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Barbara Ellingsworth

10 Great Tools to Integrate with your Google Docs ~ Educational Technology and Mobile L... - 0 views

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    This includes some great tools you can use with Google docs. The heap note teacher could be beneficial to help keep organized in the classroom.
Liza Alton

Law Sets Student, Teacher Facebook Limits - Kansas City News Story - KMBC Kansas City - 0 views

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    KMBC channel 9 from Kansas City, includes video from the news broadcast
Liza Alton

Rationale for Using Skype in the Classroom « Ed Tech Ideas - 4 views

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    Nice source for a plan for how to include parents in the loop about why/how going to use Skype with students
Liza Alton

ePals - Web 2.0 Tools - New Possibilities for Teaching and Learning - Confluence - 3 views

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    Detailed information about ePals, including history, how to use and how it is used
Barbara Donery

Diigo - Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Online Bookmarking and Annotation, Personal L... - 6 views

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    This website has many different parts. It includes "34 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom", "34 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom," "70 Ways to Use Google Forms in the Classroom" There are also many more online and offline activities. 
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    This is awesome. A lot of information to use.
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    Got some more ideas from this for our site.
Shaeley Santiago

Twitter For Learning: 7 Ideas For Using Hashtags In The Classroom - 4 views

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    Tips on using hashtags in class including several sites to track tag usage.
Jenny Leudo

Guide to Using Twitter in Your Teaching Practice : KQED Education | KQED Public Media f... - 12 views

  • Our students’ needs have shifted and they require digital citizenship skills.
  • Teachers and students use Twitter for communication and conversation
  • great way to add context to content
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  • Help teens evaluate whether or not something is okay to be shared online
  • think before they tweet.
  • kindness
  • empathy
  • Promote critical thinking and encourage discussion by asking students questions like “Do you know the people who look at your profile?” and “What are some different ways your Tweet
  • 20 Ways to use Twitter (infographic) – specific ideas tied to Bloom’s Taxonomy levels for how to use Twitter in the classroom 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom – Very broad list of ways Twitter can be used in the classroom across disciplines. [blog post/article from teachhub.com] 5 Great Ways Students Can Use Twitter For Research – Five unique and interactive ways that Twitter can function as a research tool. [Laura Bates, Fractus Learning, Inc.]
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    Includes safety for students using Twitter as well as ways to incorporate it into lesson plans! Awesome!
meineckee

Helping students from rural Mexico feel comfortable in your classroom - Connecting with... - 1 views

  • Children from rural Mexico may frequently feel uncomfortable in the American classroom environment. For starters, students may have grown up playing only with their siblings and cousins.
  • if a student is attending an American school for the first time, it may also be the first time he or she is surrounded by a different culture, language, food, and set of expectations for behavior. This can make a child feel very nervous, out of place, or shy.
  • the definition of a good education, or una buena educación, held by Mexican parents is far more comprehensive than the dominant American definition of a good education. For Mexican parents, the term una buena educación is a term used to refer to the broad education of a child rather than the solely the schooling of a child. In fact, the term in Spanish meaning “well-educated” is synonymous with the term ser gente decente, or “to be a good person.” A good education serves as the foundation for all other learning and instills in children a sense of moral, social, and personal responsibility. This includes teaching a child how to treat elders with respect, behave properly, and become a person of good moral standing.
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  • While parents in rural Mexico place a very high value on education and learning English, mothers bring the cultural understanding that schooling is the responsibility of the teacher and the school rather than the parents. They often do not realize that most children entering kindergarten already know their ABCs, the colors and the numbers. A mother from rural Mexico might expect that her son or daughter would learn all of these things in school.
  • some new immigrant parents may work long hours, may be unable to read, or may fill the house with things other than books or school supplies.
  • she may not understand that teachers’ requests to bring in supplies are to be followed, that classroom open-houses are normally attended by parents, or that homework frequently comes before family time in many American households.
  • Without authentic caring relationships with educators, students may feel disillusioned with their schooling experience and struggle to do well in school
  • To show respect to a teacher, a student may refrain from acting silly or boisterous, may not call out, or may not ask a question if they feel like they would be bothering their teacher.
  • may feel uncomfortable performing in front of the class or displaying information upon request.
  • but would be very willing to share in a small group setting.
  • Assign small group work in class to create a less intimidating environment for a new student. Avoid asking a new student to display their knowledge in front of the class until that behavior seems more familiar. Allow the student to be bicultural! Treat his or her language and ethnicity as assets rather than hurdles to overcome.
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    This article has a lot of good information on relating to students and parents originally from rural Mexico. There are many good points in the first and second chapters of the article.
Jason Wood

6 Nifty ideas for using Google Apps in the Classroom - 9 views

This website give several great ideas for using google in a classroom including Google Earth, Google Forms to use in a classroom, and tips an tricks to use Google to help you save time. I am think...

