Diigo bookmarks for today 09/01/2009

• PeKay’s Little Author

  Facebook app that lets you create a graphic story and print it in the form of a picture storybook. Perhaps teachers SHOULD be allowed access to Facebook at work!

  Tags: education, tool, edu_newapp

• 5 Cautions For Wikis in Classrooms

  ResearchBlogging.orgI think there is a lot of potential for use of wikis in classrooms, particularly in the area of collaborative writing. There are a number of articles out there extolling the possible virtues of the tool. However, I also think it is important to look at potential pitfalls so they can (hopefully) be addressed during implementation. Here are five areas of caution that peer-reviewed articles have suggested:

  Tags: web 2.0, education, wikis, web2, curriculum, bestpractices

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/31/2009

• Teaching With Technology: Educational Technology Services at MIT

  Tags: digital, classrooms, learning spaces, images, multimedia, technology, education, mit, web2

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/30/2009

• unclasses.org - community powered learning

  Tags: community, learning, unclasses, informal, crowdsourcing, education, unclasses.org

• ICT Observatory is an open knowledge-sharing resource for research on the pedagogical integration of ICT

  The Observatory is an open knowledge-sharing resource for research on the pedagogical integration of ICT. Three search functions are available: Simple Search — which allows you to view indicators from institutions in a single country, Advanced Search — which allows you to compare indicators in different institutions and countries, and Summary Search — which allows you to browse a mapping of ICT in education summaries from the institutions and countries participating in the project.

  Tags: research, education, ICT, school2.0

• e-Book: ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education

  Book: ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education

  Tags: ICT in education, ebooks, education

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/29/2009

• digitalresearchtools / FrontPage

  Tags: research, tools, wiki, resources, web2.0, education, digital

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/28/2009

• 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching

  Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They’re often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction.
  Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables.

  Tags: wikis, wiki, collaboration, education, classroom, web2.0, classroomwikis, technology, 21st century

• Curriki - ContinuityofLearning

  Just received this in my inbox:
  
  "WASHINGTON DC (August 25th, 2009) - Curriki, the largest online community for creating and sharing open source K-12 curricula, was asked by the Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII) to provide a continuity of learning plan for states, school districts, and individuals as part of a nationwide readiness initiative for a possible resurgence of the H1N1 virus.
  Curriki’s continuity of learning plan includes access to a free and open repository of teaching and learning resources built on an open platform that can be customized for individual states or school districts. Like an iTunes playlist, users of Curriki can create collections of free and open educational resources, along with repositories of other supplemental content. If a teacher prefers one lesson to another, he or she can easily swap content in or out to meet the individual needs of the students. States or school districts can take advantage of customized landing pages designed to provide specific information, news, resources, and links to their education stakeholders. Additionally, Curriki’s group function allow members of a district, school, or community to stay connected and privately share resources, communicate and post news and collaborate on projects from any location. "
  
  I think that perhaps online learning is about to completely boom largely as a result of the growing pandemic and the need for isolation and ongoing learning. Curriki has things together for this and I'm going to take a look at this for our school.

  Tags: education, learning, h1n1, edu_trends

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/27/2009

• Education On The Plate

  Tags: blogs, education, pd, teaching, learning, food, innovation, edtech, professionaldevelopment, edublog, web2

• Clive Thompson on the New Literacy

  Tags: writing, literacy, education, technology, web2.0

• Ricardo Ferreira - Trinta anos de evolução no ensino em Portugal

  Education in 1969 and now... XDD

  Tags: education, funny, image, humor

• Free National Educational Technology Standards Poster for Teachers

  Tags: NETS, ISTE, Poster, Teachers, Pledge, The, National, Educational, Technology, Standards

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/25/2009

• Wired Up: Tuned out | Scholastic.com

  Excellent article from Scholastic Administrator Magazine that pulls from a wide variety of sources including Peggy Sheehy, Jim Gates, several college professors, and current research. (oh, and yes, I have a little in there also.) This is a good one to facilitate discussions about reaching today's students as it is backed up by a variety of sources.

  Tags: education, research

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/23/2009

• Top USA Colleges

  Search for top colleges and universities offering accredited programs both online and in campus.

  Tags: USA Colleges, School, Education, Top Universities

• Best Colleges

  Interested in America's Best Colleges rankings colleges.

  Tags: colleges, degree, education, school, university

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/21/2009

• MEET ME AT THE CORNER

  Virtual field trips and videos are on this website which guarantees that videos are "kid friendly educational videos." May be worth using if youtube is blocked.

  Tags: education, video, web2, all_teachers

• Learn the States and Capitals!

  Another game for states and capitals review.

  Tags: history, tool, web2, education

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/20/2009

• Watch the Ads - Youth for Human Rights International

  Tags: youth, education, all_teachers

• Teaching with Technology / Index

  Tags: web2.0, tools, resources, teaching, technology, education, web 2.0

• Putting Syllabi Online « Easily Distracted

  Tags: syllabi, teaching, web2.0, education, college, university

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/19/2009

• Wetpaint.com ends free ad-free wikis for education program | The Thinking Stick

  Tags: wetpaint.com, wikis, jutecht, wiki, education

• Obama's Oxy professor reports: 'He still didn't agree about that grade' | L.A. Now | Los Angeles Times

  Tags: teaching, grading, education, Obama

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/18/2009

• Essential Websites for Educating Kids Through the Internet | A New Morning

  Tags: education, games, students, teachers, elementary, worksheets, linkdump

• NAEP Technology Assessment DRAFT (via @wendydrexler)

  Tags: technology assessment, naep, k12, edtech, eme5050, education, society

• Great Critical Thinking lesson

  OBJECTIVES
  1. Recognize reasons and conclusions
  2. Recognize unstated assumptions
  3. Draw conclusions
  4. Appraise evidence
  5. Evaluate statements
  6. Judge whether conclusions are warranted

  Tags: criticalthinking, school2.0, education, lessonplans

• The Great Debate & Beyond : The History of Televised Presidential Debates

  Debate resources for those who work with debate.

