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seantheoret

Virtual Nerd Math Videos - 0 views

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    Virtual Nerd's patent-pending tutorial system provides in-context information, hints, and links to supporting tutorials, synchronized with videos, each 3 to 7 minutes long. In this non-linear system, users are free to take whatever path through the material best serves their needs. These unique features make Virtual Nerd a viable alternative to private tutoring.
Leah Starr

6 Great Platforms Where Students Share Book Reviews and Reading Recommendations ~ Educa... - 0 views

  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs.
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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
    • Leah Starr
       
      Audience = engagement!
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • ne of the best ways to get your students motivated about reading is to provide them with online platforms where they can meet other student readers and share their recommendations, reads, and book reviews.
  • you decide upon titles and genres you like and Good Reads gives you insightful recommendations and right into your inbox.
    • Leah Starr
       
      This platform for recommendations keeps reading logs and provides books by reading level!
  • This is a platform where kids connect to their teachers, friends  and parents to share and recommend their favourite books and good reads. It
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs. 5- Figment Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. 6- Scholastic Scholastic has a section in which teachers and students can share what they are reading and discover new books based on their friends recommendations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You might also like: 4 Important New Gmail Updates You Should not Miss Excellent Classroom Poster Featuring 10 iPad Usage Rules New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and ...
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    Book Recommendation Platforms.
stephanie karabaic

Vermont - Digital Learning Now - 0 views

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    2013 Vermont Highlights Vermont is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state offers competency-based credits to students, in both virtual and traditional courses, who demonstrate they have attained or exceeded the state standards as measured on performance-based assessments. SB 130 re-emphasized this commitment to competency-based learning and expanded course...
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    2013 Vermont Highlights Vermont is a local control state, with few regulations or requirements for districts. The state offers competency-based credits to students, in both virtual and traditional courses, who demonstrate they have attained or exceeded the state standards as measured on performance-based assessments. SB 130 re-emphasized this commitment to competency-based learning and expanded course...
Jill Dawson

IVECA - 1 views

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    FWSU is collaborating with the International Virtual Schooling Association to comply with the Vermont Educational Technology Plan and the FWSU Action Plan.  I found this link on FWSU's Global Learning Blog, which is a tremendous model for other schools who may be looking for models to emulate or to extend their PLN.
lginawi

Is There Still Time to Build Equity Into Virtual Reality Edtech? | EdSurge News - 0 views

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    virtual reality is already being used at colleges in ways that seem more mainstream, as a tool that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning.
mpimental

How Virtual Reality Is Used To Help Recognize Unconscious Biases : NPR - 0 views

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    I've heard how people are using VR for bystander training at some colleges and universities and came upon this article!
Eric Telfer

Radical Curriculum Sharing at the Open High School of Utah | Edutopia - 0 views

  • integrating Web 2.0 technologies, like those that follow, would help her students succeed in the 21st centur
    • Eric Telfer
       
      I think we have to do this and PLPs will reinforce the necessity for teachers to be equipped with the skills and dispositions to teach them to all students.
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      Color-coded lesson plans are "the best"- peer reviewed?
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      Virtual Library of Instruction- access to curricular plans that align with CCSS and you can quickly create a scope and sequence with the essential questions and broad, overarching themes for the academic year- paperless.
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  • The age of comprehensive drag-and-drop curriculum planning is here
    • Eric Telfer
       
      More than one department from one school? Curriculum sharing between different schools in different districts? This is the true target of authentic collaboration and PLNs.
  • The Virtual Library of Instruction (11) hosts many excellent unit plans designed at the University of Georgia's by Dr. Peter Smagorinsky's secondary English majors. Scroll down to see units listed by grade. Titles listed in pink are the best.
  • At Teaching That Makes Sense (TTMS.org) (12), Steve Peha has created a ridiculous amount of materials useful for writing instructors
    • Eric Telfer
       
      Personal interest in improving strategies surrounding writing instruction (CLAs, expository writing, SBAC constructed responses).
  • Some of the sites I discovered were created by college professors and might be too difficult for students who are not academically gifted. Nonetheless, there are treasures here
  • Technology still hasn't solved the biggest time crunch: reading, responding, and grading essays. "And let me tell you," she laughs, "My grading inbox is frightening." Nor does technology alleviate the need for her presence "They want me there, commenting. But I can't always be there as much as I want to be."
    • Eric Telfer
       
