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For the Roses: My Latest Position on Classroom Blogging | Beyond School - 0 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 15 May 08 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 15 May 08
     
    I need to read the comments before I can describe this!
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Collection List: Light Bulbs: Next Vista for Learning - 0 views

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shared by Pat Hensley on 21 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Pat Hensley on 21 Jul 08
     
    With the resources of the library available for free to anyone at any time, students will be in a good position to learn when they are most ready to do so. For teachers, the available videos can be used in the classroom to generate discussion, or even when planning lessons to generate ideas. Having a simple system for watching others' work will strengthen professional development, which is one of NextVista.org's goals.
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Why Use Technology to Teach Science and Math? - 15 views

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shared by Sandy Kendell on 19 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Sandy Kendell on 19 Feb 10
     
    Blog post discussing positive impact of using technology in instruction.
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Advocates For Youth - 2 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 24 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 24 Feb 10
     
    "Advocates for Youth champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates believes it can best serve the field by boldly advocating for a more positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health. "
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ms-shea - WikiCommunityContract - 6 views

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shared by Dave Truss on 14 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 14 Jan 10
     
    Wiki Community Contract As a class, we have discussed and decided upon some rules and etiquette to be followed when using an online sharing site like wikispaces. This contract summarizes those rules and expectations. Each student has signed a hard copy of this contract and agreed to abide by it to help us promote a positive online learning community.
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Project Based Activities in Math and Science - 23 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 13 Mar 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 13 Mar 10
     
    A project-based approach to science and math activities is enjoyable for every student and teacher involved. Fun activities, supported by making connections with concepts promote learning. Over the past decade an increasing number of studies have shown the positive impact of project-based learning on student achievement.
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10 Ways to Survive a Nightmare Online Learning Course - 14 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 31 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 31 Dec 10
     
    Ten ways to survive a nightmare course provides strategies for dealing with a difficult online learning situation. Problems may develop with any online course, due to causes beyond your control. Some problems include incompatible technology, continual course learning management system (LMS) problems, e-mail problems, or bewildering directions and assignments. Regardless the situation, there are many things you can do to overcome this less than happy experience and turn it a positive outcome.
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The Great Debate: Effectiveness of Technology in Education -- THE Journal - 19 views

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shared by Ben Rimes on 04 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Ben Rimes on 04 Feb 11
     
    Lengthy article debating how to converse about technology in education, it's effectiveness, and how to best frame the conversation in terms of positive results.
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Current position of the ISS - 15 views

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shared by Ted Sakshaug on 24 May 11 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 24 May 11
     
    maps of current postion of the International Space Station
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Ending the Year on a Positive Note | Edutopia - 12 views

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shared by edutopia .org on 27 May 11 - No Cached
  • edutopia .org on 27 May 11
     
    Teachers celebrating accomplishments as summer approaches.
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Many educators find Twitter a useful tool | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/18/2011 - 8 views

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shared by Kevin Jarrett on 18 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Kevin Jarrett on 18 Jun 11
     
    Great little article on the power of Twitter. Really empowering to see the local news media taking such a positive view of edtech & supporting our work. (Same reporter did a great piece on EdCamp Philly.)
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Network theories for technology-enabled learning and social change: Connectivism and ac... - 1 views

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shared by Claude Almansi on 29 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Claude Almansi on 29 Sep 11
     
    "Bell, F 2010, Network theories for technology-enabled learning and social change: Connectivism and actor network theory , in: Networked Learning Conference 2010: Seventh International Conference on Networked Learning, 3-4 May 2010, Aalborg, Denmark. PDF - Published Version Download (236Kb) http://usir.salford.ac.uk/9270/1/Bell.pdf Official URL: http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/ Abstract Learning never was confined to classrooms. We all learn in, out of, before, during and after episodes of formal education. The changing sociotechnical context offers a promise of new opportunities, and the sense that somehow things may be different. Use of the Internet and other emerging technologies is spreading in frequency, time and space. People and organizations wish to use technology to support learning seek theories to frame their understanding and their innovations. In this article we explore Connectivism, that is positioned as a theory for the digital age, in use on a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, in 2008. We then compare Connectivism with another network theory, Actor Network Theory, to explore possible synergies. We found that Connectivism enables educators and learners to legitimise their use of technology to support teaching and learning. Connectivism, a relatively new theory, can benefit from a richer empirical base as it develops. Since the scope of educational change can vary from a specific learning setting through organisational and societal settings, we can develop theories through empirical exploration of cases across the range of settings to support our understanding and actions."
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12 Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives | bridges.org - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 07 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 07 Jun 09
     
    Important article for integrators and IT directors to read.
  • Vicki Davis on 07 Jun 09
     
    Excellent reading for IT Directors and Technology Integrators - I particularly like the part about doing your homework and the thorough needs assessment - this fits with excellent books like the Influencer that have researched positive change.
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Homeworkopoly | 2001 Bulletin Boards | Classroom Decor - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 07 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 07 Aug 09
     
