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Authors rejoice! Pages for iOS now does a better job round-tripping to MS Word | TUAW -... - 0 views

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    Wow, cool, You can now edit Word docs in Pages on the ipad.
David Wetzel

20 Google Doc Templates for use in Science and Math Classrooms - 0 views

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    Google Docs is an easy-to-use online word processor that enables you to create, store, share, and collaborate on documents with your science and math students. You can even import any existing document from Word and Simple Text. You can work from anywhere and with any computer platform to access your documents.
Rick West

Track Changes on an iPad with Office2 - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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    track changes and edit Word docs on your ipad
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LDS.org - Ensign Article - Questions, the Heart of Learning and Teaching - 0 views

  • “Some questions invite inspiration. Great teachers ask those. That may take just a small change of words, an inflection of the voice. Here is a question that might not invite inspiration: ‘How is a true prophet recognized?’ That question invites an answer which is a list, drawn from memory, of the scriptures and the words of living prophets. … “But we could ask the question this way, with just a small difference: ‘When have you felt you were in the presence of a prophet?’ That will invite individuals to search their memories for feelings. After asking, we might wait for a moment before calling on someone to respond. Even those who do not speak will be thinking of spiritual experiences. That will invite the Holy Ghost.”1
  • “The major role of a teacher is to prepare the way so that the [students] will have a spiritual experience with the Lord. … All true gospel teaching is done by the Holy Ghost. … We must be careful not to get in the way. … The most important thing a teacher can do is to help the student feel the Spirit of the Lord.”
  • student participation can fill about half of the lesson time
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  • inspired questions that will help your students discover gospel principles for themselves.
  • 1. Yes/No questions. (Will prayer help us develop faith?) 2. Questions that require only one- or two-word answers. (Which principle of the gospel is faith?) 3. Questions with obvious answers. (Is faith in Jesus Christ an important principle of the gospel?) 4. Clichéd questions. (How can we use faith in our daily lives?) 5. Controversial questions. (Have you ever lived contrary to the prophet’s counsel and been blessed in your actions?)
  • answer to the question must be found in the material being studied
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    Here's a great article on how to ask effective questions in a gospel teaching situation.
Rick West

SentenceBuilder™ for iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 0 views

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    an app to teach kids to put words together to form sentences about pictures.
Rick West

Online Dating: Harder to Find Future Spouse on Internet? | Healthland | TIME.com - 0 views

  • Digital dating is now the second most common way that couples get together, after meeting through friends.
  • Once potential partners meet, in other words, other characteristics take precedence over the ones they thought were important.
  • the best prognosticators of how people will get along come from the encounters between them. In other words, it’s hard to tell whether Jim and Sue will be happy together simply by comparing a list of their preferences, perspectives and personality traits before they meet. Stronger predictors of possible romance include the tenor of their conversations, the subject of their discussions, or what they choose to do together.
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  • the sheer number of candidates that some sites provide their love-seeking singles — which can range from dozens to hundreds — can actually undermine the process of finding a suitable mate. The fact that candidates are screened via their profiles already sets up a judgmental, “shopping” mentality that can lead people to objectify their potential partners.
  • “Online dating sites have a vested interest in your failure. If you succeed, the site loses two paying customers.”
  • A few weeks of email and photo exchanging serves to enhance people’s attraction when they finally meet, researchers found, but when the correspondence goes on too long — for six weeks — it skews people’s expectations and ends up lowering their attraction upon meeting.
David Wetzel

Engaging Students with Digital Media in Science and Math - 0 views

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    Digital Media follows the old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words!" when it comes to science and math. The use of visuals is ideal for helping students construct background knowledge for developing a better understanding of science and math concepts.
David Wetzel

Investigating Natural Disasters Using Web 2.0 Tools - 0 views

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    When word of a natural disaster is spreading from somewhere in the world or announced on the news, students can use Google Earth to conduct an investigation of the disaster's effect.
Rick West

iPads offer new teaching, learning tools for Concord's elementary schools | Concord Mon... - 0 views

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  • Now, in addition to writing a report or making a poster, students can incorporate photos, videos and audio into their classwork. The interactive nature of the iPad gives students more ways to engage with the material.
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Mr. Enoch Hunsaker

Analyzing Character in Hamlet through Epitaphs - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

  • Students compose epitaphs for deceased characters in the play Hamlet, paying particular attention to how their words appeal to the senses, create imagery, suggest mood, and set tone
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      This is a really interesting activity
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    Here as interesting idea for student assessment
Rick West

How Technology Can Improve Online Learning - Online Learning - The Chronicle of Higher ... - 1 views

  • Quality does not lend itself to government regulation because there is no simple metric.
  • In other words, our traditional institutions typically aren't serving this population of older students any better than fully online institutions.
  • We will make great strides in quality when we define and measure learning outcomes independent of time.
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  • The results are published in an annual report, available on our Web site.
  • Quality is not just how many people graduate, but what those graduates know.
  • Quality is also related to how long it takes, and how much it costs, to deliver that learning
  • At Western Governors, for example, the average time to graduation with a bachelor's degree is 30 months, and the university is self-sustaining on tuition of $5,800 a year for nearly all of our programs.
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    Quality does not lend itself to government regulation because there is no simple metric.
Rick West

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words th... - 0 views

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    cool visual thesaurus
Rick West

Forbes - 0 views

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    "But one of the greatest assets the LDS Church has when it comes to SEO is its more than 15 million members around the world. Church members have long been encouraged to master technology and use it to spread the gospel message, and they have responded in recent years by setting up personal websites and blogs, many of which link liberally to LDS Church web properties. Inbound links like these are a key factor in how Google determines the credibility or importance of a website and its rankings. "
Rick West

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 0 views

shared by Rick West on 14 Jul 09 - Cached
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    Might be a fun way to have students summarize text
Rick West

YouTube - IP&T--Movie.wmv - 0 views

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    Really interesting video by Kim on illustrating different creative expressions for one word -- "money"
David Wetzel

Official Google Docs Blog: A New Google Docs - 0 views

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    Google announces preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration.
Katie Galati

English WikiTravel - 0 views

shared by Katie Galati on 24 Nov 09 - No Cached
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    This contains funny posts with plays-on-words and have random facts! My favorite!
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