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Carla Arena

Interesting stuff - 82 views

Hi, Marina, It's http://animoto.com It's a lot of fun! marina couri wrote: > Hey victor, what is the site for animoto? > kss >

started by Victor Botelho on 24 Sep 08 5 follow-ups, last by Carla Arena on 30 Sep 08
David Wetzel

Project Based Learning Viewed Through a Digital Lens - 15 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 25 Jun 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 25 Jun 10
     
    Often we search for meaningful ways to integrate digital technology in project based learning activities given to our students. We also would like our students to develop a thorough understanding of the concepts underlying the work - after all this is the purpose of the project. Giving students the opportunity to complete and present their project through a digital lens has one great advantage - student engagement. This in turn causes students to develop a more in depth understanding of concepts.
gabriela anjos

High Techpectations: Spontaneous Advice - 0 views

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shared by gabriela anjos on 27 Sep 08 - Cached
  • What's a simple way to start infusing your curriculum with technology? What's a good starting point? Do you have a fav collab project? Courtesy of my Twitter Network: Suggest they take a part of their curriculum that they know well.... & consider if it could be made more collaborative, interactive, or personal for the students... then the tech tools are a win...  Need a GREAT project? Use Glogster to create and publish a WOW multimedia poster on any academic topic!http://tinyurl.com/3m799m  I've been thinking a lot about NETS-making tech "transparent and routine."  For tech neophytes, it's got to be non-threatening. so I've used GoogleGroups and GoogleDocs for out-of-class discussion and collaboration. As a language teacher, epals.com has been invaluable with connecting my students to native speakers.  Also, wikis & google earth Every faculty member has del.icio.us account-didn't support browser bkmrks when gave new machines-made em use del.icall summer collaboration and planning was done on wiki or google docs-all tech supprt documentation on wiki-students/teachers add  Visit ISTE student profiles. Pick a unit to enhance w/them. See http://tinyurl.com/6eybas  We start many a noobie on sharing online bookmarks, understanding how to share and access others bookmarks and subscribe to them. Use technology to reach it?  Sometimes I think when they see how well the objective is reached, and how engaged the students are We use wikis & google tools a LOT for collab started as tchr driven switched 2 stud recommend gaggle too Blogs would be my top suggestion... very collaborative.. easy learning curve... lots of possibilities.  My teachers found the http://1001tales.wikispaces.com collaboration to be a powerful and easily integrated project. locating images for a timeline project? posting a question of the day on a class blog? recording and sharing language mp3s? I started last year with podcasting and posted their work on the web, just like students in my class do. This year I showed teachers how to post and use a ning. They LOVED it. I call it Facebook for teachers. Set up Google Apps for Ed acct. for older students. Demonstrate the powerful uses of apps. Learn to organize Start with wikispaces. Look for other examples. Keep it simple & collborative. Kids work in teams to build wiki. Maybe info one? I'd say using tools such as Voki and Voicethread have been a good start for me :o)  Tchers have 2 start by letting go of the idea that they are "integratin tech" change to using tool for effective instruct ,that said...phone in response casts to gcast, post assign 2 wiki let kids discuss, storytelling 4 slide...feel post coming on:) The easiest way for this writing teacher is to pick a topic, any topic, and podcast students another starting point is to use VoiceThread to accomplish that.or start blogging and ask them to share their poetry (quick, simple success) then post that online. Have them drop poems into PPT Poetry then put it online with VoiceThread and invite feedback from other teachers' students on the poems, serious or fun. Take them to Thinkfinity.org and let them use the story mapper or bubbl.us to map a poem, story, nonfiction text Do something simple that can be successful and allow person to see tech can support and make easier initially...find easy web sites that kids can do (my background is EC) that excite them. Find place so they communik8 (such as ask an expert) Online enviros such as nings or wikis offer the most flexibility for just about any kind of content; images, video, audio,text basic start would be w digital camera and bulletin bd then putting pics into projects, especially w a technophobe....take a look at what is happening and see what could be done w tech--morning messages, sign in on the computer, parent notes etc. I think that there is incredible power in planning learning with other teachers, and inviting student input :-) I think wikis are an easy way in for teachers. they understand the collaborative nature of them. So do kids I think blogging is a simple way to start for humanities teachers. It's writing for an audience. That makes sense to teacher
    • gabriela anjos
      gabriela anjos on 27 Sep 08
       
