Looking for information/vendors/etc that would help out in being able to keep our student store open. Thought I would put this out there and see what happens.
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Posted by Bob Reinhardt on June 28, 2008 at 2:42pm —
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Posted by Conectafrica Turismo Solidario 2.0 on June 27, 2008 at 8:00am —
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Greetings:
I direct T
he Heritage Institute, a program of continuing education for teachers. I would like to connect with an educator who knows about and has used with students various web 2.0 applications and who would be willing to develop for other educators an online course for university credit. Feel free to contact Mike Seymour (mike@hol.edu) or leave a message at our office 360-341-3020.
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Posted by MIke Seymour on June 24, 2008 at 4:10pm —
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We are ranking Nº1 for Anti Virus Threats on google.com
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Posted by John Beckley on June 23, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Home Page Syndication
I have an igoogle account and google reader set up. Eskimo Joe is my blogspot account but I don't know how to place the blog on igoogle'sor google reader's page.
Any ideas about something that simple?
Posted by eskimo joe at 7:00 PM 0 comments
Joe Quinn--More social bookmarking
I chose Wikia, nextgen teachers, ning educators, eduwonk, and wetpaint for resources on my service.
While I was in wetpaint I explored math educators, which pulled up Youtube. O…
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Posted by Joe Quinn on June 21, 2008 at 8:00am —
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Does anyone use H.323 videoconferencing? We are a K-5 school that videoconferences and would love to make contacts with other schools. Just created a
ning videoconferencing group and would love feed back from any videoconferncing schools. Thanks!
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Posted by Linda on June 20, 2008 at 6:26am —
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Posted by Dennis O'Connor on June 13, 2008 at 2:29pm —
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- 1...2...3 Start! Now we start our partnerpage in German
deutsch.nanopaprika.eu
- We change our philosophy and open from today all the pages of our network. Now you can add your "My page" link to your webpage, blog.... Now everybody can k…
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Posted by Andras Paszternak on June 5, 2008 at 1:52pm —
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I have a vision where students connect with their peers from around the world. Why? Because it's interesting. It's challenging to create global friendships, across cultures and across seas. And it's interesting to learn what other are studying. Even the very precise studies, like math, are not exact all over the world. Sometimes you need help figuring out a problem and someone from across the world, who studied it in a different way, will offer that different angle that opens your eyes. This is…
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Posted by Or-Tal Kiriati on June 3, 2008 at 12:12am —
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Link to March 17 Demo Replay.
http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&id=73125
WiZiQ is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment for teachers to interact online and teach students in real time. Teach…
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Posted by Mark Cruthers on May 3, 2008 at 6:06pm —
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This article confirms my suspicions that when researching a topic, use multiple resources for confirmation of facts. This article outlines a frustrating give-and-take between a wiki editor and a contributor. Hope you find the article interesting... TH
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Posted by Tom Hitt on April 21, 2008 at 5:48am —
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Posted by Tracy on April 16, 2008 at 8:19am —
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Posted by nstrehlow on April 14, 2008 at 8:30am —
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Traditionally, education has been an entity, a system, a learning process that students undergo, or all or a combination of these things. Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying:
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school".
In modern terms, education today is about learning as a life-long experience, not simply a process that students endure for a period of their lives.
Future learning requires deconstructing traditional views of education as an insti…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:17pm —
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The 'mass production line' is a great analogy to describe the traditional school system. Students as the raw material and educators as the cogs in the machine working for a bureaucracy. For too long, many schools and universities have operated like this: farms and factories that produce clones of a pre-determined specification, fit for society.
It is refreshing to consider an educational system that is not bound by four walls. Learning can happen by anyone about anything, anywhere and anytime.…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:16pm —
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According to a
recent US study by the National Schools Board Association, 96% of students aged 9-17 years, who have internet access, use social networking tools. The study was comprised of 3 surveys, an online survey involving 1277 students, an online survey of 1039 parents, and phone interviews with 250 school district leaders who make internet policy decisions. The study identified that students spend on average 9 hours per week pos…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:15pm —
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'Google Generation' refers to a generation of people born since 1993, who have grown up in an Internet dominated world. According to Wikipedia, the phrase has entered common usage as a "...way of referring to a generation whose first port of call for knowledge is the internet and a search engine, Google being the most popular".
