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MVCTC Diigo group - 16 views

Wow... group is growing slowly but surely... if you have MVCTC members who are on your friends list, please make sure I have their names and I'll add them to the group..

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Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 0 views

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cloud marketing

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Carmen Hartzell on 25 Nov 08

This is a great way to make words into a snazzy visual.

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Carmen Hartzell on 25 Nov 08

Make a word cloud.

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Tag Galaxy - 1 views

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photos visualization web2.0

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Jared McLear on 26 Mar 09

A cool visual way to find photos. Similar to the search cube.

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When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web - 0 views

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socialnetworking teachers privacy

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Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don't see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for public officials?
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  I think this is a valid question to ask, especially if the school is developing a policy to cover use of social networking if their school is represented
  
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"I know that employers will look at that page, and I need to be more careful," said Webster, adding that other Prince William teachers have warned her about her page. "At the same time, my work and social lives are completely separate. I just feel they shouldn't take it seriously. I am young. I just turned 22."
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  Hmm... then the wise decision would be to have a work and a social site that are also completely separate....
  
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Local school officials say they have no policies concerning social networking pages or blogs kept by teachers. But they said that online improprieties would fall under general guidelines requiring proper behavior in and outside school and that sketchy Web sites would be handled case by case.
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  I'm not sure that's enough. In this new digital age, the virtual identies established by social networking sites, gaming sites, and so one, should conform to some kind of code of conduct established by the school - similar to the code of conduct established by IMB at http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html. I think each school should be including something similar in their guidelines for both teachers and students, especially if their school is going to be mentioned in any way on these sites...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm not sure that's enough. In this new digital age, the virtual identies established by social networking sites, gaming sites, and so one, should conform to some kind of code of conduct established by the school - similar to the code of conduct established by IMB at <a href="http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html</a>. I think each school should be including something similar in their guidelines for both teachers and students, especially if their school is going to be mentioned in any way on these sites...</div>
  
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Teachers caught with inappropriate Web sites could get a suspension for a first-time offense, said Michael Simpson, assistant general counsel for the National Education Association, a teachers union with more than 3 million members. If they can prove that no one at school complained about the page, then they might prevail in a personnel dispute "because there would be no evidence of any real or potential harm to the students or school," he said.
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  If they can prove no one complained about the page then they MIGHT prevail in a personnel dispute. Again, I go back to my previous comment - clarify the policies for what is appropriate/inappropriate in this new digital age. Teachers are people who are entitled to a social life - if their social life in no way references the school, workplace, job, etc. - why hold them accountable? And - if the teacher truly feels that posting such things on their social site is acceptable, then they should be very careful to make that site private or someone keep others from clearly recognizing the teacher as associated with that school..
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If they can prove no one complained about the page then they MIGHT prevail in a personnel dispute. Again, I go back to my previous comment - clarify the policies for what is appropriate/inappropriate in this new digital age. Teachers are people who are entitled to a social life - if their social life in no way references the school, workplace, job, etc. - why hold them accountable? And - if the teacher truly feels that posting such things on their social site is acceptable, then they should be very careful to make that site private or someone keep others from clearly recognizing the teacher as associated with that school..</div>
  
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Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08

Interesting read for this new virtual world. What are your comments?

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Using Read/Write Web to build a fact sheet - 0 views

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Web2.0 Tutorial Research

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Is there any way to ramp up your knowledge of these fields, fast, other than the "Google and wander" method?
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we'll walk you through how we identify top blogs on any topic, how we quickly figure out what their most popular recent posts have been about, how we incorporate their blog archives into our knowledge about the field and how we find where else they are participating in conversation around the web
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Find The Most Popular Blogs in Your Field
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Add The Feeds to a Reader
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Pull Out Your New Tab's Feeds
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The Top of the OPML File.
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Now to Find the Hottest Posts from Those Top Blogs
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Rank the Blog Posts With Robots!
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search-cube - the Visual Search Engine - 0 views

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search

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Try this in place of google sometime.

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Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Springing into Active Lear... - 0 views

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learning education

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Belief 1: The rules of a classroom and a content area are based on what the teacher wants.
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Belief 2: What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say.
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Belief 3: The point of an assignment is to get it done.
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Belief 4: Once an assignment is finished, it's off the to-do list.
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Belief 5: If I make a mistake, my job is to replace it with the right answer.
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Belief 6: I feel proud of my work only if I receive a good grade.
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Belief 7: Speed is synonymous with intelligence.
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Belief 8: Once I get too far behind, I can never catch up.
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Belief 9: What I'm learning in school doesn't have much to do with my life—but it isn't supposed to—it's school.
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To what extent do the classroom rules encourage the "neatness" of compliant behavior instead of the inherent messiness of engagement?
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To what extent do scoring tools over-reward students for packaging their work and underreward the quality of thinking?
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To what extent do school staff members "save" students from having to struggle?
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To what extent do students revise work?
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To what extent has the pace of the curriculum compromised the opportunity to go more deeply into the discipline?
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Charles Brads on 25 Nov 08

How students' beliefs work against active learning.

