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Alice Barr

Socrative | Student response system | Engage audiences - 1 views

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  • Alice Barr on 18 Nov 11
     
    Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Alice Barr

Teachers' Ultimate Guide to Using Videos | MindShift - 1 views

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  • Alice Barr on 26 Mar 13
     
    "With one billion monthly users (and growing), YouTube's popularity is a pretty clear indication that video is a powerful medium. And kids' unrelenting fascination with videos is motivating many educators to find ways to leverage them for all kinds of purposes. But the best ways of using videos are not always obvious. Teachers want to know: Among all the millions of videos out there, how do you find the great ones? How do you evaluate the quality of a video? Who are the great content creators, and what are the best curation sites? Which kinds of videos work as fun supplements, and which are best for actual instruction? How do you get students engaged in discussion after watching videos? How do you blend videos into your curriculum?"
Alice Barr

ThingLink: How to Transform an Image into a Full-Blown Lesson - Faculty eCommons - 1 views

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  • Alice Barr on 26 Jan 13
     
    Go beyond enhancing an idea or a lesson-transform your students' learning with a tool called ThingLink. ThingLink engages your students and drives curiosity and discovery-and it's free. It's an image platform that converts an image into an interactive experience by letting you connect music, video, text, images, shops, and more from around the web.
Molly Kellogg

Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:Taking the Digital Plunge - 2 views

www.ascd.org/...Taking-the-Digital-Plunge.aspx

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  • I consider experimenting fearlessly with digital connections to be part of my job as a teacher.
    • Rod Corey
      Rod Corey on 23 Jun 10
       
      Experimenting fearlessly is an important step in redesigning education and encouraging the development of 21st century skills.
  • Clay Burell is Korea's best kept secret, asking provocative questions about the changing nature of schooling. Jenny Luca is an Aussie dynamo, encouraging teachers to create meaningful service learning projects. Kevin Jarrett runs one of the most inventive elementary-level computer labs in New Jersey.
    • Merry Stuhr
      Merry Stuhr on 23 Jun 10
       
      I need to check out their work!
  • The Tempered Radical
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      subscribe later?
  • ...23 more annotations...
  • Wouldn't young adults truly prepared for the 21st century have experience using computers to learn with—rather than simply about—the world
  • Don't today's 12-year-olds need to recognize that future coworkers are just as likely to live on the other side of the world as on the other side of town?
    • Mike Arsenault
      Mike Arsenault on 23 Jun 10
       
      More and more of our kids will be working with their peers from around the world. Technologies like Skype and WebEx will change how they work.
    • Rod Corey
      Rod Corey on 23 Jun 10
       
      This is a great point which is why worldwide collaboration in education is so important to pursue and engage in.
  • no one has taught them about the power of these connections
  • few are using those networks to pursue meaningful personal growth
  • Consider the potential: Students from different countries can explore global challenges together. Small cohorts of motivated kids can conduct studies of topics with deep personal meaning to them. Experts can "visit" classrooms thousands of miles away.
    • Rod Corey
      Rod Corey on 23 Jun 10
       
      This sounds great but where do I start and how do I get going?
  • Connecting with colleagues online
    • Rod Corey
      Rod Corey on 23 Jun 10
       
      This is something that I need to begin to explore.
  • no one has taught them about the power of these connections
    • Kimberly Grover
      Kimberly Grover on 23 Jun 10
       
      When does this education begin? Or, does it matter? The impulse of typing the "emotion of the moment" overides what the adolescent brain has been taught.
  • each conversation includes opportunities for students to ask questions and feel a push against their preconceived notions.
    • Stephanie Robison
      Stephanie Robison on 23 Jun 10
       
      This sounds like such an awesome opportunity to encourage students to defend their thinking (which is something we want them to do) in a form where it doesn't feel like a teacher assignment
  • experimenting fearlessly
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      same wording as ohler article
    • Stephen Fox
      Stephen Fox on 23 Jun 10
       
      Same editor
    • alan hall
      alan hall on 23 Jun 10
       
      Sara, did you get this response?
  • I began using discussion tools like VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) to create electronic forums for my students to interact with peers around classroom content—with extraordinary results
    • Stephanie Robison
      Stephanie Robison on 23 Jun 10
       
      Voice thread is something I would like to use in the classroom. Students seem motivated by it.
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 23 Jun 10
       
      They love it! And there are plenty of colleagues you can learn from, like the 5th and 8th grade teams.
  • "I love it when someone disagrees with me online because it makes me think again."
  • Begin by signing up for a Twitter account
    • Kimberly Grover
      Kimberly Grover on 23 Jun 10
       
      Why twitter? Aren't there other forums to find this same information?
  • Clay Burell
  • our students have no trouble connecting, but no one has taught them about the power of these connections. Although tweens and teens may be comfortable using digital tools to build networks, few are using those networks to pursue meaningful personal growth. Our challenge as teachers is to identify ways that students can use these tools for learning.
    • Mike Arsenault
      Mike Arsenault on 23 Jun 10
       
      This points to the fact that we must teach students about digital citizenship. They are creating their own rules in these online environments. They need some direction to cut down on the terrible negative sides of online life.
  • Model learning transparently.
    • Rod Corey
      Rod Corey on 23 Jun 10
       
      What if we build time into the daily classroom routine for checking and interacting with our digigal relationships. Teachers would visit their professional learning communities and students would do the same. This could be a once a week activity, or every day...
  • The key to becoming an effective 21st century instructor is to become an efficient 21st century learner.
  • Wouldn't young adults truly prepared for the 21st century have experience using computers to learn with—rather than simply about—the world?
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      This is exactly what I've been saying in my blog posts...
  • Once you've taken your digital plunge, share with students how the digital connections you engage in enhance your skills and deepen your knowledge. Model learning transparently.
    • Mike Arsenault
      Mike Arsenault on 23 Jun 10
       
