Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has released its annual National Trends Report, revealing new data on the power of technology to increase student achievement and describing the need to equip American children and teachers with the knowledge and technological proficiency necessary to make America a leader within the ...
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Great article addressing technology adoption, management and innovation for education in the March 2009 edition of Tech and Learning
Now that digital technology is an integral part of many of our classrooms, we have a new challenge: How can we manage this essential technology? How can we maximize the school district’s ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Teacher Web Page Component Suggestions
Communicate with Parents
Make it More
People Want to See It
Student Presentations
Safety
Privacy
Wiki
Blog
Podcasting and Mediacasting
Linking
Finding and Being Found
Paperless
Communicate with Staff
Moodle
Student Web Sites Suggestions
Links
Video
Unit Work
Student Work
Blog
Communicate
Collaborate
Wiki
Greatest Hits of Teacher Sites
Links to Alumni of Class
Virtual Classroom
Links
Study guide
Practice Quizzes, etc.
Class Help
Podcast
Activities
Student Scribe
One student per day
Resources
Free Forums Bravenet.com
Student Media Publishing
Book Discussion Via Blog
Ideas ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
I watched Wade Davis' Cultures on the Edge presentation yesterday and it has impacted me tremendously. I in one fell swoop have changed my view of story telling and it necessity in the world. Wade is a persuasive and polished presenter. His simple stand and deliver approach is ...
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
We visited many sites today that are interesting and helpful. Take a look at some.
http://www.brainpop.com
http://kidshealth.org
http://www.polleverywhere.com
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com
http://fantasticcontraption.com
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10
http://freeology.com
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html
http://www.nettrekker.com
http://voicethread.com
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view
http://www.edutopia.org/scratching-surface-creativity
http://scratch.mit.edu
http://www.usbourne-quicklinks.com
http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com
http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/dictionary/intro.html
http://www.webquest.org
http://www.csta.acm.org/Resources/sub/DownloadableResources.html
Toward the bottom of the page, PBL resources
http://www.theapple.com
http://pocketmod.com
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
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Experiment with the CSS in the portfolio_test.html file
Save your work in your server account
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Have you ever wanted to learn more about how you learn or what type a person you are?
Take the following quizzes and find out:
Multiple intelligences quiz offered by Canada
Myers-Briggs personality type quiz
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
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Creating a web page template can be easy with Adobe Illustrator. Watch the video to see some of the basic elements to get started. If you find yourself either under-inspired, looking for a new challenge or a bit overwhelmed by the program, try a tutorial at Good-Tutorials.com. They are small, ...
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
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Creating a blog for education is easy with Edublogs.org. It is one of the premier blog communities built for educators. Create a blog in minutes and begin connecting with your students. An added plus; you are connected with educators around the world. The Edublogs.org community is searchable for educational topics ...
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