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12 Dec 09

[pdf] Howard Rheingold on Future Fundamental literacies

My experiences have convinced me that the most
important focus for public attention right now should shift to the literacies that bring
power to those who possess them and leave behind those who don't know how to use
their telephone as a medical instrument, educational medium, social radar, political
organizing tool.

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25 Nov 09

What role should teachers have in preventing domestic violence? | Education | guardian.co.uk

"Classes about abusive relationships are to become compulsory for children as young as five. Chris Keates says they could break the cycle of misery in homes"

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12 Nov 09

Repetition of flawed schooling models will not improve education | Education | guardian.co.uk

England's education system contains elements of "insanity" in its repetition of models of schooling which have been demonstr

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03 Nov 09

podcastingpd / Audacity | educator wiki

A fantastic resource on using audacity for podcasting from a dedicated teacher.

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18 Oct 09

"Street Crawl" Gallery (York Media AQ Project)

This is a selection of images taken with a 1.3 megapixel cell phone camera for a professional development media teaching course I'm taking. The object was to collect media of a specific location. We were assigned to Church street, which is the heart of Toronto's gay community and other urban locations.

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  • The purpose of this project was to document a public location using only the technology we have access to. Since my good camera is out of commission, I used my cell phone (which has very limited image capability). Despite my "low tech" gear, I managed to get some decent pictures - mostly due to techniques (cropping and moving the camera to eliminate need for focus) and some minor tweeks in Irfanview, changing colour to B&W and pushing up the contrast. Most of our time was spent walking down Church street which is the heart of Toronto's gay community - thus all the LGBTQ content. We ended our walk in China town - unfortunately only two images (we were tired and it was cold!) - melmcbride on 2009-10-18
26 Sep 09

ASM30: Media Arts 10/11 Course Blog

This is a blog I created to update my media arts students outside of class. This blog is intended as a resource - rather than a substitute for in-class learning.

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07 Sep 09

Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers

From keeping track of grades to sharing lesson plans, from helping students collaborate to communicating with parents, teachers now have a host of web-based tools at their disposal to help them stay organized and make their jobs easier.

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05 Sep 09

Datachondria » Blog Archive » The US Military Wants You(r Data)

‘No Child Left Behind’ legislation mandates that all high schools send students’ personal information — including address, cell phone number, GPA, and social security number — to the military for data mining.

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02 Sep 09

A Comfortable Truth: Well-Planned Classrooms Make a Difference | Edutopia

Truth #1: Comfort Matters: A considerable body of research about environmental design shows the positive effect comfort can have on learning, human productivity, and creativity

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01 Sep 09

Encouraging Students' Intrinsic Motivation

  • Knowing
    what background your students bring to class and starting the course at an
    appropriate level can increase students' success and, thus, positive feelings
    they have about your subject matter. I have found the use of non-graded pre-
    and post- tests to be a useful strategy for obtaining such information. In
    addition, giving a post-test and showing students how much they have learned
    (the difference in their pre- and post-test scores) is, even without a grade,
    rewarding to many students.
  • Find out what interests
    your students and use that information in class examples and assignments.
    Negotiate guidelines or norms for meaningful but appropriate classroom discussion.
    Think about how your course could impact your students' future lives.
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Neurodiversity and the "dumbest" generation | brianfrank.ca

My feeling is that if our society considers honesty and interpretive precision to be flaws, then it’s our society itself that’s in need of therapy.

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    • These comments on Aspergers are currently being questioned. Whether Aspies are or are not "impaired" may have more to do with the methodologies than their genuine abilities. Even the language here is questionable and reinforcing (impairment) of disability versus difference. - on 2009-09-01
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  • But then as soon as I read that I thought of Tyler Cowen’s Create Your Own Economy, in which he makes a case that new technologies and practices on the web — precisely the ones Bauerlein has criticized — are empowering autistic and  neurodiverse individuals to be more social and productive.
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30 Aug 09

Strategies for differentiated instruction

Within the four ways for differentiating instruction there are embedded several other learning strategies which are used in conjunction with each other.

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Beginning Teachers Program | TDSB

Our Beginning Teachers bring a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for learning and a genuine commitment to meeting the diverse needs of the students they work with. Working together, our goal is to provide a continuum of professional learning and growth opportunities for the first 5 years of their teaching career.

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27 Aug 09

High school teachers worried about swine flu - CTV News

If staff teachers fall ill, the union said there are ample numbers of substitute teachers available. Failing that, online teaching could become an option, it said.

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