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Randy Ziegenfuss

Copyright Alliance Education Foundation - 0 views

www.copyrightfoundation.org/library_of_classroom_curricula

copyright education Curriculum

shared by Randy Ziegenfuss on 24 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Randy Ziegenfuss on 24 Dec 09
     
    A series of lesson plans, arranged by grade level and subject area, to support the teaching of copyright in the classroom.
Randy Ziegenfuss

My First Blog - 1 views

janellemarie.edublogs.org

shared by Randy Ziegenfuss on 17 Sep 09 - Cached
  • I am a bi
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 17 Sep 09
       
      This is a comment
  • Thinkfinity is a database
    • jamie hill
      jamie hill on 30 Sep 09
       
      This is similar to Web Guru then??
  • creating a product that they can print out or save
    • jamie hill
      jamie hill on 06 Oct 09
       
      Are most of the activities on the computer then, or can they been done without computers?
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 08 Oct 09
       
      Jamie, it all depends on what you are looking for. There are hundreds of lessons and activities. You can find ones that can be completed off the computer as well.
    • Heather Apostolopoulos
      Heather Apostolopoulos on 09 Oct 09
       
      The problem with this is then we hear complaints about using ink and toner to print everything out. How do we bypass that?
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  • I would really love easier access to computers
    • jamie hill
      jamie hill on 06 Oct 09
       
      Our science department has our 17 laptops tied up almost everyday. If I want to use them it has to be scheduled well in advance and cant conflict with their lessons anyway. Why can one department create their curriculum around tech. but the others have to suffer.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Oct 09
       
      Good question, Jamie. I think it is because education has looked at technology as a "nice if you can get it" extra.
    • Heather Apostolopoulos
      Heather Apostolopoulos on 09 Oct 09
       
      I agree, but since my Read 180 is a big thing right now. All of the read 180 classrooms have computer carts with 30 or so lappies! I consider myself lucky, but I do sympathize.
  • vast resource that it is almost overwhelming
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Oct 09
       
      This is one of the new skills - how we deal with the overwhelming amount of content. Thinkfinity is designed to try and help us do this by sifting and sorting through content that would otherwise take more effort to determine reliability (i.e. a Google search).
  • I hope that I am not overlooking great tools as I meander through the site.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 07 Oct 09
       
      Collaboration can help this!
  • One of the problems that I am experiencing finding a way to work these into my lessons when I don’t have instant access to computers or laptops. 
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 08 Oct 09
       
      This is a real challenge for logs of teachers wanting to try new things, but not having the resources.
  • recite the speech and incorporate a series of images that compliment and connect to the speech.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 13 Oct 09
       
      Good activity to highlight media literacy. How will they find the images?
  • a very realistic goal
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 13 Oct 09
       
      And ou don't have to actually have an iPod. You can listen to these files on any computer.
  • fireplace
    • jamie hill
      jamie hill on 20 Oct 09
       
      I debated the fireplace.
  • gathering information from Internet resources
    • jamie hill
      jamie hill on 20 Oct 09
       
      What a great tool to have as a HS student going into college. They can collect school stuff and fun stuff in the same place too. I couldnt help but notice a game widget.
  • be a highly technological concept
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 21 Oct 09
       
      It can be a little intimidating at first.
  • I am wondering why more people I know don’t have one of these pages set up for themselves
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 21 Oct 09
       
      Good wondering. Why do you think more people don't use RSS?
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 21 Oct 09
       
      I think because it is a fairly new technology and certain people are hesitant to try something new. . .a fear of change.
  • Before making my netvibes page, I did create a bloglines page but was not impressed
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 21 Oct 09
       
      Yes...Bloglines is just plain ugly looking!
  • personalize t
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 21 Oct 09
       
      This one word captures what technology can do for us.
  • my trip to the world of educational technology
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      Hopefully you'll stay, even after class is over!
  • This is the impetus for me to continue to further develop more uses of technology with my students.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      Great! Our understanding really develops over time --- there is no end point. So stick with it!
  • I always thought about learning how to use wikis as a way to respond to reading novels in my class but felt I needed someone to guide me through learning about it.  I haven’t had the time yet to incorporate a wiki in any of my classes, but I am teaching a new course in the spring semester, and I think that I might have the opportunity to try it out there.  As far as I can tell, the course’s curriculum doesn’t seem to have many big technological highlights, so it  might give me the opportunity to engage students using a new medium.  The class is 10th grade on level, which is a step below college prep, and those students might benefit from the ability to engage in discussion outside of class and use a hands on way of doing it.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      This is an idea you might want to consider developing as part of your final project in this class.
  • Hamlet Facebook pages
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      Is this something you might share in class?
  • truly engaged and had a good time doing it
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      What do you think they learned?
  • they really had an honest reaction of surprise at how fast class was going.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 28 Oct 09
       
      It would be interesting to dig into this deeper, trying to understand - maybe through some conversation with them - what they found most engaging about the approach you took with the class.
  • ultimately share this idea out there in cyberspace. 
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 09 Nov 09
       