The Online Computer Library Center recently conducted a
global survey that indicates the Google Gen…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:13pm —
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I recently attended the Moodle Moot in New Zealand and an inspiring presentation by Martin Langhoff. Martin is a Moodle guru and works for New Zealand Moodle Partner, Catalyst IT. During his spare time, Martin is involved in the
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. I also had the rare privelege of test-driving an XO-1 prototype.
For those not familiar with the project, the OLPC social welfare organisation developed XO-1, previously known as the $100 Laptop,…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:13pm —
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Net Generation students were born into the age of information technology. Their attitudes, expectations, skills and learning styles reflect their environment - which contrasts to our own upbringing.
From my personal experience as an educator, I've outlined what I believe are the 7 key traits of the Net Generation:
- Connected: Net Gen expect instant access to information. If they need to know something, they will Google it. They also need co
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:11pm —
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Open learning advocates flexible education that can occur about anything, anywhere, anytime by anyone. This concept redefines the traditionally held view of education whereby students and teachers are bound to a strict bureaucratic system.
My Learning Space has now made available a series of free Open Learning courses designed to promote the professional development of educators. Each course contains a sequence of activities, resources and referen…
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Posted by Chad Outten on April 13, 2008 at 10:10pm —
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GENEVA (AP) -- Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled a new feature Tuesday for its popular mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world.
Users must have downloaded Google Earth, UNHCR maps to access refugee information.
The maps will aid humanitarian operations as well as help inform the public about the millions who have fled their homes because of violence or hardship, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, which is…
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Posted by alam, kamran on April 9, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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Beginning in March, my internet radio show,
"Teaching For A Living, Not Just A Paycheck" is now hosted on my blog at
MAW'S TOOLBOX and on my profile page inside the
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Posted by meri walker on April 7, 2008 at 5:47pm —
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Listening to Mark Cruthers talk about his experience teaching AP History online to a group of homeschoolers, what comes up for you?
If you haven't yet heard this interview,
see previous post to listen: "How to Make an Extra $25,000 A Year Teaching A Few Homeschoolers Onlin…
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Posted by meri walker on April 7, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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I started with the Hungarian NanoScience Network in november 2007... After 4 months I can see that NING networks work withou borders... With 440 members it is now time to change the name of our community to THE INTERNATIONAL NANOSCIENCE COMMUNITY!
http://www.nanopaprika.eu - Spicy world of NanoScience
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Posted by Andras Paszternak on April 5, 2008 at 1:07pm —
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Posted by Tom Hitt on April 3, 2008 at 7:15am —
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Did you play dress up as a child? Ever play with your mom or grandma's old dresses and purses as a little girl? It was fun to dress up , and it doesn't have to be just for Halloween.
Building up a dress up wardrobe can be really fun and a great way to engage your child.
I have a boy so using his dad's old shirts, and Halloween wigs and props can make for great fun. Have an old briefcase? Fantastic use it to build a workstation for building symbolic play. In symbolic play children can express an…
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Posted by Alexis on April 2, 2008 at 7:23pm —
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Imaginary Play: Brain Play,
Children make sense of their world and experiences through pretend play. Children who are engaged in imaginary play do better in general intellectual development and develop an ability to concentrate for longer periods of time.
Most of us just think its just play, and ask" what exactly are they learning?". There is a big difference in the way adults learn and children learn. For instance if your curious about how a doctor does his profession, you ask questio…
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Posted by Alexis on April 2, 2008 at 7:19pm —
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I like most of you struggle. Some days are good and some are filled with frustrations and tears. If I just cope then my son won't get better. I will be too busy trying to avoid the giant I am facing.
