms.
Vicki Davis

Kinect Educators - Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thom... - 1 views

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    As some of you experience Microsoft's super cool Kinect system for the first time, you'll be thrilled to know this tool is being used in school as well. Here, my go to Microsoft blogger And dear friend Alfred Thompson gives an overview of Kinect in education.
Martin Burrett

Super bugs mission - 8 views

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    A nice science resource where you can build your own bug and learn about minibeasts. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Martin Burrett

BBC English - Punctuation - 7 views

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    Go on a spooky adventure to find out about punctuation and play games with the super site from the BBC. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Vicki Davis

The Wise & Witty Teacher: Pinterest Inspired Presidents and DIY Lesson Plan Book - 3 views

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    Although President's day is past, this Pinterest Inspired President's and DIY Lesson pLan book is a very cool idea.  I love post it notes and would suggest that you use super sticky post it tabs. I really like this idea because you can move the lessons around as needed. In fact, I'm considering moving to this approach. I really like it. If you make your own lesson plan books, this is worth reviewing.
Vicki Davis

70 Super Useful Twitter Hashtags for Homeschoolers | Online College Courses - 1 views

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    The hashtags homeschoolers use. I find it interesting how educational conversations of all types are melding together on Twitter- a great leveler. Many of these hashtags will be recognized by mainstream educators.
Martin Burrett

Mathsbox - 12 views

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    A super collection of downloadable and flash-based maths resources for a range of ages and for topics across the curriculum. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths
Vicki Davis

The App | Outlines Outloud - 14 views

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    This app converts study notes to speech. This might be an app that some of you are interested in trying out for your special needs students. "OutlinesOutloud takes the sting out of studying by converting your study outlines to spoken audio. Super-flexible playback controls let you vary speech rate; jump forward and backward with ease, skip rows or whole sections, loop-and more!"
Martin Burrett

HTML5 Drum Machine - 12 views

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    A super web-based drum machine which works on most modern devices. Create wonderful music tracks and download as a WAV file.
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