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01 Dec 09

2009 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition » Key Trends

  • Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socializing, and a ubiquitous, transparent part of their lives
  • The way we think of learning environments is changing.
30 Nov 09

2009 Horizon Report: The K12 Edition » Technologies to Watch

  • Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
  • Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
06 Oct 09

A Plethora of Technology: 42

  • In many elementary schools, student work is hung in the classroom or on a wall? Do people read them?
24 Sep 09

Stages of PLN adoption | The Thinking Stick

  • Stage 1 Immersion: Immerse yourself into networks. Create any and all networks you can find where there are people and ideas to connect to. Collaboration and connections take off.
31 Jul 09

School 2.0

  • Picture a classroom where every student has their own tablet PC, with wireless internet access and videoconferencing equipment to give them access to academics, industry experts and other schools around the world. The teacher begins the lesson by drawing students’ attention to a new discussion thread that’s appeared overnight on an online forum about a text they’re studying.
  • You no longer need to be fluent in HTML to benefit from the digital revolution. Web 2.0 tools are closing the divide between richer and poorer regions, and between the ‘digital natives’ and ‘digital immigrants’ of the online world. Cloud computing, where resources and software are stored online, means hardware is no longer necessary, and the growth of free programmes and services lets anyone create their own wiki, blog or podcast.
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13 Jul 09

View Details on July 22 Total Solar Eclipse in Google Earth | Google Earth Blog

Don't you just LOVE what Google Earth is allowing us to do? And if the gearthblog isn't in your reader, put it there!

www.gearthblog.com/...tal_solar_eclipse_in_goog.html - Preview

Justin Reich - Better Strategies Needed for School Internet Access - washingtonpost.com

Great article about school filters. Read it and pass it along to your administration, maybe. But certainly, discuss it with them.

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2009071003459.html - Preview

  • The millions of stimulus dollars to be spent on modernizing classrooms won't transform learning if students can't participate in the online forums that are reshaping the economy, journalism, government and society. If government has any helpful role to play in making school Web surfing safer, it should fund the development of online safety curricula and research into effective supervision software and strategies. Requiring more filtering would throw more resources at a failed approach. Another emerging and misguided strategy is requiring certain Web sites, such as social networks, to use age verification software; evading these new obstacles won't be much harder than evading filters.
09 Jul 09

6 Online Presentation Tips from 60-Second Lectures | Mission to Learn

  • The site really provides a nice little laboratory for what works and what doesn’t when trying to deliver brief, high impact content.
04 May 09

An invention that could change the internet for ever - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

  • Computer experts believe the new search engine will be an evolutionary leap in the development of the internet. Nova Spivack, an internet and computer expert, said that Wolfram Alpha could prove just as important as Google. "It is really impressive and significant," he wrote. "In fact it may be as important for the web (and the world) as Google, but for a different purpose.
16 Apr 09

Study: More children of illegal immigrants being born in US; they face high odds of poverty - Los Angeles Times

  • Overall, illegal immigrants' children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
13 Apr 09

Green School Project - Download Green Lesson Plans and Activities

  • Lesson Plans and Printable Worksheets - Find green lesson plans, activities and printable worksheets appropriate for grades K-3, 4-6 and 7-12. These plans include hands-on projects and are integrated across the curriculum.
  • Lesson Plans and Printable Worksheets - Find green lesson plans, activities and printable worksheets appropriate for grades K-3, 4-6 and 7-12. These plans include hands-on projects and are integrated across the curriculum.
25 Mar 09

RIP: A remix Manifesto - 2 - Copyright vs Copyleft | Open Source Cinema - An Open Source Documentary Film about Copyright

Open Source Cinema starts off with some video that they encourage you to remix and send back to them. In the process you'll learn about copyright - at least one organization's feelings about it.

www.opensourcecinema.org/...rip-remix-manifesto-chapter-2 - Preview

03 Sep 08

11 Google Apps Improvements for the Classroom | ICT in my Classroom

  • Note: This is a list of improvements the author would LIKE to see. - jgates513 on 2008-09-03
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