Contents contributed and discussions participated by Chris Betcher - OZ/NZ educators

Introduction to Digital Storytelling by Alec Couros - 5 views

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Chris Betcher on 25 Mar 12

Story telling is one of the most ancient and powerful forms of human expression. In today's media rich world, there are an abundance of digital tools that allow students to express themselves through digital narratives in ways that would have been impossible only a few years ago. This presentation will introduce participants to the tools of digital story telling, provide rich examples of student work, and help to provide context to the relevance of story telling in curriculum and instruction.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Story telling is one of the most ancient and powerful forms of human expression. In today's media rich world, there are an abundance of digital tools that allow students to express themselves through digital narratives in ways that would have been impossible only a few years ago. This presentation will introduce participants to the tools of digital story telling, provide rich examples of student work, and help to provide context to the relevance of story telling in curriculum and instruction.</div>

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The Daily Create - Daily assignments to fuel your creativity - 5 views

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The Daily Creative is an exercise in the continual practice of spontaneous creativity through short exercises. Each "assignment" should take no more than 15-20 minutes. There are no registrations, no prizes, just a community of people producing art daily.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Daily Creative is an exercise in the continual practice of spontaneous creativity through short exercises. Each "assignment" should take no more than 15-20 minutes. There are no registrations, no prizes, just a community of people producing art daily. </div>

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I dare you to measure the "value" I add « No Sleep 'til Summer:: - 5 views

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But never will you be able to judge me or my students by one day or one test. Never will I give one iota of care about your tests, no matter how hard I work to help my students to do their best on it, knowing they aren’t meant to pass it because it is written far above their reading levels, and were written with native English speakers in mind. You can’t measure me as a teacher, because you haven’t imagined teachers like me or classes like mine. Their experiences are outside yours.
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Tell me how important your data and tests are, and I will tell you how I don’t value your data because it tells me so little about my students yet so much about your educational system.
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Your data says one thing: your system is what fails my students.
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Chris Betcher on 24 Mar 12

Tell me about the algorithms you applied when you took data from 16 students over a course of nearly five years of teaching and somehow used it to judge me as "below average" and "average".

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tell me about the algorithms you applied when you took data from 16 students over a course of nearly five years of teaching and somehow used it to judge me as "below average" and "average".</div>

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Paralegal Resources - 0 views

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Through an ongoing compilation of resources, we aim to simplify some of the most complicated issues related to law and technology - and beyond - for both the aspiring and practicing legal professional.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Through an ongoing compilation of resources, we aim to simplify some of the most complicated issues related to law and technology - and beyond - for both the aspiring and practicing legal professional.</div>

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Ln: Statistics Laundering: false and fantastic figures [ pornography statistics ] - 0 views

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The core point made herein is that the use of web sites for such purposes has long been, and still is being, vastly exaggerated in the media, by advocacy organisations, etc. Meanwhile little if any attention has been given to credible evidence that there is a vastly larger problem involving the use of non-Web Internet technologies which will not be affected in any way by the Federal Government's plan to spend AUD$44.5 million on 'blocking' of accidental/unintentional access to web sites.
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Chris Betcher on 27 Feb 12

This research paper contains information about various alarming and sensational, but out-of-date, false and/or misleading 'statistics' concerning the prevalence of 'child pornography' material on Internet Web sites, etc., which appeared in Australian media reports/articles, government agency reports, etc., in 2008 and 2009.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This research paper contains information about various alarming and sensational, but out-of-date, false and/or misleading 'statistics' concerning the prevalence of 'child pornography' material on Internet Web sites, etc., which appeared in Australian media reports/articles, government agency reports, etc., in 2008 and 2009.</div>

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Palm Beach County Library System Mousing Tutorial - 4 views

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Practice exercises to help young learners to use a mouse with greater skill and accuracy

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Practice exercises to help young learners to use a mouse with greater skill and accuracy</div>

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UK tourists turned back from US over Twitter joke to 'destroy America' and dig up Maril... - 1 views

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UK tourists turned back from US over Twitter joke to 'destroy America' and dig up Marilyn Monroe's grave

