Jim Wabindato's Public Library

23 Oct 09

Walgreens Social Responsibility

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02 Oct 09

Free Technology for Teachers

The purpose of this site is to review free technology resources and share information about how teachers can use them in their classrooms. The blog also discusses ideas for technology integration in education.

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Technology Integration Best Practices Web2.0 Education Blog

01 Oct 09

“Cool Tools for Schools” and “Getting Tricky with Wikis” – Two Exceptional Resources

As an educator interested in creating engaging wikis, you’ll want to keep resources like “Cool Tools for Schools” and “Getting Tricky with Wikis” handy for your Web 2.0 needs.

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Digital Classroom Wikis Web2.0

15 Sep 09

Video PSA Spurs Engagement Through Humor

When administrators in the Mesquite (Texas) ISD wanted principals to complete 100 classroom walkthroughs before spring break, they employed this humorous video featuring three dancing principals as one effort designed to grab people's attention. When they introduced a district-wide goal of raising state test scores by 10 percent, a video parody of the Sonic restaurant commercials was one tool they employed to drive home their goal with a little humor.

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Administrator Support Mesquite ISD Education YouTube

24 Jul 09

Professional Development: Student-Centered Teaching

This module is designed to provide a series of annotated web sites for the instructor interested in investigating or implementing student-centered teaching. This type of teaching encompasses many approaches; however, the information usually focuses on the learning side of the coin. Although learning is the goal of instruction, teaching involves a somewhat different set of factors, challenges, problems, and solutions.

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Student-Centered Teaching Professional Development Education

Suite 101 - Education & Career: From day care to continuing studies, curriculum to professional development, online articles for teachers and students

The world's most comprehensive independent online magazine: written and edited by professionals, trusted by over 15 million monthly readers!

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School Issues Professional Development Education

22 Jul 09

Irving Texas School Dist Technology Publications

Online distribution of publications to support the One-to-One Laptop program at the Irvine ISD. This is a great resource for administrators of laptop programs in education.

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Digital Classroom Administrator Support Irving ISD

Are one-to-one laptop programs worth the investment?

(01-FEB-09) District Administration
Our students will certainly enter a workplace that will be unrecognizable to us, and we will need to equip them with the skills to embrace and manage change in how information is produced, delivered and received. In the end, the key elements in a laptop program at school will continue to be the teacher-student relationship and the integration of technology, curriculum content, and school culture.

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Digital Classroom 1-to1 Laptop Programs School Issues Education Curriculum Research

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- Simply stated, in my experience, laptop programs do not have a direct bearing on
  standardized test scores. This is borne out by research, scarce though it may
  be. For example, in a summary of the first-year implementation of the laptop
  program in Fullerton, Calif., researchers concluded that "students in the laptop
  program improved in test scores from the prior year at about the same rate as
  other students in the district."
- If your school has good test scores, has effectively implemented research-based
  instructional methods in reading and math, and has a supportive local community,
  however, a laptop program may help you to get to the next level.
- "There needs to be a leadership team that looks at things through three
  different lenses: the lens of curriculum and content; the lens of the culture of
  the building; and the lens of technical needs." I believe this is an effective
  organizational framework with which to plan, implement, and evaluate a
  one-to-one laptop program.
- One of the key components to improving student learning is to clearly identify
  what it is that students are expected to learn. Laptop programs have to support
  the standards that students are expected to master. Therefore, the focus should
  be on learning content standards. Schools may add goals in problem solving and
  critical thinking, but these must be pursued using instructional practices that
  are grounded in the content standards.
- leadership teams, must create a culture that is receptive to the use of laptop
  computers as learning tools. In addition, they must address the needs and
  interests of the key stakeholders in the learning community.
- Students take to technology like ducks to water and have never known a world
  without the Internet. Learning with computers is natural for them; you just have
  to guide it to positive outcomes, an important ancillary goal of laptop programs
  in itself.
- Teachers. It is difficult for teachers to change practices without extensive and
  ongoing staff development in the area of technology. This has two components: It
  is important to establish a baseline of proficiency with the technology itself.
  However, this is secondary to helping teachers to use laptops as instructional
  tools. If teachers do not actively plan for the use of laptops in the classroom,
  students will not bring them to class. The principal has to plan for ongoing
  training that mixes direct instruction, mentoring and coaching, and the sharing
  of best practices. This can only be achieved if the school has built staff
  development into the weekly schedule at the school. One-time or sporadic
  in-services will not work; the push has to be constant, with clearly stated
  expectations for the use of technology as a learning tool.
- Parents. It is important to educate parents on the goals of the laptop program
  and to describe for them how students and teachers will use laptops, how
  learning will take place, and how the school will evaluate the success of the
  program.
- Many laptop schools have parent education nights to show how children will use
  the computers. Further education should include teaching parents how to use some
  of the software used in the program
- to keep the laptop program running efficiently, observe these ten key steps:
- 1. Standardize a computer operating system/platform
- 2. Decide upon a standard set of software tools that will be consistent across
  the school.
- 3. Identify research-based software that can support learning in math and
  reading.
- 4. Decide how much access students will have to the network.
- 5. Decide how you will handle the inevitable upgrades to operating systems
- 6. Plan for obsolescence of software and hardware.
- 7. Develop a plan to repair and replace broken laptops, batteries and printers.
- These items are a constant drain on the school budget.
- 8. Provide other technology to supplement the laptop program, including
  presentation devices such as LCD projectors.
- 9. Plan for a robust network.
- 10. Most important, have on-site technical support.

Starting School Laptop Programs: Lessons Learned

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Classroom Support Technology Integration 1-to-1 Laptop Programs

21 Jul 09

Maine Learning Technology Initiative - Maine Department of Education

The State of Maine's website for deploying technology in the classrooms of students students and teachers in grades 7 - 12. Maine is also the only state to have a comprehensive 1 to 1 Laptop program statewide.

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1-to-1 Laptop Programs Technology Integration Digital Classroom Educator Resources

06 Jul 09

CASE - Development

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01 Jul 09

THE Journal: Technologic Horizons in Education

THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology.

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Administrator Support School Issues News Technology Education

Curriki - WebHome

A website where the community shares and collaborates on free and open source curricula.

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Lesson Plans Social Networking Education Web2.0 Curriculum

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Home

The leading advocacy organization infusing 21st century skills into education.

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Educator Resources Technology Literacy 21st Century Skills Technology Integration Education Assessments

29 Jun 09

OfficeRocker! : Blogcast: OneNote 2007

OneNote demo that shows some of the integration of Outlook and OneNote.

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Office 2007 OneNote Demo

Demo: OneNote 2007 — An Executive’s Best Practices - OneNote - Microsoft Office Online

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Best Practices OneNote Help Demo

Searched for "one note" - Help and How-to - Microsoft Office

Help and How-To search results for OneNote: Check out also the piece on Best Buddies

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OneNote Microsoft Help

24 Jun 09

Michael Wesch - Anthropology Program at KSU

Kansas State Anthro Webpage: Has embedded links to his YouTube videos; which talk about the digital classroom, using Web2.0, and then various other links to his work

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Web2.0 Wesch YouTube Digital Classroom

23 Jun 09

BP Educational Service (BPES)

Providing innovative curriculum-linked teaching resources for primary and secondary schools.

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Environmental Education BP Energy

SMART Online Community - Home

Home page for the SMART Education Online Networking community. This is a central point for resources, professional development, research and programs.

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SMART Board Professional Development Digital Classroom Educator Resources