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Creating Students' Survival Guide to the Web | MindShift - 0 views

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    Relevant to laptop policies for next year.
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    This is a timely article (with many good links) on preparing kids to use the web in the 1:1 classroom. 
anonymous

Educational Leadership:For Each to Excel:Preparing Students to Learn Without Us - 0 views

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    Personal learning vs. personalized learning - are we using 1:1 to improve what we do, or to change how our kids learn?
anonymous

Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] | Dangerously Ir... - 0 views

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    Good advice for all of us, especially as we look at bringing these things into the MS.
anonymous

When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    I know I'm still working on mastering getting things done. Who's teaching our kids? I would really, REALLY like it if we a school-wide default GTD system that we taught our faculty and taught our kids.
anonymous

Broadband, Social Networks, and Mobility Have Spawned a New Kind of Learner -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    Regardless of how you feel about it, our kids have different expectations about education than we did. How much of what you do in your classroom is based on old models?
anonymous

1 | Kickstarting: Moonbot's Latest, A Video Game Based On A Medieval Folktale | Co.Desi... - 0 views

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    Just a really cool project - seems to embody so man of our ideals.
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    This looks really cool - and a great example of integration.
anonymous

Microsoft Word is cumbersome, inefficient, and obsolete. It's time for it to die. - Sla... - 0 views

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    Amen to this. Please...PLEASE, I'm begging you, consider non-MS Office formats. I hate waiting 15 seconds for Word to launch just to read a text document. Web browsers are great at rendering text. Blogs are so much more interactive.
anonymous

Social Media Guidelines | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Sounds like we're already starting down this path, but it's always good to see what ideas other folks have.
anonymous

Good vs Good Enough | Flickr - Photo Sharing! - 0 views

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    Probably not true for all kids, but true for enough of them that we need to open the doors to our classrooms a little wider.
anonymous

How Technology Could Improve Personalized Learning | Edudemic - 0 views

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    A little more on the difference between individualized instruction and personalized learning. This is a trend that isn't going away - nearly all of the major new releases in education technology is supporting personalized learning.
anonymous

Project Based Learning | BIE - 1 views

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    As much as I love the idea of doing 'project based learning' in my class, most of the value is lost if it only exists in one class. This video does a great job of describing what's needed to really make PBL worth the time and effort.
anonymous

Statistics - 0 views

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    I think running 'independent studies' just got a whole lot easier. What would it look like to offer these courses to our students?
anonymous

Why It's OK to Let Apps Make You a Better Person - Evan Selinger - Technology - The Atl... - 1 views

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    A laptop connected to the internet may provide the ultimate distraction, but they may also provide the ultimate will power aids. You wouldn't blame a hammer for smashing your thumb - let's use these things well.
anonymous

101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About - 0 views

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    Should you use all of these? Of course not, but it's a great list to get a sense of what web applications are capable of, and how tech can help you teach.
anonymous

Think, Before You Email (A Decision Tree Infographic) » Copy / Paste by Peter... - 2 views

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    Please, for the love of God, read this before you send another email.
anonymous

Google: Exploring Computational Thinking - 0 views

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    My physics kids are using VPython with great success this trimester. Let me know if you want to play along (please).
anonymous

What's the best way to use email? - Barking up the wrong tree - 1 views

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    Maybe it isn't email that I have such a problem with... 
anonymous

How Computer Games Help Children Learn | MindShift - 1 views

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    I personally find it amazing that "gamers' are still stigmatized, though that seems to be decreasing. My question is, do we give kids enough time to play games?
anonymous

From the Classroom: What Does Blended Learning Look Like? | Edutopia - 0 views

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    A great description of the power of tech in the classroom. Unfortunately, I agree whole-heartedly with the conclusion the author draws toward the end: teachers often don't determine how the kids will spend their time on what's best, but what's most comfortable and familiar for the teacher.
anonymous

20 Innovative Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter - Best Colleges Online - 0 views

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    I'm just saying...
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