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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Ryan Corcoran

Ryan Corcoran

Sample Policies - 1 views

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    Excellent website for sample policies and procedures, written as a resource for school directors.
Ryan Corcoran

Working With Your Technology Coordinator - 1 views

  • For teachers who are accustomed to standard home computers, the school technology can seem limiting
  • Seek his or her direction for improving your skills
  • Collaborate on technology-driven projects that put learning content first, but are aided by the use of technology
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  • Organize a technology orientation for yourself and peers in your department. Invite your technology coordinator to be an active participant in the orientation.
  • Consider asking the coordinator to team teach a lesson with you.
  • and what he or she can do to help you.
  • put together a one-page troubleshooting guide for teachers in your school.
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    This article takes a slightly different spin on the "How to work with teachers to help them integrate technology" aspect: It looks at it from the perspective of the teacher and putting some of the responsibility on them to take advantage of the Tech Coordinator as a resource.
Ryan Corcoran

ReadWriteThink - 0 views

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    A very clean site with lots of classroom and professional development resources. Lots of interactive (most Flash-based) activities for students. It appears to be free to use...
Ryan Corcoran

Higher Education Jobs, Jobs in Higher Education... - 1 views

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    Ok, so this site won't really help you in your classroom activities so much, but if you're looking to get out of your current job and start teaching at the university, this is the site for you.
Ryan Corcoran

Forvo: the pronunciation guide. - 0 views

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    This is a great website for language classes. It features real people (preferably native speakers) pronouncing words in many different languages. Want to hear how a native French speaker says "Foie Gras"? Look no further! No definitions are included (even a link to one would be better than nothing...). Japanese words are in Kanji and/or Katakana/Hiragana, tough for beginning Japanese students who rely on Romaji to find words. Pronunciations are voted on by users, and you can see the speaker's location on a map (helpful for regional dialects).
Ryan Corcoran

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    This is by far one of the best talks I've ever heard regarding why our schools are failing. You've probably already seen this, but if not, you need to spend the 12 minutes to watch this.
Ryan Corcoran

Instapaper: Save interesting web pages for reading later - 0 views

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    Allows you to save a webpage for later reading, even offline. It strips away all of the extemporaneous information (ads, menus, comments, etc.) and just gives you the article you want to read. I use this for just about every website that we are sent to in this MS program!
Ryan Corcoran

How Online Education Is Changing the Way We Learn [INFOGRAPHIC] - 0 views

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    This is very apropos considering we are all working on this very degree online. Presents some very interesting statistics.
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