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Free Technology for Teachers: Interactive Timeline of Space Exploration
"Planet Quest provides a good overview of the history of astronomy and space exploration. The culture element could provide an interesting way to engage students who aren't excited about science, but are interested in what people thought at various times in history. "
Top News - iTunes U evolving into teacher resource
"Students at some schools use iTunes daily to watch and review faculty lectures, but professors say the site also has become a critical source for lesson planning."
Google Sidewiki Makes the Whole Web a Wiki
The big news from coming from Google today was the release of Google Sidewiki. Sidewiki allows you to comment, annotate, and edit any webpage. To use Sidewiki you must have the latest version of the Google Toolbar installed on Firefox (v.2+) or Internet Explorer (v.6+).
100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media | Teaching Degree.org
The following tips, tools, and resources can assist any teacher with the basics about social media and ways to share that information with students.
Online Audio Editor - Aviary.com's Myna
Use Myna to remix music tracks and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments!
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It's like GarageBand in the clouds.
Our science students could use this to take voice notes on their netbooks.
Hat tip to @cogdog and @downes - todbaker on 2009-09-16
What Should I Read Next?
Enter a book, CD or DVD that you enjoyed and the site will analyse our database of real users' preferences to suggest other books, CDs or DVDs that you might like.\n\nIt's a bit like browsing the shelves of thousands of friends at once!
MixedInk - Free Collaborative Writing Tool
MixedInk takes a fresh approach to collaborative writing. It's a fun, democratic and elegant way for people to weave their best ideas together. (Plus, it's free!)
Free Tool for Saving Webpages
A free new tool called iCyte is now offering students and teachers the ability to save and organize 'Cytes' (text, pictures, articles - even entire web pages) with the click of a button.
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Add Sticky NoteTags and notes can be added for further categorization, creating a searchable database.
- This is what makes this useful. - on 2009-09-08
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iCyte is useful for middle and high school students; they can use it to store important research material for assignments, along with their own personal projects. Teachers can invite colleagues and friends to join their projects, discover new research, and share information.
K12 Online Conference 2009
The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. And it's FREE!
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Add Sticky NoteThis year’s conference begins with a pre-conference keynote the week of November 30, 2009.
- Delivered by Kim Cofino. Expect international perspectives. - on 2009-09-05
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Add Sticky NoteEveryone is encouraged to participate in both live events during the conference as well as asynchronous conversations.
- If times are right, I'll see if I can host a LAN party one night. - on 2009-09-05
Facilitator, Coach or Coordinator? | always learning
What is it about technology in education that makes it so difficult to define roles that everyone can agree on and understand? Even though we’ve had technology in schools for decades, it still seems like we’re making it up as we go along.
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Add Sticky NoteWhat impressed me most was the extensive research in the field of librarianship about the process (and effect) of collaboration among colleagues. Although the day-to-day tasks of a librarian versus a technology facilitator might be very different; the established, research-based process of collaboration, which librarians have been refining for decades, certainly provides an interesting inspiration for technology facilitation.
- I'd be somewhat lost without our librarians. The insight they share is invaluable. - on 2009-08-20
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Add Sticky NoteBe sure to track teacher progress by using a conferring notebook with items you’ve been trying to teach, times you are going in to see the teachers doing it (checklist), quality of what teachers are doing – use this to plan more in-classroom work.
- I"m building my conferring notebook in Bento. - on 2009-08-20
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Google For Educators
Want to help out students and colleagues with handy tips on improving search results and using popular Google products like Google Earth? Just print out these posters and hang them where everyone can see them.
Asian Region Educational Technology May Update
Organisation for the 21st Century Learning @ Hong Kong Conference is progressing well behind the scenes. Some of the original invited speakers have been reconfirmed whilst others have now been replaced.
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Add Sticky NoteThere is no doubt that Wes is going to give you a lot to think about both in the keynotes and the follow up sessions that he will share with us.
- Friendly, knowledgable, informative. Can share info about details like mic choices for podcasts and big picture ideas like copy right in the classroom and beyond. - on 2009-05-09
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Add Sticky NoteInquiry based learning with technology to laptop programs to cybersafety.
