September 2012
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August 2012
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The Innovative Educator: 100 Video Sites Educators... →
kbkonnected:
#edtech #ntchat #stem #sschat #scichat #artchat
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SchoolSpeedTest - National School Broadband Test →
On September 10th, the non-profit organization EducationSuperHighway will launch a School Speed Test in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education to take an inventory of the state of Internet access in America’s K-12 schools. Their objective is to collect 1 million responses (10 per school) on the ACTUAL performance of the Internet in our classrooms and school libraries. The...
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“Pinterest is now the third most-visited social network, Google is No. 4, and...”
– Instagram and Pinterest Move up the Social Networking Rank (via courtenaybird)
The social networking landscape is changing. Where is Tumblr in this list?
Related articles
Big Years for Instagram and Pinterest Bust Up the Social Networking Charts (allthingsd.com)
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The Inevitable Disruption of Television - Maxwell... →
futuristgerd:
Youtube, Hulu, and Amazon may not offer good enough content to satisfy the majority of Americans. But for millions of Americans fed up with outrageous fees provided to COX, Time Warner, and Comcast, these internet video portals are slowly becoming “good enough.” Hulu Plus and Netflix can be procured for just $17 per month, roughly 1/3rd the cost of basic cable according to the...
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Surrounding Myself with Excellence →
fcpcoordinator:
I love the idea of surrounding myself with excellence whether it be experts in pedagogy, school technology, good cooks, and master gardeners. The idea is - excellence breeds excellence and though it doesn’t happen through osmosis, somehow the mere idea of being in the presence of excellence transcends and I start exhibiting behaviors that suggest I’m getting a bit more capable...
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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the...”
– Stephen R. Covey (via thefreenomad)
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Publicity Germany - Flat Classroom Conference →
Information on the Flat Classroom conference in Germany December 6-8, 2012. We have incredible speakers in this Flattened environment where students and educators learn about and envision the future of education on a level PBL-based conferencing style. (We talk about this in Chapter 11 of our book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds.) You leave transformed with friendships and ready to flatten...
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reveurconstant-deactivated20121 asked: Hi :-) Love your blog and ideas. I am just finishing up my Master's degree this fall and will be completing a special education practicum. I really like the education community here on Tumblr, but I do feel a bit subconscious at times offering advice, since many of the educators on here have been teaching for years. I do have an early intervention and other Alternative certifications with...
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“What you write first is a first draft. When you get to the end of it, you’ve got...”
– Neil Gaiman on writing.
Love these words on writing.
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“Be the kind in humankind.”
– Vicki Davis, @coolcatteacher
Let me see you laugh
We had a few minutes at the end of class the other day and my students wanted to see a funny video I often quote (“need more cowbell” SNL skit with Will Ferrell.) They begged and because they’d had such a good day, I said ok.
Then, as I started it and began to move to the back of the class, one student said, “Mrs. Vicki, stay at the front of the class, I love to watch you...
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Evernote Launches New Partnership with Moleskine -... →
Evernote and Moleskin announce the new smartnotebook which is very cool. While you can already snap pictures of notes to Evernote - this notebook has small dots that adjust the page to make it square and remove distortion. It includes stickers that will tag the pages for you and add emphasis and included in the price of the notebook ($30) is a free subscription to Evernote premium for 3 months. I...
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“China is going to be sick of the idea that we’re the designers and they’re the...”
– Toward a Human-Centric Internet: Jessamyn West Interviews Jaron Lanier
True.
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Education vs experience | Opinion | .net magazine →
This type of article is continuing to proliferate as people question a textbook non-reality based degree happening in many universities. One of the things that made Georgia Tech unique when I was there was how many real-world experiences and projects students were required to do - often for real companies. With the skyrocketing cost of higher education, and the proliferation of...
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Superintendent Tweets Photo of New Teachers -... →
This superintendent is using Twitter as his PR tool as he tweets out a photo of new teachers at his school. You might want to look at how this is structured if you want to use this valuable, quick tool for sharing the news from your district.
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Mark Anderson's Blog » Displaying online work –... →
Here are some ideas of what Mark is doing for sharing work, I have my students create the blog that suits their personal interest project. While Tumblr is nice for blogging, I have older students and monitor it closely - most schools would not find a good fit in tumblr, I think. Good ideas here, though.
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Md. teachers finding hungry kids in their classes →
This breaks my heart, “A new report finds that 63% of Maryland teachers surveyed say children are not getting enough to eat at home and this is having a negative effect on students’ academic performance. ” If we are paying people money so they can feed their family and AREN’T then we should pay again to feed them at school? How can you hold parents accountable for feeding their...
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Data Baron: Why data is the gold rush of the 21st... →
fromegotoeco:
Respected Media Futurist, Gerd Leonhard, asks (and answers) the question: “If data is the new oil, how do we avoid wars and global conflicts fought over it?” His presentations and blogs give an excellent insight into how data transparency will benefit mankind and stop that from happening.
Don’t forget all the data collected on students in schools which is also ours to...
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Quantity Is Not Enough - Computer Science Teacher... →
An excellent article by Alfred Thompson on the white male skew of the AP exams and the issues for Computer Science education. Alfred Thompson, a blogger employed by Microsoft, is my go-to person for Computer Science education topics. This is another example of how he questions the status quo and offers solutions. I highly recommend subscribing to his blog. Meanwhile, my school is moving away from...
