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Ruth Howard

3D Projector - 3D Ready - 3D DLP - Classroom Projector - Education Projector - School - Video | DLP - Texas Instruments - 7 views

dlp.com/...3d-ready.aspx

3d projector ready education 21st century skills

shared by Ruth Howard on 07 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 07 Mar 10
     
    This 3d technology (complete with glasses) could be fun for some? A precurser perhaps but not really in league with more immersive and/or augmented reality tech. It seems somehow gimicky compared to those...
Dave Truss

SpeEdChange: When rethinking the school itself... - 17 views

speedchange.blogspot.com/...-rethinking-school-itself.html

deschooling 1-1school 1-1teacher alternativeschools change

shared by Dave Truss on 14 Mar 10 - Cached
  • He talked about wide hallways where students could gather. He talked about attendance policies which allowed students to sign into classes from elsewhere in the building if that made them more comfortable. He talked about multiple projection screens in every classroom to break "single focus learning." He talked about dropping text books for authentic materials and the acceptance of multiple - and student chosen - ways of demonstrating knowledge. He even talked about having big windows in classrooms both to the outside and the school corridors - "We're not hiding from the world or hiding the world from our students" he told us.
  • And then we listened to teachers and students, we wandered the building, and we saw. In newly built additions classroom doors were centered on one wall, projectors, aimed from the middle of the ceiling, pointed to two corners. Window walls opened outside, big windows allowed views to/from the halls. In most rooms the two projectors were in use, showing different things. In most rooms, students gathered in clusters, often passing tablet boards around.
  • All in all what I saw was a 1:1 initiative that had been shaped by a commitment to rethinking school, and centering the form of school on what students need now - collaboration, access to and effective use of global information, trust in students, belief in leveraging the world of today rather than avoiding it, and universal design.
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  • This was no cost-be-damned private school experience. It was reasonable, it was logical, and it was technology chosen for education, not technology chosen for technology.
  • Dave Truss on 14 Mar 10
     
    What happens if you really begin to rethink what your school looks like? No, I'm not talking about rethink from a wildly radical viewpoint - like mine or say, Neil Postman's - but just if a dedicated set of educators stops "tinkering" with little changes and wonders what school might be like...
Dave Truss

Shutting Down the Machine « Ed Tech Journeys - 16 views

preilly.wordpress.com/...shutting-down-the-machine

leadership courage Admin pair-a-links mycomments

shared by Dave Truss on 14 Mar 10 - Cached
  • There is no tiptoeing around this thing. Those who truly desire a transformation of educational system will have to endure many of the same trials and tribulations as those who fought and fight for change in other domains. While educational change agents may not endure the physical pain that so many activists experience; it should come as no surprise that some will be intimidated, or refused tenure, or shunned by colleagues.
  • So, what will it take to transform teaching and learning? What will it take to shut down the pleasant hum of the machine that is so good at turning out 20th century students even though we’re entering the second decade of the 21st century? Leaders with Courage and Commitment!
  • Dave Truss on 14 Mar 10
     
    So, what will it take to transform teaching and learning? What will it take to shut down the pleasant hum of the machine that is so good at turning out 20th century students even though we're entering the second decade of the 21st century? Leaders with Courage and Commitment!
Ed Webb

Office of Educational Technology (OET) - 2 views

www2.ed.gov/...index.html

education technology edtech DOE government Duncan

shared by Ed Webb on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Secretary Arne Duncan invites comments on the draft National Educational Technology Plan.
  • This plan is a draft. "We are open to your comments," Secretary Duncan said. "Tell us about how technology has changed your school or classroom." Read the plan. Share your comments, videos and examples of how technology is changing and improving education.
Michael Walker

The Power of Conversation « Constructing Meaning - 14 views

constructingmeaning.com/...the-power-of-conversation

conversation 21st century skills #tristateplp

shared by Michael Walker on 12 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Michael Walker on 12 Mar 10
     
    This post does an amazing job of tying together the power of making connections, learning and re-thinking school. 
anonymous

Building a Better Teacher - NYTimes.com - 7 views

www.nytimes.com/...07Teachers-t.html

Teaching education teacher school Improvement

shared by anonymous on 07 Mar 10 - Cached
  • There was no shortage of prescriptions at the time for how to cure the poor performance that plagued so many American schools. Proponents of No Child Left Behind saw standardized testing as a solution. President Bush also championed a billion-dollar program to encourage schools to adopt reading curriculums with an emphasis on phonics. Others argued for smaller classes or more parental involvement or more state financing.
  • This record encouraged a belief in some people that good teaching must be purely instinctive, a kind of magic performed by born superstars.
Suzie Nestico

