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Dean Mantz

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • On YouTube, “you can get a whole story in six minutes,” he explains. “A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.
  • Researchers say the lure of these technologies
  • is particularly powerful for young peopl
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  • Their brains are rewarded
  • not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing
  • I am trying to take back their attention from their BlackBerrys and video games,” he says. “To a degree, I’m using technology to do it
  • Last semester, his grade point average was 2.3 after a D-plus in English and an F in Algebra II. He got an A in film critique. “He’s a kid caught between two worlds,” said Mr. Reilly — one that is virtual and one with real-life demands.
Dean Mantz

Software Secret Weapons: 20 Basic Plots For Story Generators - 0 views

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    These 20 plots are collected by the Tennessee Screenwriting Association. They are providing the resources to assist in developing stronger writers.
Dean Mantz

8 Tools to Track Your Footprints on the Web - ReadWriteWeb - 0 views

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    Look back at your own footprints on the web using these 8 listed tools. Do you find anything that should not be viewable?
Sheryl A. McCoy

Assessment Literacy Project - 0 views

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    The KSDE Assessment Literacy Project includes 21 different modules designed to enhance the assessment literacy of educators in an online, interactive format that can be used individually or in groups. Module topics range from AYP and Assessments to Validity.
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    all preservice teachers will benefit from these modules by learning about the assessments they will be using to improve their teaching of individual students.
Dean Mantz

Newseum | Today's Front Pages | Gallery View - 0 views

  • The Newseum displays these daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form. Some front pages may contain material that is objectionable to some visitors. Viewer discretion is advised.
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    View daily front pages of numerous online newspapers. Keep in mind some items may not be the best for viewing.
Dean Mantz

Diaz - WebSlides - 0 views

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    These are Glogster projects created by 2nd grade students in collaboration with 6th grade students providing information about a variety of American Presidents.
Dean Mantz

CSI: The Experience - Web Adventures - 1 views

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    Be an CSI agent and solve these web adventures.
Dean Mantz

Directory of E-Learning Tools: Course Authoring Tools - 0 views

  • These tools include authoring tools as well as as delivery/tracking platforms like course and learning management systems.
Dean Mantz

Check Out Class Blogs! | The Edublogger - 0 views

  • check out different types of class blogs
  • make connections
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    Collection of classroom blog sites for educators by subject and content.
Dean Mantz

The eSkeletons Project - 0 views

  • The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions of skeletons in 2-D and 3-D in full color, animations, and much supplemental information. The user can navigate through the various regions of the skeleton and view all orientations of each element along with muscle and joint information. eSkeletons enables you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates ranging from the gorilla to the tiny mouse lemur. All of the large apes are represented as well as other species from different parts of the world. Many of these primates are rare or endangered species.
Dean Mantz

To Inspire Students, Aim for the Goldilocks Zone | Edutopia - 0 views

  • The Innovative Teaching and Learning Project (ITL) is a global study sponsored by Microsoft Partners in Learning and managed by SRI International and Langworthy Research.
  • improve student outcomes:
  • three practices
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  • Student-centered methods, including project-based learning, collaboration, and personalized instruction Learning that extends beyond the traditional classroom to promote global awareness and real-world exploration Technology integrated to encourage deep student learning
  • The quality of an assignment strongly predicts the quality of student work.
  • f you want students to innovate, collaborate, or think critically,
  • emphasize these 21st-century skills
  • "begin with the end in mind."
  • common vocabulary for what innovative teaching and learning looks like
  • teacher collaboration is one of the key conditions that supports classroom-level innovation.
Dean Mantz

Campaigns and Downloads | Indiana University Information Policy Office - 0 views

  • The Information Policy Office generates and provides educational materials regarding computer use and security. Feel free to download these and use them, either printed or electronically, in your campaign.
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    Free posters about online safety, safe computer usage, etc.
Dean Mantz

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - 0 views

  • Promoting Education These great ideas are all about teaching students in dynamic ways.
Dean Mantz

Past/Present - 0 views

  • Imagine a learning experience where students are thrust into the everyday hustle and bustle of a century or two ago.  Where they find themselves enslaved in an antebellum town, or caught up in a strike in a Massachusetts textile mill, or riding the rails in the Depression.  Where they’ll need to have all their wits about them to survive in these unfamiliar environments
Dean Mantz

Kindergarten links - 0 views

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    These are Kindergarten math games compiled by K.Bergstrom in Lindsborg, KS.
Dean Mantz

ideas for using podcasting in the K-12 classroom - 0 views

  • Can You Hear (and See!) Me Now? ideas for using podcasting for all grade levels
  • For a selection of podcasts for different educational purposes, visit these links:
  • iTunes™, The Educational Podcast Network, or Podcast Station list hundreds of podcasts created purposely for use in the K-12 classroom.
Dean Mantz

Video Gallery - 0 views

  • These 17 student-made videos are the product of a three-week digital storytelling initiative in rural Senegal.
Dean Mantz

Top 50 iPhone Apps for Educators | OEDb - 0 views

  • Although you're not likely to see schools issuing an iPhone to every faculty and staff member, the fact is that the iPhone is a great tool for education. Whether you're a teacher, librarian, or other educator, there are a number of apps that can help you do your job better. Here, we'll take a look at 50 of these apps and what they can do for you.
Dean Mantz

Adobe - Digital School Collection teacher resources - 0 views

  • Technology integration is a key mechanism for augmenting classroom instruction while teaching students essential digital communication skills that will help them become lifelong learners in the digital age. Use these lesson plans to structure projects using the Adobe® Digital School Collection when teaching about math and science, language arts, history/social studies, and visual and performing arts
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