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Allison Johnson

The Future of Reading | Print Article | Newsweek.com - 33 views

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  • "If you're going to do something like this, you have to be as good as the book in a lot of respects," says Bezos. "But we also have to look for things that ordinary books can't do."
  • First, it must project an aura of bookishness;
    • Amy Engelhard
      Amy Engelhard on 26 Jan 10
       
      I do actually think this is important; there's something about reading a book and I like that Kindle has some "bookishness" to it.
    • Laura Untz
      Laura Untz on 26 Jan 10
       
      I agree, there is nothing like sitting down in a big comfy chair and reading. I'm not sure I would like using a hand held device instead of the actual book.
    • Aaron Frana
      Aaron Frana on 26 Jan 10
       
      I don't think it's important for the Kindle to look like a book. I'm pretty ok with reading something non-bookish.
  • E-book devices like the Kindle allow you to change the font size: aging baby boomers will appreciate that every book can instantly be a large-type edition. The handheld device can also hold several shelves' worth of books: 200 of them onboard, hundreds more on a memory card and a limitless amount in virtual library stacks maintained by Amazon. Also, the Kindle allows you to search within the book for a phrase or name.
    • Kim Amick
      Kim Amick on 26 Jan 10
       
      this is one feature that I really do like, the changing of the font size!
    • Amy Armstrong
      Amy Armstrong on 26 Jan 10
       
      These are important features for making things more available in alternative formats. Electronic versions offer instant large print and ways to have it read aloud. These features can be helpful for many people with disabilities.
    • Karen Schelling
      Karen Schelling on 26 Jan 10
       
      A kindle will be a great gift for my dad. Larger font and less clutter of book will be great for him!
    • Christine Erickson
      Christine Erickson on 26 Jan 10
       
      I have heard about ebook devices that allow the reader to adjust the font size. I have gotten to the age where that is a great selling feature for me.
    • Sarah Wisthoff
      Sarah Wisthoff on 26 Jan 10
       
      I tried to get one of these for my visually impaired student last year but was unsuccessful. I think it would be a great tool for her to use in and out of school.
    • Allison Johnson
      Allison Johnson on 27 Jan 10
       
      I love the search option! I am always paging back to remind myself how characters are related or other facts I've forgotten. This would make it so much faster.
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    • John Groves
      John Groves on 26 Jan 10
       
      Its still not a book!!!!
    • Kim Amick
      Kim Amick on 26 Jan 10
       
      I see your point, I don't know that I want to curl up with a blanket and a "machine" to relax
    • Amy Armstrong
      Amy Armstrong on 26 Jan 10
       
      I have heard from Kindle (is that what it is called?) users that reading on them is actually easy on the eyes. I'd have to try it to believe it.
    • Amy Engelhard
      Amy Engelhard on 26 Jan 10
       
      Oh John...of course you want the traditional real deal. "I'll tell you when you are sixth grader!"
    • Tara Jordan
      Tara Jordan on 26 Jan 10
       
      Yes...you can..hours and hours...living proof right here!!
    • Carrie Varty
      Carrie Varty on 26 Jan 10
       
      I totally agree with you guys!! A nice book is just the great end to an evening!! Meaning an actuall book. I am opening up to the idea of the Kindle though. I like how you can just quickly order a book and it is there in like 2 seconds!!
    • Britni Schmalz
      Britni Schmalz on 26 Jan 10
       
      I see both of your points.....but then I think of my weekend and I do curl up with a banket and my "machine" (my laptop) and do work...
    • Whitney Spah
      Whitney Spah on 26 Jan 10
       
      Yes this is true.....but I have curled up and read my computer so it is doable....but not really in a car or airplane.
  • once said, "is anything that was invented after you were born." So it's not surprising, when making mental lists of the most whiz-bangy technological creations in our lives, that we may overlook an object that is superbly designed, wickedly
    • Tracey Schmitz
      Tracey Schmitz on 26 Jan 10
       
      I like that you can subscribe to newspapers through kindle
  • Amazon has designed the Kindle to operate totally independent of a computer: you can use it to go to the store, browse for books, check out your personalized recommendations, and read reader reviews and post new ones, tapping out the words on a thumb-friendly keyboard.
  • The vision is that you should be able to get any book—not just any book in print, but any book that's ever been in print—on this device in less than a minute," says Bezos.
  • "Books are the last bastion of analog,"
    • Jon Krantz
      Jon Krantz on 26 Jan 10
       
