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Stephen Bresnick

cooltoolsforschools - home - 0 views

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com

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  • Stephen Bresnick on 01 Sep 11
     
    This site is an invaluable collection of Web 2.0 Tools for educators. On this Wikispace are links to free sites that provide teachers with some exciting and engaging tools. It is now possible to easily create SMS-based real-time responses to discussion questions, allow students to easily create Flash-based cartoons and Flash-based online posters with a ton of functionality, and even create beats online that they can then record text over (perfect for my "Romeo and Juilet Rap" assignment). Links to all of these tools and more are available from this site.
Xavier Rozas

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...08twitter_ep.h29.html

disruptive innovation distance learning educational technologies

shared by Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09 - Cached
  • “It’s not a research-based tool,” said Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. “The most important thing to remember is that we have no idea what impact these tools have on learning, and it will take a decade to answer that question.”
  • A few studies have found some positive correlations between text-messaging aptitude and literacy. Research on gaming and educational multimedia programs have also shown some positive impact on learning. But few scientific experiments can show a direct link between the use of such technology and student achievement.
  • “The medium is not enough,” he added. “People talk about the vital importance of Web 2.0 and 3.0, and that kids have got to acquire those skills. But we can’t all just be contributing to wikis and tweeting each other. Somebody’s got to create
  • Xavier Rozas on 25 Oct 09
     
    Good article that plainly states, Web 2.0 and 3.0 are tools that if used properly can engage and effect teaching and learning beyond traditional classroom spaces.
Chris McEnroe

µTorrent 3.0 - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client - 2 views

www.utorrent.com/ut3

shared by Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 29 Oct 11
     
    Does anyone have any experience with this tool. It looks like a very interesting example of a Intelligent Web Filtering. Wow! Good side is that this is like Tivo for the web. Bad side is that you better have nothing else to do but look at the web. Also an interesting take on Personal Learning Networks.
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  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    I am familiar with BitTorrent, and it's interesting Chris that you came about it excited for its uses in education. But have you read or heard about the controversy surrounding it? In a nutshell- BitTorrent is a technology that allows large collections of files and data to be shared across the internet in a decentralized, peer-to-peer manner. A person who has the original files decides to share them via BitTorrent, so others can download from him/her. But as the others begin downloading the files, they also start sharing the pieces they've downloaded with the ever-growing set of new users asking for the file. BitTorrent works like a growing web- in order to download files shared via BitTorrent - you have to share the pieces you get with others. More downloaders = more uploaders as well, ensuring popular files will always be accessible. The benefits - this is cheap and decentralized, no need to pay to host the files on the web. The users who have the file are sharing the file from their own computers with others requesting it. And this can be permanent - if you host a BitTorrent to share a file, you have that sharing channel last forever (not relying on external services that cost $ or can be shut down).
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    BitTorrent is a really powerful technology that allows large amounts of files and data to be shared quickly with a limitless number of people. It's scalability at no cost. Could be a great tool for educators to share content across the globe in a hassle-free way. Even the folks at Khan Academy are excited to use it: from: http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html "For Khan Academy, BitTorrent was a natural extension for it stated mission of "a world-class education for anyone anywhere," Sal Khan tells Fast Company. Kahn was excited for activist educators to be able to download the Academy's entire portforlio, burn it on a CD, and distribute it to rural or underdeveloped areas otherwise unable to access it without a broadband connection. "I think the single most fun thing about BitTorrent," Khan adds, "is this content will never die. A nuclear bomb could hit our offices tomorrow and could take down our servers, but its going to sitting somewhere in the world on somebody's server." He added, "We don't care about monetizing the content; we just care that it gets used."
  • Bharat Battu on 30 Oct 11
     
    But despite the prospects of BitTorrent being a great technology to allow sharing of digital content freely, to allow downloading of vast amounts of data that can then be stored offline and shared with anyone... the rest of the article (http://blog.vipeers.com/vipeers/2008/10/bittorrent-is-a.html) mentions that Google was unhappy with Khan's decision to use BitTorrent. Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. Why? This is the controversy: BitTorrent's power to share digital content in a decentralized way, where the more popular a file is, the faster it'll spread-- has led it to become the most popular method of digital piracy out there today. This has quickly become the most common use of BitTorrent, far exceeding the sharing of legitimate digital content. It's become a nightmare for the movie, music, software, and video gaming industries. A summary of the legal issues surrounding BitTorrent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_BitTorrent
  • Chris McEnroe on 30 Oct 11
     