      WriteToLearn and similar grading software (Intelligent Essay Assessor, Criterion) will become an option for teachers to grade elements of an essay that can be "counted".
Torey Olson

Login to Schoology - 0 views

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    Schoology allows instructors, students and administrators to create a meaningful virtual classroom and extend learning beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom
nickyforest

Conducting Research-based Projects in Elementary Grades with Safety in Mind -- THE Journal - 1 views

  • elementary school students choose to conduct research for school projects.
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      How elementary school students choose to conduct research is a big question mark.
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      A great article on elementary school student research.
  • Fortunately, there are best practices for teachers to adopt and safe websites for learners to visit, which she shares here with THE Journal.
  • Did the students have a list of safe sites to use for their research, appropriate for their grade level
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      Students did not have a list of approved websites that were appropriate for their use.
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  • She and her mom were proud that she had done her own research. When she said that she got her information from Wikipedia, I suggested that she might wish to include her source on the project, but she did not want to. She did not know if she would be presenting the project to her classmates.
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      Research from a 3rd grader was done using only Wikipedia and that was not cited on her research project.
  • My concern was not just about the credibility of using Wikipedia for academic purposes. The reading level was too advanced for a typical third-grader. Researchers (Anderson, 2012) have found the overall readability of numerous Wikipedia articles too difficult for many readers.
    • nickyforest
       
      Wikipedia is not written at a 3rd grade level, or for any elementary student for that matter.
  • How is the research process introduced to elementary students, particularly for using the internet? Are learners provided an age-appropriate online tutorial? Is there a standards document indicating skills that students should be developing in elementary grades for using technology to conduct research?  What guidelines/templates are students provided for developing their projects? Are they provided a checklist/rubric for how projects would be graded? Who sees their projects?  How do you make parents aware that their children will be doing internet research and that their children’s “online safety” has been considered?
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      What are the guidelines for elementary school student research. These six questions were asked of teachers in two different states.
  • elementary learners can hop on the Research Rocket at the online portal Kentucky Virtual Library: How to Do Research and find an interactive and engaging tutorial designed just for them. Content might also benefit classroom lessons and discussions, particularly in K–2 when
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      School districts in Kentucky have a virtual library where students can learn about how to do research.
  • ibrary media specialists in the School District of New Berlin (WI) developed a series of research guides and templates, organized by grade-bands. Templates for grades 4 to 6 combine a checklist or rubric.  Lankau, Parrish, Quillin and Schilling (2004) developed the Research Project Guide: A Handbook for Teachers and Studentsfor Humble Independent School District in Texas.
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      LMS staff in Wisconsin and Texas have organized templates, rubrics and checklists to help students with their research.
  • Symbaloo, a social bookmarking tool, for this purpose. The Elementary Research Guide focuses on the Super 3 and Big 6 research models for grades K–2 and 3 to 5, respectively. Presentations on the Super 3 and Big 6 models, posted on Slideshare.net, illustrate that educators value both models.  
    • nickyforest
       
      Resources for research projects also include Symbaloo, Super 3 and Big 6 which are readily available to students and teachers.
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    Some real examples of research done wrong while highlighting how much research skills need to be taught, starting in elementary school.
seantheoret

Using Google Hangouts - 1 views

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    Connecting students to resources beyond the classroom. This is a particularly useful tool for schools that already take advantage of Google Apps for education. Perfect for meetings, PD, connecting with other classrooms, and virtual field trips. And it's FREE! The article also does a great job asking questions to help you decide if you area at a point where you a ready to embrace this technology.
Eric Telfer

Cushing Academy's Fisher-Watkins Library - 0 views

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    This is the main idea I have about using educational technology in a powerful way within my "organization".
jessvanorman

5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers | EdTech Magazine - 1 views

