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Tod Baker

Panel Discussion on The Future of Books and Reading - The Future of Education - 0 views

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shared by Tod Baker on 17 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Tod Baker on 17 Jun 09
     
    There are dramatic changes taking place that seem likely to change our experiences with books and reading. They include: pre-publication "wikified" collaboration, electronic delivery, open licensing, increased author-reader and reader-reader conversation, shared annotations, and more. Join this amazing panel as we peer into the near and long-term future of the reading experience.
beth gourley

The Children's Book Council: Young People's Poetry Week - 0 views

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shared by beth gourley on 22 Apr 08 - Cached
  • helps children move forward in their literacy development by introducing new vocabulary and figurative language, reinforcing phonemic awareness through sounds and rhymes
  • provides practice for oral language development, listening, and oral fluency.
  • Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart by the time they're four years old, they're usually among the best readers by the time they're eight.
    • beth gourley
      beth gourley on 22 Apr 08
       
      had not seen this before!
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  • Mary Ann Hoberman has created a blending of narrative and poetry in her You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
    • beth gourley
      beth gourley on 22 Apr 08
       
      we have in the collection--excellent!
  • Wham! It's a Poetry Jam: Discovering Performance Poetry (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2003).
    • beth gourley
      beth gourley on 22 Apr 08
       
      we have
  • inviting guests to read poetry aloud,
  • Other ideas for celebrating the oral quality of poetry
  • welcome bilingual members of your community who can read poems
  • ry using puppets to share poems aloud
  • forming a poetry "troupe" of volunteers to perform
  • Invite older students to select some of their favorite poems to perform for younger
Tod Baker

November Learning - Directing Learning with Google Custom Search - 0 views

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shared by Tod Baker on 26 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Tod Baker on 26 Oct 08
     
    Would you teach your students to read without teaching them to write? Probably not. Educators know that linking these two pieces together makes for a more complete learning experience. Transferring this knowledge into the world of online search, does it make sense to teach students to search without teaching them what's involved in creating and managing a search engine?
Tod Baker

Empowering student picture book publishing with BigUniverse » Moving at the S... - 0 views

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shared by Tod Baker on 15 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Tod Baker on 15 Jul 08
     
    This is a WONDERFUL site for students and teachers to utilize, not only to read and access multimedia versions of picture books but also to PUBLISH original books. I highly recommend BigUniverse and encourage you to give the site a try.
Tod Baker

A New Day for Learning: How to Cultivate Full-Time Learners - 0 views

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shared by Tod Baker on 21 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Tod Baker on 21 Feb 09
     
    Discussion and exploration of A New Day for Learning, which showcases model programs that engage students in the array of learning opportunities inside, and outside of, the classroom. You'll walk away from the webinar with lesson plans, best practices, and tips you can implement in your school, your school district, or your community. Read more at the post-discussion page.
beth gourley

Smart Technologies whiteboard software now requires product keys for installa... - 0 views

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shared by beth gourley on 04 Aug 08 - Cached
  • I’ve noticed some teachers can become quite adamant about the superiority they perceive for either the Smart and Promethean electronic whiteboard. These conversations can be quite similar to the “Mac or PC” arguments which flare up from time time time.
  • It is still rare, however, to find a teacher with extensive experience using more than one whiteboard platform, however.
  • Whatever electronic whiteboard platform you think is better (eInstruction is also a big player too, of course) it’s impossible to ignore the HUGE sums of money schools continue to spend on these devices.
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  • Unfortunately, IMHO, electronic whiteboards are not a technology which inherently encourages pedagogic shifts in instructional practices
  • whiteboards continue to be used in very teacher-directed, didactic learning settings
  • I’d like to see all our schools proactively plan and implement sustainable one-to-one laptop learning initiatives.
  • I am quite tired of seeing so many teachers continue to persist in 19th century styles of teaching using 21st century tools.
  • As Marco Torres says, if teachers are still just asking kids to read pages 1 - 20 and answer questions 1 - 10 from the textbook, but now doing it with a flashy electronic whiteboard instead of a chalkboard or overhead projector, technology dollars have just been WASTED.
  • Smartboards are fun to use and often represent “low hanging fruit” for school board members as well as administrators who want to find visible ways to show the public “we support technology use in our schools” but at the same time minimize the potentially disruptive impact of those technologies on the traditional teaching and learning paradigm.
  • beth gourley on 04 Aug 08
     
    In summary, Wesley states that Smartboard is now requiring installation keys. Previously they had not and it was one reason why folks opted for Smartboard over Promethian. There are rumors that Promethian may not require serial numbers for Promethian downloads, but it does not seem to be the case for the author. He further goes on to say...
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