If you can't find a ruler or you are lazy to hunt the tape measure, but you'd like to know how big is a business card or how thick the 0.3 inch cell phone you want to buy, here's a tool for you.
Researchers found sleep appears to have a dramatic impact on the way the brain functions the next day.
It appears to strengthen connections between nerve cells in the brain - a process key to both learning and memory.
Just turned up this very nice post by Doug Belshaw about Acceptable Use Policies that Include Cell phones - this one and the one he wrote before it are very nice talking points for your committe who looks at AUP's.
Imagine a world in which cars can be assembled molecule-by-molecule, garbage can be disassembled and turned into beef steaks, and people can be operated on and healed by cell-sized robots. Sound like science fiction?
This website lets you record both video and audio from your cell phone or online and automatically send it to your blog or other website. This is also a for-pay service.
The replacement for Jott (since they began charging) this is a good entry-level cell phone tool to share in workshops so people can decide if they "get it" before they "get it." Will be using with my students this week.
Sky Calls is a NASA-supported astronomy alert service that puts kids in touch with the sky-night and day. Anyone with a telephone can participate. When there is an eclipse, an alignment of planets, a big solar flare, or a flyby of the International Space Station, the phone rings. A voice message from NASA alerts students to the event and tells them how they can see or experience it. Students with cell phones can choose to receive text messages instead of voice. Of course, teachers can participate, too.
ThumbScribes is a platform for creating collaborative content.Co+Create haiku, poems, short stories, flash fiction, novellas, exquisite corpse and songs, real time or asynchronously with your computer, tablet, cell phone or even IM.
What
is the history behind the tool?
The Technology
Integration Matrix (TIM) was developed to help guide the complex task
of evaluating technology integration in the classroom. Basic technology
skills and integration of technology into the curriculum go hand-in-hand
to form teacher technology literacy. Encouraging the seamless use of
technology in all curriculum areas and promoting technology literacy
are both key NCLB:Title II-D/EETT program purposes. The Inventory for
Teacher Technology Skills (ITTS) companion tool is designed to help
districts evaluate teachers’ current levels of proficiency with
technology and is also used as a professional development planning
and needs assessment resource. The TIM is envisioned as an EETT program
resource which can help support the full integration of technology
in Florida schools.
What
is in each cell?
Each cell
in the matrix will have a video (or several videos) which illustrate
the integration of technology in classrooms where only a few computers
are available and/or classrooms where every student has access to a
laptop computer.
Transformation
The teacher creates a rich learning environment
in which students regularly engage in activities that would
have been impossible to achieve without technology.
Indicator: Given
ongoing access to online resources, students actively
select and pursue topics beyond the limitations of even
the best school library.
Collaborative
Indicator: Technology
enables students to collaborate with peers and experts
irrespective of time zone or physical distances.
Goal
Directed
Indicator: Students
use technology to construct, share, and publish knowledge
to a worldwide audience.
Authentic
Indicator: By
means of technology tools, students participate in outside-of-school
projects and problem-solving activities that have meaning
for the students and the community.
Constructive
Indicator: Students
engage in ongoing metacognative activities at a level that
would be unattainable without the support of technology
tools.
You can download the Technology
Integration Matrix for printing as a PDF.
Discover ideas for instruction that innovative districts have developed to better leverage the increasing number of laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and smart phones that students carry. This webinar explores the latest findings from Speak Up surveys given to K-12 students, teachers and administrators regarding their views on mobile devices within instruction.
Created by 5th Cell (creators of Drawn to Life), this title turns writing into objects, drawing from a database of "tens of thousands" of items. You type them in with the stylus, to solve problems. It could be a promising writing activity because it illustrates word meanings, instantly. Why learn to write? To play ScribbleNauts.
A new poll conducted by the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media suggests that students are using cell phones and the internet to cheat on school exams. What's surprising, however, is not just the alarming number of students who say they cheat, but also the number of students who think it's OK to do so.