      Good hints on how to add more tech richness to our curriculum
  • gabriela anjos on 27 Sep 08
     
    Some good hints on how to add techrichness to our curriculum!
David Wetzel

5 Benefits for Creating a Classroom Environment for Student Blogs - 3 views

www.suite101.com/...ment-for-student-blogs-a285167

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shared by David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • David Wetzel on 13 Sep 10
     
    Benefits for creating a classroom environment for student blogging begin with establishing a foundation for their success. Why is this important? Integrating blogs transforms a classroom into a learning community where students become self-directed learners and thinkers. This in turn, causes students to use higher order thinking skills as they create and post entries in their blogs, along with commenting on other student's blogs.
David Wetzel

Top 10 Online Tools for Teaching Science and Math - 4 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 30 Jul 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 30 Jul 10
     
    Why use Web 2.0 tools in science and math classes? The primary reason is they facilitate access to input and interaction with content through reading, writing, listening, and speaking. These tools offer enormous advantages for science and math teachers, in terms of helping their students learn using Web 2.0 tools. For example: * Most of these tools can be edited from any computer connected to the Internet. Teachers can add, edit and delete information even during class time. * Students learn how to use these tools for academic purposes and, at the same time, can transfer their use to their personal lives and future professional careers. * RSS feeds allow students to access all the desired research information on one page. * Students learn to be autonomous in their learning process.
David Wetzel

12 Mobile Learning Science Applications for the iPod Touch - 7 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 21 Aug 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 21 Aug 10
     
    "As a mobile learning device, the iPod Touch encourages learning anytime, anywhere! These mobile devices do not tie students to their desks or the classroom; they bring the world into the classroom through the lens of personalized learning. The value of an iPod Touch as a mobile learning device is its ability to transform student learning behavior. According to research by K-Nect Project (2009), students using this digital device achieved higher test scores. This was attributed to more interactivity between students, teachers, and content."
Katia Falcomer

"I'll Work If You Give Me Candy" | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 views

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shared by Katia Falcomer on 18 May 10 - Cached
  • “I’ll Work If You Give Me Candy” Filed under classroom practice Students were working on an assignment a couple of weeks ago. “Jack” (who faces a lot of challenges at home, and has been having some difficulties at school), however, was not. I went over to him and asked how it was going, and if he had some questions about what he needed to do. “I’ll work if you give me some candy,” he replied. I told him that wasn’t going to happen, that he was better than that, and that he needed to get to work. I knew that he didn’t like me “bugging him,” and we had made an arrangement a couple of months ago that when he was in this kind of mood I would leave him alone for a few minutes. Often, after that period of time, he would get focused without needing any additional intervention. A few minutes later, though, and Jack still wasn’t doing the assignment. I went over to him to check-in. “I’ll work if you give me some candy,” he repeated. I asked him to go outside where we could talk privately. I asked him if he felt that eating helped him to concentrate. He said yes, it did. I said, “Jack, I want you to be successful.   We all have things that help us concentrate — with me, it’s important to be in a quiet place.   You know there’s a class rule against eating in class, and I certainly don’t feel comfortable with your eating candy. But how about if I give you the option of bringing something besides candy to school and, if you’re having a hard time concentrating, as long as it doesn’t happen too often, you can have the option to eat while you’re working? How does that sound?” He eagerly agreed, we shook hands on the deal, and he went back to class and focused on his work. He’s been working hard since that time, and has not eaten anything in class since we made our agreement. But his knowing that he has the option to do so, I believe, has been a key part of the solution. This is similar to the option I’ve given some students to leave the room when they feel like they’re going to “blow”  — as long as they remain directly outside the door (see When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!). All of us, particularly students who have family lives which are often out-of-control, function better when we feel we do have a certain level of control over…something. I have individual “deals” with many students in my class, and everybody knows it (we talk pretty explicitly about everybody being different, having different talents and different needs).  Only very, very ocassionally will students actually exercise the power they have in these deals.   Some might think these kinds of arrangements would prompt charges of unfairness from other students.  Surprisingly enough, in my five years of teaching, that has never occurred.  The students who don’t need these deals to focus understand why some do,  and everybody else understands because they have their own special arrangments with me. What kinds of individual “deals” have you made with students in your classes? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fill-work-if-you-give-me-candy%2F'; addthis_title = '%26%238220%3BI%26%238217%3Bll+Work+If+You+Give+Me+Candy%26%238221%3B'; addthis_pub = '';
Maggie Verster

