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Florina Merturi

Project-Based Learning: Success Start to Finish - 7 views

www.edutopia.org/-best-practices-new-tech-video

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  • Mervin Eyler on 27 May 12
     
    This is a link to a video of a high school that uses only Project-Based learning PBL, a teaching/learning style where students create projects to demonstrate their learning of the objectives set out by the teacher. It goes through the process of how to set up PBL projects as teachers. It's a decent introduction to the process: something to pique one's interest. At the end there are links to other videos with more information about PBL.
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  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    I really enjoyed this PBL video. The teachers in the video explained the process, allowed the students to do the research on the topics and decide what the best form of their final presentation would be for each group. The students appeared to be actively engaged during their class time. I was impressed by their dress for the final presentations. The principal mentioned that they do speeches 60-65 times each year so by their graduation the students are very versed in public speaking; most impressive. I would like to see our school do more PBL.
  • Holly Ruiz on 30 May 12
     
    Project-based learning has come to the forefront of education as it is being used to assess what the students know and how they can use the knowledge in the "real world" to problem solve. The approach by the school to implement PBL into their curriculum goes directly back to state standards. I thought the video was well informed and I was impressed with the 60-65 times the students speak in front of others (public speaking).
  • Florina Merturi on 01 Jun 12
     
    Go inside Manor New Technology High School, part of the New Tech Network of schools, where an unwavering commitment to an effective schoolwide PBL model keeps both students and teachers motivated and achieving their best. More to this story.
Florina Merturi

Role of Information & Communication Technology in Education - 5 views

www.ehow.com/tion-technology-education.html

Colleen liked the article technology

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  • Colleen Gianino on 19 May 12
     
    This is a brief article that expresses the importance and convenience of communicating with technology in education.
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  • Florina Merturi on 20 May 12
     
    Information and communication technology plays a large role in changing the field of education. With laptops, PDAs and even smart phones finding their way into daily lessons, these devices are changing the way teachers and students share information and the way schools communicate both within their own organization and to the community.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    This article and a few others on the site explain the role of Information and Communication Technology in education. This ICT concept is important to me as a Business teacher who is responsible for teaching the tpes of applications that are ICT. To think that the concept of communication technology being added to information technology due to the Internet back in 1997 is interesting.
  • Griffin Loynes on 01 Jun 12
     
    In this article, "Role of Information & Communication Technology in Education", the author briefly discusses the benefits of technology in education. Because of the brevity of the article, most of the advantages were only skimmed over. However, the author does mention a point that resonates with me as I attempt to integrate technology into my classroom: "The ability to digitally record any data, from tests to transcripts, is a feature of information technology that has long-term potential to save money on both paper and ink as well as make organization and management simpler for administrators and teachers" (Page). The ability to streamline classrooms and to reduce the need for paper intrigues me. Also, her point about technology making "organization and management simpler" is key to sustainable implementation of technology in my future classroom.
  • Griffin Loynes on 01 Jun 12
     
    In this article, "Role of Information & Communication Technology in Education", the author briefly discusses the benefits of technology in education. Because of the brevity of the article, most of the advantages were only skimmed over. However, the author does mention a point that resonates with me as I attempt to integrate technology into my classroom: "The ability to digitally record any data, from tests to transcripts, is a feature of information technology that has long-term potential to save money on both paper and ink as well as make organization and management simpler for administrators and teachers" (Page). The ability to streamline classrooms and to reduce the need for paper intrigues me. Also, her point about technology making "organization and management simpler" is key to sustainable implementation of technology in my future classroom.
  • Griffin Loynes on 01 Jun 12
     
    In this article, "Role of Information & Communication Technology in Education", the author briefly discusses the benefits of technology in education. Because of the brevity of the article, most of the advantages were only skimmed over. However, the author does mention a point that resonates with me as I attempt to integrate technology into my classroom: "The ability to digitally record any data, from tests to transcripts, is a feature of information technology that has long-term potential to save money on both paper and ink as well as make organization and management simpler for administrators and teachers" (Page). The ability to streamline classrooms and to reduce the need for paper intrigues me. Also, her point about technology making "organization and management simpler" is key to sustainable implementation of technology in my future classroom.
Holly Ruiz

23 Things On a Stick: Thing 9. Online Collaboration Tools - 6 views

23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/...nline-collaboration-tools.html

Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools

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  • Holly Ruiz on 22 May 12
     
    Have you ever thought, "Gosh, I wish I had time to learn more about Flickr, wikis, or (enter your Web 2.0 tool here)?" Well, this is your chance to take the time to focus on your personal and professional development around Web 2.0 tools. It's fun to explore these tools and figure out ways to use them in the library, with your personal Web sites, or in other ways.
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  • Florina Merturi on 22 May 12
     
    I like this article, time is of the essence when it comes to all of these tools.
  • Sherry Arsenault on 23 May 12
     
