What I learned this week 09/07/2011

• Indiana Orchards Directory - our listing of orchards in Indiana

• Engineering is Elementary® | The Engineering Design Process

  tags: design

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What I learned this week 09/06/2011

• StudyShuffle - Improve Students' Test Scores!

• Kids learn computer programming at Hack the Future

• Create House Floor Plans Online with Autodesk Homestyler Free Floor Plan Software

• How to Set Up a VPN on Windows 7

• Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value - NYTimes.com

• The Single Best Idea for Reforming K-12 Education - Forbes

• ClassConnect | Home

• iSpaces™ Your Cloud Computer™

• GLADINET - Cloud Storage Access Platform & Solutions

  tags: sms

• Gladinet Products & Services « Gladinet Content Platform

• Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office available to all - Docs Blog

• Online STEM learning curriculum for elementary schools

• Lesson 1: Home Row, Left Hand - Peter's Online Typing Course

• Famous Quotes about Practice

• Practice quotes

• Practice Quotes - BrainyQuote

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What I learned this week 09/05/2011

• The National Center for STEM Elementary Education :: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics :: St. Catherine University

• STEM Lessons

• ISTEM: Search Results

• Children's Books Forever

• Teaching Library | Discover teaching ideas and lesson resources linked to children's books and literature.

• The KYVL for Kids Research Portal - How to do research Home Base

• Pegby: Peg it up, Move it Around, Get it Done.

• Think You're An Auditory Or Visual Learner? Scientists Say It's Unlikely : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

• The Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District | Edutopia

• Let's play | ScratchEd

• Step-by-step guide : FrontlineSMS

  tags: sms

• Directory: SMS Channels

  tags: sms

• Geek to Live: Create your own virtual private network with Hamachi

• textPlus

  tags: SMS

• remind101 | Text Messaging For Teachers

  tags: SMS

• International No Office Day | Connected Principals

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What I learned this week 09/04/2011

• AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other - YouTube

  Awesome conversation!

• Synthesia, Piano for Everyone

• QuizStar - Create Online Quizzes

• 12 Ways To Be More Search Savvy | MindShift

• "they" is the operative word - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog

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What I learned this week 09/03/2011

• Education Week: A Teacher Finds Good in Testing

  Read of the Week!

• Download YouTube Videos & Songs! Convert YouTube to MP3. Get video in mp3, mp4, 3gp, flv in just 1 click!

• Get to Know the New Google Docs Shortcuts

• Tips for teachers from Sir Ken Robinson - Report Card

• How Do I Get the Best Price When Shopping Online?

• CaptureIt Plus Takes Screen Captures Complete with Menus and UI Elements

• How to Make Your To-Do List Doable

• http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3448760/Learn%20How%20To%20Code.pdf

• "Talent Is Nothing Without Focus and Endurance"

  tags: quotes

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What I learned this week 09/01/2011

• 10 Offbeat & Alternative Search Engines You Might Not Have Heard Of

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What I learned this week 08/31/2011

• Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world | Video on TED.com

• Inanimate Alice - Homepage

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What I learned this week 08/25/2011

• MAKE | SuperAwesomeSylvia

• Bloom-iPads-Apps.jpg (1024×768)

• Five Changes Every School Should Make | MindShift

• Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com

• The Truth About the Economy - YouTube

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What I learned this week 08/22/2011

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Tales from a "Paperless as Possible" Classroom

• 17 Reams of Copy Paper Equals 1 Tree

• Diglo - Safe file storage

• TypeIt - Type accent marks, diacritics and foreign letters online

• Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Top 10 Sites for Creating Surveys/Polls

• Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways for Students to Publish in Under a Minute

• Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways Students Can Visually Explore the News

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Create an Online Folder for students to turn in work for free

• Boys and Reading - Is There Any Hope? - NYTimes.com

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What I learned this week 08/21/2011

• Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero: Behold

• ClipBlast - World's Largest Video Search

• Teachers Teaching Teachers � Blog Archive » Exploring Minecraft w/ Jo Kay, Dean Groom, Bronwyn Stuckey, Joel Levin, and Chad Sansing TTT 255 - 7.13.11

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What I learned this week 08/16/2011

• 10 Google Chrome Apps for Increased Productivity

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What I learned this week 08/15/2011

• Research Findings: Rocketship Education Boosts Scores with Online Learning | Edutopia

• Certified Trainer Details – Google Apps for Education

• Beyond Seat Time: Advancing Proficiency-Based Learning -- THE Journal

  tags: Proficiency-Based

• Free Technology for Teachers: 10 Common Challenges Facing Educators

• http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2011458.pdf

  tags: high_stakes

• States Fail to Raise Bar in Reading, Math Tests - WSJ.com

  some states continue to "game" the system in order to show growth by lowering their standards.  Fortunately OH doesn't do this...but 4th grade reading is not a good comparison to NAEP

  tags: high_stakes

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What I learned this week 08/14/2011