      This is so important. Teachers need to be learners and must model how they learn with their students.
  • but no one has taught them about the power of these connections
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      I agree, but is this taught through the content we already need to cover, or a technology component?
  • Our challenge as teachers is to identify ways that students can use these tools for learning.
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      yes!
  • This is why I experiment with every new tool that bursts onto the teenage radar
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      I wish I had the time to keep up with all the sites out there! I remember when we first showed VoiceThread - kids loved it. Now, they are more familiar and not as excited because they use it elsewhere, which is wonderful, but requires me to keep up on the "newer" options.
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 23 Jun 10
       
      This is why we need regular time scheduled into staff meetings or inservice days to just EXPLORE and collaborate with colleagues around new tools.
  • Through Twitter, you'll get short online messages from fellow practitioners that point you to resources or pose questions.
    • Megan Rice
      Megan Rice on 23 Jun 10
       
      Am I ready to be tethered to my phone even more than I am?
  • Then start by following some of the good education blogs written by teachers. Many of these are listed in the Support Blogging wiki (http://supportblogging.com) and on my list of resources (www.pageflakes.com/wferriter/16618841).
Alice Barr

Perk Up Your Projects with Web 2.0 - home - 0 views

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  • Alice Barr on 24 Jul 09
     
    Tired of assigning the same old boring PowerPoint presentations again and again? Want to challenge your students a bit more than the traditional tri-fold or poster project? Come learn a whole host of new tools to spice up your students' projects and your lessons. Explore and experiment with a variety of Web 2.0 tools including animated avatars, comic creators, digital scrapbooks, image creators, interactive timelines, logo generators, slideshows, streaming video, and the web resources that will serve as "containers" for the different elements. Check out the pages to the left to navigate through the different elements to learn how you can re-invent your teaching and your students' learning with the use of a few engaging, motivating, and fun resources.
Alice Barr

ResourceBlog Article: Two New Sets of Primary Sources from the Library of Congress - 1 views

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  • Alice Barr on 02 Nov 10
     
    These Primary Source Sets are compiled and written for educators. However, we think these collections will be of interest to many groups of users. Check out these additions to the growing list of primary source sets, selected primary sources from the rich collections of the Library of Congress on a particular curricular topic. Designed for quick and easy download, each set includes a teacher's guide to historical context, teaching tips and analysis guides, and a graphic organizer to deepen student engagement with these rich artifacts from the past. Here are the newest topics: + The Industrial Revolution in the United States Maps, songs, photos, and political cartoons tell the story of the United States' transition to an industrial nation. + The New Deal Photographs, posters, oral histories, and music recount how Federal programs sought to end the Great Depression.
Alice Barr

K-12 Tech Tools © - home - 4 views

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  • Alice Barr on 08 Jul 11
     
    If you're looking for a kid-friendly website to direct your students to during centers, tech tools to assign to your students who need extra help (or want extra work), or new tools to engage your students in learning, this website is for you! This website features a collection of free, kid-safe, online resources categorized by subject, grade level, and standard.
Molly Kellogg

What's All This Talk about Rigor? - 0 views

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    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 12 Feb 13
       
      This all adds up to good teaching!  I don't think each description defines rigor since there is more to an effective learning experience than just the rigor, but I certainly agree with all of descriptors in the left column!  I think they're really describing best practices in teaching and learning, so rigor is connected to things like engagement, relevance, student-centered work, open-ended problems, critical thinking skills, accessibility, and high expectations for everyone.
  • Rigor involves all partners in teaching and learning.
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 12 Feb 13
       
      Very important point - I agree!  Students, teachers and other thinkers involved in a learning experience have a shared responsibility to create and maintain the correct environment for rigorous learning.
  • encourage productive struggling.
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  • A rigorous lesson embraces the messiness of a good mathematics task and the deep learning that it has the potential to achieve.
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 12 Feb 13
       
      YES, YES!!!  Bring on the productive struggle and messy learning!!!  That is what learning is like in real life and that is what we need to provide for our students or they will never truly learn to be critical thinkers, independent problem solvers or inventive thinkers!
  • persist
  • reflect
  • take responsibility
  • ask productive questions
  • teachers
  • preserving the challenge of the task!
  • rigorous formative assessment
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 12 Feb 13
       
      Absolutely - this is how we learn to differentiate for students throughout the learning experience.
  • When selecting tasks, teachers must be sure that mathematical ideas are explicit and the connections are clear
  • Professional development experiences
    • Molly Kellogg
      Molly Kellogg on 12 Feb 13
       
      How can we shape our professional development opportunities to invite more rigor for staff to enrich their learning and to serve as a model for their teaching?
Alice Barr

SoapBox - Transform your lecture in real-time - 0 views

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  • Alice Barr on 24 Nov 11
     
    Participate with a speaker
Alice Barr

The Innovative Educator: 100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark - 0 views

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  • Alice Barr on 25 Feb 10
     
    You can find a great amount of helpful material on these sites, including videos to augment your lessons, lectures to inspire students, documentaries to show them how things work, and loads of additional videos to help you become a better, smarter teacher.
Alice Barr

The Whole Child Blog « Whole Child Education - 0 views

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  • Alice Barr on 23 Feb 11
     
    Tools Focused > Instruction Focused > Learner Focused
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