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Sandy Kluver

Empathic Education: The Transformation of Learning in an Interconnected World - Comment... - 8 views

  • Learning becomes less about pounding facts into individual students' brains and more about how to think collaboratively and critically. To be effective, collaborative learning requires mutual respect among all the players involved, a willingness to listen to others' perspectives, being open to criticism and a desire to share knowledge, and being responsible for and accountable to the group as a whole.
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      Powerful statement that includes being respectful to others. Lifelong learning skills!
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    This article really drove home the idea again for changing our education system to adapt to the times. The factory system connection and the way different ideologies influenced our teaching is very powerful. We need to be setting critical thinking skills at the forefront of our objectives. We are looking for students to continue their life with a thirst of finding out more.
Marzia Benson

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES - 2 views

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    Academic paper with practical uses for YouTube and pedagogy supporting its use in the classroom. Also includes good links
Heidi Bellon

Tips to Help Stop Cyberbullying - 0 views

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    Guidance for parents and young people on cyberbullying, including advice for ending (or preventing) the cycle of aggression. For a more comprehensive look, see A Parents' Guide to Cyberbullying. For kids and teens Know that it's not your fault. What people call "bullying" is sometimes an argument between two people.
amykohlhaas

You Tube in The Classroom - 4 views

  • It’s matured into one of the biggest resources for educational content ever.
  • do a little digging.
  • Engage students by showing a video relevant to their lives.
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  • Playlists are YouTube’s way of allowing you to organize videos
  • students
  • students int
  • ur students into a lesson.
  • real-world context
  • cultural relevance
  • remediation
  • alternative viewpoints
  • visual context
  • Review
  • Capture and save projects and discussions
  • Dig Deeper
  • Struggling
  • Advanced
  • Review For Upcoming Exams
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    YouTube is rolling out some big new ways to engage with the education community. Continuing with our look at how YouTube can aid teachers and students, it's probably a good idea to actually outline exactly how the video service can help in the classroom. Let's get started.
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    This article has ideas that I hadn't thought to use! 
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    This site provides multiple ways You Tube can be helpful in the classroom - including sparking discussions, creating playlists for review at home, and adding quizzes to videos.
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    Great ideas of incorporating You Tube to make learning engaging and relevant.
knoxsusan

Awesome Visual on How to Use Google Drive with Students ~ Educational Technology and Mo... - 0 views

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    Google Drive is absolutely one of the essential tools in your teaching digital tool kit. Using Google Drive you can have both a cloud storage service available for you anytime anywhere together with a powerful productivity suite that includes tools to write a document, create a drawing, build a presentation, or make a spreadsheet.
ssempeer

A Review of EPals.com: Connecting Global Classrooms, Students, and Teachers - 5 views

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    Interesting article, includes a variety of topics both pros and cons
Carl Spilles

McLaughlin: Bullying bill takes student activity monitoring too far - Iowa State Daily:... - 3 views

  • Another big point is regarding the power the bill would give to the schools when it comes to dealing with bullying, especially cyberbullying. The bill allows for school officials to deal with bullying which happens outside of school, including what happens on the internet. This gives school officials the right to monitor kids’ social media and other electronics and punish them for how they use social media even when they are outside school.
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    This is a really interesting and challenging legal issue. The article is an opinion piece on current anti-bullying legislation in Iowa. The author takes a position against the bills' position that schools have authority to discipline cyber-bullying issues outside of school hours. The author's position is that the bill violates students' first amendment rights. I would tend to agree, although anytime a teacher does set up a forum through facebook, twitter, or some other public sharing place, the school does have the responsibility to teach cyber-citizenship and monitor those forums created through or by the school. For example, if a classroom teacher has students create twitter accounts for class or a facebook group for a lesson, then the school has the responsibility to get involved. The lines do get blurred, though, and it is not a 'cut and dried' situation that one bill can adequately respond to on it's own.
mverbrugge50315

Should Schools Monitor Students Social Media Accounts - 1 views

  • The company states that it actively looks for anything online that could threaten the safety and well-being of students in the district, including cyberbullying and threats of self-harm. These could be posts that are initiated from school, or not; using school-owned technology, or not. The technology also allows for the flagging and reporting of drug use or class-cutting – or really anything publicly posted by a student that could be viewed as problematic to the school
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      Seems like a good service to take burden off of administrators as they have a full plate and in the grand scheme of things, $40,500 seems fairly reasonable. Curious if price is based on number of students in that school?
  • The reality of course is that if a child wants to circumvent tracking and monitoring software, it is pretty easy to do.
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      Was a question I had, if district were to invest in a service, how easy would it be monitor. When our school caught kids drinking via Facebook/Twitter they caught on and changed settings to private.
  • Most people would agree that parents have a responsibility to keep tabs on what their kids are doing online.
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      YES!! I'm amazed when I see some things on FB or Twitter for some of my students and how do parents not have more control and make them take it down.
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  • that schools monitoring social media amounts to a violation of a student’s privacy. I am not particularly convinced of that. Most students I speak with are savvy enough to realize that what they post in public spaces online is open for anyone to see.
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      With anit-bullying laws becoming more prevelant, the issue of privacy is going to become more irrelevant b/c it's actually against the law
  • $40,000 could be used to hire an additional school counselor, at least part-time. At a time when school budgets are shrinking and support staff are routinely being cut, are schools trying to cut corners by relying on a technological solution to a problem?
  • And are they right for doing so?
    • mverbrugge50315
       
      Our district needs to cut nearly $3 Million dollars from our budget over a two year period, so it's a matter of weighing priorities. Student safety vs other things in place. All depends what current money is going towards
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    A service called Geo Listening is available for around $40,000 for districts to use and they monitor students social media. Questions about student privacy and whether this is a service schools can afford
Christina Schmitt

26 Tips for Teaching with Google Apps | Google Gooru - 5 views

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    I thought I knew a lot about Google Apps', but I was wrong! This was a useful site without information overload.
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