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Organize your resources in an online binder - LiveBinders - 0 views

livebinders.com/home organize tools LiveBinders web2.0
shared by Tony Bollino on 06 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Tony Bollino on 06 Jul 11
     
    Take a collection of web sites, images, and videos and package it into a nice "all in one" presentation.  Sort of like Share Tabs but a little more feature filled.
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Clickers in the Classroom: An Active Learning Approach (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

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shared by Tony Bollino on 08 Jul 11 - Cached
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  • The benefits of active learning are widely acclaimed in higher education. According to Guthrie and Carlin,1 modern students are primarily active learners, and lecture courses may be increasingly out of touch with how students engage their world.
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  • Clickers help instructors actively engage students during the entire class period, gauge their level of understanding of the material being presented, and provide prompt feedback to student questions.
  • Another benefit of clickers over traditional active learning methods is that they follow the principles of game-based learning.
  • Best Practices for Implementing Clickers in the Classroom*
  • The best way to help instructors is to provide mentoring and support from other instructors using clicker systems.
  • Tony Bollino on 08 Jul 11
     
    Interesting study about the use of Clickers in the classroom.  This study does not show statistically significant differences between Clickers and Traditional Discussion but the perceptual survey indicates students prefer using the SRS system.  
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LiveScribe in the Classroom - 0 views

livebinders.com/...play_or_edit livescribe livebinder smartpen resources tutorial echo pulse pencast
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  • Tony Bollino on 11 Jul 11
     
    A LiveBinder Binder of LiveScribe ideas and resources
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LiveScribe Pulse Pen - 0 views

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  • Tony Bollino on 11 Jul 11
     
    Another LiveBinder of resources for the LiveScribe pens ...
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Data Wall (Smartboard) - 0 views

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  • Michael Hakkarinen on 18 Jul 11
     
    BES is looking for a way to set up a Data Wall like the one in the video but with ActivInspire.
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7 Virtual Field Trips Every Teacher Ought to Know About - SimpleK12 - 0 views

blog.simplek12.com/vft virtual fieldtrip interactive google earth GPS
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  • Tony Bollino on 21 Jul 11
     
    Seven good virtual field trips from SimpleK12 Blog #edchat
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Education Week: Studies Find Students Learn More by 'Acting Out' Text - 0 views

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shared by Tony Bollino on 28 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • elementary mathematics students who acted out text in word problems were more accurate and less distracted than those who didn’t.
  • Embodied, or grounded, cognition posits that meaning in language comes when words or phrases are mentally mapped onto memories of real experiences and perceptions.
  • When we as readers are thinking about what we’re reading, we are embodying it even if we aren’t literally moving our arms. We are calling upon our experiences,”
  • Tony Bollino on 28 Jul 11
     
    Good research on the use of visualization to solve math problems.
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Piazza, a Homework Help Site, Has a Social Networking Twist - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Tony Bollino on 28 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Students post questions to their course page, which peers and educators can then respond to. Instructors moderate the discussion, endorse the best responses and track the popularity of questions in real time.
  • Piazza’s platform is specifically designed to speed response times. The site is supported by a system of notification alerts, and the average question on Piazza will receive an answer in 14 minutes.
  • At Stanford, the first to start using the service, more than half of the undergraduates are registered users.
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  • a computer science professor at Princeton, started using Piazza for her programming systems class last semester.
  • Piazza gave the students a community, especially in the middle of the night, when the instructors were sleeping,” Professor Rexford said. “The students were more interactive in general, and it was a time saver all-around.”
  • Tony Bollino on 28 Jul 11
     
    Very nice tool for AP students to get homework help from peers in a social format.
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Cybraryman Internet Catalogue - 0 views

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  • Tony Bollino on 29 Jul 11
     
    Page of QR Code resources.
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Thinkfinity - 0 views

www.thinkfinity.org lessons interactivewebsite
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  • Cristina Runkles on 01 Aug 11
     
    Verizon Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by our content partners - the most respected organizations in each academic subject and literacy. The easy-to-navigate K-12 resources are grade-specific and are aligned with state standards.
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Learn Out Loud - 0 views

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  • Cristina Runkles on 01 Aug 11
     
    Browse the Net's largest Catalog of educational audio books, podcasts, downloads, & free audio & video. Over 25,000 titles from hundreds of authors and publishers.
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Edmodo Launches Third-Party Platform For Education Apps - Forbes - 0 views

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shared by Tony Bollino on 16 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • The basic apps will be free. Premium apps developed by publishers will require a purchase. Teachers also have the ability to connect the apps to existing Edmodo features such as badges, quizzes and assignments.
  • More than 35 companies are launching apps with the new platform
  • Examples of apps on the platform include an interactive graphing calculator that can send graphs to classmates, an interactive chemistry lab service, a a print your own scantron application and social multiplayer math games. Applications include BrainNook, Schooltube, StudyEgg, Third World Farmer and GradeCam. In addition, textbook publishers have their learning apps on the new platform. They’re not textbooks, but “modular” pieces of content, Borg says, and not just text but also interactive content.
  • Tony Bollino on 16 Jul 12
     
    Third Party apps being developed for Edmodo
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FCPS TRT Web Site - 0 views

sites.fcps.org/trt training
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  • Tony Bollino on 29 Nov 10
     
    This is the FCPS TRT Site.
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Symbaloo | Access your bookmarks anywhere - 0 views

www.symbaloo.com web2.0 symbaloo bookmarking tools diigo Collaboration
shared by Tony Bollino on 25 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Tony Bollino on 25 Jan 11
     
    A very visual social bookmarking site. The colors and "tiles" are great for primary students who may not be able to read textual links.
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GPSHideSeek.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

sciencespot.net/...GPSHideSeek.pdf TeachGPS
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  • Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11
     
    Lesson plan for a basic student created geocache activity.
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GPS Activities & Lesson Plans - 0 views

lovinfifth.com/...GPS-activities.htm goe geocaching geography gps TeachGPS
shared by Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11 - Cached
  • This is an entire series of lessons- connecting Marzano, backwards curriculum design,  and gps units.   Lesson plans are for specific grade levels.   Lewiston School District Resources- pdf files E-Trex Interface 1 E-trex interface 2 Calculating relative accuracy of GPS Unit- GPS activity worksheet: Multi-point route: Teacher’s answer sheet for activities listed above: Basics-how to prepare for the activities in this section- Marker tags for activity 3:
  • Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11
     
    Collection of links to school districts who use GPS devices and geocaching with students. The "Lewistown School District" area has a selection of lessons to introduce Geocaching and GPS devices to students.
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GPS Factoids - 0 views

www.lewiston.k12.id.us/...trans1.PDF geocaching gps TeachGPS
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  • Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11
     
    Defines the three types of satellites used by GPS systems
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Global Positioning Systems - 0 views

www.aea1.k12.ia.us/...gps.html geocaching gps TeachGPS
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  • Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11
     
    Lessons and Labs for beginning geocaching. Created by Community College level educators. After review, it looks like they'd be appropriate activities for grade 5 and up.
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GPS lesson Plans - 0 views

www.gis2gps.com/...gpsplans.htm geocaching gps TeachGPS
shared by Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Michael Hakkarinen on 25 Jan 11
     
    Nicely sequenced collection of lessons and activities for students getting started with GPS devices.
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44 Interesting Ways to Use Pocket Videocamera in Classroom - 0 views

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shared by Michael Hakkarinen on 28 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Michael Hakkarinen on 28 Jan 11
     
    Google Presentation about how to enrich and support curriculum with students using video cameras
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