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Obama voters key to levy win - 0 views

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statistics linear correlation

shared by Charles Brads on 25 Nov 08 - Cached

The analysis found that the positive correlation between Obama and levy support was statistically significant. For every 10 percent increase in Obama support in a precinct, levy support increased by about 5 percent.
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What is the Wiki Tool? - 0 views

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wiki blackboard

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As the instructor, you need to configure and make it available.
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Participation details can also be viewed for a student in the course showing pages they have edited
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When instructors create a Wiki in a content area of the course, an entry in the gradebook can be automatically generated so that participation in the Wiki can be included in the student grades.
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Other options for wikis include allowing students to edit the pages, allowing students to delete or “purge” individual pages, controlling who can comment on pages, and limiting access to the wiki for a specific time period
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and a history of the changes made
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Jared McLear on 04 Dec 08

Wiki overview from Duke University

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12 skills that workers need - Kansas City Star - 0 views

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employability education

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5. Forgive others and believe that others are well intentioned.
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Charles Brads on 08 Dec 08

12 skills that workers need12 skills that workers need

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2¢ Worth » What Does a 21st Century School Look Like? - 0 views

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21stCenturySchools

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The central theme of our BBQ flavored conversation was t he challenge of getting reluctant teachers to buy in to the spirit and practice of a 21st century school.  Since the principal was at the table, I suggested that the use of digital networked content be part of the evaluation expectations for teachers, and that it needed to go much MUCH deeper than just saying, “We want you to do one technology-infused unit this year.”  I suggested that all relics of learning and teaching that are shared, must be digital.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  I totally agree. A 21st century school, and instructors integrate real technology into their lessons. It is no longer sufficient to call a lesson with internet research and use of powerpoint or other office tools a "technology" lesson.
  
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Libraries will be filled with computers or Kindles rather than books. It will be hard to find the teachers since the students will be directing their own education
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  Yes! Students having a buy in to what they are learning...Librarys that are no longer book and magazine repositories, but rich media centers with many different real technologies available... We'll just forget the part about.. *cough* funding the technology...
  
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They will also need to dedicate much time to responding to discussion forums, occasional synchronous chat sessions, grading projects, and maintaining their online classrooms.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  Online classrooms are a must I think.. Today's students are to be much more interested and engaged by online learning environments than traditional text-book/lecture based ones because they have literally grown up in it. Their way of thinking has changed.
  
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Students would be working, but in the same spirit of the work they engage in when playing many of the video games that they spend time with. Their work would be such that they are constantly asking questions, and are in constant need of information and collaborative arrangements for inventing solutions
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When the community looks at the school, they see learning — not a school.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  I especially love the last quote of this highlight - when the community looks at a school, they see learning - not a school. Communities need to be able to be just as activily involved..
  
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Students don’t think of 21century learning - they live it
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jloughrylia2 / Monsieur-Defarge - 0 views

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wiki

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Sample Wiki used in English class

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Thoughts on Assessment | blog of proximal development - 0 views

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Literacy

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The student participants in my study engaged in writing and reading through a variety of complex and rich interactions. They posted their own work on their blogs, commented on the work of their peers, linked to each other’s work, and initiated numerous conversations in the class blogosphere.
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the students would not respond well to a teacher who enters the class blogosphere only to assign work or to evaluate their writing.
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Only two days after I asked the students to compose a written response to the work we had covered, they began to use their blogs not only to brainstorm but also to request feedback from their peers and engage them in discussions about the work they were doing for this assignment
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- the students had turned to the community of their peers to request feedback. Then, I realized that none of the children asked me for feedback. It didn’t take long to realize that, a) they didn’t see me as a contributor in the community, and b) they associated me with corrections and grades.
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. But this experience helped me realize that we don’t spend enough time providing feedback for our students and that most of what teachers consider teaching and assessment consists of marking and correcting student work. This kind of practice does not engage our students in those rich interactive processes of talking about their work and their ideas.
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How to Present While People are Twittering | Pistachio - 0 views

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Using Twitter during presentations to monitor participation, answer questions, and adapt to audiance/student needs

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Interactivate: Stopwatch - 0 views

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educationaltools

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Stopwatch and timer designed for whiteboard

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Melissa Seifman on 13 Mar 09

A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks. A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks. A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks.</div>

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eyePlorer - 0 views

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ResearchSources

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Search Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where neededSearch Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where needed

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Melissa Seifman on 25 Mar 09

Search Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where needed

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ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education - 0 views

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educationaltools web2.0

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Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

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Google For Educators - 0 views

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ProfessionalDevelopment

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Is there someone who has been to this academy that could comment on it?

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Periodic Spiral >> Home - 0 views

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science chemistry periodictable visualization elements

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Jared McLear on 24 Nov 08

This is the most informative and interactive periodic table I have ever seen. Everything you ever wanted to know about an element is just one click away.

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Jared McLear on 24 Nov 08

Spiral Periodic Table

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Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb - 0 views

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