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Michelle Krill

Motivator: Create your own customized motivational poster - 0 views

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poster web2tool images generator flickr

shared by Michelle Krill on 07 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 07 Jul 10
     
    Create your own customized motivational posters. Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into a humorous or inspirational message. Print it, frame it! Make two-we know you've got hundreds of digital images and photos to spare! Make your own inspirational, funny, parody, sports or other posters. Perfect for the office, schools, teachers, coaches, as announcements, for parties, invitations, and a lot more.
Michelle Krill

Perk Up Your Projects with Web 2.0 - home - 0 views

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krause web2.0 workshop

shared by Michelle Krill on 17 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 17 Jul 12
     
    Navigate through the different elements to learn how you can re-invent your teaching and your students' learning with the use of a few engaging, motivating, and fun resources.
Michelle Krill

Welcome To Professor Garfield - 0 views

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gamify coding steam stem comics

shared by Michelle Krill on 01 Jul 15 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 01 Jul 15
     
    free delivery of innovative and motivational digital learning content with a primary emphasis on children's literacy and creative expression.
Kati Hoover

BigHugeLabs: Do fun stuff with your photos - 0 views

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photos tools fun bighugelabs posters

shared by Kati Hoover on 09 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Kati Hoover on 09 Jul 10
     
    This is a fun site to use for creating using photos. I used the "motivator" poster portion in a class and the students loved it! Great fun with this tool!
L Butler

Digitally Speaking / Voicethread - 0 views

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web2.0 techtips

shared by L Butler on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • School is one of the few times when they can get together with their friends and they use every unscheduled moment to socialize - passing time, when the teacher's back is turned, lunch, bathroom breaks, etc. They are desperately craving an opportunity to connect with their friends; not surprisingly, their use of anything that enables socialization while at school is deeply desired.
  • informal social learning
  • This drive to connect provides a unique opportunity for school teachers:  Incredibly high levels of student motivation paired with a predefined fluency with electronic communication tools.
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  • One tool that can help educators to do just that is Voicethread.
  • Known as a “group audio blog,” Voicethread allows users to record text and audio comments about uploaded images.
  • Voicethread is Asynchronous:
  • Voicethread is Engaging:
  • Begin by carefully selecting a topic that will promote conversation and debate between students—and that can be conveyed through images currently available to you.
  • don’t be afraid to disagree with something
  • Initial comments should be somewhere between 1 and 3 sentences long. 
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 14 Oct 09
       
      As a teacher, this will be a challenge. The brief intro is what makes the difference between presentation and social education dialogue.
  • The best Voicethreads are truly interactive—with users listening and responding to one another. 
  • They come to the conversation with an open mind, willing to reconsider their own positions—and willing to challenge the notions of others. 
  • To be an active Voicethreader, start by carefully working your way through a presentation.   While viewing pictures and listening to the comments that have been added by other users, you should:   Gather Facts:  Jot down things that are interesting and new to you  Make Connections:  Relate and compare things you are viewing and hearing to things that you already know.  Ask Questions:  What about the comments and presentation is confusing to you?  What don’t you understand?  How will you find the answer?  Remember that there will ALWAYS be questions in an active thinker’s mind!  Give Opinions:  Make judgments about what you are viewing and hearing.  Do you agree?  Do you disagree?  Like?  Dislike?  Do you support or oppose anything that you have heard or seen?  Why? Use the following sentence starters to shape your thoughts and comments while viewing or participating in Voicethread presentations.  Comments based on these kinds of statements make Voicethreads interactive and engaging.   This reminds me of… This is similar to… I wonder… I realized… I noticed… You can relate this to… I’d like to know… I’m surprised that… If I were ________, I would  ______________ If __________ then ___________ Although it seems… I’m not sure that…
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 14 Oct 09
       
      These student suggestions are the missing link I was looking for to successfully incorporate into my classroom.
  • help other listeners know what it is that has caught your attention.
  • finish your comment with a question that other listeners can reply to.  Questions help to keep digital conversations going!
  • carefully script out short opening comments for each image that include a question for viewers to consider. 
  • Just be sure to disagree agreeably
  • Assessing Voicethread Participation
  • Essentially mirroring the reflective aspects of Konrad Glogowski's system for pushing reflective blogging, I've decided to ask my students the following four questions while we're working with a new Voicethread:
  • To craft careful answers, they must truly consider the comments of others---an essential skill for promoting collaborative versus competitive dialogue---and compare those comments against their own beliefs and preconceived notions. 
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 14 Oct 09
       
      Competitive dialogue motivates the students, but collaborative dialogue is the life skill they need to learn.
  • Voicethread allows users to upload documents to their strands of conversation as well.  That means that users can create a "Works Cited" page in a word processing application and upload it at the end of their Voicethread presentations. 
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 14 Oct 09
       
      Very useful info - I have been individually citing each picture, and its unsightly.
  • Voicethread Do's and Don'ts
  • Citing Images
  • Voicethread Handouts  
  • This one-page handout is designed to introduce students to some general tips for participating in Voicethread conversations. 
  • L Butler on 14 Oct 09
     
