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Cindy Edwards

Teachers Homepage - National Geographic Education - 0 views

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geography

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    Wonderful site by National Geographic providing lesson plans and resources for educators.
Cindy Edwards

Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom - 0 views

www.wtvi.com/...lassroom-audio-podcasting.html

audio

shared by Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13 - Cached
  • Education in the twenty-first century should focus on the development of authentic literacy skills for students.
  • . Podcasting is cheap
  • Audio podcasting encourages no-frills communication
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  • Podcasting invites a global audience
  • Podcasting is digital storytelling
  • . Podcasting provides a window into the classroom
  • Podcasting involves few privacy concerns
  • Podcasting can educate about copyright
  • Podcasting can be interactive
  • Podcasting can be creative
  • Podcasting can be fun!
  • Cindy Edwards on 28 May 13
     
    Great information and links to motivate educators to begin producing podcasts in their own classroom!
Cindy Edwards

Finding and Writing Grants - TeacherVision.com - 0 views

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grants

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  • Cindy Edwards on 30 Jul 13
     
    Brief, starter information on education grants
Cindy Edwards

Technology for Education Buffet - 0 views

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education

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  • Cindy Edwards on 23 Mar 13
     
    To provide resources for educators and students.
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FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers - Funbrain.com - 0 views

www.funbrain.com

educational_games

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    Educational and just plain fun games especially for the younger students.
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Spree Learning Games - 0 views

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gaming

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  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    Great source for a number of education-based games.
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Marc Prensky - 0 views

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gaming

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  • Cindy Edwards on 26 May 13
     
    Look especially at the games and videos tabs for information on educational gaming.
Cindy Edwards

TeachersPayTeachers.com - An Open Marketplace for Original Lesson Plans and Other Teach... - 0 views

www.teacherspayteachers.com

resources

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  • Cindy Edwards on 08 Jun 13
     
    Great resource for educators.
Cindy Edwards

Theh Educators' Lean and Mean No FAT Guide to Fair Use - 0 views

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copyright

shared by Cindy Edwards on 28 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • These are: the purpose of the use, the nature of the work, the portion used, and the effect on the market.
  • You thought it was about money. Copyright is about control.
  • What matters more is whether or not it had to do with instruction.
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  • Instructional use gives you an exemption; nonprofit use does not.
  • Here's how it goes. If you're considering using copyrighted materials for instructional purposes, do it!...provided that: 1. you are in a place dedicated to instruction and the material will stay there (rather than being distributed to a wider audience); 2. you are using a legitimate copy as your source; 3. the service or resource you are using is not available for sale for educational use.
Cindy Edwards

Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education - 0 views

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learning_styles

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  • Characters in alphabets began as pictures with meaning (West, 1997).
  • As history repeats itself, we may find that a great deal of information is better presented visually rather than verbally.
  • culture's
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  • predominant mode of literacy depends on the technology and mass media it embraces (Sinatra, 1986).
  • Kellner (1998) proposes that multiple literacies are necessary to meet the challenges of today's society, literacies that include print literacy, visual literacy, aural literacy, media literacy, computer literacy, cultural literacy, social literacy, and ecoliteracy.
  • Learning through orderly, sequential, verbal-mathematical, left-hemisphere tasks is a pattern seen frequently in education (West, 1997). Those whose thought processes are predominantly in the right-hemisphere where visual-spatial and nonverbal cognition activities rule frequently may have difficulty capitalizing on a learning style that is not compatible with their abilities.
  • If visual literacy is regarded as a language, then there is a need to know how to communicate using this language, which includes being alert to visual messages and critically reading or viewing images as the language of the messages.
  • Technology, particularly the graphical user interface of the World Wide Web, requires skills for reading and writing visually in order to derive meaning from what is being communicated.
  • Because visual literacy precedes verbal literacy in human development,
  • learning evolves from the concrete to the abstract; visual symbols are nonverbal representations that precede verbal symbols (Sinatra, 1986).
  • West (1997) conveys an innovative mathematics approach whereby students “do” mathematics rather than “watch” mathematics. The technique emphasizes learning through interactive graphics without words. “The words go into an idea only after the idea has already settled in our mind”(West, p.
  • The literature suggests that using visual elements in teaching and learning yields positive results.
Cindy Edwards

