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Vicki Davis

Ceri Williams (cerirwilliams) on Twitter - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 23 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 23 Jan 12
     
    Ceri is from the UK and is going to live demo a program he's written for Kinect (that he plans to give away for free) that emulates the program Soundbeam. This program lets you move parts of your body and plays music and is going to be an incredible thing to use for special ed students with the Kinect. This is his twitter handle. Follow him to Keep up with what he's doing.
Martin Burrett

Aurasma - 8 views

www.aurasma.com

Augmented Reality mobile android ipad animation

shared by Martin Burrett on 17 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 17 Jan 12
     
    An amazing augmented reality app for Android and iPad. Bring animation to still objects, make your children's written work come to life and make dragons fly around your school... through your camera at least. Share your creations with other users to make geo-location designs which will interact with anyone with the app. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Vicki Davis

50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For - 20 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 16 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 16 Nov 11
     
    Great post from Lifehacker of their 50 apps they are most thankful for with the links to the posts they've written about them. This is my kind of very functional list. I love it!
Fred Delventhal

You Are Your Words - AHD - 5 views

www.youareyourwords.com

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shared by Fred Delventhal on 24 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Fred Delventhal on 24 Jul 12
     
    The American Heritage® Dictionary invites you to create a self-portrait using your words. The words that tell the world who you are. That make you, you. It's easy to do, whether you decide to link to places like Facebook for words you've already written or write something new specifically for your portrait. Either way, you'll create a unique image that can be shared and saved and will remind everyone that You Are Your Words.
Vicki Davis

McLemore Named Meridian's Teacher of the Year - 2 views

www.wtok.com/...her-of-the-Year-241385981.html

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shared by Vicki Davis on 22 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 22 Jan 14
     
    I could watch teachers get awards all day long - watch this music teacher, Penny McLemore, music teacher at Meridian High School win & be wise http://j.mp/1fXUitg - I can just see on her face a lifetime of sacrifice and shock to be noticed. And that, my friends is the nobility of teachers. They do it because they love the kids. When they get noticed it is so wonderful but nothing is more wonderful than the legacy written on the lives and hearts of thousands of faces when the music of your life resonates with your students. Congratulations Penny McLemore and Principal Victor Hubbard who nominated her.
Sue Ann Miller

Writing Reviser by  SAS® Curriculum Pathways® - 6 views

www.sascurriculumpathways.com/...Launch

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shared by Sue Ann Miller on 06 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • Sue Ann Miller on 06 Mar 14
     
    Check out this free writing adviser that students can use to get instant feedback on their writing. Students can type in the tool itself or upload a document. Awesome formative tool. Students are allowed to focus on their purpose and audience, essay structure, and use of written language (sentence economy, variety, power, and clarity). You will see your students learning to ask questions experienced writers ask automatically. As a result, you'll see your students express themselves with greater precision and power. Best of all it is free. You will need an account set up to use this amazing tool, and then you can also enroll your students.
Vicki Davis

IFTTT / SkyDrive Channel - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 27 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Aug 13
     
    Once you set up Skydrive on Windows 8, you'll want to active Skydrive on IFTTT.com if you're using it for automation (I've written about this very cool app before.) It has many cool things that you can do (many like you can do with dropbox.) I'm using Skydrive for some things with school.
Vicki Davis

Project Based Learning with iPads |  IPAD 4 SCHOOLS - 2 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13
     
    Richard Wells at Ipads for schools has written a nice post about project based learning with iPads including a great Edutopia video and many app suggestions. If you're moving towards better use of your ipads, this will be a great post for you.
Vicki Davis

Customer Acquisition via Email - Research & Case Studies - 0 views

www.helpscout.net/...ustomer-acquisition-with-email

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shared by Vicki Davis on 10 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 10 Apr 14
     
    Excellent article on email and how to get people to join you and learn from your organization via email. Written by Help Scout.
Kelly Faulkner

NZResearch.org - 8 views

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shared by Kelly Faulkner on 10 Oct 13 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 10 Oct 13
     
    can search for written work via thesis, book, conference paper, etc. (new zealand)
Vicki Davis

Professional Development Improves Student Achievement - 14 views

www.aera.net/...RPSummer05.pdf

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shared by Vicki Davis on 22 Jun 10 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 22 Jun 10
     
    It is no surprise that professional development improves student achievement. This incredibly well written piece is something to use and give to those who think that cutting teacher professional development is the first thing that should happen when budgets tighten. A great PDF to give your school board.
David Hilton

Teaching Written Response to Text ... - Google Books - 22 views

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shared by David Hilton on 23 Jul 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 23 Jul 10
     
    An excellent guide to teaching text comprehension skills to students.
Kelly Faulkner

PRX » Piece » Moon Graffiti - 3 views

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shared by Kelly Faulkner on 06 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 06 Aug 10
     
    From A Very Short List:  Based on a chilling contingency speech written for Richard Nixon titled "In the Event of Moon Disaster," this nostalgia-laced 15-minute radio broadcast, courtesy of American Public Media, tells its story entirely through the radio communication between Mission Control and the astronauts. Seconds after tuning in, you'll witness Apollo 11's crash landing on the moon. Buzz and Neil are okay, but the lunar module is destroyed, and the men are running out of oxygen. The story is haunting in its plausibility, and despite the fact that the astronauts sound less like test pilots from the Air Force than hipsters from Brooklyn, the quality writing and sound effects bring this macabre counterfactual deliciously close to reality.
Paul Hamilton

