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This Is the Best of Lifehacker 2010
great list of tech related top 10s from Lifehacker
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Bookflavor - Taste, Review, and Buy Books
book rec. tool
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Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review
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Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better | OEDb
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interesting read
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online tech support
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Great Habits of Great Teachers - HOME - Edgalaxy: Where Education and Technology Meet.
Friday, December 31, 2010
What I learned this week 01/01/2011
Thursday, December 30, 2010
What I learned this week 12/31/2010
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Know Which Apps to Remove From MSConfig with This Startup Applications List
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Avoid Added Stress by Just Deciding and Moving Forward
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The 12 Days of Data Visualization: Juice Analytics
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Avoid Succumbing to "Computer Hunch" Posture with These Easy Stretches
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What Happens On Facebook Every Minute « Teach It, Tech It, Learn It, Lead It
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Friday, December 24, 2010
What I learned this week 12/25/2010
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I Don’t Give a Crap «Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech
PISA results....I do give a crap and yes, I agree with Rhee that we are failing our children if they aren't learning how to read. Our number 1 goal of school is to teach students how to read not just to take care of them and care for them.
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Meet the Presenters « The Reform Symposium
Very excited...did 1st conference this summer and it was wonderful. Looking forward to another one. So impressed by the organizers putting another conference together so quickly.
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Partnership for Powerful Learning Home - Partnership for Powerful Learning
Looking forward to following progress on this....Forest Hill's BYOL program kicking off shortly.
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1 to 1 programs are so 2007 «Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech
Great post on 1-1 programs....confirms more people are thinking what I'm thinking about 1-1. Too expensive to have complete control...harness the access to hardware students already have!
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
What I learned this week 12/23/2010
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The Two Million Minutes Blog: Some College Salaries Skyrocket
Good to see we have our priorities in the right place....
this continues as we see more and more students default on their loans.tags: Twitter_reads
Ban fiction from the curriculum - Hopewell, NJ, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
What I learned this week 12/22/2010
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Spencer's Scratch Pad: Anti-Homework
Interesting discussion about homework
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Karen Cator: Schools Should Get Creative With Spending | MindShift
Interesting read as it relates to our failed efforts for 1-1
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Students Know Good Teaching When They Get It, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com
Student surveys may reveal powerful results
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Generations Online in 2010 | Pew Internet & American Life Project
Scroll down for a great graphic on Internet usage by generation
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Internet Now as Popular as TV, Survey Shows - Digits - WSJ
Not surprised as well....Net surpasses TV in popularity. Must be ahead of the curve as it has been that way for me for years now.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Students Know Good Teaching When They Get It, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com
Classrooms where a majority of students said they agreed with the statement, “Our class stays busy and doesn’t waste time,” tended to be led by teachers with high value-added scores, the report said.The same was true for teachers whose students agreed with the statements, “In this class, we learn to correct our mistakes,” and, “My teacher has several good ways to explain each topic that we cover in this class.”
Teachers whose students agreed with the statement, “We spend a lot of time in this class practicing for the state test,” tended to make smaller gains on those exams than other teachers.
What I learned this week 12/21/2010
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Knoword | Expand your vocabulary!
fun vocabulary game with potential
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How do it yourself (DYI) PD works – What are you working on? « 21st Century Collaborative
DO it yourself PD
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Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary | Edutopia
Good ideas on teaching vocab
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
What I learned this week 12/20/2010
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The Two Million Minutes Blog: The Highest Paid Educators in America
Must be nice....
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
What I learned this week 12/19/2010
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What Makes A Master Teacher | Connected Principals
How many qualities of the "master" do you have?
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Differentiate Language Arts: Making Inferences
real world application of inferencing
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Announcing the 2010 Edublog Awards Winners! – The Edublog Awards
As we come to the end of another calendar year I like to reflect on the year we are so close to completing. Part of that routine involves going through various end of year lists that other people post on their blogs. Of special note I especially like to look over best of the year music lists, music videos, books, children's books, movies, cookbooks.
There are many posts and lists that contain the above information. But when it comes to my online teacher resource/materials "best of" list I only really have one GO TO list and that is the Edublog award winner lists. This list is a great way to find new blogs and other online resources of which you need to follow.
I've reviewed the entire list and plan to add the following to my Google Reader feed:
http://kirstenwinkler.com/
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
What I learned this week 12/16/2010
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Education Week: Value-Added: It's Not Perfect, But It Makes Sense
Interesting essay on the imperfections of value added analysis and an argument that some imperfection is acceptable because of the data such studies yield.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Enjoy the YouTube year in review which also included the top 10 videos by viewership of the year.
#1 was......
Can't say I liked the song but I love the creativity and it inspired me to see if I could autotune to work on Audacity.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
What I learned this week 12/10/2010
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ALA | Top 25 | Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
ALA list of teacher tools
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Official PISA results page
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Flypaper: Education reform ideas that stick, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute
PISA....another Sputnik moment?
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In PISA Test, Top Scores From Shanghai Stun Experts - NYTimes.com
More on PISA results. Skimming the comments section I see a slam on our Math curriculum....Everyday Math
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The Answer Sheet - Do international test comparisons make sense?
PISA (program for international student assessment) results are out and the results don't look good. Basically no growth for the US. Will be posting how the results are being looked at. This article from Wash Post tries to dismiss results/value of the test before they have even been released.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
What I learned this week 12/07/2010
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edublog awards/nominations are up....great way to find new blogs to read/follow
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from the open source project that can play anything comes the tool that can convert anything.
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Free Technology for Teachers: 10+ Alternatives to Drop.io
Drop.io replacements
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
What I learned this week 12/06/2010
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easy post with text...perhaps use as student made vocab tool
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28 Tech Tools to Bring Out the Story in History - TheApple.com
online tools to make history more appealing (always my favorite subject)
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Free online web polls generator
worth a try for quick results
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Equation of Success: Top Ten Responsibilities that Students Must Own | Edutopia
Great advice for all students....although more applicable the older a student gets.
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: 6 Nifty Ideas For Using Google Apps In The Classroom
Good tricks for the classroom
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PBL DO-IT-YOURSELF : Guidance, Tools and Tips for Your Projects | Buck Institute for Education
PBL DO-IT-YOURSELF
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The 7 tacit lessons which schools teach children - Mind Dump
Food for thought
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Animating Your Lessons with Some Drama: 20+ Resources | Teacher Reboot Camp
Add drama to your lessons
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
What I learned this week 12/03/2010
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ASCD Express 6.04 - 10 Essential Strategies for Teaching Boys Effectively
Seems to be in the news a lot recently....boys need to be taught differently. Good list of ideas...
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