Best content in educators | Diigo - Groups - 17 views

groups.diigo.com/educators

shared by Suzie Nestico on 11 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Some major computer science programs at top universities are seeing a slight uptick in the number of women going into the programs
  • Vicki Davis on 11 Mar 10
     
    Educators Group on Diigo - over 1400 educators share in this group which also has standard tags to help us categorize and share.
  • Suzie Nestico on 28 Jun 11
     
    Best content in educators
Ruth Howard

International Association of Educational Assessment - 35th Annual Conference - Abstracts - 2 views

www.iaea2009.com/abstracts.asp

association international assessment educational abstracts conference Australia

shared by Ruth Howard on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 16 Mar 10
     
    INternational Association for Assessment conference papers listed and embedded here. http://www.iaea2009.com/abstract/46.asp really recommend this one Dr Kay Kimber (2009) ....How students use and create knowledge online
David Wetzel

Integrating Technology into Project Based Learning - 20 views

www.teachscienceandmath.com/...logy-in-project-based-learning

audacity flickr glogster google docs interacitve posters itunes podcasts presentations project based learning slideshows Technology voicethread web 2.0 tools

shared by David Wetzel on 02 Apr 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 02 Apr 10
     
    "Integration of technology is an integral part of project based learning, because technology is an integral part of life outside the classroom as revealed in this part of the definition - "types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom.""
Allyssa Andersen

RedKid.Net - 19 views

www.redkid.net/sign.php

resources graphics generator fun

shared by Allyssa Andersen on 16 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Allyssa Andersen on 16 Apr 10
     
    Fun way to intro information. Graphics generator.
  • kathy shieldsk on 17 Apr 10
     
    Allyssa, have you looked at the communication wall? Not what I'd want kids to see or post to, also one of the photos is rather unusual and would raise a few eyebrows in the middle school and over crowd. I'd use this site as a teacher to make some cute graphics on my class site. Thanks!
Maggie Verster

I just love this science site: The naked scientist - 38 views

www.thenakedscientists.com

science school2.0

shared by Maggie Verster on 18 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 18 Apr 10
     
    Science radio and podcast with losts of resources and experiments for teh science class. Love it
yc c

Reeko's Mad Scientist Science Experiments - Science Experiments for Kids - 14 views

www.reekoscience.com/Experiments

experiments fun science projects education

shared by yc c on 20 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Crazy Stats Number of insects born on the planet since this page loaded: 51,105 bugs Want more real-time statistics? Check out the Reeko's World Stats Counter.
  • yc c on 20 Apr 10
     
    Some cool projects here - Source of free science projects and experiments for parents, teachers, and children of all ages.
anonymous

The Age of the Essay - 5 views

www.paulgraham.com/essay.html

writing essays essay english literature culture education criticism

shared by anonymous on 28 Apr 10 - Cached
  • To understand what a real essay is, we have to reach back into history again, though this time not so far. To Michel de Montaigne, who in 1580 published a book of what he called "essais." He was doing something quite different from what lawyers do, and the difference is embodied in the name. Essayer is the French verb meaning "to try" and an essai is an attempt. An essay is something you write to try to figure something out.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 28 Apr 10
       
      The most significant idea from the text.
Ed Webb

Study Shows Students Are Addicted to Social Media | News | Communications of the ACM - 4 views

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socialmedia research addiction students study technology

shared by Ed Webb on 27 Apr 10 - Cached
  • most college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable to be without their media links to the world. "I clearly am addicted and the dependency is sickening," says one person in the study. "I feel like most people these days are in a similar situation, for between having a Blackberry, a laptop, a television, and an iPod, people have become unable to shed their media skin."
  • what they wrote at length about was how they hated losing their personal connections. Going without media meant, in their world, going without their friends and family
  • they couldn't connect with friends who lived close by, much less those far away
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  • "Texting and IM-ing my friends gives me a constant feeling of comfort," wrote one student. "When I did not have those two luxuries, I felt quite alone and secluded from my life. Although I go to a school with thousands of students, the fact that I was not able to communicate with anyone via technology was almost unbearable."
  • students' lives are wired together in such ways that opting out of that communication pattern would be tantamount to renouncing a social life
  • "Students expressed tremendous anxiety about being cut-off from information,"
  • How did they get the information? In a disaggregated way, and not typically from the news outlet that broke or committed resources to a story.
  • the young adults in this study appeared to be generally oblivious to branded news and information
  • an undifferentiated wave to them via social media
  • 43.3 percent of the students reported that they had a "smart phone"
  • Quotes
Kelly Faulkner

QlipBoard - Voice anything. Share anywhere. - 21 views

www.qlipmedia.com

web2.0 screencast presentation tools audio slideshow freeware free

shared by Kelly Faulkner on 30 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Roland O'Daniel on 30 Apr 10
     