  • guiding these principles around school-specific goals for outcome improvement.
  • Coherence
  • best sources for educators are other educators.
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  • Collective Participation:
  • Training takes time
  • 5 Key Points of Professional Development
  • allowing teachers to actively engage in their own learning can help them retain lessons on using technology to solve classroom challenges.
  • Active Learning
  • Sustained Duration:
  • Content Focus: When providing technology coaching, concrete examples are key
  • K–12 teachers are interested in adopting technology, but low confidence in their abilities to use it well enough to make the integration worth the investment is a significant barrier. 
  • K–12 teachers are interested in adopting technology, but low confidence in their abilities to use it well enough to make the integration worth the investment is a significant barrier. 
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      This is the problem I see in my building.
  • 5 Key Points of Professional Development
  • nstead of explaining the hypothetical uses of a virtual reality helmet, show teachers how using mixed reality gear can be a helpful tool specific to their class material.
  • allowing teachers to actively engage in their own learning can help them retain lessons on using technology to solve classroom challenges.
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      Hands-on learning is necessary
  • Training takes time
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      Time is necessary for this to stick.
jessvanorman

Educational Leadership Philosophy - The Principal of Change - 0 views

  • This included parents who are a great untapped resource within our own communities.  We can no longer have children going home and being asked the question, “what did you learn today?”, and responding with, “nothing.”  By opening the doors to our classrooms through both physical and virtual environments, we have the opportunity to change the conversation at home.  Parents are able to be actively involved in the process of learning, leading to a higher opportunity for success of each child.  The more we can involve parents in this process at home, the more likely students will be successful in school, and beyond.  This community support is imperative.
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      This speaks to me. On the verge of hiring a new principal in our school, the second in three years, I hope that we find someone that wants to be community connected.
nickyforest

Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level
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      Great article on doing internet research with elementary school students.
    • nickyforest
       
      A great article about doing internet research with elementary school students.
  • eaching research skills in third grade -- just at the time where my students' reading skills are such that they can feel successful and just at the time when they have mounds and mounds of natural curiosity. In the
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      Third grade seems to be the most common grade to start some authentic research skills. I know 2nd grade teachers that start with an animal project in a limited way to get students thinking about how to look at information.
  • Your parents said you can have any pet you want. What will you need to keep the pet?")
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      This teacher of 3rd graders changed up the project her students did to this fun question.
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  • SweetSearch search engine, which weeds out the junk they usually find on Google or Bing and which highlights their keywords and pulls text from the website into the list of search results.
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      Good search engine to use with elementary students
  • My older students will be using EasyBib to organize their links and their notes. While my third graders will not be doing true citation yet, I will be teaching citation to my seventh graders and requiring all of their projects to be accompanied by a bibliography, which they will create in EasyBib.
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      Older students will use EasyBib to do citations, but 3rd grade will not.
  • The SweetSearch Tutorial: Not only is SweetSearch an amazing search tool for kids, but they have some great resources here for helping digest what research is and how to approach it. Copyright Confusion Wiki: A one-stop shop for all things copyright and fair use. How to Do Research Another take on the research process from the Kentucky Virtual Library. Diigo for Educators A robust social bookmarking tool through which students can bookmark sites, highlight right on the site, share bookmarks with their peers and take notes on webpages. Teachers can create student accounts without needing emails. SweetSearch A kid-friendly search engine. EasyBib A robust online citation and organizing tool. Flickr Find copyright-free images with Creative Commons licenses. Search Creative Commons Find Creative Commons content on popular sites.Filed Under
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      more resources
    • nickyforest
       
      Some other great resources from the article.
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    Story of lessons learned from one tech teacher's annual research unit, done exclusively online. Uses a variety of tech tools for research.
miriammuk1

10 Ways Augmented Reality Can Be used in Education - 1 views

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    The world has become one global village and education is moving towards being virtual. Augmented reality can enhance education in several ways.
miriammuk1

College in the metaverse is here. Is higher ed ready? - 1 views

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    Metavesity is the new online learning that could replace zoom and may substitute physical campus in decades to come. Metaversity supporters say virtual reality boosts student achievement and engagement.
miriammuk1

Ensuring equitable access to AR/VR in higher education - 1 views

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    Augmented reality and virtual reality are opening new doors for learners to learn and teachers to instruct. Colleges that cater mostly underserved populations like Historically Black Colleges (HBC) or Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) etc are also turning to this technology in their higher education instruction.
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