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Lucas Gillispie

Myplick - share PowerPoint presentations online, slideshows, slide show - 0 views

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    Allows you to share your PowerPoints online and embed them in your own site.
Sarah Hanawald

TeacherTube - Pay Attention - 0 views

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    Teacher tube version--not blocked in as many schools as the YouTube. Same video.
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    This got me thinking about whether or not there are TeacherTube uploads of most of the videos I like to share with faculty. Time for a scavenger hunt!
Sarah Hanawald

Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense - 0 views

  • The power is in the surprising effects that come from receiving thousands of pings from your posse. And this, as it turns out, suggests where the Web is heading.
  • But when I get such granular updates every day for a month,
  • For example, when I meet Misha for lunch after not having seen her for a month, I already know the wireframe outline of her life: S
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  • why has Twitter been so misunderstood? Because it's experiential.
  • quick-ping media can be a massive time-suck.
  • Twitter's a great way to sharpen your thoughts down to their essence.
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    This is an interesting article that argues that twitter increases social connection. It helps answer the "why would I ever want to do that?" question.
Brad Fountain

Top 100 Education Blogs | OEDb - 0 views

  • 2 Cents Worth abject learning Informal Learning Blog Learning Curves Learnlets McGee's Musings Random Walk in Learning The Stingy Scholar Library and Research
  • Stephen's Web
  • Internet Time Blog elearnspace E-Learning Queen
Sarah Hanawald

My Music Tech: My Music Tech Launches Podcast - 0 views

  • episodes about music education technology and will specifically feature podcasts by music students as they learn about various aspects of music, podcasting and digital audio technologies.This podcast will be of benefit to school music teachers, technology teachers and anyone interested in learning the basics of podcasting and it's application in an educational setting.
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    This is the site for a podcast by a music educator interested in composing using technology and "found" sounds.
Sarah Hanawald

Explaining the Cognitive Surplus (by Jeremy Zawodny) - 0 views

  • watching TV is no longer the de-facto spare time activity that I'm going to simple force people to watch it when they claim not to understand how I have no time to watch television.
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    Shoot your TV!
Sarah Hanawald

Be The Change Project » home - 0 views

  • These 9-12th grade students have just begun their major blogs on topics they are passionate about. All students have selected a topic/cause which has a message that needs to be better heard --
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    Wow--kids blogging about what they feel passionately must change.
Sarah Hanawald

Halve your attention - 0 views

  • See, when you're at the front of a wired classroom, you get to watch students peck at laptops, skitter their eyes over screens and, every now and then, toss a glance in your direction. Some of them are taking notes, some are chatting with friends or cruising sports sites. Few are giving their instructor undivided attention. It's crazy making.
  • one of the things we ported over to new media from traditional media was the notion of the passive audience.
  • that chittering back channel itself isn't the problem. The problem is, as instructors, we haven't given it anything useful to do. "Students are telling us they want to be engaged. So, we need to find a way to give them specific focus for that back channel. If they're doing stuff that's on-task we're going to get engaged learning and ownership," she says.
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    Good article about kids attention in a wired classroom. Instead of saying it's awful, says it is true, now figure out how to deal with it.
Sarah Hanawald

Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

  • So how can regular folk get involved with social media? And how much time does it really take?
Sarah Hanawald

Flexknowlogy » Defining "Creepy Treehouse" - 0 views

  • This article is an attempt to objectively define the phrase “creepy treehouse” as coined by Chris Lott, and in current usage by ed tech folks such as Scott Leslie, Marc Hugentobler, John Krutsch, and others
  • In the field of educational technology a creepy treehouse is an institutionally controlled technology/tool that emulates or mimics pre-existing technologies or tools that may already be in use by the learners, or by learners’ peer groups.
  • nstructors push down hot Web 2.0 technologies, while students push back with vocal objections or passive resistance.
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    When adults coopt what the kids see as "theirs" for schooling purposes.
Sarah Hanawald

Will social networking stop greenwashers? | Green Tech blog - CNET News.com - 0 views

  • Most notably, perhaps, is the emergence of dozens of "green" Web sites, many from tech industry veterans, that aim to put like-minded people on the same page. These social-networking efforts enable users to assess products personally, offering a balance to green labels and ad campaigns.
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    Interesting--technology can help us figure out who the bad guys are! The power of social networking.
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    An interesting article that points out the power of social networking in a way I hadn't thought about before.
Lucas Gillispie

www.poll-vault.com - create - vote - share - 0 views

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    Create a poll for use with your students that you can embed in your website.
Lucas Gillispie

Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick - 0 views

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    Creates a virtual bulletin board in which students could place notes, links, videos for class projects.
Lucas Gillispie

aMap - 0 views

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    Create arguments and debate guidelines online.
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