• Free Technology for Teachers: PLNs Aren't Limited to Twitter

• Emergent Futures Tumblelog

• Grading and xkcd | Action-Reaction

• for the love of learning

  tags: poster

• Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Free Tools for Creating Book Trailer Videos

• Free Technology for Teachers: Backchannels in the Classroom

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What I learned this week 08/13/2011

• DIY Slim PVC Cable Management Keeps Your Computer Cords Out of Sight

• How-Tuesday: Build Your Own Seltzer Maker | The Etsy Blog

• IKEA Hackers: Galant Megadesk

• Ana Forrest: How To Exercise While You Sit

• SENDtoREADER Instantly Sends Web Pages to Your Kindle for Later Reading

• Remove Bad Smells from Drawers, Refrigerators with Newspaper

• How to Fold a Fitted Sheet into a Nice Flat Rectangle

• Kleinspiration: Guest Post: How to Turn Passive PowerPoints into Interactive Lectures by: Chris Machielse

• 12 Most Helpful Tools to Create and Distribute Your Presentations - 12 Most | 12 Most

• Learn to Type | Free Typing Tutor | Typing Lessons

  tags: typing

• Education Research Report: Ninety Percent of Preschoolers’ Sack Lunches Reach Unsafe Temperatures

• Google Search Education Evangelism « NeverEndingSearch

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What I learned this week 08/10/2011

• Instapaper: Save interesting web pages for reading later

• GeoGebra

• First Day of School? Here’s How to Get Students Thinking » Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas

• Twurdy Search - Search for Readable Results

• LazyMeter

• Embeddable Forums by Tal.ki

• My CloudApp - Log In

• think-before-you-post.jpg (710×322)

• Free Technology for Teachers: NPR's Math Guy - 78 Archived Episodes

• An Open Letter to Principals: Five Leadership Strategies for the New Year | Edutopia

• How to Turn Money Management into a Game

• Laundruino Alerts You Over LAN When Your Laundry's Done

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What I learned this week 08/09/2011

• Creating forms : Forms - Google Docs Help

• A Difference: How would I prepare to teach a BYOD class?

• Chris Hedges: Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig

• All Together Now? : Education Next

• Google+ For Educators

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What I learned this week 08/08/2011

• blog | open-sankore

  open source smartboard software

• Education policymaking as farce - The Washington Post

• Brew me a Cup of Joe!

• Brew Stronger Coffee with Your Keurig My K-Cup

• Use Your Webcam to Teach, Learn and Discuss | Much Enough

• ‪WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson‬‏ - YouTube

• Are you happy? - Mind Dump

• Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid - Mind Dump

• 29 ways to stay creative - Mind Dump

• Pinterest / Home

• Words Like - Find Similar Words

• Stunning charts for your Powerpoint® presentations | oomfo

• Why are we legislating against the medium and not the behaviors? - Mind Dump

• Articles: Differentiation is the New Diversity!

• What Would the Freedom Riders Have Tweeted? | MindShift

• Retweeting History Brings Those Stories to Life | MindShift

• Tips for BYOD K12 Programs

• The Challenge of Organizational Learning (July 13, 2011) | Stanford Social Innovation Review

• Revision3 > Tekzilla > All Episodes

• Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Google Plus Tips from Tekzilla

• FreshBrain

• Free Technology for Teachers: Uploader Box - A Simple Way to Share Large Files

• Build Your Own Productivity Style by Remixing the Best

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Another interesting use of Video

Tools for the Flipped Classroom

Camtasia Studio
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/?gclid=COizrcOkt6oCFQ7MKgodFnjA6Q
not free, but incredible piece of software!

Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/Jing/
the free "little brother" of Camtasia

Community Clips
http://www.officelabs.com/projects/communityclips/Pages/Default.aspx
MS no longer allows upload...you would place on our web server or in Bb

Blackboard Collaboritive Classroom Tools -- recently purchased Elluminate...not sure if that will be in our version of Bb

Smart Notebook software

CamStudio
http://camstudio.downloadasaurus.com/
free screen recording software

Screenr
http://www.screenr.com/
similar to Jing, but no software to install

Camera and MovieMaker
Ken's project for this week!

Present.Me
http://present.me/
Hilary and Lindsay's new acquired skills:)

Khan Academy and Flipped Lessons

http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-what-does-a-good-one-look-like-692.php

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php

http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/how-the-flipped-classroom-is-radically-transforming-learning-536.php

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Latest Internet Crazes...until tomorrow

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/07/21/owling.meme/