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QLD Floods - 4 views

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shared by Kerry J on 12 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Kerry J on 12 Jan 11
     
    site has set up as fast as possible to contain a one place resource for people to access news, emergency services, contact numbers, references, news feeds and so on.There will be a number of Drupal people working on this brand new Drupal 7 website to respond to the terrible emergency befallen Queensland in January 2011.
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Cheating in Computer Science - 3 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • we have gotten the cart before the horse. We are less concerned with whether students learn the right thing than whether they learn in the way that we rely upon to measure how well they learn when compared to their peers. We do this without even having considered whether the measurement is even useful, much less necessary or even counter-productive.
  • We do it for no better reason than tradition, habit, and inertia.
  • I no longer teach programming by teaching the features of the language and asking the students for original compositions in the language. Instead I give them programs that work and ask them to change their behavior. I give them programs that do not work and ask them to repair them. I give them programs and ask them to decompose them. I give them executables and ask them for source, un-commented source and ask for the comments, description, or specification.
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  • As a teacher, my job is to help students learn, not create artificial barriers to learning in the name of equitable grading. Nice people do not put others in difficult ethical dilemmas. Grading should be a strategy for making learning more satisfying by demonstrating accomplishment.
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Dec 10
     
    "Bill Murray approaches the teaching-learning system as a game in which students, teachers, and others play various roles. He wonders whether the game itself encourages cheating, and suggests that teachers could restructure the game so that cheating is less rewarding and less likely."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Dec 10
     
    Fascinating essay about assessment and cheating, and how teachers have created this situation.
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What is data science? - O'Reilly Radar - 1 views

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shared by Tony Searl on 22 Dec 10 - Cached
  • how to use data effectively -- not just their own data, but all the data that's available and relevant
  • Increased storage capacity demands increased sophistication in the analysis and use of that data
  • Once you've parsed the data, you can start thinking about the quality of your data
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  • It's usually impossible to get "better" data, and you have no alternative but to work with the data at hand
  • The most meaningful definition I've heard: "big data" is when the size of the data itself becomes part of the problem
  • Precision has an allure, but in most data-driven applications outside of finance, that allure is deceptive. Most data analysis is comparative:
  • Storing data is only part of building a data platform, though. Data is only useful if you can do something with it, and enormous datasets present computational problems
  • Hadoop has been instrumental in enabling "agile" data analysis. In software development, "agile practices" are associated with faster product cycles, closer interaction between developers and consumers, and testing
  • Faster computations make it easier to test different assumptions, different datasets, and different algorithms
  • It's easer to consult with clients to figure out whether you're asking the right questions, and it's possible to pursue intriguing possibilities that you'd otherwise have to drop for lack of time.
  • Machine learning is another essential tool for the data scientist.
  • According to Mike Driscoll (@dataspora), statistics is the "grammar of data science." It is crucial to "making data speak coherently."
  • Data science isn't just about the existence of data, or making guesses about what that data might mean; it's about testing hypotheses and making sure that the conclusions you're drawing from the data are valid.
  • The problem with most data analysis algorithms is that they generate a set of numbers. To understand what the numbers mean, the stories they are really telling, you need to generate a graph
  • Visualization is crucial to each stage of the data scientist
  • Visualization is also frequently the first step in analysis
  • Casey Reas' and Ben Fry's Processing is the state of the art, particularly if you need to create animations that show how things change over time
  • Making data tell its story isn't just a matter of presenting results; it involves making connections, then going back to other data sources to verify them.
  • Physicists have a strong mathematical background, computing skills, and come from a discipline in which survival depends on getting the most from the data. They have to think about the big picture, the big problem. When you've just spent a lot of grant money generating data, you can't just throw the data out if it isn't as clean as you'd like. You have to make it tell its story. You need some creativity for when the story the data is telling isn't what you think it's telling.
  • It was an agile, flexible process that built toward its goal incrementally, rather than tackling a huge mountain of data all at once.
  • we're entering the era of products that are built on data.
  • We don't yet know what those products are, but we do know that the winners will be the people, and the companies, that find those products.
  • They can think outside the box to come up with new ways to view the problem, or to work with very broadly defined problems: "here's a lot of data, what can you make from it?"
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Fraser Speirs - Blog - 4 views

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shared by Suzie Vesper on 17 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Suzie Vesper on 17 Dec 10
     
    A blog showing how one teacher in Scotland is working on implementing the use of the iPad in class.
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National Literacy Trust research reveals widening gender gap in boys' and girls' attitu... - 1 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 08 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 08 Feb 11
     
    Children, Reading Champions, Reading Connects, Reading The Game, Schools & teaching, Words for Work, Young People
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10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 22 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 22 Jan 11
     
    Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites - they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks. But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not. And so below are 10 things to do to improve your technological life.
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What? | The Secret Revolution - 4 views

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shared by Kerry J on 09 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Kerry J on 09 Feb 11
     
    Perhaps you've attended some high brow conference that produces 10 bullet points on "How to Change Education"- and not much happens. Maybe you work an at institution that restricts you from using a certain technology or forces you to use another. And while the image of a revolutionary edupunk is charming, most of us are not ready to burn down our organizations- we believe in their purpose. Despair not! There is something out there- an approach of creatively side stepping what limits us, to exploiting what we are forced to use in new ways, to sneak innovations in the back window that don't rock the house.
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Formatting ebooks - EPUB Straight to the Point - 9 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 25 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 25 Jan 11
     