      Classic quote! Analog is going away quickly.
    • Britni Schmalz
      Britni Schmalz on 26 Jan 10
       
      This is a great quote!! Analog is pretty much extinct!
  • Long before there was cyberspace, books led us to a magical nether-zone. "Books are all the dreams we would most like to have, and like dreams they have the power to change consciousness," wrote Victor Nell in a 1988 tome called "Lost in a Book."
    • Nathan Johnson
      Nathan Johnson on 26 Jan 10
       
      I think that this statement is very true, and something that I have witnessed first hand in my lifetime.
  • 550 years of technological
    • terriduchsherer
      terriduchsherer on 26 Jan 10
       
      Wow!!! 550 years of technology! Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Holly Perrin
      Holly Perrin on 26 Jan 10
       
      I have a Kindle and I agree all it takes is a few twitches and walla! I like the fact that when I am done with a book and am itchy to read another I don't have to go to the store... I can just download!
  • "But the next-gen people, in their 20s and below, do everything on a screen.")
    • Britni Schmalz
      Britni Schmalz on 26 Jan 10
       
      This is me! I do everything on the web and do not go many places with my computer or my smartphone! I love the e-book idea!
    • tami doppler
      tami doppler on 26 Jan 10
       
      This is NOT me but I hope it will be someday I think it will be ALL of us someday!
  • What we love is the words and ideas."
    • Anna Hansen
      Anna Hansen on 26 Jan 10
       
      I just love to read. I've never read on the Kindle, but may want to try it some day.
  • And once you buy, the Kindle does its neatest trick: it downloads the book and installs it in your library, ready to be devoured.
    • Tracey Schmitz
      Tracey Schmitz on 26 Jan 10
       
      I like kindle and the subscription to newpapers
  • electile dysfunction
    • tami doppler
      tami doppler on 26 Jan 10
       
      I would agree that it would be terrible to getting to a readable moment and lose battery.
  • The Kindle is not just for books. Via the Amazon store, you can subscribe to newspapers (the Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Le Monde) and magazines (The Atlantic). When issues go to press, the virtual publications are automatically beamed into your Kindle. (It's much closer to a virtual newsboy tossing the publication on your doorstep than accessing the contents a piece at a time on the Web.) You can also subscribe to selected blogs, which cost either 99 cents or $1.99 a month per blog.
    • Joelle Garcia
      Joelle Garcia on 26 Jan 10
       
      This would be very convenient especially when you still want your newspaper or magazine subscription while out of town.
    • clare rodriguez
      clare rodriguez on 26 Jan 10
       
      that is sooooooo cool cuz then my husband could read while we travel in a small space instead of with that bulky paper
    • Laura Untz
      Laura Untz on 26 Jan 10
       
      So true!
  • he Kindle, shipping as you read this, costs $399.
    • Ashley Griffey
      Ashley Griffey on 26 Jan 10
       
      Yes, they are expensive but well worth the money if you are an avid reader.
  • it downloads the book and installs it in your library, ready to be devoured. "The vision is that you should be able to get any book—not just any book in print, but any book that's ever been in print—on this device in less than a minute
    • Joan Hansen
      Joan Hansen on 26 Jan 10
       
      I love the fact it downloads the book and installs it AND it an be ANY book that's ever been in print!!! All, in less than a minute. LOVE it!!
  • Google has already scanned a million books from its partner libraries like the University of Michigan and the New York Public Library, and they are available in its database. (Last week my wife searched for information about the first English edition of the journals of Pehr Kalm, a Swedish naturalist traveling in Colonial America. In less than two seconds, Google delivered the full text of the book, as published in 1771.
    • Joan Hansen
      Joan Hansen on 26 Jan 10
       
      This is very impressive - research takes on a whole new meaning.
  • "Do you really believe that we'll be doing that in 50 years?"
    • jsproductionsnd
      jsproductionsnd on 27 Jan 10
       
      I am so happy that I won't be around in 50 years to see the end of books. I just can't imagine my world without them. Sherry
  • The first chapter of almost any book is available as a free sample.
  • Jessica Peterson on 26 Jan 10
     