If I just survive no one wins because I will do what I barely can and just go on…
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Posted by Alexis on April 2, 2008 at 7:16pm —
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Talk about the future: Encourage them by getting intune with their interests. If they…
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Posted by Alexis on April 2, 2008 at 7:00pm —
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I joked with a friend of mine yesterday that my real life was in danger of coming to a grinding halt at the hands of blogging. When I started my first blog about two years ago I never thought it would come to this state of addiction (but a healthy addiction).
Of course my real life is really in no danger, but I do like the dynamic of meeting people from around the world and sharing ideas. If you are new to blogging and networking you probably feel like you just don't have that much to say... th…
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Posted by Tom Hitt on March 30, 2008 at 3:56am —
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It's been a few months since my last entry; the entries used to be weekly, as I adjusted to a new kind of teaching. Now, here I am just a bit later and completely on the "other side."
There's no going back.
This year my students and I have experienced a fundamental “shift” in education. We are not only a strong classroom community (in real time, face to face, here and now), we are also a strong networked community online.
Our network is private. It's a ning network, only it's composed primari…
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Posted by Connie Weber on March 29, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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I've been reading several articles today and experimenting with a few things I've learned. I added a classroom page at http://chitch.at/ They listed "home economics" as a category. Most classroom 2.0 sites don't. I didn't find any other "home economics" classrooms to visit. It looks like there is lots there for FREE!!!!! Perhaps I should email them and tell them it's not called home economics anymore. ;-) ~JL~
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Posted by Jackie L on March 22, 2008 at 7:39pm —
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My research process these days has me following the trails of brave explorers, digging deeper when I find something that interests me, sharing it, and getting feedback. Not so surprising for a woman who has decided to park her wagon right close to the end of the Oregon Trail, I guess.
I’ve been so busy that I haven’t posted here… and that’s got to stop today.
So…
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Posted by meri walker on March 9, 2008 at 9:30pm —
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The primary focus of my job is professional development. Often times, though, I'm asked to troubleshoot something...which truly means figure out whether or not a teacher needs to submit a work order to my district Technology Department (the Real McCoy "ITs").
I am happy to report that today was different! One teacher in particular, a 3rd grade gifted & talented teacher at one of my schools, met with me. We collaborated on ways to use Photo Story in her classroom. I introduced her to it, and…
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Posted by Jessica Donaldson on March 4, 2008 at 2:18pm —
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CONVOCATORIA
5to Simposium Iberoamericano en Educación, Cibernética e Informática: SIECI 2008
en el contexto de la Séptima Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática: CISCI 2008
Del 29 de Junio al 2 de Julio de 2008, Orlando, Florida (EE.UU.)
www.infocibernetica.org/sieci2008
Presidente Honorario: Freddy Malpica
Presidentes: Andrés Tremante y Friedrich Welsch
Presidentes Comité de Programa: Ángel Oropeza y José Vicente Carrasquero
Presidente Comisión Organizadora: Belk…
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Posted by Neli Maria Mengalli on March 2, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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Knowledge transfer is accomplished with pedagogy. I think we’ll all agree that some degree of conceptual understanding is the goal of every lesson, and that in order to accurately measure the success of a lesson: 1) objectives must be clearly defined and presented beforehand and 2) at least one assessment is completed during the course of each lesson. It’s also worth mentioning the lesson map, no matter how well designed, to accomplish transfer of knowledge isn’t carved in stone and is best appr…
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Posted by S Mann on February 26, 2008 at 7:17pm —
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Makes me curious.
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Posted by Todd Finley on February 23, 2008 at 7:47pm —
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Well, I could explain a rich curriculum, but then you and I'd probably both get bored and miss part of the details. Take seven minutes from a busy day, I promise it'll be fun and worthwhile as you thoughtfully watch this concise and well mastered video clip. Enjoy!
http://educationreporting.blogspot.com/
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Posted by S Mann on February 20, 2008 at 4:47pm —
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The US Department of Education released a new report: Mapping America's Educational Progress 2008. I learned a few things reading it. My big question ... How come we settle for less when it comes to the results of educating our future leaders of the world?