Critical Issue: Technology Leadership - 0 views

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Leadership

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  • ISSUE: Knowledgeable and effective school leaders are extremely important in determining whether technology use will improve learning for all students.
  • on leadership qualities of superintendents and principals, responses to change, and effective uses of technology as major themes associated with technology leadership.
  • This Critical Issue uses several definitions of leadership. In Leadership Without Easy Answers, Heifetz (1994) says leadership is a change or adaptive process "to address conflicts in the values people hold, or to diminish the gap between the values people stand for and the reality they face" (p. 22). In The Elements of Leadership, Noonan (2003) defines leadership as "developing potential and building community" (p. 3). In Developing the Leader Within You , Maxwell (2000) defines leadership as simply "influence."
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      Cindy Edwards on 02 Jul 13
       
      In the definitions of leadership given, it is intriguing to see, whether it is a long or short definition, the variety and different characteristics given to leadership.
  • "At a minimum, we can be sure they [school districts] want someone who can carry out a long list of specific duties. The new principal will be expected to arrange class schedules, resolve discipline problems, administer a labor contract, evaluate teachers, and apply the oil of public relations to points of friction with the community. And that's just in the morning." (Lashway, Mazzarella, & Grundy, 1995, p. 15)
  • Identifying and articulating an organizational vision. Fostering acceptance of group goals. Having high performance expectations. Providing appropriate models. Providing intellectual stimulation. Developing a strong school culture (Lashway, Mazzarella, & Grundy, 1995, pp. 60-62)
  • A strong sense of moral purpose. An understanding of the dynamics of change. An emotional intelligence as they build relationships. A commitment to developing and sharing new knowledge. A capacity for coherence making (enough coherence on the edge of chaos to still be creative). (Fullan, 2002, p. 15)
  • (1) the coordination and maintenance of the organization as a whole, and (2) the purpose and direction of the organization
  • Vision and moral purpose
  • Relationships
  • Complexity:
  • Change
  • School leaders at all levels must collaborate with staff members and school personnel to create a vision for the future and a process for change, ensuring that schools and school districts are viable and thriving learning communities for students, staff, and community members.
  • The role of leaders and managers is to " be-in-the-world with responsibility "
  • in planning and policy creation within longer time horizons
  • more frequently with external organizational constituencies
  • more network development and consensus-building activities
  • broader and more comprehensive cognitive map or frame of reference of an organization and its environment
  • Successful leaders recognize that each situation may require them to modify their style or even stretch their typical or preferred way of working with others to meet the needs of people and the requirements of the situation:
  • Given the multifaceted nature of leadership, it becomes clear that transformational as well as versatile leadership skills are necessary in making decisions.
  • Clue sense
  • Cue sense
  • Negotiating sense
  • Perhaps the most important asset of an organization is people and their capacity to learn.
  • A strategic plan provides a blueprint for achieving educational excellence.
  • The change should have a clearly articulated reason that has urgency and a possible solution
  • Any needs assessment should accurately convey the internal and external weaknesses, challenges, strengths, and opportunities
  • A vision needs to define the why of the change,
  • be communicated to stakeholders at all levels
  • understood clearly
  • meaningful
  • specific actions, clearly visualized.
  • Possible different skill requirements in jobs
  • These reasons include the following: (1) the need to prepare students to function in an information-based, Internet-using society; (2) the need to make students competent in using tools found in almost all work areas; and (3) the need to make education more effective and efficient.
  • technology keeps changing
  • rarely provide optimal conditions
  • Technology's impact on teachers and their practice should be considered as important as student effects, for students move on but teachers remain to influence many generations of students." (p. 1)
  • technology may be most effective when it is used in
Cindy Edwards

Online Video Editing for Education | WeVideo - 0 views

www.wevideo.com/education

video

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    Collaborative video production
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Transformational Change in Education - 0 views

www.teachers.ab.ca/...ional-Change-in-Education.aspx

technology_leadership

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    Excellent article
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Math Bingo for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store - 0 views

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ipads

shared by Cindy Edwards on 04 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • Cindy Edwards on 04 Aug 13
     
    This app has been frequently mentioned in literature that I have been reading in relation to the use of iPads in education.
Cindy Edwards

http://education.alberta.ca/media/6684652/ipad%20report%20-%20final%20version%202012-03... - 0 views

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ipads

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    Good read for those exploring iPads
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Digital Wish - Grants - 0 views

www.digitalwish.com/...grants

grants

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  • Cindy Edwards on 03 Aug 13
     
    A number of small grants for subscriptions and site licenses for various educational resources.
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