    What we love is the words and ideas."
  • Angie Saxlund on 26 Jan 10
     
    "Technology," computer pioneer Alan Kay once said, "is anything that was invented after you were born
  • Meaghan Hardwick on 26 Jan 10
     
    But if all goes well for Amazon, several years from now we'll see revamped Kindles, equipped with color screens and other features, selling for much less. I'll wait for the bigger and better Kindle. :)
Craig Nansen

Redefining Instruction With Technology: Five Essential Steps - 5 views

www.edweek.org/...tln_magiera1.html

ed521 TechLeaders iPadInEducation

shared by Craig Nansen on 26 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Just bringing new technology in your classroom and working it into day-to-day routines isn’t enough.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 27 Jan 12
       
      What do you think about this premise?
  • Here are five lessons I’ve learned about redefining classroom instruction with technology—whether iPads or other tools.
  • By setting aside my pre-conceived notions of how my classroom "should" look, sound, and feel, I was able to transform my practice from the ground up.
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  • When rethinking your curriculum and classroom, identify the goals you have for yourself and your students.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 26 Jan 12
       
      What are your thoughts about these five lessons learned?
  • I created interactive video mini-lessons to increase differentiation.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 26 Jan 12
       
      What are some tools that could be used if you don't have iPads?
  • I focused on student-creation apps.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 31 Dec 12
       
      What are some student creation apps that you can use in a classroom without iPads?
  • So if you begin to implement a new app in your classroom and it falls flat, react by asking yourself what you’ve learned.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 26 Jan 12
       
      Anything you have tried in your classroom that didn't work like you expected?
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 26 Jan 12
       
      This is an example online resource marked up and with comments using Diigo.
  • I saw students become active agents in their own learning—because they now had choices about the methods that worked best for them. Kids who’d professed to hate school were now eager to engage in the classroom.
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 27 Jan 12
       
      This is my sticky note demo
  • One student wrote in her daily reflection, "[iPads] make me want to come to school every day because I know that Ms. Magiera has a lesson just for me."
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 27 Jan 12
       
      This is a floater
Tyler Hancock

Word Dynamo - Free Study Guides, Quizzes, Games, and Flashcards - 0 views

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vocabulary words Reading Writing

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  • Tyler Hancock on 27 Jan 12
     
    Something I'm using right now for a vocab project in class. Mostly just fun, but educational! Funducational!
Christine Wolla

Teaching Blog Central - 0 views

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blog teaching

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  • Christine Wolla on 12 Feb 12
     
    source for all teaching blogs and divided up into specific grade levels just for you.
Tyler Hancock

Still More Of The 10 Best Amazon Reviews. Ever. | Fast Company - 0 views

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amazon reviews Ed521

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  • Tyler Hancock on 28 Feb 12
     
    Could be good resource for teaching satire, although it's a little limited in that aspect. Just fun to read, really.
Britni Schmalz

Proofreading - 1 views

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Proofreadinggame

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  • Ashley Griffey on 09 Feb 10
     
    This is a great website for teaching proofreading to your students. They can come up to the Smartboard and interact with this site.
  • Britni Schmalz on 12 Feb 10
     
    This is a great tool in L.A. It is a proofreading game that just helps develop student's editing skills.
Lisa Ouradnik

creative writing prompts . com ideas for writers - 0 views

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  • Lisa Ouradnik on 04 Feb 10
     
    Creative Writing Prompts collection of writing prompts and story starters for writers. Come up with creative content for blogs and blog stories with the help of these creative writing ideas. Just scroll over the numbers and a prompt comes up!
Erin Baumgarten

Teacher Sayings, Quotes and Proverbs - 0 views

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  • Erin Baumgarten on 28 Jan 10
     
    This site is just a meant to bring a smile to your face or make you htink how important teachers really are.
Moriah Loos

6 Phases of Teaching - 0 views

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  • Moriah Loos on 27 Jan 10
     
    Just for laughs! :)
Craig Nansen

Technology Combined with Good Teaching Leads to Success | Edutopia - 9 views

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TwitterFavs IWB Edutopia

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  • Of those classrooms employing the boards and using the voting technology, there was an immediate increase of 17 percent in scores.
  • He also found that if a teacher had been given 20-30 months to hone his or her skills, there was an average 20 percentile gain.
  • Robert Marzano
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 14 Apr 11
       
