July 2011
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June 2011
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What's Up With "E.G." and "I.E."?
theyuniversity:
Some cool graphics explaining the difference between e.g. And I.e. If you teach or just like grammar, there are some incredible blogs on tumblr you should follow!
Search tool for Free kindle books for kids →
My friend Stephen Windwalker from Kindle Nation Daily has put together a great tool for searching and finding free books on the kindle. Now he has created one for just books for kids. Check out…
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10 things that can get you fired →
Calling in sick consistently during important events is just one of the things that can get you fired. I think these are things for people in any profession to read! We should also share this with students. Do they know hygiene impacts how they will do in life? This is a tough one, but when you help someone with that it can help their career. I can distinctly remember interviewing a potential...
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Inside evaluation of IMPACT DC's controversial... →
You will want to read this if you are in human resources or administration.
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WatchVideo demonstrating to students why they can’t just Google to get results. They need to go deeper.
Citation: RT @pgoerner: RT @miealaraisa: #iste11Great video “You Can’t Just Google It”http://bit.ly/eeko3A #sigms11 Xtranormal video re:reliable sources! #tlchat
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Teachers in Tiaras: Letters to the Future →
Lovely lesson plan about teaching letter writing. This could be combined with blogging.
adolwyn:
teachersintiaras:
Letter writing seems to be a lost art, but it is still a standard. I personally love writing letters of appreciation, love, or simply just because as often as I can! To teach letter writing can be monotonous for the students of a technology-age. I hope this activity helps!
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Google Advanced Search now includes Reading Level →
Google Advanced Search includes reading level.
Citation: Tammy’s top 20 Favorite Web Tools
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Bib Me: The super Easy Bibliography Maker →
Bib Me makes bibliography making easy. All you have to do is put in the name of the book and author or the ISBN number and this tool will set everything up for you. Indispensible for term paper writers!
Citation: Tammy Worchester’s Top 20 Favorite Tools presented at ISTE11
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Teacher's Domain →
Great website with tons of video and resources aligned by state and national US standards. Set up your userid and track the videos by putting them in your folders!
Citation: RT @wfryer: Great website for openly licensed video content:http://www.teachersdomain.org via @kfasimpaur #iste11
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Kids Open Dictionary →
Collaborative dictionary created by students for #education #edtech
It is going to be interesting to see what those educators who hate wikipedia think of a dictionary that students create!
“The purpose of this project is to create a free, open simple dictionary for students to use. This dictionary will ultimately be published in a variety of formats and for multiple platforms. “
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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools... →
StoryJumper is a place to create and discover stories for kids. (RT @russeltarr) StoryJumper is a place to create and discover stories for kids.: http://tinyurl.com/64uxvbf tags: …
My #iste11 sessions will go on without me →
Whoever says cheerleading isn’t a sport needs to see how much icy hot, how many bruises, and how much sacrifice it is to do this sport.
Last night I printed my boarding pass and zipped up my…
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Creating Flashcards in PowerPoint using Trigger... →
magicalteacher:
kbkonnected:
Via The Digital Scoop
I’m going to have to play with this one….in a quiet moment so I can concentrate!!!
PowerPoint tricks with triggers. Oldie but goodie.
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Troubleshooting Computers and Integrating... →
kbkonnected:
#edtech #elemchat #spedchat
Lots of very helpful websites!
Had to add this to my blog. I can see this one being used for a long time.
Troubleshooting Computers and Integrating Technology for Teacher
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C.J. Cregg: We have at our disposal a captive audience of schoolchildren. Some of them don't go to the blackboard or raise their hand 'cause they think they're going to be wrong. I think you should say to these kids, "You think you get it wrong sometimes, you should come down here and see how the big boys do it." I think you should tell them you haven't given up hope and that it may turn up, but, in the meantime, you want NASA to put its best people in a room and you want them to start building Galileo 6. Some of them will laugh and most of them won't care but for some, they might honestly see that it's about going to the blackboard and raising your hand. And that's the broader theme.
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“I admire the dickens out of anyone who publishes any book at all. Kind of like...”
– Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher
Co-Author, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time
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“Father, I don’t have it in me to finish this book. I’m tired. I...”
– Me
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Teacher Dare Day!
kicksandgiggles:
If your school was given a large sum of money designated for “providing for your school’s homeless population,” how do you feel this money would best be utilized?
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Teacher Dare Day: One thing you were scared to do...
For Teacher Dare day, please share one thing you were afraid to do in your classroom but when you did it you were were very glad you did. Tell us what it was and how it turned out.
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It seems like some people were hoping for a...
Today is Teacher Dare Day on Tumblr. Join in the conversations.
teamteachers:
If you’re not sure what we’re talking about — read the guidelines here.
Please reblog this so everyone knows, and don’t forget to use the tag “teacher dare day.”
P.S. We sincerely hope that ask posts submitted by readers will start appearing in tags that people track!
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Avoiding the ‘Perception Problem’ When Evaluating... →
Think before you speak - this is an excellent soundbyte that will help you make better decisions before you speak if you are an academic leader.
So, what should academic leaders do about “the perception problem”? First, be sure to eliminate use of this expression from your own vocabulary.
If you can’t replace the phrase “There’s an impression out there that …” with “It’s my professional...
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“Mess ups can take learning up if a person will get up, fess up, and educate up...”
– Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher
Question stems, activities, and products for... →
kbkonnected:
Once again from the great @mrsebiology
Great resource
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Positively Persistent Teach: Summer Book Club -... →
This teacher reflects on brain gyms and believes that their use the the classroom positively impacted the ability of students to focus. I’m going to look at these resources.
positivelypersistentteach:
Every successful school intervention for low-SES kids features some variation on the theme of rebuilding the operating system and honing the fewest processes that matter the most to the...
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Poem {The Waste Land}
A screenshot of TS Elliots “The WasteLand” that has been made into an app. Expect many works to have new life. If you are in publishing or literature, the $14 is worth it just to understand what is happening in publication. This may also be a “school supply” for those 1:1 iPad schools who study his work.
world-shaker:
stylishipadapps:
Stylish app about T. S. Eliot’s...
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Do people set the bar too high for ipads?
I agree that some people think technology will save students. Technology is a tool - in the hands of a good teacher, one that can be used for much good. In the hands of a slacker, it is just another way to babysit.
girlwithalessonplan:
“I think students that were failing last year won’t fail next year because they can learn in a different way.”
A very bold statement made by a board member upon...
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“I think good teaching is like a cold drink of water: not appreciated and fake...”
– Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher
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“Technology is a tool. In the hands of a good teacher, one that can be used for...”
– Vicki Davis, Cool Cat Teacher
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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...”
– Cyril Connolly (via writingadvice)
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“It’s almost certainly the case that lectures have been ineffective for...”
– A Better Way to Teach? - ScienceNOW (via infoneer-pulse)
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“Literature is beautiful, and even if it is nothing more, I study literature...”
– The Value of a Humanities Degree: Six Students’ Views - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via world-shaker)
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How to Use an Apostrophe (via The Oatmeal)
IF you teach grammar, you really should be on tumblr - at least to subscribe to the incredible graphics like this one about how to use an apostrophe.
theyuniversity:
Image source: The Oatmeal
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“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with...”
– Linton Weeks, Washington Post (via mountainplainslibraryassociation)
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Important Copyright Case for Universities →
Excellent overview from the Chronicle of Higher Education on the Georgia State copyright case and what it can mean for fair use and the Open Education Movement. If there has ever been a watershed moment in the history of the university, this could certainly be one of them.
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Chuck is logging every hour of teaching →
Interesting social experiment by Chuck, who plans to log all his time teaching. Where it will be tough is when he has student problems and can’t tell too much information. I hope he’s able to keep balance but wish him well.
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Twitter in the Classroom: Watch This Teacher... →
Twitter is being used in the classroom with positive results by some teachers. Here is an example.
infoneer-pulse:
Still skeptical about the value of using Twitter as a tool to engage introverted students in classroom lessons? You’re not alone. A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom “is harmful to the learning...
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