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Amanda Comperchio

Virginia Poised to Ban Teacher-Student Texting, Facebooking - 5 views

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    One state's response to protect children from sexual predators. It doesn't seem very forward thinking to me. Why not change the rules around social networking in schools, rather than banning it?
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    That would have an unfortunate impact on projects like OneVille
Sarah Usher

One Step Closer to My Dream - 3 views

My father was a police officer and he died protecting people and making this world a better place. All my life, I always wanted to follow in my father's footsteps and follow a path with police care...

police careers education

started by Sarah Usher on 02 Jun 11 no follow-up yet
Marium Afzal

Using Google Docs in 3rd Grade - 4 views

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    Using Facebook in the classroom has come up a few times in our discussions. In the same vein, this is a look at an interesting way of using Google Docs in the classroom.
Katherine Tarulli

Iowa, Did You Know? - YouTube - 1 views

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    This is a captivating video made by a group called Iowa Future that was premiered at the 2011 School Administrators of Iowa Conference. Though it is aimed at Iowans in particular it is applicable to all of us as it highlights the staggering pace that the world has progressed to our current state of technological overload. It features shocking statistics about digital media use that are quite fascinating and applicable to the entire world.
Uche Amaechi

Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology | Hack Education - 2 views

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    Let's not forget the hand that Professional Development offerings, or lack there of, around Ed Tech played in this "failure," too. Just because we put a Smart or Promethean board in every school doesn't mean that it won't get written on with a dry erase marker or used only as an LCD projector instead of as the interactive device that it was designed to be...teacher training is essential in the success of ed tech integration.
Shawn Mahoney

Education Week: Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less - 0 views

  • shared articles on the separation of church and state, pondered the persistence of racism, and commented on tobacco regulation in Virginia now and during the Colonial period—all in the required Twitter format of 140 or fewer characters
  • He and other teachers first found Twitter valuable for reaching out to colleagues and locating instructional resources
  • short-form communications may have for students’ thinking and learning are not known
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  • Twitter has not caught on among school-age children as quickly or universally as other Web 2.0 tools, such as Facebook or MySpace: Only about 1 percent of the estimated 12 million users in the United States are between the ages of 3 and 17, although young adults are the fastest-growing group of users, according to recent reports.
  • get students engaged in the content and processes of school.
  • “It’s getting kids who aren’t necessarily engaged in class engaged in some sort of conversation.”
  • A recent study, however, renewed concerns about the potential negative impact of the latest technological applications. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that adults who attempted multiple tasks while using a range of media simultaneously had difficulty processing the information or switching between tasks.
  • Mr. Willingham, who is the author of the new book, Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom.
  • Somebody’s got to create something worth tweeting
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    Connected to a few class discussions (including one in HT 500 about multitasking)... *potential for greater/more diversity in discussion/participation than in person *what do we mean when we say "multi-task"? *weighty topics/140 characters Somebody's got to create something worth tweeting
Caroline Hendryx

Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com - 2 views

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    This caught my attention in the question of how web-stored or shared information can be counted as legal documentation.
Jennifer Jocz

Social networks could help community college students - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    How social networking tools can help engage community college students
Sarah Usher

Pass the Police Recruitment Process in One Attempt - 1 views

I was so happy PoliceRecruitmentUK provided me a lot of information about the police recruitment process! They showed me tips and information on what to expect during the selection process. That ...

police recruitment

started by Sarah Usher on 13 Jul 11 no follow-up yet
Tommie Anthony Henderson

Teaching the Mind AND the Body: Education without Technology at cac.ophony.org - 1 views

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    As a recent New York Times article wryly explains, it turns out that even the nation's technological elites-the same engineers, software designers, and idea people, who brought us Google, E-Bay, and Facebook-would prefer that their children grow up and learn in a technology-free environment. WOW -- SIMPLY WOW!! This is real food for thought. I completely challenged my thinking!!
Bridget Binstock

Digital Media & Learning Competition Aims to Recognize and Reward Learning Outside the ... - 2 views

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    This is more of an FYI. It was posted on the TIE Facebook site, but just in case you didn't see it, I thought this was interesting if you wanted to either read about it or compete in it!
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