Why Education needs to change? - 2 views
http://www.nas.edu/21st/education/
Encyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC] - 0 views
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Heather Causey on 19 Mar 12Britanica vs wikipedia-
Wimba Virtual class with Reams - 4 views
The thing that wills tick with me from the presentation was the way that you can format a Google Search. I never knew you could adjust a search to meet criteria all the way down to reading level. ...
Addition to Dan Reams Presentation. - 1 views
I definitely believe in promoting more of the arts. Cool website!
Art Works: Integrating Creativity in the Curriculum - YouTube - 1 views
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High student achievement by incorporating creativity.
Web 2.0 tools that I used - 1 views
I used Authorstream and Google Reader as my two 2.0 tools. Authorstream allows all students to paste weekly powerpoints online and view and comment on eachothers work. Google Reader, combined with...
Creativity - 3 views
http://www.fdavidpeat.com/bibliography/essays/dempsey.htm This article says that creativity is not a skill, but makes use of knowledge and skill we already know. I believe this to be very true....
Creativity and Web 2.0 sites - 2 views
I choose Audacity and Mindomo for my Web 2.0 tools. Audacity is a free audio recorder and editor, and Mindomo is a site for creating mind maps. Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Mindom...
More from Robinson - 1 views
here is an animated portion of Robinson's speech, several more comments about creativity in schools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
Web 2.0 sites - 3 views
The other Web 2.0 tool I used was Google Docs. This tool offers documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and forms. After creating the account, I chose the presentation aspect to practic...
21st Century Changes in Education - 4 views
Here is a cool Prezi about the Michigan public schools that takes a look at important new issues facing the system. Check out all of the other cool things done by Mark Bea. http://prezi.com/-q9ol...
21st Century Skills: Will Our Students Be Prepared? - 5 views
Our ability to teach a lot of 21st skills is definitely obstructed by "teaching to the test." One day we will actually be able to measure how the students can use the skills, instead of how much i...
Does Education Need to Change? - 3 views
This is the site for a blog that allows people to voice their opinions. Take a look. There are some good responses. http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=559
Be The Curator of Your Favorite Topic! | Scoop.it - 0 views
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Creative way to find, share and store ideas found on web.
Graphic Organizers | National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials - 0 views
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Graphic Organizers
The Flipped Class: Shedding light on the confusion, critique, and hype - THE DAILY RIFF... - 0 views
Digital Tools for Students - 0 views
FlipSnack | WebTool Mashup - 0 views
Studio Schools - 0 views
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This is not a specific tool. This is a great talk about 21st Centiry Education delivered by the Studio School. "Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real."'
Google Alerts - Monitor the Web for interesting new content - 0 views
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Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Enter the topic you wish to monitor, then click preview to see the type of results you'll receive.
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I mentioned in my discussion post the importance of staying on top of what information is floating around out there about VCU for my job. I've found Google Alerts a helpful tool for doing that.