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Katy Vance

A New Collaboration Option in Google Forms - 0 views

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  • Katy Vance on 06 Feb 13
     
    Now we can collaborate on Google Forms!
Katy Vance

Librarians on the Fly: 6 Easy Tutorials to Get the Most out of Google - 0 views

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  • Katy Vance on 10 Jan 13
     
    Great tutorial on using six Google Tools - Calendar, Script, Emailing Form results, google Research Tutorials and Google Research Tool
Katy Vance

Educational Leadership:Technology-Rich Learning:Our Brains Extended - 2 views

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  • When my 2nd grader needs to know the meaning of a word, I tell him to use my iPhone to ask Siri, an artificial intelligence program that's always happy to look it up for him. Siri, in turn, uses the free online program Wolfram Alpha, one of the most powerful data analysis tools in the world. If you enter into the Siri (or Wolfram Alpha) search box, by text or voice, "arable land in world divided by world population," in less than a second the phone or computer will find the relevant data; do the calculations; provide the answer—in square miles, acres, square feet, and hectares per person—and cite you its sources.
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      Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
       
      This is a good point. It's not even going to the online dictionary (old things, new ways) but replacing the dictionary entirely.
  • With YouTube, for example, students can post their ideas to the world and get rapid global feedback. With tools like Twitter and its cousins, they can follow firsthand details of events unfolding anywhere in the world, from revolutions to natural disasters. With mashups and related techniques, they can combine sophisticated data sources in powerful new ways. One school group I know of created a Second Life model of Los Angeles, using the database of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to show each plane flying in its actual spot! With Skype-like tools, students can connect with experts and peers around the world in real time.
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      Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
       
      I would love to see our humanities and science classes get onto Twitter and participate int he international conversations about current events, natural disasters, and emerging research in sciences. Even with a class Twitter account managed by the teacher....
  • call the process of envisioning such technically enhanced possibilities imag-u-cation. It's something every teacher and class should spend some time doing.
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  • The only way to do almost all science today is with technology. No human can handle or analyze the volumes of data we now have and need. Ditto for the social sciences. The research study of the past focusing on 10 graduate students has been replaced by sample sizes of millions online around the world. Being perfect at language translation, spelling, and grammar is becoming less important for humans as machines begin to understand context and can access almost every translation ever done. Those who laugh at the mistakes that machines make today will no longer be laughing in a few short years.
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      Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
       
      I don't know nearly enough about how our science department is using technology to conduct research and analysis.  Anybody good examples here or at other schools?
  • Effective Thinking, which would include creative and critical thinking as well as portions of math, science, logic, persuasion, and even storytelling; Effective Action, which would include entrepreneurship, goal setting, planning, persistence, project management, and feedback; and Effective Relationships, which would include emotional intelligence, teamwork, ethics, and more.
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      Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
       
      Elements of this remind me of the IB ATL skills and the ideal of the Personal project.
  • Instead of today's focus on pre-established subject matter, with thinking skills presented randomly, haphazardly, and inconsistently, the student and teacher focus would always be on thinking in its various forms and on being an effective thinker, using examples from math, science, social studies, and language arts.
  • These would range from small projects in earlier years ("I made this app or this website") to larger projects ("I collaborated with a class in another country to publish a bilingual novel"; "I started a successful company") to participation in later years in huge, distributed projects around the world ("Using Galaxy Zoo, I discovered a new, habitable planet").
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      Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
       
      HAve we considered converting our folder based portfolios for student-led conferences into digital portfolios? 
  • Producing effective letters, reports, and essays was an intellectual need of our past. Working effectively in virtual communities, communicating effectively through video, and controlling complex technologies are what students need to be successful in the future. Thinking, acting, relating, and accomplishing—in the technological and fast-changing context of the future—are where we should focus our students' attention.
  • No longer is the unenhanced brain the wisest thing on the planet. Students who don't have technology's powerful new capabilities at their command at every turn are not better 21st century humans but lesser ones.
  • Katy Vance on 19 Mar 13
     
    You think of technology as a tool," one high school student told me. "We think of it as a foundation; it underlies everything we do."
  • rhenabowie on 19 Mar 13
     
    Thanks Katy for this. I'm thinking of sending it out with our newsletter to parents tomorrow. There are some big ideas to think about here :)
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Educational Leadership:Teaching All Students:Deciding to Teach Them All - 0 views

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    From Inquiry 3: Great questions to ask ourselves when planning
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Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design | Webdesigntuts+ - 0 views

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  • SizeObjects that are bigger demand more attention. Using size as a hierarchal tool is an effective way of guiding a viewer’s eye to a particular portion of the page. Because size is one of the most powerful forms of organization, it’s important to correlate size with importance in a design. The biggest elements should be the most important in most cases; the smallest elements should be the least important.
    • Katy Vance
      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Sigh... so you're telling me size does matter?
  • . When used as a personality tool, color can extend beyond into more sophisticated types of hierarchy; Using lush, comforting colors can bring an emotional appeal to a page.
  • Within a page there might be widgets that are separated from each other by space; within those widgets there is a new hierarchy of title, subtitle, and content.
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      I like that these widgets are even being analyzed!  I can safely say that my widgets on the library site are not currently working for me.
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  • Good visual hierarchy isn’t about wild and crazy graphics or the newest photoshop filters, it’s about organizing information in a way that’s usable, accessible, and logical to the everyday site visitor.
  • List the key information points that visitors are likely seeking.Assign values (1-10) according to their importance to the average visitor.Now, look at the actual design again.Assign values (1-10) according to the actual visual importance as you see it in the live design.Consider: Does the expected importance match up with the actual designed importance?
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      Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
       
      Really good approach.  I do this sort of thing informally, but formalizing the process and forcing reflection would mean an effective redesign of my website. 
  • Katy Vance on 07 Sep 13
     
    While it might seem like it's enough to just dish out information, as web designers, our task is to break down that raw information into delicious little chunks of visually relevant information that are easy on the eyes, and more importantly, effective at communicating the message behind a webpage.
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