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Schools hotbeds for luring young sex slaves  - New York Daily News - 5 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 08 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 08 Apr 12
     
    This article from Brooklyn is one educators should read. School playgrounds are "hunting grounds" for pimps. Yes, slavery exists and yes, schools should open their eyes. Pass this article around to create awareness, please.
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How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom | Edutopia - 15 views

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shared by Dean Mantz on 28 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Dean Mantz on 28 Mar 12
     
    7 video tips from great educators regarding the use of "New Media" in the classrooms. 
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Online courses - Course - 12 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 20 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 20 Nov 13
     
    Nice new selection of new self-paced courses for education by Google
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3 Factors Detrimental To Obesity-Related Heart Disease - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 25 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 25 Nov 13
     
    With 1.4 billion adults over age 20 who are obese, these are things we should educate everyone about. Great information for a health or biology class and also for teachers to read as we think about our own health in a very high pressure job. "High blood pressure, serum cholesterol and blood glucose explain approximately 50% of the increased risk of heart disease and three-quarters of the increased risk of stroke among overweight or obese individuals, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet."
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educational-origami » Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - 1 views

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shared by Anna Adam on 08 May 08 - Cached
  •  bloom's Digital taxonomy v2.1.pdf
  • Patti Porto on 08 May 08
     
    Great resource for applying Bloom's taxonomy to the use of educational technology
  • Dave Truss on 10 May 08
     
    This is an update to Bloom's revised taxonomy to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's revised taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous computing.
  • anonymous on 29 May 08
     
    This is an update to Bloom's revised taxonomy to account for the new behaviours emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's revised taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous computing.
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Avoiding Continuing Education is Too Costly for Career Success - 2 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 17 Apr 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 17 Apr 10
     
    Recommendations are provided for how to take time to learn new career skills and professional knowledge for advancement or employment in a new career.
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Skype in the classroom (beta) | Skype Education - 16 views

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shared by Deb Henkes on 20 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Clif Mims on 20 Dec 10
     
    "Skype in the classroom is a free directory for teachers who want to use Skype to bring education to life in their classrooms. Join today to share resources, chat with teachers and even pair classes."
  • Deb Henkes on 28 Feb 11
     
    Meet new people, discover new cultures and connect with classes from around the world, all without leaving the classroom.
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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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Adobe AIR App Challenge - 5 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 21 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 21 Jul 11
     
    For those of you already developing educational apps, this might be a great way to win some money for your school (or yourself) and a Sony Tablet. Here's the information: "On July 13 Sony and Adobe launched the Adobe AIR App Challenge, Sponsored by Sony. The goal is to get developers to create quality Android apps using Adobe Flash tools and optimize their apps for the new Sony S1 and S2 Tablets with AIR 3.0. We'd like to get your help to promote this in any relevant campaign activities. More details and entry forms are on the contest website: www.airappchallenge.com . In addition to cash prizes (up to $130,000 for the Grand Prize winner!), 10 finalists can also win an a trip to MAX to showcase their apps and all winners will get 'premium promotion' on the new Sony devices."
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Kansas Grants - GrantWatch - 2 views

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  • Erin Fitzpatrick on 02 Mar 12
     
    Kansas.GrantWatch.com is the Kansas grants funding website for current federal government grants, state grants, city grants, local grants, foundation grants, corporation grants, educational grants, international grants and grant resources. GrantWatch.com displays new nonprofit grants, new for-profit grants, and new small business grants.
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Top News - Microsoft releases new tools for academics - 0 views

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shared by Angela Maiers on 01 Aug 08 - Cached
  • Angela Maiers on 01 Aug 08
     
    New tools for educators from Microsoft!
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CoSN Receives MacArthur Grant to Explore Policy and Leadership Barriers to Web 2.0 - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 21 Aug 08
     
    CoSN Receives MacArthur Grant: Exploring Policy and Leadership Barriers to Effective Use of Web 2.0 in Schools
    The $450,000 grant began July 1st and over the coming year CoSN will focus on the following key objectives:
    1.Identify findings from existing empirical research relevant to the use of new media in schools and the barriers to their adoption and scalability.
    2. Assess the awareness, understanding, and perspectives of U.S. educational leaders (superintendents, district curriculum and technology directors/CTOs) and policymaker's on the role, problems, and benefits of new media in schools within a participatory culture context.
    3. Investigate and document the organizational and policy issues that are critical obstacles for the effective deployment of new media.
    4. Develop a concise report of findings and construct an action plan for intervention.
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NCSU News :: NC State News and Information » Researchers Devise New Means For... - 3 views

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shared by Lisa Durff on 30 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Lisa Durff on 30 Jan 12
     
    Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use in a new generation of elastic electronic devices.
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Free group video calls on Skype for Educators - 18 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 15 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 15 Mar 13
     
    Teachers can apply for FREE group video calling to use it in the classroom. Many were moving to Google Hangouts because you can use 10 at a time, but now you can do it on skype if you're an educator. APPLY NOW, while you can.
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Facebook's "Groups for Schools" Is a Walled Garden of Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 12 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 12 Apr 12
     
    Facebook's group for schools has just been announced. You don't have to be friends with your students to add them to a class group on Facebook. This is only for highered but is a move to become a more formal learning network. Facebook may evolve from a social network to a social and educational network. This is a big deal and colleges should take a look at this.
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Exploration Design Challenge | NASA - 6 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 04 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 04 Sep 13
     
    All students and educators participating in the challeng will have their name flown on the Exploration Flight Test-I mission as a member of the virtual crew. This mission will be unmanned and will launch in late 2014. So, kids can be a "virtual explorer." There are 4 challenges, age appropriate, to help design protective radiation protection for astronauts. We need to get students interest in space travel for a variety of reasons. This is a lovely real world project for students to join or could be a project for one of your #geniushour teams. "The goal of the Exploration Design Challenge is for students to research and design ways to protect astronauts from space radiation. NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing the Orion spacecraft that will carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit and on to an asteroid or Mars. Protecting astronauts from radiation on these distant travels is an important -- and very real -- problem that needs solving. NASA would like your help!"
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Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte: 7 proven strategies that WILL help you engage your... - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 30 Nov 13
     
    Excellent post from Justin Tarte that deserves lots of shares. The only issue I have with the post is the use of the word "rigor" which I think is misused and misapplied all over education without questioning if that is actually the word we should use. I've heard people say "they're having fun -- that isn't rigorous." WHAT? Great post worth sharing.
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Bulletin Board: goole docs | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators,... - 13 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 05 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 05 Oct 13
     
    Here's the official bulletin board with the clickable links for the Google Docs for Education ideas. It was created in Glogster which is a powerful way for students to be able to share and create clickable graphics. Try out this tool, it is a great way to create an efolio and organize graphically.
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Education Blogs: Teach100 | Teach.com - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 02 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 02 Dec 13
     
    The Teach 100 is a ranking of top blogs in education. Many great blogs on this list - many are group blogs but there are also some single blogs (like me). Excited to be on the list.
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3 Easy Ways to Create A Google Plus Hangout with Your Students ~ Educational Technology... - 4 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 08 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 08 Dec 13
     
    An excellent point by point (with screenshots) how-to guide perfect for those using Google Hangouts in the classroom from Educators technology.com
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