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The librarian edge: The actual, not the virtual - or the love (ideally) inherent in cla... - 0 views

libedge.blogspot.com/...t-virtual-or-love-ideally.html love margaret edson teaching
shared by beth gourley on 05 Aug 08 - Cached
  • beth gourley on 05 Aug 08
     
    The video @ http://www.smith.edu/commencement/2008/index.php is truly worth a watch. A good staff kickoff!
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Smart Technologies whiteboard software now requires product keys for installa... - 0 views

www.speedofcreativity.org/...-product-keys-for-installation fryer promethian smartboard
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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Viddler.com - Those Wacky Kids - Uploaded by mpesce - 0 views

www.viddler.com/...14 hyperconnectivity pesce viddler
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  • beth gourley on 04 Aug 08
     
    Thought you all might be interested in this-(about 45mins long). Could be a nice kickoff with staff on where we are going or want to go with technology. Keynote from "The Digital Education Revolution", Adelaide, Monday 2 June 2008. All about kids, hyperconnectivity, and the gap between how the kids communicate today and how we try to educate them in the classroom. Those Wacky Kids http://www.viddler.com/explore/mpesce/videos/14/ The text for "Those Wacky Kids" is also available at http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=56 His key end points are-- as educators we need to help learners Focus and How to Control hyperconnectivity focus while incorporating hyperconnectivity Use the laptop ethically and responsibly (not as a loaded weapon) (as in teachers) have mastery in a domain of IT SHARe to increase our effectiveness They (students) have the tools but we have the wisdom BTW-has anyone used Viddler before?
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Special Reports - eSN Special Report: Virtual Desktops - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...special-reports-articles virtual desktops
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  • beth gourley on 29 Jul 08
     
    pdf download provides a list of motivators and examples from several schools how they are using virtual desktops
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LearnerProfile » home - 0 views

learnerprofile.wikispaces.com learnerprofile wikis
shared by Tod Baker on 17 Jul 08 - No Cached
  • Tod Baker on 17 Jul 08
     
    10 Mini Sessions - each on a different attribute of the learner profile - most with task set using an ICT.
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Empowering student picture book publishing with BigUniverse » Moving at the S... - 0 views

www.speedofcreativity.org/...ok-publishing-with-biguniverse books ebooks literacy multimedia
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.
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Wordle with Teeth: U of Quebec's Vocab Profiler | Beyond School - 0 views

beyond-school.org/...vocabulary-profiler esl vocabprofiler vocabulary wordle
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  • Tod Baker on 15 Jul 08
     
    vocabulary development
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School AUP 2.0 | Main / HomePage browse - 0 views

landmark-project.com/...pmwiki.php aup warlick wikis
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  • beth gourley on 15 May 08
     
    Guidance for acceptable use policies
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Interview: The State of Wikis in Education - 0 views

www.ikiw.org/...he-state-of-wikis-in-education
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  • Open Source: MediaWiki (powers Wikipedia), MoinMoin, Twiki - requires local installation, free, often preferred by advanced users
    • beth gourley
      beth gourley on 02 May 08
       
      looking for options--have this fear wikspaces will be blocked sooner or later
  • school libraries)
    • beth gourley
      beth gourley on 02 May 08
       
      J Valenza's use of wikispaces for pathfinders @ http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/pathmenu.html is a good example. A great example of using wikipaint in education is Welker wikinomics at http://welkerswikinomics.com/
  • Open Source: MediaWiki (powers Wikipedia), MoinMoin, Twiki - requires local installation, free, often preferred by advanced users
  • beth gourley on 02 May 08
     
    Good overview of wikis in education
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How to Save the World - 0 views

blogs.salon.com/...25.html collaboration cooperation coordination
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  • Achieve collective results that the participants would be incapable of accomplishing working alone
  • a team is an interdependent group, which suggests that collaborative groups are teams,
  • It all comes down to what you are trying to accomplish
  • beth gourley on 02 May 08
     
    Nice chart for the requirements of collaboration.
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CyberSmart! : Home - 0 views

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  • Tod Baker on 02 May 08
     
    scope and Alignment Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets more...
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Macworld | Preview's hidden powers - 0 views

www.macworld.com/...workingmac2504.html mac preview
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  • beth gourley on 28 Apr 08
     
    Another explanation of how Preview works--8 features annotation, delete, rearrange, merge, crop/resize, masking, adjust color, print multiple images per page, add keywords
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In Leopard, Preview is a superstar | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle - 0 views

www.chron.com/...5700626.html mac preview
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  • First, Mac OS X allows you to create a PDF document from any program that supports printing. Choose Print from the File menu, click the PDF button in the Print dialogue and choose Save as PDF from the pop-up menu.
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  • Mac OS X includes an application called Preview that opens and displays PDF files faster
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  • many new and useful features
  • easy to reorder pages in a PDF documen
  • The Mark Up icon provides a drop-down menu with highlighting, strike-through and underlining tools, all fantastic for editing text.
  • choose Customize Toolbar from the View menu.
  • Annotate icon's drop-down menu lets you add colored ovals, rectangles, lines, notes and hyperlinks to PDF
  • Choose Sidebar from the View menu, then click and drag any page to its new location.
  • Preview can capture, display and save a picture
  • Choose Grab Selection, Grab Window or Grab Timed Screen from the File menu.
  • Preview can now open, edit, and save many types of image files including TIFF, GIF, JPEG and Photoshop files.
  • Click the What's New in Preview link in Preview Help to learn more.
  • beth gourley on 28 Apr 08
     
    good overview of preview feature.
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Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » SmartBoards vs. Promethean... - 0 views

ideasandthoughts.org/...rch-starts-and-maybe-ends-here promethean smartboard tools
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  • Tod Baker on 26 Apr 08
     
    discussion about Smartboard and Promethean interactive whiteboards
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Education - 0 views

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  • Tod Baker on 25 Apr 08
     
    they got education covered
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