      Robert Marzano has a high level of credibility with our district administrators.
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  • voter-response technology
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 14 Apr 11
       
      We refer to them as "clickers" or classroom response systems. Minot Public Schools use SMART Response units.
  • are the future of educational strategies
  • when a teacher was trained to use the technology, had used it for two years, and did so 75 percent of the time. That profile shows a whopping 29 percentile gain in scores.
  • he warns that there is such a thing as too much technology
  • you clearly "can't take the human being out of teaching."
    • Craig Nansen
      Craig Nansen on 08 Apr 14
       
      David Thornburg states "any teacher who could be replaced by a computer should be." What do you think of this statement?
  • To get the most out of the interactive whiteboard, a school district can't just give it to a teacher, and can't just give it to any teacher. The district has to train that teacher. And Marzano was quick to point out that weaker teachers require professional development in the use of both interactive whiteboards and effective teaching.
  • Craig Nansen on 08 Apr 14
     
    I shared this article with all our district administrators to support our plan to put SMART Boards in every classroom in the district.
terriduchsherer

Custom Flash Jeopardy Game Maker Tool - 0 views

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templates

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  • terriduchsherer on 26 Jan 10
     
    Jeopardy template - just insert info and game is made!! Easy to use on a SB.
Kathy Haskins

On line Math - 0 views

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K-8 just about everything for subjects

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  • Kathy Haskins on 02 Feb 10
     
    More than just math. It has everything.
Lindsay Wolfe

107.21.125.144:81 - 1 views

www.kakooma.com

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  • Lindsay Wolfe on 26 Jan 12
     
    Kakooma gets students to do hundreds of mental calculations with just a few puzzles
Kim Amick

Rethinking Schools - Just For Fun - Map Quiz - 0 views

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geography maps middleeast interactive

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  • Kim Amick on 18 Feb 10
     
    Interactive Map of Northern Africa & the Middle East
Craig Nansen

"Use backchanneling in your classroom" published in the February 2010 NJEA Reporter! | ... - 0 views

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back_channel MSUGradCourse

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  • “Use backchanneling in your classroom” published in the February 2010 NJEA Reporter!
  • The inspiration for this project came from a blog post by Chris Webb of Minot Public Schools in Minot, North Dakota. He wrote about how his colleague, Pat Gerding, used TodaysMeet.com in his middle school social studies classroom.
  • You can view the article right here (on the web) entire issue here online (it’s pretty slick – a ‘virtual PDF’ that gives you tons of viewing options) or just read our article here (4.4 mb .PDF).
  • Craig Nansen on 11 Feb 10
     
    "Use backchanneling in your classroom"
Sally Dumas

Spelling & Vocabulary Website: SpellingCity - 0 views

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Spelling

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  • Michelle Nelson on 19 Jan 10
     
    Here is a fun site for practicing spelling lists!
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  • Kim Amick on 19 Jan 10
     
    Teaching spelling is easy with SpellingCity.com. Input spelling lists for your students to use for free spelling help. Students can learn spelling words, practice spelling tests, and play fun spelling games. Keep track of your spelling list curriculum, share spelling lists, and get ideas for teaching spelling on our spelling forum. Help your child learn spelling at SpellingCity.com. Use your own spelling words or use our database of great spelling lists. Kids can play safe online spelling games that will get them ready for their spelling tests. Get the free spelling help you need at SpellingCity.com. Practice word lists, look up your teacher's spelling lists, and relax with some fun spelling games. Don't worry about the big spelling test -- just learn your words through SpellingCity.com.
  • Tara Jordan on 19 Jan 10
     
    Great for spelling practice for all ages.
  • Christine Erickson on 05 Feb 10
     
    You can create your own spelling lists.
Angie Saxlund

Just Kids Games: Making Change - 0 views

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  • Angie Saxlund on 20 Jan 10
     
    Great games for kids to practice making change
Erin Baumgarten

Charitable Creations - 0 views

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ED521

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  • Erin Baumgarten on 01 Feb 10
     
    Just something fun to check out. A great site for some neat creations.
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