Simple English Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

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shared by Paul Hamilton on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Paul Hamilton on 31 Aug 10
     
    "...an English edition of the Wikipedia encyclopedia, written in primarily Basic English and Special English. The site's stated aim is to provide an encyclopedia for "people with different needs, such as students, children, adults with learning difficulties and people who are trying to learn English". As of August 25, 2010, the site contains over 64,000 content pages, and has more than 141,000 registered users."
Carl Bogardu

Reclaiming the language | Dangerously Irrelevant - 13 views

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shared by Carl Bogardu on 25 Sep 10 - No Cached
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  • Carl Bogardu on 25 Sep 10
     
    I try not to bookmark blogs, but this is so well-written, I couldn't resist. Why is there no word for accountability in the Finish language? Why are we, in education, focusing on data and not the child?
  • Tero Toivanen on 25 Sep 10
     
    My favorite part was of course: "For those who claim we need accountability in its current form, I encourage them to look to Finland who don't even have a word in their language for accountability, so they use responsibility - the difference being much more than simple semantics." :-D
Roland O'Daniel

MSP:MiddleSchoolPortal/Teaching With Trade Books - NSDLWiki - 5 views

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shared by Roland O'Daniel on 09 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Roland O'Daniel on 09 Sep 10
     
    ...benefits of using trade books is increasing student engagement. High quality trade books are written as to spark interest and create a desire to read. Many contain colorful, interesting illustrations, photographs, and diagrams, all of which draw students into the text and improve comprehension.
Stephanie Sandifer

Barefoot in the Chicken Yard: A Short Commentary on Public Deaducation - 12 views

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shared by Stephanie Sandifer on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Sandifer on 17 Sep 10
     
    Weel written post by a very concerned parent on the state of our schools today and the very harmful policies being put forth by our national and state government.
Dave Truss

Dean Shareski: How To Make Better Teachers - 13 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ke-better-teache_b_783392.html

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shared by Dave Truss on 17 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 17 Nov 10
     
    ...one phrase I saw in those documents some 20 years ago stuck with me. Reflective Practitioner. I sort of understood the concept but other than simply thinking about what you did in the classroom, I wasn't at all sure what to do with this term. PS. The only people allowed to criticize or challenge this idea are people who have blogged for at least one year and written at least 50 posts. The rest of you can ask questions but you can't dismiss it.
Lisa M Lane

Online Education - Introducing the Microlecture Format - Open Education - 0 views

www.openeducation.net/...ducing-the-microlecture-format

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shared by Lisa M Lane on 10 Mar 09 - Cached
  • in online education “tiny bursts can teach just as well as traditional lectures when paired with assignments and discussions.” The microlecture format begins with a podcast that introduces a few key terms or a critical concept, then immediately turns the learning environment over to the students.
  • “It’s a framework for knowledge excavation,” Penrose tells Shieh. “We’re going to show you where to dig, we’re going to tell you what you need to be looking for, and we’re going to oversee that process.”
  • It clearly will not work for a course that is designed to feature sustained classroom discussions. And while the concept will work well when an instructor wants to introduce smaller chunks of information, it will likely not work very well when the information is more complex.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • 1. List the key concepts you are trying to convey in the 60-minute lecture. That series of phrases will form the core of your microlecture. 2. Write a 15 to 30-second introduction and conclusion. They will provide context for your key concepts. 3. Record these three elements using a microphone and Web camera. (The college information-technology department can provide advice and facilities.) If you want to produce an audio-only lecture, no Webcam is necessary. The finished product should be 60 seconds to three minutes long. 4. Design an assignment to follow the lecture that will direct students to readings or activities that allow them to explore the key concepts. Combined with a written assignment, that should allow students to learn the material. 5. Upload the video and assignment to your course-management software.
    • Lisa M Lane
      Lisa M Lane on 28 Oct 10
       
      This really isn't lecture - it's more like an introduction to guide them toward reading and discussion.
  • the microlecture format similarly requires teachers to get the key elements across in a very short amount of time. Most importantly, it forces educators to think in a new way.
  • Given that it is tough to justify the traditional lecture timeframes
Vicki Davis

The 21st Century Centurion: 8/31/08 - 9/7/08 - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 14 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 14 Sep 08
     
    Blogging newcomer from educational mainstay Beth Holmes is a welcome addition to the edublogosphere.
  • Vicki Davis on 14 Sep 08
     
    Elizabeth "Beth" Holmes, former manager of the Center For Quality Teaching and Learning has been working with education and technology for a long time. She has started blogging and is now on my must read list. I said if she ever started blogging, I'd be a fan and I am -- this first post is an amazing call to action and also goes through the emotional internal debate we all have before moving into the edublogosphere. Beth has written for many educational magazines through the years and has the big picture understanding with also the practical back up of how things really work in the classroom. She's going to be a superstar and I'm glad she's blogging!
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