Joe Virant (jvirant)'s Public Profile in the Diigo Community

I'm a Technology Integration Specialist in Katy ISD in Katy, Texas. I love emerging technologies. I also am a bass trombonist in a swing-era big band in my spare time.

Member since Mar 12, 2009, follows 48 people, 5 public groups, 511 public bookmarks (514 total).

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Tanya Albert Swindell: My days in the forest on 2009-11-20
Pageflakes - techieteacher's VT in the Classroom on 2009-11-20
Verbs- First Grade: text, images, music, video | Glogster on 2009-11-16
Arthur E. Levine: The School of One: The School of Tomorrow on 2009-11-13
- Today's schools are an anachronism. They resemble the assembly lines of the
  industrial era, when they were conceived. Groups of 25 to 30 children, beginning
  at age five, are moved through 13 years of schooling, attending 180 days each
  year, and taking five major subjects daily for lengths of time specified by the
  Carnegie Foundation in 1910. These schools are time-based -- all children are
  expected to master the same studies at the same rate over the same period of
  time. They focus on teaching -- how long students are exposed to instruction,
  not how much they have learned. They are rooted in the belief that one size fits
  all -- all students can benefit equally from the same curriculum and methods of
  instruction.
- Student learning becomes the focus -- the driver -- of schooling. Specifically,
  the School of One translates fifth- through seventh-grade math into 77 skill and
  knowledge areas. Students are assessed on their mastery of each area, and the
  program is geared to each student's areas of strength and weakness. The goal is
  for each student to master all 77 skills and body of knowledge.
Productive Group Work on 2009-11-13
pptPlex on 2009-11-13
Connectivism & Connective Knowledge on 2009-11-12
Henry Jenkins on the Popular and Participatory Culture - Conversations.net on 2009-11-12
influence4 - home on 2009-11-12
I Education Apps Review - I Education Apps Review on 2009-11-12

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Classroom 2.0

1588 members, 4621 items

A place for members of www.Classroom20.com to share links, Classroom 2.0 is social networking site devoted to those interested in the practical application of computer technology (especially Web 2.0) in the classroom and in their own professional development.
Diigo In Education

3418 members, 2771 items

“Diigo In Education” - Phase I just released. More to come.. Share your classroom usecase, ideas, reviews, features, and wishlists for making Diigo a great resource and platform in teaching and learning. Let's explore the full potential of Diigo as an educational tool.
Integration Specialists

23 members, 451 items

This group is for Technology Integration Specialists who work in Katy ISD.
NECC2009

21 members, 5 items

Save your links from all of your sessions here!
techintegration

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