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Brenda Schumaker

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

www.econedlink.org/educator

economic education lessons concepts standards grade levels K-12

shared by Brenda Schumaker on 20 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Brenda Schumaker on 20 Jun 12
     
    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

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

www.edutopia.org/...ology-plan-netp-audrey-watters

unietd education technology policy government schools edtech DOE

shared by Robin Galloway on 26 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • 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.
  • Robin Galloway on 26 Jan 11
     
    "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."
Nelson Rokke

Five awesome QR code tricks | How To - CNET - 1 views

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QR CODE technology communication too UNIETD

shared by Nelson Rokke on 07 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Share Wi-Fi access. I wrote this up a while back, but it's pretty great: Wifi Joiner lets you create and post a QR code that embeds access info for your wireless network. This is great for home networks, coffee shops, and plenty of other places. For the moment, though, it's Android-only.
  • Get reminders as you leave the house. If you use an online task manager like Google Tasks or Remember The Milk, it's easy to create a tag called "Leaving the House," "Leaving Work," etc., then create a QR code directing to that page. Post it at the door, or anywhere else you'll be sure to see it when leaving, then scan it for reminders of things you need to do before leaving. At the very least, you won't forget your phone anymore! Have you come up with some awesome uses for QR codes? Let us know.
  • Nelson Rokke on 07 Feb 12
     
    QR codes are everywhere, and for good reason. They're easy to make, easier to scan, and are terrific for delivering info quickly and broadly (or narrowly, if you like). It seems likely that they're evolving, but they're still superuseful right now, and smart folks are uncovering all sorts of cool ways to make the most of them.
puzznbuzzus

How to Prepare Aptitude Test for Competitive Exams - 0 views

Practice as many questions before your assessment. The more psychometric aptitude test questions you practice the more your speed, accuracy and confidence will improve. Improving these factors will...

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Kailey Balducki

5 Apps That Engage Parents in the Classroom - 0 views

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#parents #education #unietd classroom apps

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      Kailey Balducki on 31 Oct 14
       
      Neat idea!! Who would have thought you could Skype for parent-teacher conferences!
  • Whether it is class homework updates, project deadlines, school news or dinnertime conversation starters, teachers are taking advantage of Twitter’s free tool and keeping parents up to date and involved in classroom happenings.
  • Get more parents involved in the classroom by streamlining how you ask for help and making it easier for parents to sign up to help. 
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  • Simple online signups from smartphones, tablets or computers make it easy for class parents to choose a spot that fits their schedule or to send food or supplies for special events; auto reminders and calendar syncing help parents keep their commitments.
  • organize parents to read to the class, help in the lunchroom or at recess, attend parent-teacher conferences, and help with class parties, field trips and performances. 
  • Pinterest offers a great way for teachers and parents to build community and share ideas
  • Invite class parents to create and share pinboards with links to age-appropriate themes and ideas including educational boards like fun math apps, favorite books, vocabulary games, and science fair ideas
  • A free, sa
  • fe blogging platform for teachers, students and school communities, Edublogs lets you easily create and manage student and classroom blogs that keep parents up-to-date on class happenings and give students a safe portfolio for sharing their work with parents and extended family (via password-protected blogs). 
  • Kailey Balducki on 31 Oct 14
     
    How to connect and communicate effectively with parents via technology!
Daniel Lang

Sheppard Software - 0 views

sheppardsoftware.com/

education science math geography vocabulary learning teaching

shared by Daniel Lang on 25 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Daniel Lang on 25 Jan 12
     
    Fantastic website that has great resources for educators and for those wanting to learn about all kinds of subjects. Includes games for learning math skills, world geography, science, and more.
  • Daniel Lang on 25 Jan 12
     
    Great tool for teachers and students alike - especially if you're like me and want to brush up on some of the basics (though this has more advanced lessons as well)!
Jenny Olson

100 Books For Kindergarten - Woodbridge Library - 0 views

www.woodbridge.lib.nj.us/100books.htm

books kindergarten education resources

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  • Jenny Olson on 18 Sep 12
     
    A great resource for books for every category for Kindergarten.  
Nikki Lyons

Physical Education (PE) Apps for Teachers - 0 views

www.sparkpe.org/...education-pe-apps-for-teachers

ipad physical_education

shared by Nikki Lyons on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Nikki Lyons on 31 Jan 14
     
    "Today, more and more teachers are looking for ways to integrate their smart phones and iPads (and other tablets) with their physical education and health courses. Below is a list of apps that we've found helpful for Physical Educators."
  • Nikki Lyons on 31 Jan 14
     
    This is great for Phys Ed Majors
Kim McCoy-Parker

Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Could PBL be the Solution to Education Reform? - 0 views