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">UK tourists turned back from US over Twitter joke to 'destroy America' and dig up Marilyn Monroe's grave</div>

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Install & Run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in a Virtual Machine on top of OS X Lion - 1 views

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Chris Betcher on 14 Jan 12

We showed you how to run OS X Lion in a virtual machine on top of Snow Leopard, but it seems everyone wanted to know the opposite of that: how to run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in a VM on top of Mac OS X Lion. Follow our instructions and you'll be up and running in no time.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We showed you how to run OS X Lion in a virtual machine on top of Snow Leopard, but it seems everyone wanted to know the opposite of that: how to run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in a VM on top of Mac OS X Lion. Follow our instructions and you'll be up and running in no time.</div>

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Flocabulary - Educational Hip-Hop - 4 views

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Digital lessons by song and video in HipHop

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The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics an... - 5 views

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Chris Betcher on 26 Dec 11

A news source for curious minds

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A news source for curious minds</div>

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EdTechSandyK: Your Future Self May Thank You: Tidy Up Your Online Presence Over the Hol... - 2 views

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As a practical outworking of this reflection and anticipation, I encourage you to set aside some time to tidy up your online presence. And perhaps even encourage others around you to do the same.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As a practical outworking of this reflection and anticipation, I encourage you to set aside some time to tidy up your online presence. And perhaps even encourage others around you to do the same.</div>

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Google Educast | EdReach - 4 views

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The Google Educast, hosted by the Google Certified Teachers, features a weekly roundup of the newest Ed tools from Google, highlighting best practices using Google tools, and further highlighting the impact that these tools have on the classroom, schools, and school districts.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Google Educast, hosted by the Google Certified Teachers, features a weekly roundup of the newest Ed tools from Google, highlighting best practices using Google tools, and further highlighting the impact that these tools have on the classroom, schools, and school districts.</div>

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Google Maps Mania: The SOPA Map - 4 views

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An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps. </div>

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Learning at their fingertips - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times - 6 views

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Digital technology is revolutionising the classroom and schools are scrambling to keep up, BREANNA TUCKER writes

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Digital technology is revolutionising the classroom and schools are scrambling to keep up, BREANNA TUCKER writes</div>

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MIT's Scratch Part 4: Twenty Webs Sites To Support Scratch And The Itch For Transformin... - 13 views

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Welcome to Part Four in this four part Series exploring Scratch, a free program from MIT that is engaging students across the nation. This time I have struck the mother lode with twenty sites that are bound to bring relief to those itching to learn Scratch.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Welcome to Part Four in this four part Series exploring Scratch, a free program from MIT that is engaging students across the nation. This time I have struck the mother lode with twenty sites that are bound to bring relief to those itching to learn Scratch.</div>

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Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Lessons Learned Teaching EdTech to PreService Educa... - 3 views

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Scratch, a free iconic programming language and active learning community provided by MIT, is a learning platform EVERYONE involved in education should know how to use. This is a bold claim, but I'm ready to defend it more than ever after spending four weeks working with Scratch this past semester with my UNT pre-service education students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Scratch, a free iconic programming language and active learning community provided by MIT, is a learning platform EVERYONE involved in education should know how to use. This is a bold claim, but I'm ready to defend it more than ever after spending four weeks working with Scratch this past semester with my UNT pre-service education students.</div>

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Education Rethink: Shift Happens: From Solutions to Possibilities - 5 views

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Chris Betcher on 09 Dec 11

Another great blog post by John T Spencer

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Another great blog post by John T Spencer </div>

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A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work.m4v - YouTube - 3 views

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Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens and print. And how the latter becomes irrelevant. Medium is message. Humble tribute to Steve Jobs, by the most important person : a baby.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens and print. And how the latter becomes irrelevant. Medium is message. Humble tribute to Steve Jobs, by the most important person : a baby.</div>

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Alice.org - 5 views

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Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. </div>

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Search Stories - 4 views

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Welcome to the Search Stories Video Creator. Just type in your searches and select the kind of results that best communicate your story. Then, share your story with the world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Welcome to the Search Stories Video Creator. Just type in your searches and select the kind of results that best communicate your story. Then, share your story with the world.</div>

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