    Homeworkopoly is a fun way to encourage children to do their homework! Here are some basic instructions, but feel free to use your own judgement and change things around to suit your class needs. We have tried to leave off negative things such as "Go to jail" in order to keep this experience as positive as possible.
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What Do School Tests Measure? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by Fabian Aguilar on 12 Aug 09 - Cached
  • According to a New York Times analysis, New York City students have steadily improved their performance on statewide tests since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took control of the public schools seven years ago.
  • Critics say the results are proof only that it is possible to “teach to the test.” What do the results mean? Are tests a good way to prepare students for future success?
  • Tests covering what students were expected to learn (guided by an agreed-upon curriculum) serve a useful purpose — to provide evidence of student effort, of student learning, of what teachers taught, and of what teachers may have failed to teach.
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  • More serious questions arise about “teaching to the test.” If the test requires students to do something academically valuable — to demonstrate comprehension of high quality reading passages at an appropriate level of complexity and difficulty for the students’ grade, for example — then, of course, “teaching to the test” is appropriate.
  • Reading is the crucial subject in the curriculum, affecting all the others, as we know.
  • An almost exclusive focus on raising test scores usually leads to teaching to the test, denies rich academic content and fails to promote the pleasure in learning, and to motivate students to take responsibility for their own learning, behavior, discipline and perseverance to succeed in school and in life.
  • Test driven, or force-fed, learning can not enrich and promote the traits necessary for life success. Indeed, it is dangerous to focus on raising test scores without reducing school drop out, crime and dependency rates, or improving the quality of the workforce and community life.
  • Students, families and groups that have been marginalized in the past are hurt most when the true purposes of education are not addressed.
  • lein. Mayor Bloomberg claims that more than two-thirds of the city’s students are now proficient readers. But, according to federal education officials, only 25 percent cleared the proficient-achievement hurdle after taking the National Assessment of Education Progress, a more reliable and secure test in 2007.
  • The major lesson is that officials in all states — from New York to Mississippi — have succumbed to heavy political pressure to somehow show progress. They lower the proficiency bar, dumb down tests and distribute curricular guides to teachers filled with study questions that mirror state exams.
  • This is why the Obama administration has nudged 47 states to come around the table to define what a proficient student truly knows.
  • Test score gains among New York City students are important because research finds that how well one performs on cognitive tests matters more to one’s life chances than ever before. Mastery of reading and math, in particular, are significant because they provide the gateway to higher learning and critical thinking.
  • First, just because students are trained to do well on a particular test doesn’t mean they’ve mastered certain skills.
  • Second, whatever the test score results, children in high poverty schools like the Promise Academy are still cut off from networks of students, and students’ parents, who can ease access to employment.
  • Reliable and valid standardized tests can be one way to measure what some students have learned. Although they may be indicators of future academic success, they don’t “prepare” students for future success.
  • Since standardized testing can accurately assess the “whole” student, low test scores can be a real indicator of student knowledge and deficiencies.
  • Many teachers at high-performing, high-poverty schools have said they use student test scores as diagnostic tools to address student weaknesses and raise achievement.
  • The bigger problem with standardized tests is their emphasis on the achievement of only minimal proficiency.
  • While it is imperative that even the least accomplished students have sufficient reading and calculating skills to become self-supporting, these are nonetheless the students with, overall, the fewest opportunities in the working world.
  • Regardless of how high or low we choose to set the proficiency bar, standardized test scores are the most objective and best way of measuring it.
  • The gap between proficiency and true comprehension would be especially wide in the case of the brightest students. These would be the ones least well-served by high-stakes testing.
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Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy -- THE Journal - 11 views

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shared by liam odonnell on 22 Oct 09 - Cached
  • liam odonnell on 22 Oct 09
     
    A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting.
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Diigo conversations push kids deeper - Reflections of a Techie - 21 views

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shared by anonymous on 25 Nov 09 - Cached
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  • But I have to tell you that despite all the pain in my neck this has been, I'm LOVING Diigo.  We are annotating the blogs as we read them and then dissecting what they mean.  Now imagine my little kids (6th graders you know) trying to understand that the geochemistry of this sediment can tell scientist about the cycling of sea levels...and this cycling is important to the coastal cities survival throughout the world.  We're just at the most basic places, but they are digging through...asking me questions and pulling out info they think is relevant.I have them write summaries and email those summaries from Diigo to me each weekend.  OK...not all are great.  But most of these kids "get it" and are pretty interested in the science being conducted.  I think they are also grooving on the conversation we get from highlighting important things from the blogs and then chatting (via the annotation commenting feature) about why it's important and what are the next things we should look for.
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      anonymous on 25 Nov 09
       
      This is VERY good! Congratulations! I LOVE to read about teachers who are experimenting out of their comfort zone with technologies like Diigo that produce such positive results. This experiment you're doing with your kiddos is something that will change forever how they view online resources. And, it will change how they look at the web. All very positive, and all skills that will last far into their education. Yes, it is, as you say, the BEST.
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Creating_a_Positive_Online_Presence.jpg (JPEG Image, 1056x816 pixels) - Scaled (85%) - 25 views

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shared by Megan Black on 21 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Megan Black on 21 Apr 11
     
    Advice for students in how to build a positive online presence in comic poster form.
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