    I will give Zoho a look. We use google docs at my school now. Each staff member and student was given an account with the same extension. With so many sites to choose from it takes time to see which ones you lke. Google docs seems to show up in many articles.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    Zoho Writer looks interesting as you need to be invited to participate. Google Docs are used extensively within our school, though I only used them for our NGY Ning project last year. We also use Google Docs for attendance in our after school programs.
denise elya

elearn Magazine: Moving From Paper to E-Book Reading - 4 views

elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm

education technology communication

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  • denise elya on 16 May 12
     
    The author of this article compares reading on eReaders to a nostalgic paper novel. I share many of her sentiments, but she is optimistic about how reading textbooks on an eReader totally changes how students read for information. Joann Vidall-Cox explains that reading on an eReader allows you to jump to other sources for supplements and explanations for what you are reading. In a way, readers are no longer help hostage by the bookcovers because the eReader allows you to transition to new pages of information. Maybe novels will soon be written with hyperlinks as well!
  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    Nice explanation of the difference between paper and eReaders. I like the hestitation of the author, and the clarification she uses as to the difference with notations in a certain location. It's great if you like a screen in your face prior to night time reading. It is interesting how students gravitate to the new and then often revert to the old, tried and true formats.
Jeanne Lauer

Computer Networking - 1 views

www.merlot.org/...viewMaterial.htm

technology education collaboration

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  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    Merlot is a CA university site with open source materials. I found it interesting since the topic was the subject matter that I teach.
S Worrell

Helping students develop higher-order thinking skills | United Federation of Teachers - 1 views

www.uft.org/...p-higher-order-thinking-skills

HOTS VHS

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  • Developing these skills requires students to debate, write and master structured argument, the very activities that middle and high school teachers say they must abandon to respond to the demands of minimum-standards, test-driven curriculums. But such demands are smothering education.
  • S Worrell on 29 May 12
     
    Developing these skills requires students to debate, write and master structured argument, the very activities that middle and high school teachers say they must abandon to respond to the demands of minimum-standards, test-driven curriculums. But such demands are smothering education.
Florina Merturi

Pioneering Flipped Educators Launch Flipped Learning Network | eSchool News - 2 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...aunch-flipped-learning-network

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  • Florina Merturi on 26 May 12
     
    Pioneering Flipped Educators Launch 'Flipped Learning Network' Non-profit network helps educators successfully implement Flipped Learning Washington, D.C. (May 24, 2012) - Flipped Learning pioneers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams have launched the Flipped Learning Network™, a non-profit organization for teachers interested in the Flipped Learning ideology.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    An interesting article since the Flipped Learning pioneers are trying to clarify all of the information that is out in the public about the flipped classroom. They will hopefully make a profit on the book they have written, which can be used for their non-profit "Flipped Learning Network" which will allow teachers to do Vodcasting and have a Ning site as well. It was very informative.
S Worrell

High School Competitive Events Overview | Technology Student Association - 2 views

www.tsaweb.org/High-School-Competitions

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  • S Worrell on 13 May 12
     
    Technology competition opportunities for students.
  • Florina Merturi on 15 May 12
     
    This site was great. Our students compete in a few contests, but there is no comparison to what is out there for them to explore.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 30 May 12
     
    What I liked about the site and the TSA overall is that it is STEM related. Not specific to content area but general to all technology courses. Had many types of technical competitions. A change from FBLA or Robotics competitions which are specific.
S Worrell

The Creativity Crisis - The Daily Beast - 6 views

www.thedailybeast.com/...the-creativity-crisis.html

VHS creativity

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  • Creativity isn’t about freedom from concrete facts. Rather, fact-finding and deep research are vital stages in the creative process.
  • The lore of pop psychology is that creativity occurs on the right side of the brain
  • S Worrell on 17 May 12
     
    Old article, but you haven't read it, it's quite interesting.
  • Florina Merturi on 22 May 12
     
    Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the "Torrance kids," a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. Paul Torrance.
  • denise elya on 22 May 12
     
    This really is eye-opening and makes me want to do whatever I can to nurture creativity in my classroom.
Florina Merturi

Education in the Cloud with Web 2.0 tools: Create dynamic presentation with Prezi - 13 views

educationwebcloud.blogspot.com/...s-i-think-teachers-may-go.html

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  • weirba11 on 03 Jan 12
     
    Try using Presi instead of PowerPoint the next time you need to present some information.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 25 May 12
     
    One of my student did his senior project presentation using Prezi and it was wonderful. He liked the tool so much he discussed it with his classmates. It was appropriate that his topic was "The Rapid Advancement of Technology: Is it Good or Bad?" His arguments were enlightening coming from an 18 year old heading off to college.
  • Sherry Arsenault on 27 May 12
     
    I have had a couple of students use Prezi for their presentations. They came out great. To me, their presenatations had a much better flow and were more visually pleasing than PowerPoint.
Mervin Eyler

Clever, Cool and Creative...Nice to Meet You Articulate Storyline - 3 views

bonlinelearningcom.web10.hubspot.com/...-Meet-You-Articulate-Storyline

creativity training video creation multiple outcomes text balloons

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  • Mervin Eyler on 27 May 12
     
