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Patrick Higgins

Zero-Thumb Game: How to Tame Texting | Edutopia - 0 views

  • guiding exercises in text translation: pulling up a MySpace page or a lingo-drenched school paper and asking students to translate the writing into standard English. Or they ask students to translate passages from classic literature into texting speak to demonstrate their comprehension of the writing and to create a form of multilingual focus, similar to how learning a foreign language tends to enhance a student's understanding of his or her native tongue.
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      This is a great example of how to take a typical assignment and give it an atypical outcome.
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    Another good reason to address the texting issue.
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    Check out how this teacher is viewing the use of text message lingo in her classroom. Very forward-thinking stuff here.
Patrick Higgins

Educational Blogs You Should Be Investigating | Making Teachers Nerdy - 0 views

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    List of blogs that might be worth checking into.
Patrick Higgins

FactCheck.org - 0 views

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    Check the facts as they are espoused by candidates.
Patrick Higgins

Ginger Software - Contextual Spell and Grammar Checker, Perfect Writing in a Single Click - 0 views

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    Spell check, but for whole sentences.
Patrick Higgins

Online Geography Gaming at Digital Geography - 0 views

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    Great list of geography/social studies interactive games.
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    Check out this amazing list of games put together in a presentation.
Patrick Higgins

26 Learning Games to Change the World | Mission to Learn - 0 views

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    I'd like to play a couple of these just to see how engaging they are.
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    Check out some of these games and see if they relate to the units you are creating.
Patrick Higgins

Indexed - 0 views

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    Although probably not fully appropriate for the students, check out what this writer does with index cards. I love how she uses simple graphs and charts combined with common language and non-math situations.
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    This blog just cracks me up.
Patrick Higgins

Link TV | Know the News - 0 views

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    This has potential for all of those that are wondering about how to help students decipher media.
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    check this out!
Patrick Higgins

21st_century_skills_education_and_competitiveness_guide.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Check out this report from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. It is loaded with support for the types of thinking and writing we are doing.
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    Partnership for 21st Century Skills new publication. Worth reading.
Patrick Higgins

Newtools - Powered by AardvarkWisdom - 0 views

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    check out the event generator at the bottom and click "roll"
Patrick Higgins

elearnspace: Distributed Learning Environments - 0 views

  • A bit of stress, a bit of ambiguity, and a bit of confusion are healthy contributors to learning. As long as we have a feedback loop where learners can contribute and faculty can respond and adapt, we have the basics in place. Connections are the starting point of all learning. It's so obvious...and therefore so often overlooked. We really need to think about types of connections learners have with each other and content...and ways that we can extend the learning experience by critically analyzing and forming those initial connections.
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      Check this out. If that doesn't say exactly what I have been trying to put into words, than I don't know what will. This is the whole point behind the class. Let's let them wrestle with the uncomforable aspects of learning and thinking! Let's let them make connections!
Patrick Higgins

Messaging Shakespeare | Classroom Examples | Focus on Effectiveness - 0 views

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    How to bring Cellular technology to Stratford-on-Avon. This is a wonderful example of a teacher leveraging technology that is essential to the lives of students to further their understanding of a traditionally challenging subject.
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    Texting Shakespeare. Check out this use of the cell phone.
Patrick Higgins

Globaloria: Social Networks for Global Learning - 0 views

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    This one looks pretty robust here. I'd like to get my head around this one for a while.
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    I think we should check this one out to see if we can use it.
Patrick Higgins

Education Week: 'Soft Skills' in Big Demand - 0 views

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    Check out the project embedded in this article regarding hybrid vehicles v. gas-powered vehicles. High-level, but we could do a modified approach to this.
Patrick Higgins

Home :: World Without Oil - 0 views

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    If you are planning on doing anything with gas prices, fuel, or alternative energy next year, you should check this out.
Patrick Higgins

by xtranormal - 0 views

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    someone check this one out.
Patrick Higgins

Spezify - 0 views

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    Check this out.
Erica Hartman

Cool Student Work - 0 views

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    check out some of these projects
Patrick Higgins

open thinking » 80+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy - 0 views

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    You should all check out this list. Several of the videos on here you have used in your classes, but there are some extremely cool things you can show, especially some of the "stop-motion" videos.
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    Outstanding collection of videos from Alec Couros.
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