- The three big ones! That's what I like to learn about. - on 2009-05-09
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Duck Duck Go
simplified search engine
will be more attractive to elementary students
Hat tip to @joycevalenza.
No Child’s Play: KIDO’Z Creates A Kid-Friendly Media Browser
KIDO’Z is a pretty nifty Adobe AIR-powered desktop browser app that gives kids a safe and fun environment to play games, watch videos and/or visit pre-approved websites.
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- Could improve information searching. Often Google displays too many results. It can be overwhelming. - on 2009-05-04
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Add Sticky NoteWhat’s nice is that all these settings are taken into account at a content level, so KIDO’Z automatically caters the media it think is most suited for your kid(s) at first launch.
- Could customize by grade level. - on 2009-05-04
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SchoolTube
SchoolTube provides students and educators a safe, world class, and FREE media sharing website that is nationally endorsed by premier education associations.
Tikatok - Imagine a Story. Create a Book.
Tikatok™ is where kids channel their imagination into stories – and publish those stories into books for you to share and treasure with friends and family.
Learn about their classroom program.
Top News - Study: Ed tech leads to significant gains
Integrating Promethean's ActivClassroom--a suite of educational technologies that includes an interactive whiteboard, teaching software, and student response systems--into instruction can raise student achievement by an average of 17 percentile points,
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Add Sticky NoteThe study determined that student achievement can really soar if a teacher has 10 or more years of teaching experience, has been using the technology for two or more years, has high confidence in his or her ability to use the ActivClassroom suite, and uses it 75 to 80 percent of the time in the classroom.
- We've been using Activclassroom for 1 year.
Questions
How confident are we with ActivClassroom?
How often do we use it in the classrooms? - on 2009-04-24 - Keep in mind when measuring effectiveness. - on 2009-04-24
- We've been using Activclassroom for 1 year.
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Add Sticky Notebecause it's no small capital investment.
- 14,000 RMB each (w/out digital projector) - on 2009-04-24
Cyberchase | PBS Kids
Classroom 2.0 is highlighting Cyberchase in a free webinar.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT.
>> http://www.classroom20.com/
About CYBERCHASE: the only math series for children on American TV airs daily on PBS KIDS across the country. Since its premiere in 2002, the Emmy award-winning math mystery cartoon has used humor, action and adventure to get kids excited - and confident - about math and problem solving skills.
CYBERCHASE Online (pbskids.org/cyberchase) enhances the TV experience with award-winning content and multi-level math games for kids, as well as activities, lessons, and resources for parents and teachers. CYBERCHASE's seventh season premieres in late April on PBS KIDS (check your local listings).
The Fischbowl: The Invention of Air, PLNs, and School Transformation
I just finished reading Steven Johnson’s The Invention of Air. It’s the story of Joseph Priestley’s scientific discoveries, religious and political thoughts, and his influence on the founding thinkers of the United States. But it’s also a history of his Personal Learning Network (starting with “The Club of Honest Whigs,” which included Benjamin Franklin and Richard Price), and, combined with Richard Florida’s work, has me thinking again about the optimal conditions for learning at our point in history.
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Add Sticky NoteThese thoughts, my dear Friend, are many of them crude and hasty, and if I were merely ambitious of acquiring some Reputation in Philosophy, I ought to keep them by me, ‘till corrected and improved by Time and farther Experience.
- I say this to myself nearly every time I write a post or tweet. - on 2009-03-23
A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter « Once a Teacher….
Twitter is apart of my life almost every day because:
- It’s a great source of news.
- There are rich conversations among educators and edtech people.
- People post entertaining, interesting, and very useful links.
- I enjoy the easy interaction with others from around the world.
- Very useful guide to get started. Provides links to further resources. - todbaker on 2009-03-18
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- Who are the people that you follow talking to? Browse their @replies.
- Who are the people that you follow following?
- This is how I prefer to follow people. Sometimes I follow people who are going to attend the same conference that I'm going to attend like NECC 09. - on 2009-03-18
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