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Neil Groft

Is Algebra Necessary? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Neil Groft on 30 Jul 12
     
    Is Algebra Necessary? Adam Hayes By ANDREW HACKER Published: July 28, 2012 475 Comments A TYPICAL American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail. Why do we subject American students to this ordeal? I've found myself moving toward the strong view that we shouldn't.
Neil Groft

Mini Metric Olympics - 0 views

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olympics metric measurement activities

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  • Neil Groft on 30 Jul 12
     
    Great activity to do with students to review metric measurements as well as the olympics. thought this would go well with what Melissa found http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-the-summer-olympics
Neil Groft

With reward in sight, students up test scores - 0 views

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incentives testing

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  • Neil Groft on 30 Jul 12
     
    Offering students rewards just before standardized testing and giving the incentive right afterward can improve test performance dramatically, say researchers.
Ryan Donnelly

Digital Roadtrip * Unique method for accessing student work on iPads? - 0 views

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  • Well would you believe the same thing works without a cable and it doesn’t have to be the Mac/PC that manages the devices. It means that any teacher can access all the students files on a device that has been “Saved to iTunes”.  You can even pick up the work, mark it and hand it back to the iPad whilst the iPad is still being used by the kids (unbeknown to the user!).
    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 30 Jul 12
       
      I'll definitely need to try this in the upcoming year to see student work. 
  • You can do this with a class set of iPads by attaching each device once to the teacher’s computer and checking the “sync over wifi” option and “enable”. Don’t sync -just unplug each device.
  • Provided you are on the same network, you can then open and close files on the class set from your computer.
Deb Sowers

Happy News - Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive. - 0 views

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web2.0 currentevents

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  • Deb Sowers on 30 Jul 12
     
    Happy News - Positive real-world international stories about business, health, science & technology, arts & entertainment, sports, heroes, opinion & editorial, environment If you're having elementary students share "current events" articles, this might be a great place for them to start looking for their article.
Deb Sowers

America's Story from America's Library - 0 views

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web2.0 resource history

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  • Deb Sowers on 30 Jul 12
     
    Explore U.S. history using primary sources from the Library of Congress. Kids can discover Americas Story, meet amazing Americans, explore the states. Includes songs, movies, quizzes and short stories about American history.
Melissa Wilson

Science of the Summer Olympics - 0 views

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COLT olympics science video

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  • Melissa Wilson on 30 Jul 12
     
    Videos that link designing equipment for olympic athletes.
  • Melissa Wilson on 30 Jul 12
     
    NBC Learn and NBC Sports, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, explore the engineering and technology helping athletes maximize their performance at the 2012 London Games.
Denise Nichols

thedaringlibrarian - google_apps - 0 views

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google google apps apps teacher resources teachertraining professional development edtech educational+apps web2.0 wiki ltms600

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  • Denise Nichols on 30 Jul 12
     
    This wiki has great resources for teaching Google Apps and other web 2.0 tools.
Denise Nichols

murrayhill - Fakebook_UK - 0 views

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web2.0 fakebook wikispaces wiki teacher resources edtech

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  • Denise Nichols on 30 Jul 12
     
    Here is whole lesson plan complete with template for having students create a fakebook on famous/historical character or person.  Check it out!
L Butler

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Twitter chat

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  • L Butler on 27 Jul 12
     
    Easy was to take part in a Twitter chat - it will automatically add the hash tag for you too!
Rich Smith

Zite: Personalized Magazine for iPad and iPhone - 0 views

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tools resources ipad app magazine rss

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  • Rich Smith on 26 Jul 12
     
    "A personalized magazine that gets smarter as you use it" RSS feeder that as you like articles, it finds others that are similar to it
  • Rich Smith on 26 Jul 12
     
    "A personalized magazine that gets smarter as you use it" RSS feeder that as you like articles, it finds others that are similar to it
Melissa Wilson

The Top 20 Popular Articles in Educational Technology and mLearning for Last Month - Te... - 0 views

