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How Radio News-Writing and -Announcing Make for Ideal, Literacy-Focused Performance Ass... - 0 views

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    In a nutshell, it's this: invite your students to turn your content, whatever your subject matter, into five-minute "top of the hour" newscasts, applying the craft of writing for radio (great resource here), and then speaking for radio. Then have them follow up, at certain points, with "talk radio" in which they discuss and debate their "content news."
Tod Baker

Podcast Help » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views

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    Podcasting has inherent benefits for student motivation (given the existence of a global, authentic audience) and communication skill development. If you want your students to become better writers, authors, and communicators, then they need to be podcasting.
Tod Baker

Best Tools for Writing Online - 0 views

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    A great resource list compiled by Mashable Editor, Paul Glazowski
Tod Baker

Digital Citizenship (High School) - 0 views

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    The following resources have been compiled to help high school students understand issues related to digital citizenship such as: cyberbullying, social networking, online safety and ethics, and critical media literacy.
Tod Baker

geographyalltheway.com - Online Geography Resources - 0 views

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    Highly recommended by Andy Dorn.
beth gourley

About Becta - Becta report shows benefits of Web 2.0 in the classroom - Becta - 0 views

  • research also found that over half of teachers surveyed believe that Web 2.0 resources should be used more often in the classroom
  • main concerns involved a lack of time to familiarise themselves with the technology and worries about managing the use of the internet in class
  • young learners are prolific users of Web 2.0 technologies in their leisure time
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  • Web 2.0 in the classroom was limited.
  • 2,600 students
  • eachers are frequent users of technology too, with 93% of teachers surveyed using search engines regularly and 70% using the internet for work purposes. In their personal time, 45% had used social networking at some point, 29% had blogged and nearly a third had uploaded a video that they’d shot.
  • earners were prolific users of technology they were not necessarily sophisticated users.
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    Becta report recommended that teachers should be encouraged to help learners to develop more sophisticated use of Web 2.0 technology and to give them the skills to navigate this space.
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    Focus for ATL workshop
Tod Baker

100 Helpful Websites for New Teachers | Teaching Degree.org - 0 views

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    The following websites are loaded with helpful information that new teachers will appreciate. Valuable for experienced teachers as well.
Tod Baker

Asian Region Educational Technology May Update - 0 views

  • There is no doubt that Wes is going to give you a lot to think about both in the keynotes and the follow up sessions that he will share with us.
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      Friendly, knowledgable, informative. Can share info about details like mic choices for podcasts and big picture ideas like copy right in the classroom and beyond.
  • Inquiry based learning with technology to laptop programs to cybersafety.
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      The three big ones! That's what I like to learn about.
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      under construction
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  • http://www.cybersafeworld.com/
  • What a lot of people probably don't know is that then, perhaps as now, laptop vendors knew very little about the needs of teachers and students.
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      We can find those that know what we need. There are enough that we can stay away from vendors who don't know what schools need.
  • Today Bruce has stepped out of this role and now consults in many parts of the world on 1:1 computing.
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      Need to sit down with this guy.
  • http://www.aalf.org/
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      Glad I found this. Looks like a great resource for 1-to-1 laptop programs.
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    Organisation for the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference is progressing well behind the scenes. Some of the original invited speakers have been reconfirmed whilst others have now been replaced.
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    Somebody should attend this conference.
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