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Robin Galloway

National Educational Technology Plan: Your Questions Answered | Edutopia - 2 views

  • An Internet-enabled device for every teacher and student in the country. Universal broadband access for homes and schools. Those, along with an embrace of cloud computing, openly-licensed educational materials and open source technologies are part of the new education technology recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education.
  • An Internet-enabled device for every teacher and student in the country. Universal broadband access for homes and schools. Those, along with an embrace of cloud computing, openly-licensed educational materials and open source technologies are part of the new education technology recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education.
  • The 124-page document lays out an ambitious agenda for transforming teaching and learning through technology. Much of the plan emphasizes "21st century learning," and competencies that, according to the Department of Education, include critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, and multimedia communication.
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  • a world of digital knowledge, "always on"0- learning resources, and online communities for both educators and students
  • At least one Internet-enabled device for every student and educator
  • Use of Creative Commons and open licenses in course content
  • Changes to CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act) to open access to the Internet and rethink how filtering works in schools
  • Transform the print-based classroom into a digital learning environment.
  • Encourage online learning
  • As good as the NETP may sound, it may be a bit disconcerting that here we are, two years into the Obama Administration, and we've only just now agreed on the plan for education technology.
  • But a plan, of course, is merely that -- a plan. It remains to be seen if there is either the political willpower or the budget to enact its contents.
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    "An Internet-enabled device for every teacher and student in the country. Universal broadband access for homes and schools. Those, along with an embrace of cloud computing, openly-licensed educational materials and open source technologies are part of the new education technology recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education."
Robin Galloway

Harvard and MIT Introduce edX: The Future Of Online Learning | Edudemic - 0 views

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    "EdX represents a unique opportunity to improve education on our own campuses through online learning, while simultaneously creating a bold new educational path for millions of learners worldwide," MIT President Susan Hockfield said.
Vicki Dostal

Iowa AEA Online - What is Iowa AEA Online? - 1 views

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    "Iowa AEA Online is a virtual library that provides no-cost access to 12 high-quality, web-based resources for accredited public and non-public PreK-12 schools. Students and staff have access at school and at home. Iowa AEA Online is funded and supported by Iowa's Area Education Agencies. To learn more, contact your teacher librarian, AEA media and technology contact or visit Iowa AEA Online."
Robin Galloway

The Global Education Collaborative - The Official Social Network of the Global Educatio... - 1 views

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    The 2011 Global Education Conference will be held November 14 - 18, online and free. Sessions will take place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. The 2010 Global Education Conference had 15,028 unique logins and presentations from 62 countries.
Brenda Schumaker

econedlink - Economic and Personal Finances for K-12, interactive resources, online lea... - 0 views

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    The Econ Ed Link contains a calendar of important dates in history. It has everything from an interactive calculator to estimate how long it would take someone to become a millionaire, to a variety of other interactive tools for students to use. This website also has a large library of online interactive tools for teaching economics, personal finance and entrepreneurship for grades K-12. The interactive tools include videos and game-like activities that are broken down by subject and grade. This website also maintains a large library of online economic lessons for teachers to access for their students ranging from kindergarten all the way thru 12th grade. The site offers something for educators, students and after school programs. This would be a great resource to use during after school programs to keep the students interested and excited about learning.
Robin Galloway

Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses - 1 views

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    The latest partnership to offer free massively open online courses (MOOCs). Good article outlining the history of such initiatives.
Robin Galloway

Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses - 0 views

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    The latest partnership to offer free massively open online courses (MOOCs). Good article outlining the history of such initiatives. 
Nelson Rokke

MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching - 1 views

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    MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. 
Robin Galloway

K12 Online Conference - 1 views

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    Free annual online conference for educators. 
Mike Pigman

K12 | Online Public School, Online High School, Online Private School, Homeschooling, a... - 1 views

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    wondering what it would be like to teach completely online
jdvanderholt

Free Online Kids Learning Games | Online Kids Games | Cool Math Games for Kids | Readin... - 0 views

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    This website is full of cool games, which can make learning fun! #Educational #Games
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Iowa AEA Online - Welcome to Iowa AEA Online - 22 views

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    Awesome educational resource for browsing educational texts, clipart, and resources used in the classroom
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    Great website for teachers and students! Has games and pictures that are available for use without worrying about copyright laws!
Robin Galloway

Foundations Look To Advance Common Core Curriculum -- THE Journal - 1 views

  • three-year initiative to fund an instructional system and 24 online courses--a "complete, foundational system of instruction" to be developed by Pearson--covering K-12 English/language arts and K-10 math. One course will be provided for each grade level. Four of those courses--two in each subject area in the early to middle high school grade levels--will be contributed as free and open resources through Gates Foundation funding "with the intent of widening access and spurring innovation around the Common Core,"
  • the courses will be "designed to engage and motivate" students and will incorporate social networking, gaming, video, and simulation, coupled with assessment and teacher professional development, both online and blended.
  • Conning said the initial group of courses will be made available in 2013, "before the Common Core Standards are implemented." She also said the courses will be field-tested in a variety of districts beginning in the late fall with some individual units. The complete system of courses is expected to be completed in December 2013 and ready for the 2014-2015 school year,
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    Gates and Pearson foundations partner to develop online courses developed around the common core standards in language arts and math for K-12 students (one for each grade level). 
Robin Galloway

Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course - NYTimes - 1 views

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    58,000 people worldwide signed up for a free online course at Stanford University. 
Robin Galloway

How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education | Education Database Online Blog - 0 views

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    Be sure to "click to see the graphic!" Interesting stuff. 
Daniel Lang

Udacity - Free Classes. Awesome Instructors. Inspiring Community. - 0 views

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    Free online classes taught by highly qualified instructors! 
Daniel Lang

Coursera - 1 views

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    Free online classes from high quality universities!
Morgan Malskeit

A Platform for Good - 0 views

  • Fight Cyberbullying with Dialogue and Technology The best way to fight cyberbullying is with dialogue and education. When that fails, use technology to fight online abuse. Learn about two apps designed to curb online bullying.
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    A Platform for Good is an initiative of the Family Online Safety Institute that seeks to help parents raising children in a digital world.
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    It has blogs, a resource center, and a way to interact with people, so you know your not the only one getting bullied.
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