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web2.0 technology articles

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  • Melissa Wilson on 26 Jul 12
     
    Great set of resources.
  • Melissa Wilson on 26 Jul 12
     
    Hi everyone, I am back here to brief you on the most read articles in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning for last month ( June ) . Check them out if you are interested.
Ryan Donnelly

Museum 2.0: Engagement, Distraction, and the Puzzle of the Puzzle - 1 views

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  • there's a fine line between something that is inviting versus something that is distracting,
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      The debate with engagement vs distraction extends beyond the classroom. We are in such a sensory overload environment that things like art museums are also trying to adapt to re-capture attention.
    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 25 Jul 12
       
      I'm not sure that I find this picture to be a comment on distraction as much as how much kids like touching things rather than starring at what, quite frankly, doesn't look to be that interesting of an exhibit.  If you want kids to be engaged in your museum, which is partially the point of this article/post, then you need to make it interactive. The same goes for the classroom. Making the classroom interactive whether through tech. or other means, is a necessity!
Ryan Donnelly

Technology to Engage, not Distract | Connected Principals - 1 views

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      Ryan Donnelly on 25 Jul 12
       
      This is a really good point they make, "Do we think that before technology, most students avoided distraction?" Kids still got distracted, just by different things. Teacher found a way to deal with note passing, etc. Why is tech. any different? 
  • there is no actual evidence to support the view that this generation is distracted, performing poorly or otherwise less capable than previous generations. In fact the evidence suggests that on the whole, this is the smartest generation ever. IQ is up year over year for many years, university entrance exam scores are at an all time high and it has never been tougher to get into the best universities.  This is a generation about which we can be enormously hopeful.
    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 25 Jul 12
       
      If the generation to come is no good, that would only be a poor reflection on us, the generation before whose job it was to train them for the world. Sounds like this article points to evidence that we did a good job and that these kids are too!
Ryan Donnelly

Infographic: Social Media Statistics For 2012 | Digital Buzz Blog - 0 views

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      Ryan Donnelly on 25 Jul 12
       
      I find the fact that there are 800 million Facebook users to be a little bit disturbing. It's like something out of a science fiction novel where we are all hooked up to a apperat 24.7 pumping data through a stream. 
    • Ryan Donnelly
      Ryan Donnelly on 25 Jul 12
       
      All this even though I am one of those 800 million, at least at this point. 
L Butler

Social Media and Student Engagement | Pearson Blog - 0 views

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  • The article – “Teachers Embrace Social Media in Class” – describes the divide in college faculty perspectives on social media. One side sees social media as a distraction negatively impacting student engagement (and mentions one institution who blocked access to social sites for a week) and the other sees social media as a tool to reach students where they are and focus them in on the learning process.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      Which side are you?
  • In 2011, college faculty shared which social media are most valuable to them in teaching, with online video as most valuable and Twitter as least valuable.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      The survey was for college professors, do you think the data would be the same for teachers in your building?
L Butler

BYOD and Distraction - 0 views

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  • more important questions:
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      Great questions for reflection and discussion points with teachers/admins/students who still think the device deserves all the blame.
L Butler

7 Ways To Keep Students Focused While Using Technology | Edudemic - 1 views

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  • 1. Encourage direct engagement.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      What would this look like in your classroom?
  • 2. Ask for more participation.
  • 3. Delve into a topic.
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  • 4. Make use of online resources in class.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      Think about all the tools and resources you have uncovered in this class.
  • 5. Assign research topics.
  • 6. Use real-world problems.
  • real-life situations and current events
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      Take a current topic, like the Olympics, how could you tie that into a lesson? Stats, geography, charts, science of sports, language, etc.
  • 7. Review what they’ve learned.
  • The recitation of these ideas helps students to process what they have learned.
    • L Butler
      L Butler on 25 Jul 12
       
      If the students have a place to share the videos with friends and classmates, they will. Which will further develop the pool of common knowledge.
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