    Detailed guide to creating/using/evaluating VoiceThread in the classroom. There are great examples and guides to download. The question prompts for students to consider when replying are simple, yet perfect.
N Butler

The VoiceAmerica™ Talk Radio Network - The Dave Pelzer Show - 0 views

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shared by N Butler on 28 Aug 09 - Cached
  • N Butler on 28 Aug 09
     
    motivational speaker, dave pelzer,
Michelle Krill

ClassBadges | Home - 2 views

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motivation badges awards gamification

shared by Michelle Krill on 28 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 28 Nov 12
     
    "ClassBadges is a free, online tool where teachers can award badges for student accomplishments. Through your teacher account, you can award badges customized for your classroom or school. "
Charles Black

Phys.Org Mobile: Laptops in school classes improve scores - 0 views

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shared by Charles Black on 15 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Charles Black on 15 Aug 12
     
    This article shows that students are doing better academically in classes where laptops have been implemented. The article believes the using laptops during school helps increase concentration for students, as well as motivation. I know some classes even in college banned laptops, but I believe we all learn differently and should have the opportunity to use whatever resources we can if it will help improve our educational experience.
N Butler

Digitally Immersed in the Challenges of Learning : Teacher Reboot Camp - 0 views

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challenges learning teacher reboot camp

shared by N Butler on 14 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • At some point in that journey we will feel frustrated, but eventually we will have that “Aha” moment where we think, “Yes! I accomplished this!” We can feel proud of ourselves for employing our higher order thinking skills and other tools like technology to solve a problem that challenged us and others.
  • N Butler on 14 Aug 12
     
    Great motivation to start of the school year.
Lauren Hummel

YouTube - Dalton Sherman - 1 views

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inspiration education youtube motivation

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  • Lauren Hummel on 05 Aug 10
     
    Keynote Student Speaker in Dallas
  • Lauren Hummel on 05 Aug 10
     
    Keynote Student Speaker in Dallas
anonymous

12 videos to spark educators' thinking | Dangerously Irrelevant - 1 views

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videos

shared by anonymous on 03 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 03 Nov 10
     
    A nice list of videos to share with your teachers.
  • Vicki Barr on 14 Jan 11
     
    I really liked the video on motivation by Dan Pink. Very thought provoking.
anonymous

Learning and Laptops: Wikified Research Paper- Year 2 - 1 views

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wikified

shared by anonymous on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • A WRP, or wikified research paper, is made on wikispaces.com and allows students to link to resources within their papers, along with embedding various images and videos within their papers
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 05 Oct 09
       
      Note that she has them use a wiki. I'm not insisting on that because some districts still block wikis. Plus, it's then a matter of deciding on Public vs Private. If you choose Word then the links are there but it's just to be turned in - if that's your preference.
  • This knowledge of worldwide access to their papers has seemingly inspired students to give extra time and care to their papers, because they understand how many people could be reading them in the future. -Hannah L
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 05 Oct 09
       
      Did you also notice that this post was written by a student? But, I like what this paragraph says about motivation, don't you?
  • Lisa Keeley on 04 Oct 09
     
    wikified research papers
  • anonymous on 05 Oct 09
     
    "A WRP, or wikified research paper, is made on wikispaces.com and allows students to link to resources within their papers, along with embedding various images and videos within their papers."
anonymous

Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Some of it was in K-12 settings, but most of the comparative studies were done in colleges and adult continuing-education programs of various kinds, from medical training to the military.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      I think that this fact is VERY important if one is going to draw a conclusion for K12, dont you?
  • “The study’s major significance lies in demonstrating that online learning today is not just better than nothing — it actually tends to be better than conventional instruction,”
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      I would agree, as long as we're talking about colleges and adult learners, but I don't think we can naturally draw the same conclusion for k12 where the learners are less intrinsically motivated.
  • But the report does suggest that online education could be set to expand sharply over the next few years, as evidence mounts of its value.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Is your district ready for this?
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  • The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more “learning by doing,” which many students find more engaging and useful.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Yes, if there's enough time to 'cover' all the material that you must, in order to be ready for the PSSA tests.
  • “People are correct when they say online education will take things out the classroom. But they are wrong, I think, when they assume it will make learning an independent, personal activity. Learning has to occur in a community.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Really? Well, if that's true, THEN can we get the social learning tools like Diigo, unblocked in school? Or, must schools ignore the evidence and continue plodding along in isolation?
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 09
     
    I would agree that for colleges and adult learners it might be, but I'm not convinced that the same holds true for K12.
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  • anonymous on 19 Aug 09
     
    How is YOUR district prepared to handle this?
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 09
     
    Learning has to occur in a community, eh? If that's true, THEN can we get twitter, skype, Flickr, youtube, Diigo, etc unblocked so we can take advantage of that community?
  • anonymous on 19 Aug 09
     
    VERY significant, don't you think?
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