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Posted by S Mann on February 13, 2008 at 5:41pm —
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An important part of reforming K-12 education is getting the word out
about quality education resources. What is a quality K-12 education
resource? To me this "quality education" resource fits within these
parameters ....
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Posted by S Mann on February 11, 2008 at 11:00pm —
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The National Education Association (NEA) has produced the 2007
projections and estimates for K-12 schools in the USA. While the report
is filled with excellent research, some digestion is required to absorb
what the numbers are saying. Here are some highlights .....
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Posted by S Mann on February 11, 2008 at 6:24pm —
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Working with my district administrators, I was able to get Ning working inside the district. Horrary! We will slowly start using it here at Excelencia with my students. I have created a
wiki which the students and staff are going to be using. It's a coaching and teaching wiki for use by all and the district IT department is going to be sharing it out because of a training I'm doing with my co Technology coach…
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Posted by Jason Schnee on February 11, 2008 at 7:18am —
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Educators have a seemingly endless supply of tools, in regards to educational technology. In fact, I would venture to say that teachers have a plethora of resources at their finger tips. [
Do you know what a plethora is? says El Guapo in
The Three Amigos] Uh-oh, there it is: one of a number of random thoughts that make too many choices a stumbling block for those of us with ADHD. What in the world does that have to do with EdTech? That's right, smarty-pants... too many choices.…
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Posted by Jessica Donaldson on February 9, 2008 at 6:43am —
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I was reading an article from a blog which I really felt was well worth my time. I teach first through eighth grade students in Central Phoenix, Arizona. I am the technology teacher, where it is my job to get them ready for the 21st century and using technology. I consider myself pretty proficient in using technology and also teaching it as well. I am constantly learning more by speaking with others, reading articles and attending conferences (though I haven't quite done a complete virtual confe…
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Posted by Jason Schnee on February 7, 2008 at 8:16pm —
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Hello, I am looking forward to communicating with other elementary teachers. After all we are in a "world of our own".
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Posted by bettye on February 4, 2008 at 1:35pm —
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February 3, 2008
After thirty years in business, I chose to change careers. I chose to become an elementary school teacher. I had worked with children as a storyteller/magician for most of those years and thought that teaching would be something I could do that would truly outlive me.
It took three years to earn my degree and teaching license. I was hired immediately after graduation and am now in my second year of teaching. Understanding the importance of technology to business…
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Posted by Rick Glass on February 3, 2008 at 12:44pm —
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Celebrating Educational Blogging is a fantastic project created by edublogger Steve Hardagon. It's a mash-up using Blogger and VoiceThread.
Go check it out and get involved---add your audio, video or text story
to the community VoiceThread and share with colleagues around the world how you incorporate edublogging
into your classroom!
Related Links…
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Posted by Yahoo! For Teachers on January 31, 2008 at 2:59pm —
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It appears that Earl, our Yahoo! For Teachers spokesowl, has discovered the joys of Twitter. And even though he would much rather “hoo” than “tweet“– he still thinks Twitter is pretty slick.
He’s agreed use Twitter as a way to keep everyone up-to-date with breaking community news, links to useful resources along a few random bits of information.
You can follow Earl by clicking here:…
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Posted by Yahoo! For Teachers on January 31, 2008 at 2:55pm —
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Posted by Jim Stove on January 26, 2008 at 12:48pm —
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Still plugging away on my research project invovling social networking applications in education.
Next semester, I am planning to teach using NING instead of my courseware app to measure the differences etc. This past semester I taught my sections of my course in the courseware, a wiki, and Sakai. I decided to swutch over to the social networking tool for mext semester to see how it works with my students.