    Hey Bharat, I am so glad I asked. I had no idea. Very interesting. New dimension to the concept of free knowledge vs. intellectual property. I think the kids at my school are using this to share music. I'll have to check it out. I find this conflict- "Google actually blacklists BitTorrent content from its searches, and so is actually blacklisting Khan Academy content, despite being a recent financial backer of Khan. " so intriguing. At first glance it looked to me like a vision of networked learning that was aimed at an authentic task with authentic participants (as portrayed by actors :).
Bharat Battu

Technolog - Adobe gives up on mobile Flash, focuses on open Web standards - 1 views

technolog.msnbc.msn.com/...-focuses-on-open-web-standards

mobile cross-platform adobe flash compatibility

shared by Bharat Battu on 09 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Bharat Battu on 09 Nov 11
     
    in response to Jen Lavalle's post about games having to go cross-platform to survive. Adobe, makes of the Flash platform, have announced they are stopping further development of the plugin for mobile devices. They are instead now going to focus on open standards (like HTML5), to allow content to be viewed on all modern devices (mobile and computers) with no plug in required. They will also focus on tools to allow developers to push content speciically to the app stores of today's most popular mobile devices. This is a good & bad sign for app developers who use Flash (lots of them, it's been an industry standard for years. Flash has suffered from terrible performance on mobile devices, so it's good to see Adobe acknowledging the need to do something different for their mobile strategy. But what this means for the tools developers will (need to learn to) use? TBD...
Jennifer Jocz

Web-based tool Hotseat taking students' questions - USATODAY.com - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...2009-12-01-Hotseat01_st_N.htm

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shared by Jennifer Jocz on 01 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • That potential for instant feedback adds a new edge and depth to the class
  • Hotseat probably helps most in large classes, where he says it "can give voice to the silent student body and help stimulate discussion.
  • And because Hotseat allows anonymous posts, says senior Tim Cummings, 21, students are more likely to ask questions they wouldn't if they had to speak out in person.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 01 Dec 09
     
    Interesting article about Hotseat, a web-based tool that can be accessed by students through facebook, twitter, or cellphones, which allows them to ask questions and make comments during class.
Chris Johnson

Aviary.com's Myna (Online Audio Editor) - 0 views

aviary.com/myna

audio editor web2.0 web_tools multimedia podcasting_tools educational_technology technology_education highly_recommended

shared by Chris Johnson on 17 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Johnson on 17 Sep 09
     
    This is a pretty good web-based audio editor. This could serve as a good replacement for Audacity or GarageBand. It has some great effects and a good library of sound clips. It operates in much the same way as Audacity of GarageBand, just in your web browser.
Benjamin Berte

The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education - 2009 | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the D... - 0 views

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/...pplications-for-education-2009

web2.0 education resources tools technology Best of 2009 social learning

shared by Benjamin Berte on 06 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Benjamin Berte on 06 Oct 09
     
    Very impressive list of 32 Web 2.0 applications. Especially fitting after today's class.
  • Chris Johnson on 06 Oct 09
     
    I was wondering if I should add this bookmark to the Diigo group but you've already found it. Awesome. By the way, he (Larry Ferlazzo) makes some pretty good blog posts, though he can tend to get a bit wordy.
Richard Liuzzi

5 free Web tools to organize your thoughts | PCWorld - 2 views

www.pcworld.com/...to-organize-your-thoughts.html

shared by Richard Liuzzi on 28 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Richard Liuzzi on 28 Oct 13
     
    tools that might not just aid higher education students ill definitely be trying them), but less advanced writers such as secondary school students
Jenny Reuter

The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You - Edudemic - Edudemic - 2 views

www.edudemic.com/-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you

shared by Jenny Reuter on 29 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Jenny Reuter on 29 Sep 13
     