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Free Technology for Teachers: The US Election on... →
Another reason to make YouTube available. Richard Bryne from Free Tech for Teachers shares about the new YouTube channel that will cover the US presidential election. Bookmark and share, especially if you have a current events class.
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Take time to thank your administrator #edchat
Schools need more appreciation all around. As a teacher who wants appreciation, be sure to make sure that you give appreciation when it is deserved. When administrators do things, say thank you.
If someone on your staff is doing a great job, say thank you.
Send a note, an email, a small card but say or send something. Good, hard working administrators need thank-you’s and kindness to...
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Why the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth: How Social... →
Rejection sparks creativity in independent people because it validates their own thinking that they are different? That is what this research says. Rejection is “a form of validation.”
Well, it is one I’d rather not have to live so often, even if, perhaps, it makes me more creative. I hope this isn’t used as an excuse to be unkind to those of us who are different - it...
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Two moves that tell you everything you need to... →
Twitter has recently cut of access to Tumblr and Instagram from letting people automatically connect to their friends on Twitter. This article about that and the relationshipts Twitter is crafting with organizations like NBC show that Twitter wants to be here for the long haul and wants to be in control. I find it interesting that Nbc cut off their relationship with Microsoft (the MSNBC channel...
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for the love of learning: Limits of Time on Task →
Joe Bower reposts an Alfie Kohn post about the time on task and whether it really means kids are learning. Great read.
“Let’s look at the research a little more closely. The amount of time a student spends on a task “is not so consistently related to achievement as it may seem,” one scholar concluded from her review of several studies on the subject. “Time is a necessary, but not...
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“We think the opportunity continues to be to use digital technologies to be...”
– Discovery Invests in Digital Textbooks in Hopes of Growth - NYTimes.com
Digital textbooks with moving images are attracting investment, interest, and competition. It is a whole new ballgame in the textbook field. Sadly, many of them don’t realize that we not only want to interact with the...
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StethoCloud – The $20 Stethoscope Attachment For... →
smarterplanet:
Stethocloud takes a relatively simple approach to replace stethoscopes and targets a common childhood killer.
What do you get when you combine smartphones, cloud computing, and digital medicine? A new era of healthcare that is bringing powerful technological innovations rapidly to the world.
For example, take StethoCloud, a cloud-based service that turns a Windows smartphone...
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iPad Competition Winner - Resources - Share My... →
If you share the most quality lessons on the Share my lesson website, you can win an ipad.
russellrambles asked: I am new to tumblr, and whilst perusing education blogs, have noticed you have a lot to say to teachers. I was wondering what your best advice is to anyone considering becoming a teacher.
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Tumblr blows my mind
I had read about the growth of Tumblr earlier in the year and so I decided to open a second blog here on Tumblr. I had no idea!
In fact, I realized I had opened one sometime back but hadn’t used it, so I got busy, set the queue and decided that this would be different from my main blog, that I would write snippets, thoughts, quotes, ponderings.
I found (another) amazing community of...
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“Be unexpectedly grateful”
– Look for someone today who has done something for you - big or small. Say thank you. Be unexpected.
Whisk in - say thanks. Whisk away and watch them stare in wonder at a person who stops to say thank you in a world full of ingratitude.
Let’s #choose2matter today.
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Grade A Teacher #edchat
Your school may be toxic. You may have a principal who scolds and other teachers who gossip. BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
The lunchroom food may be loaded with fat and so now so are your hips. YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO EAT IT.
Others may leave the moment the clock ticks quitting time and may breeze in one second before they’ll be late BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
You can be more.
Great...
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Why I Changed My Mind On Klout (And Invested) «... →
stoweboyd:
Michael Arrington had the same change-of-mind about Klout that I recently did. Although I didn’t turn around and invest (although maybe I should).
Klout seems to have recently changed their metrics. I am pretty sure they removed the penalty they had earlier for following and conversing w/ people who had lower klout. I found it OFFENSIVE to incentivize people to unfollow and not...
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Imagine Learning: When it comes to leading schools... →
imaginelearning:
Talk about a comprehensive analysis! Conclusions based on an analysis of the behaviour of 30,000 managers, as seen through the eyes of some 300,000 of their peers using 360-degree evaluations. The finding was that bad leadership is defined not so much by any appalling things leaders do as by…
Every leader should read this. EVERY LEADER in EDUCATION. Read it and APPLY....
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Nobody knows... but another teacher
A teacher’s job is never done. I want you to know, dear teacher, that you matter. You are enough. Your best is good enough. It has to be. You can’t give any more than you have to give. Love the kids. Do what you can do and then leave it behind.
I’m speaking to you out of my heart right now. As I sit here completely spent after 6 days of working from dark to dark, it is easy to...
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Social Media saving lives – two words at the time... →
I am asking everyone to read this post by my new friend Jure Klepic. This is what we’re doing with the #choose2matter campaign. PLEASE read, understand, and watch. I must say that Jure took 5 minutes to answer a few questions for me about social media and helped me profoundly. It is hard to fathom that before he watched Angela’s talk that he wondered if he mattered. He’s...