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pbl education reform reform

shared by Kim McCoy-Parker on 15 May 13 - No Cached
  • the solution to the education reform that teachers are looking for, could quite possibly be ... Project-Based Learning.
  •  If students are engaged in PBL, they can begin creating an ePortfolio in order to demonstrate their learning and understanding of standards, rather than testing for them.
  • When teachers integrate Project-Based Teaching, they are providing the opportunity for differentiated learning, rather than differentiated instruction.  "Differentiated learning shifts the responsibility for the learning to the learner (where it belongs)"
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  • With PBL, students are empowered to work at their own pace and ability level which provides them with the opportunity to challenge themselves.
  • Students can create a project using any of the Eight Multiple Intelligences.  Below are some suggestions for projects. "Students could meet standards at their own pace, in their own way and learning could be differentiated and aligned to each child’s talents, passions, interests, and abilities"
  • Having students create and share these projects will allow for the deepest understanding of the content.
  • Students will no longer have to "memorize" or try to "remember" the information ... because they will have learned it.  
  • teacher is letting go of control by allowing the students to take ownership of their learning.
Zachary Peiper

Stockholm's School Without Classrooms - 0 views

www.architizer.com/...vittra

learning education school classroom teaching technology design

shared by Zachary Peiper on 08 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Zachary Peiper on 08 Feb 12
     
    The principles of the Vittra School revolve around the breakdown of physical and metaphorical class divisions as a fundamental step to promoting intellectual curiosity, self-confidence, and communally responsible behavior. Therefore, in Vittra's custom-built Stockholm location, spaces are only loosely defined by permeable borders and large, abstract landmarks. As the architects explained, "instead of classical divisions with chairs and tables, a giant iceberg for example serves as cinema, platform, and room for relaxation, and sets the frame for many different types of learning," while "flexible laboratories make it possible to work hands-on with themes and projects."
Zachary Peiper

Why iPad Textbooks Are Still Too Expensive for Schools [INFOGRAPHIC] - 5 views

mashable.com/...ipad-textbooks-infographic

ipad classroom teaching technology textbooks schools education books

shared by Zachary Peiper on 11 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Robin Galloway on 12 Feb 12
     
    The title implies digital texts are more expensive, but the article states their functional cost is about the same. A digital version offers far more functionality for the about the same money, not to mention all the other learning resources provided by the iPad it runs on. I received the same infographic the article cites, and the same organization sent me this one two weeks earlier: http://www.onlineeducation.net/can-tech-save-education
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  • Zachary Peiper on 12 Feb 12
     
    Yes, the digital books themselves have the same overall cost overtime as a traditional textbook, however the point the author is trying to make is that with the overhead cost of purchasing an iPad for each student, it costs significantly more per student to have iPad textbooks, than it would with traditional "book" textbooks. The title may be somewhat misleading, however for already cash-strapped districts it is an important question to ponder.
  • Robin Galloway on 12 Feb 12
     
    Including the cost of an iPad in the cost of a digital textbook is like including the cost of the classroom desk on which a traditional textbook would sit. Most schools would not (and should not) invest in iPads solely or even primarily to facilitate digital textbooks. They invest in 1:1 environments for more important reasons (personalized learning, increased engagement, ubiquitous access to information, etc), and many schools are abandoning textbooks altogether. Waverly-Shell Rock middle school diverted its textbook dollars to the purchase of mobile apps for their students. Rapidly changing content results in open content options such as http://www.ck12.org
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Mason Nichols

Black History Month 2012 for Kids | Crafts, History, Classroom Activities for Black His... - 0 views

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history classroom activities

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  • Mason Nichols on 18 Sep 12
     
    This is great for February for having kids learn about Black History Month!
Joe Lamp

Voki - 0 views

www.voki.com

unietd teaching

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  • Joe Lamp on 08 Oct 13
     
    Voki is a browser-based classroom organizational tool. It makes for creating easy browser-based activities and for easy assessment. Definitely worth checking out for upper-elementary/middle school teachers.
Robin Galloway

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

thejournal.com/...ok-to-advance-common-core.aspx

elearning online-learning education learning pearson gates foundations common core standards k-12

shared by Robin Galloway on 27 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • 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,
  • Robin Galloway on 27 Apr 11
     
    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). 
Ms. Cannon

Google for Education - 12 views

www.google.com/edu

education resources teaching unietd

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  • Rachel Burns on 13 Feb 13
     
    Compared to the Google that everyone is used to using, this is a new type of Google. Google in Education is a way for teachers to build off of one another and to open the eyes of people to things they have not experienced before/ 
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  • Samantha Natterstad on 19 Feb 14
     
    Awesome place for current teachers and future educators!
  • Samantha Natterstad on 19 Feb 14
     
    Awesome place for current teachers and future educators!
  • Ms. Cannon on 19 Sep 14
     
    Good network for teaching, great tool
Angela Davison

Using Technology in Education - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...Education-with-Technology.aspx

technology education Q_A

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  • Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14
     
    Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
  • Angela Davison on 20 Oct 14
     
    Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Kim McCoy-Parker

Feedback for Learning:Seven Keys to Effective Feedback - 1 views

www.ascd.org/...eys-to-Effective-Feedback.aspx

feedback assessment formative

shared by Kim McCoy-Parker on 15 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Formative assessment, consisting of lots of feedback and opportunities to use that feedback, enhances performance and achievement.
  • Basically, feedback is information about how we are doing in our efforts to reach a goal.
  • Effective coaches also know that in complex performance situations, actionable feedback about what went right is as important as feedback about what didn't work.
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  • Effective feedback requires that a person has a goal, takes action to achieve the goal, and receives goal-related information about his or her actions.
  • Information becomes feedback if, and only if, I am trying to cause something and the information tells me whether I am on track or need to change course.
  • Any useful feedback system involves not only a clear goal, but also tangible results related to the goal.
  • in addition to feedback from coaches or other able observers, video or audio recordings can help us perceive things that we may not perceive as we perform; and by extension, such recordings help us learn to look for difficult-to-perceive but vital information. I recommend that all teachers videotape their own classes at least once a month. It was a transformative experience for me when I did it as a beginning teacher. Concepts that had been crystal clear to me when I was teaching seemed opaque and downright confusing on tape—captured also in the many quizzical looks of my students, which I had missed in the moment.
  • Effective feedback is concrete, specific, and useful; it provides actionable information
  • To be useful, feedback must be consistent. Clearly, performers can only adjust their performance successfully if the information fed back to them is stable, accurate, and trustworthy. In education, that means teachers have to be on the same page about what high-quality work is. Teachers need to look at student work together, becoming more consistent over time and formalizing their judgments in highly descriptive rubrics supported by anchor products and performances. By extension, if we want student-to-student feedback to be more helpful, students have to be trained to be consistent the same way we train teachers, using the same exemplars and rubrics
  • Even if feedback is specific and accurate in the eyes of experts or bystanders, it is not of much value if the user cannot understand it or is overwhelmed by it.
  • helpful feedback is goal-referenced; tangible and transparent; actionable; user-friendly (specific and personalized); timely; ongoing; and consistent.
  • A great problem in education, however, is untimely feedback. Vital feedback on key performances often comes days, weeks, or even months after the performance—think of writing and handing in papers or getting back results on standardized tests. As educators, we should work overtime to figure out ways to ensure that students get more timely feedback and opportunities to use it while the attempt and effects are still fresh in their minds.
  • Adjusting our performance depends on not only receiving feedback but also having opportunities to use it.
  • What makes any assessment in education formative is not merely that it precedes summative assessments, but that the performer has opportunities, if results are less than optimal, to reshape the performance to better achieve the goal. In summative assessment, the feedback comes too late; the performance is over.
  • performers are often judged on their ability to adjust in light of feedback. The ability to quickly adapt one's performance is a mark of all great achievers and problem solvers in a wide array of fields. Or, as many little league coaches say, "The problem is not making errors; you will all miss many balls in the field, and that's part of learning. The problem is when you don't learn from the errors."
  • In most cases, the sooner I get feedback, the better.
  • The ability to improve one's result depends on the ability to adjust one's pace in light of ongoing feedback that measures performance against a concrete, long-term goal. But this isn't what most school district "pacing guides" and grades on "formative" tests tell you. They yield a grade against recent objectives taught, not useful feedback against the final performance standards. Instead of informing teachers and students at an interim date whether they are on track to achieve a desired level of student performance by the end of the school year, the guide and the test grade just provide a schedule for the teacher to follow in delivering content and a grade on that content. It's as if at the end of the first lap of the mile race, My daughter's coach simply yelled out, "B+ on that lap!"
  • Score student work in the fall and winter against spring standards, use more pre-and post-assessments to measure progress toward these standards, and do the item analysis to note what each student needs to work on for better future performance.
  • "no time to give and use feedback" actually means "no time to cause learning."
  • research shows that less teaching plus more feedback is the key to achieving greater learning. And there are numerous ways—through technology, peers, and other teachers—that students can get the feedback they need.
Jason Milke

The Center for Teaching History with Technology - 0 views

thwt.org

edtech socialstudies web2.0 unietd

shared by Jason Milke on 01 Feb 13 - Cached
  • Jason Milke on 01 Feb 13
     
    Great site for future history teachers. It gives ideas for all sorts of Social Science classes K-12.
Em Dodds

Math for Special Education - Skills for Primary Grades - 2 views

specialed.about.com/...-Skills-For-Primary-Grades.htm

special education Teaching math technology

shared by Em Dodds on 03 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Em Dodds on 03 Feb 13
     
    A great resource that highlights important skills for students with special needs
Daniel Lang

CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology - 0 views

cast.org

education unietd edtech specialed universaldesign

shared by Daniel Lang on 20 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Daniel Lang on 20 Mar 12
     
    CAST is an educational research & development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning.
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