    Some more social media tools
Jenny Reuter

Integrating web 2.0 tools into the online classroom - 1 views

www.slideshare.net/...ools-into-the-online-classroom

shared by Jenny Reuter on 29 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Jenny Reuter on 29 Sep 13
     
    List of 100 social media tools
Chris Dede

Education Week: Social Networking - 2 views

www.edweek.org/...05report-5.h29.html

teacher professional development social networking web 2

shared by Chris Dede on 30 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Chris Dede on 30 Sep 09
     
    survey shows teachers want professional development on web 2 and social networking tools
Kellie Demmler

Pipes: Rewire the web - 0 views

pipes.yahoo.com/pipes

Yahoo Yahoo Pipes mashups create your own

shared by Kellie Demmler on 28 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kellie Demmler on 28 Oct 09
     
    "Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web."  I thought this might be appropriate since we just finished talking about Mashups on our wiki a week ago.  
James Glanville

Education Week: N.M. Students, Teachers Urge Schools to Stop Restricting Web - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...mct_nmfilter.html

educational_technology online learning web schools

shared by James Glanville on 05 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • "We should be teaching kids how to handle content online, how to use it appropriately at school, and giving them the tools they need to be good digital citizens, to act ethically and to protect their privacy," said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director for the American Library Association's office for intellectual freedom.
  • James Glanville on 05 Dec 11
     
    Move toward moving away from filtering web access at New Mexico public schools.
Lindsay Bellino

MyGLife.org - 0 views

www.myglife.org

collaboration web and digital asset tools games international personalization information technology literacy

shared by Lindsay Bellino on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Lindsay Bellino on 08 Sep 09
     
    Great site promoting online youth collaboration. Site includes tools for student game and digital asset development in addition to pre-built educational games.
Nick Siewert

Parents still angry even after Palm Beach County makes concessions on testing for high-... - 0 views

www.palmbeachpost.com/...hernandez0930.html

Facebook FCAT protest standardized testing Web 2.0 Florida

shared by Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09 - Cached
  • But at Tuesday's meeting, parents were too angry to acknowledge that Hernandez had made his first major concession since they began organizing on Facebook
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      Does this mean Facebook is so, like, yesterday?
  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    Facebook as a tool for social protest. Just as soon as schools get their heads around student use of Facebook, here come the parents.
  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    Facebook as a tool for social protest. Just as soon as schools get their heads around student use of Facebook, here come the parents.
Tomoko Matsukawa

Digital Passport For Children Encourages Responsible Online Behavior - 0 views

mashable.com/...children-online-behavior

t561 children online ethic HGSE Common Sense Media

shared by Tomoko Matsukawa on 01 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 01 Oct 12
     
    A NPO called Common Sense Media is working with HGSE. They have launched a new web-based interactive tool for 3-5h grade to encourage responsible online behavior
Irina Uk

Burlington High School Help Desk | A student run genius bar - 0 views

bhshelpdesk.com

EDC mobile tech student centered professional development

shared by Irina Uk on 18 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Irina Uk on 18 Nov 12
     
    This is a website created by Burlington High School students that are taking a class called Help Desk. In the class they run a help desk to help teachers learn and integrate current technology into classrooms. This was administration's response at Burlington to teachers needing support in incorporating web 2.0 tools into curriculum when they started a one to one device system.
Allison Browne

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators | Edudemic - 7 views

edudemic.com/...super-book-web-tools

Emerging Technology learning

shared by Allison Browne on 28 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Allison Browne on 28 Dec 11
     
    I liked the list of resources with specific examples how it can be used in your classroom.
Maung Nyeu

ePals Enables SchoolSafe Access to Third-Party Applications Starting with Microsoft Off... - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...ffice-web-apps-and-google-docs

technology education

shared by Maung Nyeu on 13 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Maung Nyeu on 13 Nov 11
     
    LearningSpace, a new tool from ePals that is also COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) and FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) compliant, provides K-12 appropriate selective access to the applications within a protected, customizable social learning environment. Schools and districts can customize the rules and policies that determine which groups, classes and projects have access to third-party applications.
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