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Online PLC
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Convert your blog to a book ready to print
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Free Technology for Teachers: iPhones, Google Forms, and Walkthroughs
Electronic walkthrus
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Free Technology for Teachers: Updated - What I Read First or RSS Recommendations
Byrne's resources
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EduCon 2.3 — January 28–30, 2011 — Philadelphia
Great online conference
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Are we guilty?
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Official Google Blog: Doodle 4 Google - tell us what you’d like to do someday
Doodle 4 Google
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Make a Daily Profile Photo…For Your Fridge! | Photojojo
How are you feeling today?
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Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Web Search Tool
Great way to teach web searching w/boolean logic
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Create Great-Looking Interactive Quizzes (in minutes) - embed in any website / blog!
Online quiz platform
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Interesting fact of the day type of site
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Notetaking tool
Sunday, January 23, 2011
What I learned this week 01/24/2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
What I learned this week 01/23/2011
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Sex, Pizza or Self-Esteem? - NYTimes.com
I know I wouldn't choose self-esteem or a compliment over the other offerings...
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Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Comprehension worksheets for reading....not my favorite but there are times these can comes in handy
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7 Reasons You Should Never Check Email First Thing In The Morning
great advice....some days I can do it, other days, not so much!
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Langwitches Blog » Assessment of Learning via Skype
Skype tips
Thursday, January 20, 2011
What I learned this week 01/21/2011
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Technology Integration Matrix | Arizona K12 Center
Another way to think of integration....like the added "infusion" as sometimes the jump between Adaptation and Trans. was too big.
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Data Driven Obsession | assortedstuff
Don't get me wrong....I love date....but I am starting to attend meetings about students learning needs that focus only the numbers and not the person. Raising a number doesn't always equate to learning especially when it comes to fluency or some other measure that is meant to indicate a certain skill level....it is not THE skill.
Monday, January 17, 2011
What I learned this week 01/18/2011
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Online Math Programs | Math Practice & Learning
Free math program when registered for by teacher
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Online learning/meeting site
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Pearson - PowerTeacher - Ken O'Connor
Ken O'Connor's fixes--grading for learning
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RawScripts.com - Free Online Screenplay Editor.
Create scripts online collaboratively
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Free Technology for Teachers: 10+ Alternatives to Drop.io
Alternatives to drop.io
Sunday, January 16, 2011
What I learned this week 01/17/2011
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Web 2.0 tool for arguments
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HTG Projects: How to Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Toy - How-To Geek
Might work for computer club
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Teambox - Collaboration Software
Free collaborative network....ie facebook
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Free Online Whiteboard and Collaboration Tool - Scribblar.com
Looks like it has potential....wonder how it compares to virtual classroom
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Twitter Co-Founder – Damn Impressive Interview : Stager-to-Go
video to check out....programming still counts....after all someone has to do it.
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The Student Laptop Computer in Classrooms, Not Just a Tool
I've been known to say the computer is only a tool as good as the brain of the person using it. Much more than a tool though according to this article....I need to expand my definition.
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AnswerGarden - Plant a Question, Grow Answers
Pretty sure I've shared this one before....but forgot about it myself....ask a question, answers show in cloud tag
Saturday, January 15, 2011
What I learned this week 01/16/2011
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YouTube - historyteachers's Channel
If you teach European or World history then I'm sure this video channel on YouTube is for you.
The History Teachers on YouTube
Be sure to check these out. A group of teachers who have made 50 videos related to historical content and set to current music. Well done!
Friday, January 14, 2011
What I learned this week 01/15/2011
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Education Week Teacher: How Teachers Can Build Emotional Resilience
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Death of an Awards Ceremony | The Wejr Board
Gutsy move by a school to say all kids are valued.
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Will RIchardson on how kids are teaching themselves....since we don't allow that type of work in school.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
What I learned this week 01/13/2011
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
Wow is all I can say after reading the full article. I'm definitely a western parent but compared to my wife I am more eastern....but after reading this I realize I can move further east.
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I've thought about this myself. Parenting style has so much to do with achievement and I can't help but think Western parents (myself, included) are a bit permissive with respect to work habits, achievement and grades at school.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
What I learned this week 01/10/2011
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Research: The Educational BS Repellant | Connected Principals
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John Hattie – Visible Learning | Graham Wegner - Open Educator
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what works with data
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2202 from connectedprincipals.com - StumbleUpon
Ideas from Pin's Drive
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more scratch learning resources
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Dipity - Find, Create, and Embed Interactive Timelines
Interesting tmieline tool
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Is this what happens to our kids coming to school?
One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies and I'm not even really a baseball fan.
Today's students are living in the future while they must go back to the past when they come to school. Prensky refers to it as powering down.
Basically it is the idea that students have access to more technology at home than they do at school.
What the real problem to me is that some students want to bring some of these same tools to school yet we won't let them. Our district as well as I'm guessing most districts will not allow a student to access the wireless signal of the district.
As technology becomes more and more pervasive more and more students have their own laptops/netbooks. Parents buy them with the intention of the student using those same tools for learning yet we as schools do not allow the students in the building with their new learning tools.
When will this change?
Sunday, January 2, 2011
What I learned this week 01/03/2011
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10 Search Engines to Explore the Invisible Web
10 Search Engines to Explore the Invisible Web
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Top 6 Underground Search Engines You Never Knew About
Search the web with other engines
Saturday, January 1, 2011
What I learned this week 01/02/2011
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Class Struggle - Best education blogs for 2010
Blogs worth checking out from the Washington Post
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Chapel Hill Campus Takes On Grade Inflation - NYTimes.com
Grading: past practices are current practices....but what is their real purpose. A change is needed.
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Pollmo Polls - The simplest polls on the web
Worth a try for polling/simple quiz
Friday, December 31, 2010
What I learned this week 01/01/2011
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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.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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!
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.
Ban fiction from the curriculum - Hopewell, NJ, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post