graphic from Standards for Ohio Educators
Sunday, March 14, 2010
PD via RSS and Web 2.0
graphic from Standards for Ohio Educators
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 03/14/2010
Common Core State Standards Initiative
These are getting close to being final now....probably not a bad idea to review these.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
OneNote resources
OneNote at Microsoft
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/FX100647161033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100626961033
OneNote tuts. at Atomic Learning (see Mark for Atomic Learning password)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/onenote07
OneNote Custom Guide (2 page graphic detailed)
http://www.customguide.com/pdf/onenote-quick-reference-2007.pdf
Various tutorial documents at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16_h3BaPU0
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/FX100647161033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100626961033
OneNote tuts. at Atomic Learning (see Mark for Atomic Learning password)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/onenote07
OneNote Custom Guide (2 page graphic detailed)
http://www.customguide.com/pdf/onenote-quick-reference-2007.pdf
Various tutorial documents at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16_h3BaPU0
Introductions
Name?
What do you teach?
What do you hope to learn (why did you take the class)?
Project ideas at this point?
What do you teach?
What do you hope to learn (why did you take the class)?
Project ideas at this point?
Mini-Assignments
Each class Kerry and I will present "new" content that may have smaller min-assignments associated with them. It is one thing to hear someone talk about a new tool or idea, another to watch them demonstrate that same tool, but if you want to really learn it you have to use it/apply it yourself.
The Main Assignment
My main goal of this class is that it is useful for you and the learning of your students. With that in mind you main assignment is find something you want to learn more about and then implement it in your class/position.
At the end of our class you will present your project to your classmates.
One of main the benefits of this class is that you have the time and the support of your peers to help you complete this project.
We have a diverse group of people with very different job responsibilities and requirements. Kerry and I will help you as much as we can but it is extremely important that you are a self-directed learner. Embrace the challenge and choose something meaningful for your position.
At the end of our class you will present your project to your classmates.
One of main the benefits of this class is that you have the time and the support of your peers to help you complete this project.
We have a diverse group of people with very different job responsibilities and requirements. Kerry and I will help you as much as we can but it is extremely important that you are a self-directed learner. Embrace the challenge and choose something meaningful for your position.
Tech Tools for Teachers: March 9th
Purpose of this class:
- OneNote as a teacher/student teaching and learning tool
- Learn how to take charge of your own PD via PNLC (extending the PLC)
- Extend your learning and practice with summative and formative assessments to improve/guide the teaching and learning of your students
- To learn more about the 21st Century Skills called for by "futurists"/economists
- To learn more about various Web 2.0 tools and how you can harness their instructional potential in the classroom
- To further your knowledge and practice of using technology to improve both teaching and learning
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 02/26/2010
Home - The Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework
great site concerning reading and a great interactive info graphic to help.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 02/16/2010
Great list of various interventions useful for teaching kids reading, math, etc
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Friday, February 5, 2010
We're Tasty
Working on some PD materials related to formative assessment and recalled this old SNL bit that while funny was't totally appropriate for our session. It does remind us though that formative assessment is tasting the food while you are cooking it or testing while teaching.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 02/05/2010
http://help.diigo.com/how-to-guide/sticky-note
- - post by richardsom
2¢ Worth » 10 Ways to Promote Learning Lifestyle in Your School
- from outer
Beyond The Book Report - Gifted Lesson Plans
Great list of alternative book reports.
Another great YouTube downloading tool. Not as flexible as atube catcher but this one lets you preview, batch download, and select your download quality.
Those MIT wiz kids are at it again. Create your own macros using screenshots. Now if I could just find a ed application for this.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 01/26/2010
Math and Algebra Help - Videos from MathTV.com
Great site that might help students better understand the math we are teaching them (at all levels).
Week 2 Lecturecasting with Ustream, Blip.tv and MPEGstreamclip » Moving at the Speed of Creativity
If you built it would they come?Great post about how you can "lecture cast". Record the audio of your lecture and perhaps even include some video of either you talking or graphics from your presentation. Wonderful learning opportunity for students. But I have to wonder if students will avail themselves of this change to "hear it again". What do you think?
How do we get punctuation? Apparently we get it from websites that are trying to patent it. Someone has a site with a new punctuation symbol....the sarcmark. Looks like a mangled question mark. If you want to use it looks like you have to download it for $. I don't recall paying for other punctuation marks.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online - NYTimes.com
If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online - NYTimes.com
Excellent article about newly published report on children's media use. A must read for all teachers and even more important for parents.
Highlights for me:
"And because so many of them are multitasking — say, surfing the Internet while listening to music — they pack on average nearly 11 hours of media content into that seven and a half hours."
“I feel like my days would be boring without it,” said Francisco Sepulveda, a 14-year-old Bronx eighth grader who uses his smart phone to surf the Web, watch videos, listen to music — and send or receive about 500 texts a day.
Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Boston who directs the Center on Media and Child Health, said that with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of children’s environment, “like the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat.”
The study could not say whether the media use causes problems, or, rather, whether troubled youths turn to heavy media use.
“I don’t think parents should feel totally disempowered,” she said. “They can still make rules, and it still makes a difference.”
The heaviest media users, the study found, are black and Hispanic youths and “tweens,” or those ages 11 to 14.
Even during the survey, media use was changing. (At the start of the survey period Twitter did not yet exist)
So what are the implications for us as teachers? For us as parents?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Week of 1/10/10 01/14/2010
Flexknowlogy – Jared Stein's ARCHIVED blog – update to jaredstein.org » Defining "Creepy Treehouse"
Article discussing the Creepy Treehouse effect. Is Blackboard a creepy treehouse? For that matter, is any tool we "require" a student to use online a creepy treehouse itself?
Give It A Ponder: Things to ponder before you text
Great videos to teach about thinking before texting. For the older students only.
Protecting Reputations Online in Plain English - Common Craft - Our Product is Explanation
Great video to use with kids about being careful about what they publish online.
Kidblog.org - Blogs for Teachers and Students
Looks like a great tool for a teacher who wants to get at least get started with blogging with their kids. This could be used as a replacement for students who typically are required to keep a reading notebook.
The Tempered Radical: Wasting Money on Whiteboards. . .
Anti-whiteboard article. It isn't about smartboards as much as how they are used. Can't we say that about any classroom innovation?
The End of Techno-Critique: The Naked Truth about 1:1 Laptop Initiatives and Educational Change
One of the better articles about 1-1 can't work without a more comprehensive implimentation plan that goes well beyond just technology
A “Naked Truth” about Technologies in Schools? « Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
Interesting argument about why 1-1 has failed to work as of yet. Larger argument is not necess. about tech as much as failed improvement initiatives.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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