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Op-Ed Columnist - The Uneducated American - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...09krugman.html krugman opinion education NYT
shared by Ed Webb on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • we have a college graduation rate that’s slightly below the average across all advanced economies.Even without the effects of the current crisis, there would be every reason to expect us to fall further in these rankings, if only because we make it so hard for those with limited financial means to stay in school. In America, with its weak social safety net and limited student aid, students are far more likely than their counterparts in, say, France to hold part-time jobs while still attending classes. Not surprisingly, given the financial pressures, young Americans are also less likely to stay in school and more likely to become full-time workers instead.
  • we need to wake up and realize that one of the keys to our nation’s historic success is now a wasting asset. Education made America great; neglect of education can reverse the process.
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Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 10 views

roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/...does-the-brain-like-e-books ebooks reading psychology article
shared by yc c on 16 Oct 09 - Cached
  • However, displays have vastly improved since then, and now with high resolution monitors reading speed is no different than reading from paper.
    • yc c
      yc c on 16 Oct 09
       
      opposite from above mention
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From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: What is your classroom "rules" list for inte... - 21 views

www.cellphonesinlearning.com/...e-in-your-classroom-rules.html PODs mycomments cellphones policy
shared by Dave Truss on 18 Oct 09 - No Cached
  • Dave Truss on 18 Oct 09
     
    . We could teach appropriate cell phone etiquette, while showing students how to use cell phones as learning tools. I would like to brainstorm some "rules" for including cell phones inside of the school classroom. Here are my top 5 (although I reserve the right to change them as I hear better ideas).
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TED | Search - 14 views

www.ted.com/search curriculum history literature science math technology edu_news techintegrator web2 textbooks teaching ted connexions
shared by David Hilton on 17 Oct 09 - Cached
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  • David Hilton on 17 Oct 09
     
    This is the talk given at TED by Richard Baraniuk on Connexions, an open-source system for free educational content and his belief that this type of innovation will replace textbooks (YAY!). It's the first link on the list; I didn't save the link itself because it opens on a media player and that's really annoying. Click and enjoy! (PS If you've been living as a hostage on the moon for the last couple of years and haven't heard of TED give it a look/listen - it rocks).
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WatchKnow - Videos for kids to learn from. Organized. - 27 views

watchknow.org learning education tutorials teaching resources
shared by Ted Sakshaug on 23 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Imagine hundreds of thousands of great short videos, and other media, explaining every topic taught to school kids. Imagine them rated and sorted into a giant Directory, making them simple to find. WatchKnow--as in, "You watch, you know"--is a non-profit online community devoted to this goal.
  • Ted Sakshaug on 23 Oct 09
     
    lots of free videos, short and useful
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How I create and publish podcasts » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 19 views

www.speedofcreativity.org/...-i-create-and-publish-podcasts podcasting how-to
shared by Kelly Faulkner on 27 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 27 Oct 09
     
    If you want to know how one of the pro's makes and publishes podcasts, here is Wesley Fryer's how to - a must read for anyone working in this area of technology.
  • Kelly Faulkner on 28 Oct 09
     
    wes fryer's how to with excellent links
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Social networks and kids: How young is too young? - CNN.com - 13 views

www.cnn.com/...kids.social.networks education learning web2 digiteen safety digitalcitizenship
shared by Vicki Davis on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or using social-networking sites designed just for them.
  • which some therapists have linked to Internet addiction among adults
  • In two surveys reported this year by Pew Internet Research -- of 700 and 935 teens, respectively -- 38 percent of respondents ages 12 to 14 said they had an online profile of some sort.
  • Vicki Davis on 03 Nov 09
     
    Important article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools.
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Findings - Ethnographic Study Looks at Gossip in the Workplace - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...03tier.html education learning gossip psychology edu_news
shared by Vicki Davis on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • once someone made a negative comment about a person who wasn’t there, the conversation would get meaner unless someone immediately defended the target.
  • gossip in the workplace also tended to be overwhelmingly negative, but the insults were more subtle and the conversations less predictable, says Tim Hallett, a sociologist at Indiana University.
  • Office gossip can be a form of reputational warfare
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  • Dr. Hallett found that the teachers became so comfortable with him and his camera that they would freely insult their bosses during one-on-one interviews. But at the teachers’ formal group meetings, where they knew that another teacher might report their insults to the principal, they were more discreet.
  • they sometimes offered obliquely sarcastic comments to test the water
  • praise the predecessor
  • The teachers’ gossip never got as blatantly mean as the teenage girls’
  • The principal felt that her authority was being undermined by gossip and retaliated against teachers she suspected (correctly) of criticizing her.
  • in this case it was also a form of warfare that brought everyone down
  • it is more realistic to try managing it.
  • That simple question, a dare made in a pleasant voice
  • “Don’t we have some work to do here?”
  • Vicki Davis on 03 Nov 09
     
    Office gossip (this study on an elementary school and their gossip against a principal) hurts EVERYONE including your school and in this case, test scores declined. Remember that when you gossip, you also hurt yourself and if you didn't already know this, take a read here about office gossip and how to intervene and stop it.
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Google Wave Extension List - 18 views

www.docstoc.com/...Google-Wave-Extension-List Google wave
shared by anonymous on 03 Nov 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 03 Nov 09
     
    A very nice list of Robots and Gadgets for the Google Wave.
  • anonymous on 03 Nov 09
     
    Remember, this is still all quite new, so things may not work as you would hope. But when they do, it's SO much fun. :)
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JotSpace - Collaboration Whiteboard - 30 views

www.jotspace.com applications resources tools whiteboards online jotspace collaboration
shared by David Hilton on 31 Oct 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 31 Oct 09
     
