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"The 2012 Presidential Debates begin tomorrow, October 3! We've created a community full of resources to help you engage your students. Join the Election Insights Community to access: Debate activities for Language Arts, Science, Math and Social Studies teachers Ideas for engaging students through Edmodo Election handouts and lesson plans [Insights] Join & Get Resources"

"This maths reflection tool is aimed at students aged 6 - 14 gives a great insight into how your students feel about their abilities in maths, and what areas they still need to work on in the future. This task allows for both artistic and mathematically minded students to share what they know in the areas of the four operations and general maths. It takes anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours to complete depending upon your students age and ability. Please feel free to download the Maths Reflection Tool"

Well developed PDF providing insight on the use of Twitter by Dr. Kimberly Tyson of Learning Unlimited. 

Good insight and advice regarding the integration of Google Apps (Docs)

This blog post does a nice job of providing insight and tips on how to use the "Subtext" app. 

"How do you about writing the perfect blog post? Wait, does perfect even exist? Well, it does! Derek Halpern from Social Triggers shared an excellent visual representation of the key elements that make up the perfect blog post. Crafting attention-grabbing headlines, key insights, soundbite, connecting with the readers emotions and a few call-to-actions all make up an effective and well, perfect blog post."

Nice insight into what should NOT be in your cover letter.

"The mission of Lamb Learning Group (LLG) is to provide professional development services and resources for educators in the area of educational technology integration. Annette Lamb, along with her associates, travel the world sharing their enthusiasm, insights, and ideas through keynote addresses, workshops, presentations, partnerships, and consulting."

Today's post is the first in several that will give you an insight to some Google tools you may not have not had the chance to previously explore. Yes, we all Google in one form or another, but most of us are unaware of little tools and great updated features that make Google more than a basic search engine. Plus, with the newest features of Google Squared, the Timeline, and the Wonder Wheel, students and teachers have a way to navigate through information more efficiently and effectively. I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of getting results quickly rather than wandering in the web for hours.

"Connected to an exciting new world of hot and lively current information, students make meaning and develop insight while the teacher shows them how to navigate and reason through the labyrinth of new sources. The front of the room disappears as 5-8 networked computers support investigations, explorations and excursions."

"iPad as the iDeal Classroom Tool" Nice insightful information. If you wnat to learn more, read these blog posts. scroll down to begin with the first one.

Infographic provides insight into textbooks of tomorrow in a digital format.

Infographic on social networking provides great insight. I like how it breaks it down by country too.

Insight for elementary teachers when they are looking to integrate blogging.

Really INTERESTING article about teaching in a 1:! situation. Standing in the back, I watched the screens. The students had seen me come in, and a few clearly clicked away from the screen they had open as I entered. I am, after all, their principal. Our excellent teacher was lecturing. Our excellent students were note-taking, almost all of them typing notes into word documents on their laptops. We are, proudly, a one-to-one laptop school; we are also, proudly but somewhat controversially, a largely unfiltered internet access school (we do block porn and gambling sites, but not social media or gaming).

Collect - Relate - Create - Donate: Learning Goals & Web Tools Used wisely, technology empowers students to take responsibility for their own learning. In Leonardo's Laptop, Ben Shneiderman provides teachers with a powerful framework, Collect-Relate- Create-Donate (CRCD), for designing student-centered learning opportunities using computers. Shneiderman developed his model by applying new insights from creativity researchers like Mihaly Csikszentimihaly and Howard Gardner to establish creative problem solving methods. In particular, Shneiderman's CRCD framework emphasizes the importance of the social aspects of learning in generating creative work. In CRCD projects, students research information, work collaboratively to create a meaningful product that demonstrates their learning, and contribute that project to a larger learning community. Shneiderman designed the Collect-Relate-Create-Donate framework as a vehicle for preparing young people for a 21st century world where innovation, creativity, and collaboration will be more highly prized than retention and repetition.

The Next Generation of Digital Books Our Choice will change the way we read books. And quite possibly change the world. In this interactive app, Al Gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Our Choice melds the vice president's narrative with photography, interactive graphics, animations, and more than an hour of engrossing documentary footage. A new, groundbreaking multi-touch interface allows you to experience that content seamlessly. Pick up and explore anything you see in the book; zoom out to the visual table of contents and quickly browse though the chapters; reach in and explore data-rich interactive graphics.

Very insightful infographic regarding the support teachers need with technology integration. 

Great example of how students took it upon themselves to create visual notes illustrating the process of how an artificial tree is made. The post also provides an insightful TED Talk on the subject of sketchnotes and why "Doodling" is a positive thing.