December 2010
28 posts
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Want to revamp your presentations? Try these 10... →
I’m adding Prezi to this list.
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28 Tech Tools to Bring Out the Story in History →
Primary sources, timelines, videos, and more.
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Free Tech for Teachers: Resources to Help Schools... →
One of the reasons why more schools are not using social media is because their leaders don’t understand social media. Too many of them think that social media tools are just about sharing what you had for breakfast (BTW, I had oatmeal) or sharing pictures from parties. Sure, social media can be used for that, but it can also be used for growing bigger ears and listening to your...
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Failing to Fail →
Another very thoughtful blog post by a principal about how failure is part of the growing process— and how the fear of failure may prevent teachers and students from taking risks.
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44 (and Counting) Ways to Use A Pocket Video... →
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Two posts about Google's e-books (not the same as...
Free Tech for Teachers: New Google e-Bookstore Includes Many Free Titles
Edudemic: How Google’s New Online Bookstore Will Change Your School
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Yawas-- Web Annotation Tool for Firefox and Chrome →
This tool works with your Google Bookmarks account.
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The Ultimate Guide to Using iPads in the Classroom →
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12 Ways to Create Videos Without A Camera Or... →
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Free Tech for Teachers: Online Egg Timer →
I use a regular egg timer for some activities, but this might be helpful if you have a projector as students can easily view how much time is remaining.
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Free Tech for Teachers: Yummy Math- Making... →
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Free Tech for Teachers: 10 Ways to Create Comics... →
thomaswest91 asked: I see you write a great deal abotu Richard Byrne's site, did you go to the conference in Augusta this past October to see his Best of the Web 2010 presentation?
I've been MIA.
My apologies. I was sick last week; I missed school (and for multiple days!), which I hate. I spent time catching up from being sick, whilst still kind of being sick. The holidays are coming! School clubs have been eating my time. Anyway, my list of excuses could be a mile long, but bottom line is I apologize. I’m trying to build up my queue with some interesting blog posts; as the holiday...
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Free Tech for Teachers: 10+ Alternatives to... →
Drop.io is shutting down in a couple of weeks. Check out these alternatives.
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New Study on "The Influence of Positive Framing" →
“It certain reflects my experience with classroom management. I’ve had much better success talking with students about how changing their behavior will help them achieve their goals (passing a class, graduating from high school, going to college, etc.) than with threatening negative consequences (though, admittedly, in a few circumstances, that might work and I’ve used it).”
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Library of Congress is better than ever! Standards... →
History Tech describes the awesome new features the Library of Congress offers.
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The Newbie's Guide to Building a PLN →
Great slideshow that also introduces basic web 2.0 tools like wikis and social bookmarking.
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5 Innovative Classroom Management Tools for... →
hqraja:
These can come really handy for a tech-savvy teacher.
I would probably refer to these as planning tools over classroom management tools, but semantics aside— online gradebooks, online planbooks, collaboration tools, etc— something to check out.
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in the cloud: Education & Technology... →
gjmueller:
For me, here are some of the hashtags on Twitter that I follow, from the article: ISTE- International Society for Technology in Education edchat- Weekly education Twitter chat on Tuesday at noon and 7pm EST highered- A keyword for topic on higher education elearning- A list of the…
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Where is my mind?: Social Media in the Classroom →
julianakilmurray:
How can social media be useful in the classroom? Today’s students are the digital natives. In today’s world we are constantly connected. Facebook, texting, twitter, etc. When are our phones not ringing or vibrating with a notification informing us we have new followers, a new wall post, or a new…
Edmodo, Edmodo, Edmodo! I am definitely using this to continue discussions...
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You Can Now Save Your Favorite Tweets to Diigo →
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Why Technology Is Failing In Public Schools →
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“The incorporation of interactive whiteboards, accompanying software and...”
– A recent study, conducted by the independent Marzano Research Laboratory, took data from more than 5,000 students and 120 teachers from a broad, but not randomly assigned, range of schools and districts, over the course of two years. (via gjmueller)
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How To Praise Students And Influence Behavior by...
novicephoenix:
Great advice about praising students and influencing behavior: http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2010/11/27/how-to-praise-students-and-influence-behavior/
Good advice, and yay, a new blog to add to my RSS feed.
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Periodically writing letters to the students.
novicephoenix:
Here is a teacher that periodically writes personal letters to students. How wonderful! Honestly, I never thought of doing anything like this (until now). Wow. Larry Ferlazzo’s blog is another great resource that I found on thingsforteachers’s blog:)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/11/25/my-post-thanksgiving-letters-to-students/ (Link to the letters)
First of all, yay,...
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Should Teachers Be Trained More Like Doctors? →
world-shaker:
A new report released yesterday from a panel convened by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) says teachers need to be trained in a model more akin to doctors going through residency—a sort of collaborative apprenticeship with more experienced instructors that offers clinical experience to better prepare them for the rigors of their actual...
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