    Could be a brilliant tool for the classroom if your school is too cheap to invest in e-whiteboards (do I sound bitter?).
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Google Wave Use Cases: Education - 20 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...e_wave_use_cases_education.php GoogleWave education google wave tools web2.0
shared by Dennis OConnor on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Google Wave is a much hyped new Internet-based communications and collaboration platform. It was announced at the end of May, released as a 'Preview' product shortly after tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_wave_use_cases_education.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; and 100,000 more invites were made available at the end of September.
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Information Is Beautiful - 28 views

www.informationisbeautiful.net education news infographics
shared by Vicki Davis on 20 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 20 Nov 09
     
    Beautiful Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized!
  • AnnMarie Furbur on 28 Jul 10
     
    visual literacy
  • Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13
     
    Big data visualized. What a cool site that connects art and math. If you explore or write or are just a scholar, this site will give you lots to think about.
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ACLU lawsuit: Palm Beach County's woeful graduation rates show failure of Florida's edu... - 4 views

www.palmbeachpost.com/...1105gradsuit.html aclu lawsuit
shared by anonymous on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • About a quarter of Palm Beach County seniors do not earn a diploma or GED after four years, according to the school district's own calculations. That number creeps up to 40 percent among black students. And the lawsuit alleges that the district is being generous with its math.
  • anonymous on 06 Nov 09
     
    This could be a very important case. What are YOUR graduation rates?
  • anonymous on 06 Nov 09
     
    This, after how many years of NCLB?
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TeachingWithContests.com - 17 views

teachingwithcontests.com education learning contests
shared by Vicki Davis on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 06 Nov 09
     
    blog that lists all the current & upcoming contests for students
  • Vicki Davis on 06 Nov 09
     
    This blog shares contests to use and share with your classroom.
  • Vicki Davis on 06 Nov 09
     
    It is great to engage students with contests. I've added this to my rss reader.
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Tagul - Gorgeous tag clouds - 17 views

tagul.com wordle Tagcloud wordcloud tagul tag
shared by Kelly Faulkner on 24 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Kelly Faulkner on 17 Jan 10
     
    shaped word clouds a la wordle
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8 weird ways to save the Earth - Cloud whitening (1) - CNNMoney.com - 5 views

money.cnn.com/...index.html science
shared by Iris Deters on 23 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Turns out particles, in this case the salt in the sea mist, will cause clouds to become denser, reflecting more sunlight back into space and keeping the planet cooler.
  • The nove
  • t crossed the Atlantic. The mist towers are hollow and rotate in the wind, acting as sails. It can cross the Atlantic faster than a conventional sail boat and do so without a crew.
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  • How it works: The idea here is to use satellite-guided sailing ships to crisscross the oceans, constantly spewing a fine stream of sea mist into the clouds
  • Each ship would cost $2 or $3 million, making the entire program cost just a few billion dollars.
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My Own Social Media Experiment « coal cracker classroom - 2 views

coalcrackerclassroom.wordpress.com/...my-own-social-media-experiment education socialmedia curriculum all_teachers
shared by Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • I sent a message to my students via our Google Group around 8:00PM on Sunday night.  This message said, “Need any more bonus?  Respond to this message for two points.  If you tweet it, text it, call your friends, post as you FaceBook status, and another student mentions they got word from you, you get FIVE points.” Guess what?  By 11:00PM on Sunday night, I gave out bonus points to over THIRTY of the ninety students. By 8:00AM today, I gave out bonus to an additional eighteen students.  In just changing one thing I did, I just reached nearly half of my students.  I could have said, “the first ten students to respond will get bonus,” in order to foster competition. But, I tried a bit of that several weeks ago.  In Heidi’s words, “Competition 0, Collaboration 1.”
  • Vicki Davis on 29 Mar 11
     
    Love this response, bonus opportunity by Suzie Nestico. When she emailed and asked for a response and the first would get bonus - 5 replies - listen to what DID get them to respond: "I sent a message to my students via our Google Group around 8:00PM on Sunday night. This message said, "Need any more bonus? Respond to this message for two points. If you tweet it, text it, call your friends, post as you FaceBook status, and another student mentions they got word from you, you get FIVE points." Guess what? By 11:00PM on Sunday night, I gave out bonus points to over THIRTY of the ninety students. By 8:00AM today, I gave out bonus to an additional eighteen students. In just changing one thing I did, I just reached nearly half of my students. I could have said, "the first ten students to respond will get bonus," in order to foster competition. But, I tried a bit of that several weeks ago. In Heidi's words, "Competition 0, Collaboration 1." "
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#WW Twitter Welcome Wednesday -just the "Guidelines" | Kalinago English - 1 views

kalinago.blogspot.com/...er-welcome-wednesday-just.html twitter all_teachers bestpractices edublogger technology edu_trends digitalcitizenship techintegrator professionaldevelopment #WW
shared by Suzie Nestico on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • For example, do this#WW welcome @Craig an English Language Teacher based in Dubai, #ELT ~ interested in #dogme and chocolate. #TEFL#WW @Jenny - she's a Teen Fiction author based in Ireland. Open to being interviewed by your students.  #fiction #ireland #education #younglearners #WW shout out 2 @Bob a good buddy of mine, help me welcome him! - #mlearning evangelist #edublogger and head of #edtech at @UniversityofMiami But please don't do this:#WW @Jenny @Craig @Bob @June @Alice @TomatoHead @eLearningGuru  as this is unhelpful to everyone.
  • Suzie Nestico on 29 Mar 11
     
    Great idea to help colleagues get started on Twitter with a #WW ~ "Welcome Wednesday"
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