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Sweet Search - 0 views

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    Every Web site in SweetSearch has been evaluated by our research experts. Also for School Librarians, Teachers, subjects/levels too!
Dave Truss

Where do people find the time? - ijohnpederson Re: Clay Shirky Videos - 0 views

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    Where do people find the time? Clay Shirky speaks for about 20 minutes on the societal shift from media consumption to consumption + production + sharing. Note Giligan's Island & 'Looking for mouse' in part 2
Dave Truss

We ARE the system - LeaderTalk - Education Week - 2 views

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    We can point fingers. We can blame others. We can rail against the system. But we must recognize that we are in charge of the system. In essence, as stewards of school organizations, we ARE the system. We create the system every day.
Dave Truss

Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Blog - Classroom iPod touches: Dos and Don'ts - 0 views

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    Bringing iPods into the classroom is a great way to give students access to learning tools. However, there are so many things to keep in mind to make the iPods work smoothly in the classroom.
Dave Truss

Punya Mishra goes head-to-head with the Kaplan University commercial - Dangerously Irre... - 0 views

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    Now Dr. Punya Mishra, of Michigan State University and TPACK fame, offers his take on the commercial as he reflects on his own new graduate program
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» Would You Please Block? Bud the Teacher - 0 views

  • What we’ve decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool.  Blocking one distraction doesn’t solve the problem of students off task – it just encourages them to find another site to distract them.  Students off task is not a technology problem – it’s a behavior problem. 
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      A brilliantly worded statement that needs to be said!
  • This opens up possibilities for students and staff using websites for instructional purposes that in the past were blocked due to broad category blocks.  It requires that staff and students manage their technology use rather than relying on a third party solution that can never do the job of replacing teachers monitoring students.
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    What we've decided is that we will no longer use the web filter as a classroom management tool.
Dave Truss

15 Minutes of Fame: Learn to game, to game to learn Part 2 - 0 views

  • Peggy: I would say that this is the most remarkable experience of my life, for the reason that in most circles, I am the go-to person. I am the information person. I am the how-do-you-do-it person. In WoW, that role has been reversed, and I am the struggling learner. (A lot of it is due to time constraint. I don't have the time to go and research which add-on to use for my Holy Paladin heals and delve into the backstory as much as I'd like to.) It's a fabulous experience for me to see how the struggling child feels in the classroom, to see how you might be reluctant to raise your hand and ask a question because you feel "less than." It's really reminded me that I have kids at all different readiness levels around me, and I have to make sure I'm not addressing just the top or the bottom or the middle. Things do have to be level. Language does have to be changed. It's a remarkable transference of understanding for me. I step out of the role of expert and become the role of learner. That's what we need our teachers to do.
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    I would say that this is the most remarkable experience of my life, for the reason that in most circles, I am the go-to person. I am the information person. I am the how-do-you-do-it person. In WoW, that role has been reversed, and I am the struggling learner....
Dave Truss

udtechtoolkit - home - 0 views

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    Free tech tools with a UDL focus
Dave Truss

Watch Documentaries and Animated Films Online - NFB.ca - 0 views

shared by Dave Truss on 05 Jun 09 - Cached
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    A great film resource with National Award Winning films and shorts.
Dave Truss

Don't try to control it « The Thinking Stick - 0 views

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    Start with the idea and apply the tool. If you start with the tool first…you have a lesser chance of effecting learning. This happens to me quite often. A teacher will come to me and say "I want to blog." OK, that's great, but why? What are you thinking? Why do you want to blog? What do you know about a blog?
Dave Truss

World Builder on Vimeo - 0 views

shared by Dave Truss on 12 Mar 09 - Cached
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    Creating a digital world... very cool!
Dave Truss

Interactivate: Pattern Generator - 0 views

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    What is Pattern Generator? This activity allows the user to learn to recognize several types of patterns through filling in the missing pieces. The patterns in this activity are made of: * shapes * letters * numbers This activity can be used to introduce the patterning used in the Coloring Multiples in Pascal's Triangle activity and Sierpinski's Carpet activity.
Dave Truss

Ian Jukes - Home - 0 views

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    Ian Jukes home page and resources
Dave Truss

NetSavvy: Building Information ... - Google Book Search - 0 views

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    This easy-to-follow guide can help students and teachers ' even the most technology-resistant ' learn to solve problems from sources like Internet sites, news groups, chat rooms, e-mail, and other Internet resources. Topics include: Creating your own lesson plans using sample lesson planners Applying frameworks for grade-level objectives and skills Dealing with information-technology overload Solving any information challenge with six critical steps Helping students harness the web with simple tips An important resource for today's classroom, Net Savvy can help educators become leaders rather than followers in the new high-tech, high-speed, digital era.
Dave Truss

educational-origami » Understanding Digital Children - Ian Jukes - 0 views

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    At one point Ian summarises the differences between Native Learners and Teachers. I think this is analogous with Prensky's "Digital native and Digital immigrants".
Dave Truss

Joho the Blog » Internet safer for kids than we've been led to believe - 0 views

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    Great first comment: Parents have the responsibility to monitor and guide children and teenagers. Of course kids will object. How many of us thought our parents were right when they tried to limit what we wanted to do? We must be wise enough as parents to know best and strong enough to stand up to the kids' anger. Bullies are not all the same, but their patterns of behavior, their tactics, are the same. That's why we can find ways to stop most of them. Sometimes, fighting is the key to success. If we don't stop bullies, they'll think we're easy prey. Like sharks, they'll just go after us more.
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