So far, I'm in the construction phase. It should be interesting to see ho…
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Posted by Mary Hricko on January 24, 2008 at 7:36am —
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If you are using the
Wiimote whiteboard and are need an opensource interactive whiteboard app here is something to try -
http://kindlelab.com/software.html & a video of it being used is here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-75kPfF48Will work…
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Posted by Rich White on January 22, 2008 at 6:27am —
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Barbara is going to have a try at using google docs a fantastic tool that allows kids to edit and write online
This comes very highly rated by the english education system
Here is the pedagodgy [pretty boring but very well thought out]
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dcw73rq6_0f7z5gfgs&hl=en
Here is the google docs home page.
Have alook at the video at least
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Posted by Jim Stove on January 20, 2008 at 11:21pm —
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Lately I have been using a web 2.0 tool 'StumbleUpon' This allows you to surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great sites, videos, photos and more
based on your interests. It automatically places a StumbleUpon Tab in your browser which you can hit on to continually tap into sites related to your area of interest. Whenever I come across something worthwhile I will post it onto my blog for all to share.
Click here to go to
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Posted by sherryn on January 18, 2008 at 5:47pm —
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Posted by Sharon Betts on January 17, 2008 at 3:35am —
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Greetings,
I'm already focused on a blog I produce and you're welcome to visit and post.
It's located at
http://educationreporting.blogspot.com/.
Stop by when you get a chance.
cheers, steu
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Posted by S Mann on January 14, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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We were thrust into this "core parent group" and are willingly taking the challenge to live up the expectations to strengthen our ISP program. Namely, we are determined to return into the hands of the ISP kids an educational program that can promote their independent study experience with ongoing activities, field trips and other resources they are entitled to.
Let's step into the door of our virtual classroom. Here, we will gather 24/24 to discuss ideas and obtain informations as well…
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Posted by Hong-My Basrai on January 12, 2008 at 7:10pm —
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Ok, so we have to research and find out about blogs. What are blogs anyway? It seems that you are being very nosey about people and what they have to say. I can see how you could use this in a classroom, it's just I see lots of ways that it shouldn't be used.
It amazes me that there are so many people out there writing for the purpose of people finding their blog and reading it....some stuff posted seems so personal.
Ok, I've spent way too much time on the computer tonight, and…
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Posted by Melanie Smith on January 9, 2008 at 11:06pm —
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The latest edition of the Active Learning Blog Carnival is up at
http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/. This months Big Question is "What motivates students to be actively involved in learning?".
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Posted by Deirdre Bonnycastle on January 7, 2008 at 1:07pm —
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I have been looking for a good mind mapping tool for some time now and recently came across Mindjet MindManager 7 (http://www.mindjet.com). I am having fun with it. It is simple enough and powerful, in that the hyperlinks work well. The interface is effective and embeds itself in other programs such as Internet Explorer and the entire Microsoft Offfice 2007 suite (I have upgraded…
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Posted by Kripscape on January 5, 2008 at 6:13pm —
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Dear Friends!
My name is Andras Paszternak, I am the editor of the NanoScience Network (Independent Hungarian Virtual Network of NanoScience) on Ning. I plane to make in our virtual community one group about the NanoScience education at Highschools. If you have interest, please visit our network http://www.nanopaprika.eu
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Posted by Andras Paszternak on January 5, 2008 at 6:20am —
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I just recently joined the Fireside Learning Ning which was started by Connie Weber. I haven’t spent a great deal of time there yet, but I can sense that it will be another great place for networking and learning. As an
administrator, I’m always looking for ways to help the staff with whom
I work improve their teaching. This stems from my work as a class
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Posted by Kelly Christopherson on December 23, 2007 at 2:02pm —
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It is a some-words-thought to start my new relationship with ning. I hope it is going to be a unique experience in the ITC field. Let's see!
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Posted by Antonio J. Delgado on December 17, 2007 at 10:12am —
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Yesterday I showed the students my personal ning page with the class
videos section. I've made the videos 'just for pals' to ensure their
security so only a few people can see them. They were so excited when
they saw the few comments there especially knowing that they were from
teachers in other parts of the world. Very big smiles all around.
On a different note, we also watched some interviews the students had
shot the previous week at our Showcase (How to Catch Public Transport).
I…
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