      I wonder if there are practitioner journals - NCTE, ISTE, etc, that would be interested in an article?
Randy Ziegenfuss

Why Our Current Education System Is Failing - 0 views

www.aboundlessworld.com/nt-education-system-is-failing

education perspective failing student passion students reading grades

shared by Randy Ziegenfuss on 05 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Randy Ziegenfuss on 05 Sep 09
     
    Amazing blog post by a senior in high school.
Alicia Cortese

Tales of an 11th Grade Teacher - 0 views

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shared by Alicia Cortese on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • iPhone with some apps
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 08 Oct 09
       
      Curious what you find most useful.
    • Heather Apostolopoulos
      Heather Apostolopoulos on 09 Oct 09
       
      me too! I love my iphone and I have had one since they first came out. Both my kids and my husband utilize one too. Which apps do you reccomend? or which are your favorites? Pandora?all the trivias?
  • ow do we evaluate the learning of the content vs. the application of knowledge vs. the skill of using the technology.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 08 Oct 09
       
      Great topic for class discussion.
  • do we even need to require a computer class
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 08 Oct 09
       
      If technology is like air in the classroom, the answer is NO!
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  • Oregon Trail
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 14 Oct 09
       
      I thought I was the only one who liked this. Is that game still out there somewhere?
  • What took my block 2 class just over 1 and a half class period has stretched into its fourth day of construction. It got into my head as to just where to set the bar for other classes and future assignments and further raised the question of whether students could have gotten just as far as they would have if they had made posters.
    • Heather Apostolopoulos
      Heather Apostolopoulos on 22 Oct 09
       
      I, too, have been learn how to deal with what my "at risk" kids can do to the type of student I previously taught!
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 28 Oct 09
       
      Maybe posters would have gone smoother, but would the students be motivated to complete them. Eventhough it's taking a while, were the students engaged? Were they putting forth a good effort? Isn't that the most important thing?
    • Alicia Cortese
      Alicia Cortese on 28 Oct 09
       
      It may have taken longer but your students gained content knowledge while learning how to problem solve and think critically. No one ever said that building 21st century learning skills would be easy. Kudos to you for taking a risk, putting forth the effort and engaging all of your students.
  • could a chalkboard be used for the same purpose
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 02 Nov 09
       
      Yes....and you can only have one kid at the SmartBoard at a time...not so with the chalkboard...you can have as many kids as fit!
  • Yes, they spend thousands to buy technology but are not prepared to develop an infrastructure to actually support easier usage.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 02 Nov 09
       
      True, but if used in an innovative way, I'd still rather have one on a stand than none at all. "If used in an innovative way..." .. key phrase here.
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 03 Nov 09
       
      Innovative way is definitely the key. I use mine to display review flipcharts that I found online. I also use it to do our PSSA review problems in class. So far, the main benefit of the smartboard is that it doesn't take much time to clear and move on, and you don't have to worry about chalkdust!
    • Kevin Bush
      Kevin Bush on 05 Nov 09
       
      I just wonder how much of this could be done without the fancy SmartBoard vs. the cost. I visit one classroom that simply uses it for a screen without using any of the interactive features and has disconnected the wire used to connect to sync it to her computer. Again, "if used in an innovative way..."
  • This leads to my ultimate grumbling of the week, I think that because of the shortcuts made to put technology into the hands of teachers and students that we are actually sacrificing class time and more importantly time on task. The concept of time on task was first studied by the late Ted Sizer who passed away recently. As a traveling teacher, I need to pack and unpack at least three times per day. I wonder how much time students actually lose not only in my class but throughout a day because of technology. Its not as though that time can be gained back. I do believe that technology is valuable to students but our schools need to do more with both infrastructure and training to make the devices increase the academic capacity of our students.
  • why aren’t schools quicker to recognize the power behind technology.
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 09 Nov 09
       
      This is the million dollar question. Leadership, vision, DNA? All of the above? And more?
  • post their own ideas,
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 09 Nov 09
       
      It's an age of creation, not just consumption.
  • ill technology one day make brick and mortar school obselete?
    • Randy Ziegenfuss
      Randy Ziegenfuss on 09 Nov 09
       
      This was "debated" - oxford style - at the last ISTE/NECC conference in Washington, D.C. http://istevision.org/watch.php?vid=d50b09b05790f24ee5dcfcb2d98a51b5ee98f902
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 11 Nov 09
       
      I don't think they will ever be obselete. We will always need a "meeting place" where students can gather and have face-to-face communication with theire teacher and each other. Will they have a diminishing role in the future? Maybe.
  • While one member of my department was showing off the new goods he stated and I quote, I don’t why they spent so much money, I only need this for attendance and emails.”
    • Douglas Gimbar
      Douglas Gimbar on 18 Nov 09
       
      I'm curious as to how old this person is.
    • Alicia Cortese
      Alicia Cortese on 18 Nov 09
       
      Does your district provide training?
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