TYS 21st century planning - 5 views
A place to discuss the future of library/technology at TYS
He did away with Advanced Placement classes in the high school soon after he arrived at Riverdale;
50 Plus Ideas for Using Document Cameras in the Classroom - 2 views
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Liz Gilbert on 25 Feb 10A good description of uses
YouTube - We Think - 2 views
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Have we seen this before? a Medved moment? It is quite engaing
New Study on Reading in the Digital Age: Parents Say Electronic, Digital Devices Negati... - 1 views
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"The study, conducted by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and Harrison Group, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm, found that from age 6 - 17, the time kids spend reading books for fun declines while the time kids spend going online for fun and using a cell phone to text or talk increases. Parents express concern that the use of electronic and digital devices negatively affects the time kids spend reading books (41%), doing physical activities (40%), and engaging with family (33%)."
HotDocs Doc Library - 1 views
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Welcome to the Hot Docs Doc Library, celebrating Canada's rich documentary filmmaking heritage. Browse the library for scores of outstanding documentaries, all by Canadian filmmakers. Visit the Community section to find extensive playlists compiled by experts, invaluable educational resources and intriguing filmmaker interviews. The Doc Library is FREE - no checkouts, no late fees! But please support the films and filmmakers by visiting their websites and buying their DVDs to share with others.
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Particularly useful for the high school tecahers
The Complete Guidebook To Web Searching [PDF] - 1 views
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"n how to formulate your searches, limit results by incorporating special search commands, and get to know numerous special search engines. This will be your go-to guide for everything related to searching."
Educational Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video Sites | Open Culture - 1 views
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Intelligent Video: The Top Cultural & Educational Video Sites Looking for great cultural and educational video? Then you've come to the right place. Below, we have compiled a list of 46 sites that feature intelligent videos. This list was produced with the help of our faithful readers, and it will grow over time. If you find it useful, please share it as widely as you can. And if we're missing good sites, please list them in the comments below.
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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he encourages his teachers to limit the homework they assign; and he says that the standardized tests that Riverdale and other private schools require for admission to kindergarten and to middle school are “a patently unfair system” because they evaluate students almost entirely by I.Q. “This push on tests,” he told me, “is missing out on some serious parts of what it means to be a successful human.”
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The list included some we think of as traditional noble traits, like bravery, citizenship, fairness, wisdom and integrity; others that veer into the emotional realm, like love, humor, zest and appreciation of beauty; and still others that are more concerned with day-to-day human interactions: social intelligence (the ability to recognize interpersonal dynamics and adapt quickly to different social situations), kindness, self-regulation, gratitude.
Critical Thinking - 1 views
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A nice summary of criticial thinking and its usefulness
National Geographic Young Explorer (Student Magazine) - April 2010 - 0 views
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New from National Geo
Privacy Revolution - 0 views
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ALA's Office for Intellectual freedom...protect your freedom to read, search and learn in a digital age
Teacher's domain (WGBH) - 0 views
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Teachers' Domain is an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development.
SAY GB TO PP: High Tech Alternatives for Student Presentations - Home - 0 views
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High Tech Alternatives for High School Student Presentations
2.0 and the 21st Century Learner by Shelly Drumm on Prezi - 0 views
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WEb 2.0 and the 21st Century Learner
Cool tools for schools - 0 views
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lots of great web tools for all subjects
YouTube - Education - YouTube EDU - 0 views
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You tube on Education
14 Ways K-12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media by Joyce Valenza - 0 views
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Valenza is on the cutting edge of 21st century research and classroom strategies
Discovery Education - Lesson Plans for Grades 6-8 - 0 views
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Nice teacher resource with age group
TYS Tech Sessions - 0 views
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Most social bookmark services encourage users to organize their bookmarks with informal tags instead of the traditional browser-based system of folders, although some services feature categories/folders or a combination of folders and tags. They also enable viewing bookmarks associated with a chosen tag, and include information about the number of users who have bookmarked them. Some social bookmarking services also draw inferences from the relationship of tags to create clusters of tags or bookmarks.
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Every year when we return our laptops to I.T to be re-imaged we often forget to back-up our bookmarks that we spent all year organizing and compiling. Resource links get sent to us by our by our amazing librarians and colleagues but often get lost or forgotten in email. There is another way. Social Bookmarking with Diigo . Today we will be creating accounts and signing-up for groups that connect with the subjects we teach. You will be glad you did.
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"Every year when we return our laptops to I.T to be re-imaged we often forget to back-up our bookmarks that we spent all year organizing and compiling. Resource links get sent to us by our by our amazing librarians and colleagues but often get lost or forgotten in email. There is another way. Social Bookmarking with Diigo . Today we will be creating accounts and signing-up for groups that connect with the subjects we teach. You will be glad you did."
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check this out