Tapiohka a learning social networking site with facilities for class mangement and reso... - 0 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 16 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 16 Jun 09
     
    "Today's tech-savvy students spend hours upon hours sharing information with friends through social networks like Facebook. We wanted to bring this form of interaction to education. Tapiohka is a free, hosted solution that provides easy access to class information with tools that facilitate sharing and collaboration. We look to differentiate ourselves by bringing the focus on students learning from each other and not just from their teachers and textbooks. We completed our first phase of development last month and Tapiohka is now available and completely free to users. Currently, a teacher can create a class and provide their students with secure access to class information, schedule and resources. Students can collaborate with their fellow classmates within a platform that enables the easy sharing of resources and the ability to create discussions and form study groups."
Gilmar Mattos

Fluid Learning - 0 views

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shared by Gilmar Mattos on 27 Dec 08 - Cached
  • control is over. This is not about control anymore. This is about finding a way to survive and thrive in chaos.
  • We can’t roll back the clock to an earlier age without computers, without Internet, without the subtle but profound distraction of text messaging. The school is of its time, not out it.
  • The role of the instructor has changed
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  • helps the students find the material available online, and helps them to make sense of it, contextualizing and informing their understanding. even as the students continue to work their way through the ever-growing set of information.
  • The instructor facilitates and mentors, as they have always done, but they are no longer the gatekeepers, because there are no gatekeepers, anywhere.
  • the more something is shared, the more valuable it becomes.
  • Education happens everywhere, not just with your nose down in a book, or stuck into a computer screen
  • Many students will never be very computer literate, but every single one of them has a mobile handset, and every single one of them sends text messages.
  • net filtering throws the baby out with the bathwater
  • Services like Twitter get filtered out because they could potentially be disruptive, cutting students off from the amazing learning potential of social messaging. Facebook and MySpace are seen as time-wasters, rather than tools for organizing busy schedules
  • media sites are blocked because the schools don’t have enough bandwidth to support them; Wikipedia is blocked because teachers don’t want students cheating.
  • Filtering, while providing a stopgap, only leaves students painfully aware of how disconnected the classroom is from the real world.
  • the maxim of the 21st century: connection is king
  • Students must be free to connect with instructors
  • difficult for instructors to manage, but it is vital.
  • Connection is expensive, not in dollars, but in time. But for all its drawbacks, connection enriches us enormously.
  • We need to let go, we need to trust ourselves enough to recognize that what we have now, though it worked for a while, is no longer fit for the times.
  • Gilmar Mattos on 27 Dec 08
     
    I: Out of Control Our greatest fear, in bringing computers into the classroom, is that we teachers and instructors and lecturers will lose control of the
Susan Oxnevad

24 Multimedia Tools That Support The Common Core - Edudemic - 12 views

edudemic.com/...s-that-support-the-common-core

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shared by Susan Oxnevad on 20 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Susan Oxnevad on 20 Dec 12
     
    Students can construct deep knowledge about a topic as they engage in building a multimedia project. If used effectively, a well designed student-driven learning experience can take the place of traditional methods of teaching content. Use of digital tools can provide students with flexible learning paths to meet their unique learning styles.
David Wetzel

How to Create Screencasts for Teaching and Learning Using Jing - 11 views

www.teachscienceandmath.com/...aching-and-learning-using-jing

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shared by David Wetzel on 02 Jun 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 02 Jun 10
     
    Have you ever wanted to create short "how to" video for your students to use for homework, remembering facts, and solving math problems. How often have your students stated, "I could not complete the homework assignment, because I could not remember the steps and no one could help me." Well the answer is to create a screencast or video for posting on your class wiki or blog for students to view at home or anywhere else they have web access.
David Wetzel

Wiki or Blog: Which is Better? - 0 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 17 May 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 17 May 10
     