    The author of the article reviews a new training software release "Articulate Storyline". The program combines several elements: video, dialog balloons, and questions with multiple scenario resolutions for starters. Each scene is very short. The video action stops, and text balloons appear showing the dialog of the scene. Then three possible resolutioins to the scene appear. The user chooses one, and the video continues. It works like an improv play where the audience chooses how each scene will end. Although it's designed as a tool for the teacher, I can see where students would love this, too. The reviewer is definitely not unbiased, but there are links to samples that showcase just what the program can do.
Mervin Eyler

Six technologies that soon could be in your classrooms - 4 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...3

technology classroom Horizon Report

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  • Mervin Eyler on 27 May 12
     
    This is a three-page overview of the Horizon Report which tries to predict technological trends in the classroom. It predicts a greater use of tablets in the short run, game-based learning for the medium term, and augmented reality in the long run. It says all of the technologies will enhance collaborative learning, but associates creativity with only game based learning. Finally, it lists recent trends in technology and education. It also lists the most likely obstacles to adopting the technologies in the classroom. Being a subscription site, one must sign up (free) in order to read past the first page.
Mervin Eyler

Analyzing Artifacts - 1 views

www.learner.org/...index.html

collaboration history reading comprehension artifacts visual information

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  • Mervin Eyler on 27 May 12
     
    The original link, found in the vhs newsstand, is essentially a bookmark. I post the destination URL here. This site teaches the skill of observation and that of reading for comprehension. I would use it for small group collaborative work at problem solving.
Jeanne Lauer

IBM Faces the Perils of "Bring Your Own Device" - Technology Review - 2 views

www.technologyreview.com/...40324

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  • Jeanne Lauer on 25 May 12
     
    Business IBM Faces the Perils of "Bring Your Own Device" After letting its employees use their own phones and tablets for work, the company confronted a flood of insecure apps from the open Web.
Sherry Arsenault

Virtual Cultural Exchange Program - 1 views

thejournal.com/...cultural-exchange-program.aspx

Collaboration On-line Learning Citizenship Culural Awareness

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  • Sherry Arsenault on 23 May 12
     
    This article showcases a virtual cultural exchange program between a school in New York and China. The students use web 2.0 tools to collabaroate and learn from each other in what could be a new wave of cultural exchange programs.
  • Jeanne Lauer on 25 May 12
     
    Our school was part of the NetGeneration of Youth program and we had a cultural exchange with two sister schools, one in LA and the other in Uganda. The students communicated over Ning and Skype and they collaborated during two celebrations "parties with a purpose" which allowed for a sharing of menus, music, and stories. The culminating project was a student/teacher exchange for three weeks in each country.
S Worrell

Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice - 2 views

plpnetwork.com/...flipping-blooms-taxonomy

VHS creativity

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  • S Worrell on 25 May 12
     
    "The taxonomy accurately classifies various types of cognitive thinking skills. It certainly identifies the different levels of complexity. But its organizing framework is dead wrong.  Here's why." I don't think I'm buying this rethinking, but it's worth a read.
Holly Ruiz

Strong communication key to online learning | eSchool News - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...ication-key-to-online-learning

communication online learning education

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  • Holly Ruiz on 22 May 12
     
    eSchool News presents the dilemma with the growing trends in online learning. Communication is key in the classroom and online/virtual teachers must possess the special skills necessary to enhance the learning process in the virtual environment.
  • S Worrell on 24 May 12
     
    Very interesting article. I think a lot of teachers diving into online teaching are not prepared for, or are surprised at, the intense level of communication required. Frequent concise feedback to students is the key. This article does a solid job at communicating this. Thanks for sharing it.
Mervin Eyler

How to Stop a Bully Webinar on May 30th | eSchool News - 1 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...op-a-bully-webinar-on-may-30th

collaboration webinar bullying

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  • Mervin Eyler on 24 May 12
     
    The Webinar about Bullying takes place this May 30th at 3:00pm Eastern time. It appears to be about bullying in general, but perhaps it includes a part on Cyberbullying. You need to register for the webinar to participate. A webinar is a good opportunity for using interactive, collaborative technology with peers around the nation (world?). If the webinar includes cyberbullying, that also is an added plus. The rest of this press release is a plug for the company sponsoring it.
Mervin Eyler

Use Technology to Upend Traditional Classrooms - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...32reich.h31.html

collaboration wiki creative business classroom

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  • Mervin Eyler on 24 May 12
     
    This is but the first few paragraphs of an article describing the use of collaborative methods and technologies in the classroom. It compares what goes on in a collaborative classroom to that in a creative business. To bad one has to either buy the article or subscribe to read it all.
Mervin Eyler

New Resources Help with Using Skype in the Classroom - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...h-using-skype-in-the-classroom

collaboration Skype *voice chats* *video

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  • Mervin Eyler on 23 May 12
     
    This is a "news" article written to announce Skype's international collaborative efforts in education. For example, there are programs with orchestras and museums that classes can participate in, thus offering students the possiblity of interacting live with authors, musicians and the like. Although it contains useful information, it should be understood that this is essentially an advertisement for Skype.
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