    Multimedia online note taking tool. Students can capture screen images, make audio recordings for notes, or write text notes to accompany drawings. These different media can then be organized into videos!  I envision it being similar to Evernote with more interaction capabilities and with the great addition of being able to create videos of the information gathered. I like this tool!
  • Kelly Faulkner on 11 Jun 10
     
    make screencasts and save as wmv, free
Brendan Murphy

How to Teach Math as a Social Activity | Edutopia - 26 views

www.edutopia.org/math-social-activity-sel-video

math bestpractices professionaldevelopment elementary

shared by Brendan Murphy on 06 May 10 - Cached
  • Brendan Murphy on 06 May 10
     
    Many people want student centered classrooms then think they don't work because they don't know how to manage one. this is a great primer for how to get your student centered classroom started.
Brendan Murphy

Teacher Magazine: Taking Back School Reform: A Conversation Between Diane Ravitch and Mike Rose - 5 views

www.edweek.org/...roseravitchschoolreform.html

shared by Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10 - Cached
  • deep-seated wish to create escape routes from public education.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10
       
      Does supporting vouchers mean we are giving up on schools?
  • Since there is no way to know who will be an effective teacher
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10
       
      It is possible to determine if someone will be or is a good teachers through oberservation and coaching, which costs money and time and has rarely been used effectively in the past.
  • What if we could channel the financial and human resources spent on the machinery of high-stakes testing into a robust, widely distributed program of professional development?
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  • He told them that the more they know about the particulars of instruction, the less effective they’ll be, for that nitty-gritty knowledge will blur their perception of the problem
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10
       
      I suppose if all you care about is the budget then that is the correct attitude.
  • children from every background will respond to a curriculum that respects their minds and feeds them with rich experiences.
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10
       
      Of course they will. Is your curriculum rich?
  • It is not just policy makers needing to spend time in schools. It is teachers needing to spend time in the policy making environment - yes, Dept of Ed has teacher ambassador program, but I would also suggest state legislators, Congressmen and Senators look more aggressively to having fellows on their staffs who are professional educators - it would save a LOT of problems downstream on both sides
  • Modeling modeling.asu.edu. This program shows improvement in both teacher and student understanding of physics.
  • CIMM which is a spin off of Modeling and is attacking the math problems in lower grades
Brendan Murphy

Think Thank Thunk » Standards-Based Grading: Feedback - 7 views

101studiostreet.com/wordpress

shared by Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10 - Cached
  • for stu­dents that do not feel the need to reme­di­ate, any grade becomes instantly sum­ma­tive
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10
       
      The question becomes how do we motivate students to imporove, especially when we know they can?
  • pre­sen­ta­tion day is the only day that you took to assess this child, and then you leave any reme­di­a­tion up to them
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10
       
      Evaluate students informally on a regular basis so they know what you expect.
  • ou prob­a­bly call it “check­ing for under­stand­ing” or some­thing along those lines. I actu­ally keep a sheet going in my note­book with every kid’s name on it and a check mark for whether I feel like I’ve com­mu­ni­cated to them where they’re at in any given topic
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10
       
      "check for understanding" for every student before giving an assignment that will be graded.
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  • Good Feed­back
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10
       
      Give feedback not grades
  • pro­vide a nar­ra­tive
    • Brendan Murphy
      Brendan Murphy on 17 May 10
       
      Can be done with voicce thread also I think
yc c

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) - 10 views

www.nlm.nih.gov/ihm

history image resource medicine science education

shared by yc c on 15 May 10 - Cached
  • yc c on 15 May 10
     
    The Image database, Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), is an online picture database of nearly 70,000 images from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) History of Medicine Division's Prints and Photographs Collection. IHM includes portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the 15th to 21st century.\nThe collection includes portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the 15th to 21st century.The collection includes portraits, photographs, caricatures, genre scenes, posters, and graphic art illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine dated from the 15th to 21st century.The purpose of the IHM database is to assist users in finding and viewing visual material for private study, scholarship, and research. This site contains some materials that may be protected by United States or foreign copyright laws. It is the users' responsibility to determine compliance with the law when reproducing, transmitting, or distributing images found in IHM.
yc c

Journey of Mankind .swf - 15 views

www.bradshawfoundation.com/...timeline.swf

history migration worldmap evolution science animated research human ancestors must_read

shared by yc c on 19 May 10 - No Cached
  • yc c on 19 May 10
     
    The Journey of Mankind is a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years. The map shows the interaction of migration and climate over 160'000 years. Based on synthesis of mtDNA and Y chromosome evidence w archeology, climatology and fossil study.
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