A. T. Wyatt's List: educational resources

Verizon site of teacher tools and other educational resources

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lessonplans education thinkfinity resources on 2008-05-24 and saved by 119 people

a table showing stages and uses of technology for teachers

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teaching technology stages table on 2008-05-26 and saved by 2 people

Lee LeFever from Common Craft explains many types of read/write web tools and their significance.

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common craft video Lee Lefever ReadWriteWeb on 2008-06-02

This website makes clouds from text you import. Very beautiful and artistic.

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cloud visualization wordle tagging on 2008-06-14 and saved by 1294 people

List of 50 most dependable websites for use by University students. Lots of reference and fact sites as well as help with citations.

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resources library research student tools on 2008-07-25 and saved by 54 people

References to research on instructional gaming and some examples to critique

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instructional gaming csc1305 csc3315 on 2008-07-25 and saved by 5 people

Graph jam. A whole new take on visualizing data.

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graphjam csc1305 humor on 2008-07-25 and saved by 3 people

bittorrent textbooks

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bittorrent textbooks filesharing on 2008-07-27 and saved by 2 people

Maybe teaching should be about getting students to ask great questions. Interesting ideas here.

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teaching pedagogy antiteaching philosophy on 2008-08-02 and saved by 41 people

1 hour presentation by Michael Wesch about how to create an engaging learning environment and using technology effectively.

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teaching new media michael wesch web2.0 on 2008-08-02 and saved by 14 people

This should be a great assignment for CSC1305. Finding youtube video that illustrated concepts you are trying to teach in class.

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youtube video resources csc1305 on 2008-08-08 and saved by 24 people

Wiki from Alan Levine with a lot of examples of wordpress blogs in education

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wordpress examples resources link list on 2008-08-12 and saved by 9 people

Article about the PLE and critique of contemporary models for personalized adaptive learning.

www.elearningeuropa.info/...media15972.pdf - Preview

PLE personal development pedagogy on 2008-08-15 and saved by 7 people

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articles publications parents teachers csc1305 on 2008-08-19

Nice general handout for citations and plagiarism. Suitable for high school students.

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citations plagiarism handout csc1305 on 2008-08-20

Changing the nature of exams. Expecting the use of social networks, phones, internet, etc. The exam has a prompt, but students are not graded on their ability to recall factual information. They are graded on how well they put together an argument and find supporting sources. Won't work for everything.

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exams innovative education on 2008-08-20 and saved by 14 people

Visual essay on teaching and learning. Chris Sessums. Uses tumblr

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sessums visual essay teaching metaphor tumblr student tools teacher tools on 2008-08-21 and saved by 3 people

article on what NOT to do with respect to educating students about responsible use of social networks.

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social network example law enforcement facebook myspace on 2008-08-22 and saved by 5 people

Ideas for icebreaker activities for on-line communities. Link to a set of icebreakers embedded in the article.

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icebreaker class activity web2.0 on 2008-08-28 and saved by 4 people

Standards for personal learning networks.
* locate, identify and evaluate potential mentors or teachers online
* communicate with co-learners clearly and effectively in a variety of modes
* share work online using a variety of media in appropriate and creative ways
* track, read, evaluate, organize, utilize and share relevant information effectively

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assessment PLE personal development standards web2.0 on 2008-08-28 and saved by 5 people