How does #Edchat connect educators? - 0 views
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"#Edchat began on Twitter three years ago. Like dog years, three years in social media time is much longer. Back then, there were far fewer educators exchanging ideas on Twitter. Twitter was only beginning to emerge as a serious method of collaboration for educators. Celebrities dominated the network and got great media coverage about their tweets. Serious use of Twitter by educators for collaboration was never covered by the media. It was not media worthy."
Using Instagram to Encourage Writing in Kindergarten - 0 views
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I have recently created a class Instagram account. Since every student has their own iPad with the Instagram app installed I signed them all into the same account. I have made it a private account and accepted follow requests from only a select number of other early years classrooms that we converse with on Twitter.
Flipped Classrooms: ASQ Before You Teach - 1 views
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As they are acquiring, students take notes, make drawings, make videos of their own, voicethreads, blog posts, Google Docs and sometimes they even use Post-It notes. I may require students to use a particular medium for a follow-up assignment or assessment, but letting them choose what they are going to use gives them more ownership of their learning and naturally moves them on to higher order thinking skills.
Literature on open textbooks: COUP - You're the Teacher - 0 views
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"This table is based on the "COUP" framework explained by the Open Education Group (with whom I have an OER Research Fellowship at the moment): Cost, Outcomes, Use, and Perceptions. See here for an explanation of each element of this framework as it relates to research on open textbooks and other Open Educational Resources."
How My University Students Evaluated Me Spring Semester - 0 views
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"The course was the last eight weeks of the first semester, and the last eight weeks of the spring semester. It was a good experience, and I'll be continuing next year, especially now because I've done it once (though it is tough teaching for three hours in the evening after being at high school all day!)"
The Journey to Lifelong Learning Begins with Professional Development | ASCD Inservice - 0 views
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"PD, like any type of learning, works best for educators when it is connected, both to what the educators personally find intriguing and what they are professionally immersed in. That means that sticky PD can't be "new day, new topic." Learners have to truly dig in (and want to dig in) in order for the learning to be meaningful. That is why PD has to be cyclical; if we want to help educators become lifelong learners, we have to provide learning opportunities that aren't meant to end."
7 Mobile Apps Students Can Use to Never Lose Handwritten Notes Again - 0 views
Classroom 2.0 Book - 0 views
12 Useful YouTube Accessories for Teachers and Students - 0 views
Edmodo - first year using it with my students - so far, AWESOME! - 0 views
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"For the last few years I've used a website and blog to communicate with students, hold online discussions, offer help and post resources. Maintaining the two different systems wasn't always easy, there were features I wanted, and it was all public. So, this year I decided to use Edmodo with my classes. It has been great already. Edmodo is a free, learning management system that is full featured and easy to use."
A Great Guide to Twitter in the Classroom - 0 views
Evernote and IdeaPaint: Creating an Interactive Classroom - 0 views
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"When you combine IdeaPaint's ability turn any wall or surface into a canvas and Evernote's ability to capture, archive and make that surface searchable, the possibilities for turning any room into an interactive environment are endless. These two products come together in a particularly exciting way in a classroom environment, which can become a more creative and engaging place to learn."
The 21 Signs you are A 21st Century Teacher - 0 views
My View: Don't ban social media from schools - 0 views
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The New York Education Department recently stated that in the first 11 months of 2011 there were 69 cases where teachers were accused of inappropriate conduct with students on Facebook. Some were fired as a result, and there is a growing trend by schools across the country to put a ban on social media. This raises a question: Is prohibiting social media in schools the right way to protect children?
Adjuncts Are Better Teachers Than Tenured Professors, Study Finds - 0 views
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the results offer evidence that designating full-time faculty members to focus chiefly on teaching, particularly at research-intensive universities like Northwestern, may not be the cause for alarm that many see. It may even improve students' learning. "Perhaps," they wrote, "the growing practice of hiring a combination of research-intensive tenure-track faculty members and teaching-intensive lecturers may be an efficient and educationally positive solution to a research university's multitasking problem."
Read my blog, not my resume... - 0 views
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"Let's face it, a resume doesn't really tell you much more than the prospective candidate's background and credentials. Though this information is important, is it really the most important information you are looking for when hiring an educator you are going to charge with helping to shape the minds of children who will ultimately dictate the future of our world?"
The Key to Empowering Educators? True Collaboration - 1 views
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The dichotomy she describes is a lot like the conceptual move from merely connecting with other educators to collaborating on specific projects. The internet has greatly enhanced educators' capacity to connect with one another, something that only used to happen during professional development or at conferences. But taking that ability to the next level, using it to innovate and produce something new, would mean collaborating beyond districts or even national boundaries.
Are MOOCs Missing the Mark? - 1 views
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"I think there may be a certain type of learner that this works for - someone who is highly motivated and purposeful, who is seeking out specific knowledge. And someone who does not require much human interaction - because in spite of the rhetoric about personalization, lectures are inherently impersonal, and videos of lectures are doubly so. So if the MOOC is ushering in a golden age, democratizing access to knowledge, it seems to have hit a bit of a bump. I think the bump in the road is the learner."
Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create a Random Name Picker in Google Sheets - 0 views
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