    A good guide to creating EPUB files ceated by best-selling author Elizabeth Castro shows you how to prepare EPUB files, make the files look great on the screen, work around EPUB weaknesses, and fix common errors
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Oops. - 3 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 04 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 04 Feb 11
     
    The 'Art Project' is a "unique collaboration with some of the world's most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail. * Explore museums with Street View technology: virtually move around the museum's galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore. * Artwork View: discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos. * Create your own collection: the 'Create an Artwork Collection' feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalised collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family.
  • Rhondda Powling on 06 Oct 11
     
    This latest Google development provides the opportunity to explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
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What is a QR Code? - Library Research Guides at Boise State University - 2 views

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shared by John Pearce on 03 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 03 Feb 11
     
    From Boise State University a live binder "Read all about QR Codes! What they are, how they work, and how you can create your own."
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Use the calendar for more than dates - You Are Never Alone - 2 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Feb 11
     
    "Calendars can be a great classroom resource and inspiration for research. The Australian Schools Calendar on edna and this one from New Zealand both alert teachers and students to special days that can be "observed" in the classroom. Student activities can be as simple as working out how old the person whose birthday is marked on the calendar "is", or looking for websites that are celebrating the day, the month or the year. Many of those sites have an educational focus and special activities for students."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Feb 11
     
    Raises some interesting and strategies about how to use Google Calendar in the classroom with students.
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IDroo Whiteboard for Skype - 0 views

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shared by John Pearce on 07 Mar 11 - Cached
  • John Pearce on 07 Mar 11
     
    IDroo is a free online whiteboard that is "FREE for non-commercial use # Collaborative meetings with many participants (10 or even more) # Insert simple and complex mathematical equations # Draw and write your ideas # Express your mind through images # Take advantage of high quality calls over Skype # All drawings are easily editable vector graphics # Works with Wacom Bamboo, Wacom Intuos and other digital tablets"
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AITSL - Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership - 3 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Chris Betcher on 24 Feb 11
     
    The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) came into being on 1 January 2010. The Commonwealth Minister for Education has outlined MCEECDYA's priorities for the Institute in a Letter of Expectation. AITSL provides national leadership for the Commonwealth, state and territory governments in promoting excellence in the profession of teaching and school leadership.  
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Feb 11
     
    "AITSL provides national leadership for the Commonwealth, state and territory governments in promoting excellence in the profession of teaching and school leadership. AITSL has responsibility for: * rigorous national professional standards * fostering and driving high quality professional development for teachers and school leaders * working collaboratively across jurisdictions and engaging with key professional bodies. "
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Feb 11
     
    Australian group with teaching and leadership focus.
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DAVID GARCIA STUDIO - 2 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 25 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 25 Feb 11
     
    DAVID GARCIA STUDIO is an experimental architectural platform. The Studio's work spans through various scales, and from the social sphere to the technical, often challenging the status-quo through inventiveness and a cross-disciplinary approach. We truly believe that what exists is only a small part of what is possible, and we design driven by this principle.
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AnswerGarden - Plant a Question, Grow Answers - 6 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 24 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 24 Feb 11
     
    Another Camilla Elliot find. AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Use it in the classroom as an educational tool or at work as a creative brainstorming tool. Or you can embed it on your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestbook.
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Learning is life.: Evernote as a 1-on-1 Reading Conferencing Tool - 1 views

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shared by John Pearce on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 07 Mar 11
     
    "One of the essentials in Reading this year is one-on-one conferencing with students. When I saw that The CAFE suggested using three-ring binders with tons of copies for each student, I went mentally-fetal. It wouldn't just be one three-ring binder I'd need to organize. I have three classes! Knowing that much paperwork would overwhelm me, I set about devising a system. I settled on Evernote with an iPad I've borrowed from my district's IT department. I want to lay out a few screenshots of how it works and why I like it."
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nerdson CC licenses Comic Strip - 5 views

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shared by John Pearce on 14 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 14 Mar 11
     
    This cartoon strip from nerdson blog has been translated and reproduced on the UNESCO elearning blog. It is an interesting way to explain to students about how Creative Commons works.
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Zoom.it - 1 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 25 Mar 11 - Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 25 Mar 11
     
    Zoom.it is an application for displaying large images in blogs, wikis, and websites. Zoom.it creates a display of your images in a format that allows you to zoom in, zoom out, and scroll around a large image. To use Zoom.it your image does need to be hosted online somewhere (Flickr and Picasa work fine). Then to create your zoomable image just copy the url of your hosted image and paste it into Zoom.it. You can then share your image by giving people the direct link to it or embedding the image into your blog or website.
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Keeping It Real | edSocialMedia - 1 views

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shared by Rhondda Powling on 27 May 11 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 27 May 11
     
    A post about one teacher's experience. "At the beginning of the school year, I thought that the social media class that I do with tenth graders would help me write a constant stream of edSocialMedia articles through the year. It didn't quite work out that way, but the class has given me a lot to think through"
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