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Earlier this month, the school board approved a plan that eventually will put a computer in the backpacks of most of the district's 4,300 second- to 12th-grade students. Kindergartners and first-graders will have iPod Touch devices that stay at school; second-graders will have iPod Touches that stay at school; and third- through 12th-graders will have iPads that either stay at school or, for most students, travel with them.

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To give you an idea, here’s a list of 101 cool things you could do with a social intranet, such as Noodle. As you will see, a social intranet is worlds away from the traditional intranet of yester-year.

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The GoogleDocs Form is an efficient way for teachers to collect small pieces of information because it automatically displays the information in a spreadsheet. Teachers can add formulas to those spreadsheets to create  multiple-choice quizzes that grade themselves. Since a form can be linked or embedded into a website, wiki or blog, students do not need email accounts to take a quiz. The form works well on any portable computing device or full-blown computer which makes it perfect for use as an Exit Ticket at the end of a lesson. One simple 3-5 question Exit Ticket Quiz has at least three great uses.

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Hojoki is a new service I just learned about from the Hojoki team. It's a very cool idea - it takes all of your online productivity apps and turns them into a newsfeed and collaborative space to work on projects.

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The GoogleDocs Form is an efficient way for teachers to collect small pieces of information because it automatically displays the information in a spreadsheet. Teachers can add formulas to those spreadsheets to create  multiple-choice quizzes that grade themselves. Since a form can be linked or embedded into a website, wiki or blog, students do not need email accounts to take a quiz. The form works well on any portable computing device or full-blown computer which makes it perfect for use as an Exit Ticket at the end of a lesson. One simple 3-5 question Exit Ticket Quiz has at least three great uses.

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An old friend of mine, Dr. Barry Newell, is an astrophysicist who was once director of Australia’s national observatory. In his spare time (back in 1988), he wrote two classic books on Logo programming and mathematics, Turtle Confusion and the accompanying book for educators, Turtles Speak Mathematics. Turtle Confusion features 40 challenging turtle geometry puzzles in a mystery format and Turtles Speak Mathematics helps educators understand the mathematics their students are learning.

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The Internet is a vast resource of tools, activities, and games for children to explore.  Here are sites that I have recently found that will catch a child’s interest along with providing a learning opportunity.

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The Scale of the Universe - very cool to put things in perspective

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Write a letter to yourself in the future.

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With iMovie, Apple created an editing program that's highly versatile – so much so in fact that it was the inspiration for the newlook Final Cut Pro released earlier this year. With iMovie, you can create a short film in minutes, if not seconds (depending on how complex you want it to be) and share it with friends and family over the web.

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March 14, 2015 will be epic

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How many times have you come across a website that you think nobody has seen before, decided to share it with your friends and family, only to receive comments like “OLD!” or “Saw that years ago” denting your pride as a result?

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iGeneration - 21st Century Education
“Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the challenges of digital learning and the iGeneration”

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The Linux operating system is not just for nerds. Even though you may not realize it, chances are you probably have a version of Linux running right under your nose. It’s found its way into a multitude of devices, both large and small.

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A class newsletter can be a vibrant, dynamic tool for keeping parents informed about what is happening in your classroom, or it can be yet another school handout that never gets read. Here are some ideas for making your newsletter a much-anticipated event rather than lining for the birdcage.

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Drawing fun online and on your iPad

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Click anywhere and draw!

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Explore a blue whale real time from tip to tail

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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) is monitoring the Humidex forecast for extreme heat events. The Humidex is a combination of temperature (°C) and humidity (%) to reflect perceived temperature.

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Below you can find samples of media pieces created for different courses

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