sbisd early adopters

What Is TechnologicalPedagogical Content Knowledge (TPaCK)? 

"This is about self-motivation and self-directed learning in professional development. This is about being part of learning through the power of the crowd versus alone."

Google for Education Learning Center - learn tools, get certified, join a community and more!

"Staker explained that blended learning is neither a sustaining innovation nor a disruptive innovation…at least, not yet. Instead, blended learning is a breed called hybrid innovation."

Couldn't resist! too much fun!

"Poetry by thousands of poets from around the world"

"those teachers were the ones who engaged you in discussion, squeezing ideas out of you in a manner that forced you to think in new and challenging ways."

"This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place!"

Including Groups & Sparks

"The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills. These slides accompany the book, Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning by Renee Hobbs. You can offer a staff development program using the materials in the book, plus these slides, to introduce your colleagues to the power of the Code. Use the lessons below, which are complete with multimedia, readings, discussion questions, activities and hands-on production projects to help you teach about copyright and fair use."

Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom.

This is basically another "attack" on the way education is "done". I love the sarcastic approach to the prep for the "real world" that is the dominant excuse for rule following. This article reflects why I think the whole notion of "grades" and a "grade book" must be re-examined if we are to really shift instructional practice toward genuine and authentic student learning.

This has been around for awhile, but it is very good stuff! I am thinking I might shift gears so to speak to see if I can create a challenge that is directly tied to the curriculum.Thank you for re-reminding me of the CBL!

Web literacy and search skills/strategies

Using the search features of Twitter to find tweets on specific topics.

"Last night, I had the privilege of presenting at the Reform Symposium on something I am very passionate about - giving students a voice through blogging. In fact, I find whenever you can give students a voice in your classroom leads to a much more engaged learning environment. While the archives will not be up for another week or so I did want to share the slides I used for my message. "