    Both wikis and blogs provide teachers with a a dynamic process for integrating Web 2.0 technology in their science and math classes. These two types of online tools offer students a more engaging process for learning. Both are relatively easy tools which do not require teachers or students to learn any special program tools or computer skills. Their uses and applications are only limited by the vision and purpose for helping students learn.
David Wetzel

Making the Most of Wikis in Your Science or Math Classroom - 3 views

www.teachscienceandmath.com/...your-science-or-math-classroom

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shared by David Wetzel on 24 May 10 - Cached
  • David Wetzel on 24 May 10
     
    Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning. A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology. By the way - this includes most students today!
  • Lúcia Carneiro on 25 May 10
     
    Thanks, David! Very enlightening.
Gilmar Mattos

Education Articles : Interviews & Excerpts :: Tales of a 40-Something Student Teacher - 3 views

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shared by Gilmar Mattos on 09 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • rarely does one outside of a classroom have to juggle so many skills nearly simultaneously in such a dynamic environment
  • Keeping students engaged from bell to bell so they have minimal opportunities to act out or disrupt the class is another key challenge
  • matching my style with my students is a work in process as I learn more and different pedagogical approaches.
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  • parental involvement is paramount in student success
  • helping them learn how to learn.
  • many schools today rely too much on parents, giving assignments that students are unable to complete on their own. This is inequitable and inappropriate in my opinion.
  • It is easier said than done
  • I challenge anyone who has not spent time in a classroom recently to teach anything they choose to students for one week
  • Be passionate
  • Observe as many classes in your subject area in as many schools as possible.
Maggie Verster

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom - 2 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 07 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 03 May 11
     
    "Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. Read below to learn how you can take advantage of the power of Skype in your classroom."
impalasue

College students' use of Kindle DX points to e-reader's role in academia - University o... - 3 views

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shared by impalasue on 21 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • “Most e-readers were designed for leisure reading – think romance novels on the beach,” said co-author Charlotte Lee, a UW assistant professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering. “We found that reading is just a small part of what students are doing. And when we realize how dynamic and complicated a process this is, it kind of redefines what it means to design an e-reader.”
  • The Kindle DX was more likely to replace students’ paper-based reading than their computer-based reading.
  • With paper, three quarters of students marked up texts as they read. This included highlighting key passages, underlining, drawing pictures and writing notes in margins.
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  • A drawback of the Kindle DX was the difficulty of switching between reading techniques, such as skimming an article’s illustrations or references just before reading the complete text. Students frequently made such switches as they read course material. The digital text also disrupted a technique called cognitive mapping, in which readers used physical cues such as the location on the page and the position in the book to go back and find a section of text or even to help retain and recall the information they had read.
  • “E-readers are not where they need to be in order to support academic reading,” Lee concludes. But asked when e-readers will reach that point, she predicts: “It’s going to be sooner than we think.”
  • impalasue on 21 Jul 11
     
    This discusses the effect of e-readers on cognitive mapping and other reading techniques.
Nik Peachey

7 ways you can use technology to engage with students – Resources for English Lan... - 0 views

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shared by Nik Peachey on 18 Oct 16 - No Cached
  • Nik Peachey on 18 Oct 16
     
    So, if restricting access to these devices isn't the answer, how do we address their presence in the classroom and use these devices to engage rather than disengage students' attention? Here are a few suggestions…
Eric G. Young

Google Voice Blog: Google Voice invites for students - 5 views

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shared by Eric G. Young on 24 May 10 - Cached
  • Eric G. Young on 24 May 10
     
    Article discusses how Google's telephone/text message system can be especially helpful for students in organizing their educational communications in one spot, etc.
Dan Sherman

Online Summer Math Programs - proven to reverse summer learning loss - 11 views

Research shows that most students lose more than 2 months of math skills over the summer. TenMarks summer math programs for grades 3-high school are a great way to reverse the summer learning loss...

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Susan Oxnevad

5 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom - 7 views

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shared by Susan Oxnevad on 15 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Susan Oxnevad on 15 Dec 12
     
    Google Docs is a user friendly suite of online collaborative tools that come with tremendous potential for use in the classroom. Last year all of the students in our school  received Google Docs accounts and I was kept quite busy getting students and teachers up and running with the new tools, then discovering innovative ways to use them as effective tools for learning. Here are some of the favorites.
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