  Tags: education, debate, eracism, eracism_resources

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/15/2009

• Spelling Software - SpellQuizzer. Spelling Software to learn spelling words and lists

  OK, this breaking news from Spellquizzer 9software for helping with spelling:
  
  "I'm currently offering SpellQuizzer free to any educator who contacts me at http://www.SpellQuizzer.com/Contact.htm so if you know of any other educators who might be interested please let them know. They would need to provide an email address from an educational institution in order for to qualify."
  
  This is from an email from the owner.

  Tags: education, spelling, edu_newapp

• Study Finds Big Storms on a 1,000-Year Rise - NYTimes.com

  "The North Atlantic Ocean has spawned more hurricanes and tropical storms over the last decade than it has since a similarly stormy period 1,000 years ago, according to a new study."
  
  This article would be excellent for some discussions in science about climate change.

  Tags: education, science

• NY City swine flu victim widow plans $40 mln suit | Health | Reuters

  If your school doesn't have the health department to come in and brief your teachers - you are not only risking health but also something like this.
  
  The city of New York is being sued with a wrongful death suit for not addressing H1N1 in their school more proactively.
  Call your health department and get a 20 minute session on it - it should be free and you'll be responsibility. Do it because it is the right thing and not because you'll be sued (although that is a risk.)

  Tags: education, h1n1, science, health

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/14/2009

• Art Education 2.0 - Using New Technology in Art Classrooms

  Tags: education, best practices, art, web 2.0

• P2PU - Peer 2 Peer University / FrontPage

  Tags: p2pu, edupunk, education, onlineeducation

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/13/2009

• CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software

  Tags: screencast, opensource, software, recording, capture, tools, screencasting, camstudio, education, web, 2.0, live, stream, streaming, video, demo, technology, edu_trends, techintegrator

• YoYo Games | Game Maker

  Tags: programming, game, gamemaker, education, gaming, Software, development, tools

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/12/2009

• movingforward - Education Blogs by Discipline

  Tags: blog, education, wiki, Resources

• American Cultures 2.0

  Tags: education, students, skills

• Book Sale Manager

  Librariies and non profits having book sales can use this site to list their sale for free. It is in beta testing now, but looks like it might have some cool features if you manage book sales. If you try this and review it, let me know, I'd love to know what you think.

  Tags: education, library, edu_newapp, librarian

• How to use Advanced Algebra II

  This open source textbook by Raleigh, N.C., math teacher Kenny Felder was part of the review of the first 16 digital texts submitted to California's review program as part of the free open-source digital textbook initiative by California's Governor Schwarzenegger. This textbook scored a 96 and met 26 of 27 standards. Felder teaches at Raleigh Charter High school.

  Tags: education, math, opensource, edu_trends, edu_news

• 'iPad': Analysts Expect Apple to Release Tablet Computer - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News - FOXNews.com

  The iPad is coming, the iPad is coming -- apple tablet computer - sort of like a large iphone has rumors flying that it is coming very soon with a really amazing price point -- between $500-$700.

  Tags: education, apple, gadget, technology, edu_news

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/11/2009

• Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration (pdf ebook)

  Tags: ebooks, education, integration, edtech, school2.0

• Twenty-Five Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom

  A collaborative presentation compiled by teachers. Some snippets of ideas for lessonplans.

  Tags: interestingways, school2.0, twitter, education

• Using Facebook for Learning

  Apps geared toward using Facebook as a tool for teaching and learning

  Tags: facebook, tools, send2blog, learning, education, school2.0

• Byrdseed Gifted Lessons

  Practical Ideas For Your Gifted Classroom

  Tags: gifted, differentiation, education, teaching, learning

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/10/2009

• Using Moodle 2nd Edition

  Tags: moodle, book, elearning, education

• By Sarah Fine -- Why I Left Teaching Behind - washingtonpost.com

  4-year teacher leaves the profession.

  Tags: attrition, education, teachers

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/09/2009

• Welcome to MiddleWeb's Middle School Resources!

  Tags: middleweb.com, middleweb, middleschool, teaching, resources, education, school, middle_school, Middle, Technology

• C. Wright Mills on blogging | Savage Minds

  Tags: mills, blogging, blogs, craft, scholarship, practice, praxis, philosophy, education

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/07/2009

• highschooljournalism.org - high school journalism from asne

  Tags: journalism, newspaper, writing, school, education, english

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/06/2009

• WebHome < TeachingWithWikis < UMWiki

  Lots of resources on teaching with wikis.

  Tags: education, wiki, edu_newapp

• AudioBoo

  easy and quick video podcast

  Tags: podcast, tools, education

• After the boom, is Wikipedia heading for bust? - tech - 04 August 2009 - New Scientist

  So, is Wikipedia headed out? Some scientists have found that:
  
  "The number of articles added per month flattened out at 60,000 in 2006 and has since declined by around a third. They also found that the number of edits made every month and the number of active editors both stopped growing the following year, flattening out at around 5.5 million and 750,000 respectively."
  
  I have to wonder if their changes in who can edit has caused this shift. People still look at it (I do) to kick off research.

  Tags: wiki, education, edu_trends

• CogDogBlog » Talkin’ Bout Open

  Alan Levine's video about his upcoming presentation for the Open Education Conference. Cool video with lots of neato bloggers on it.

  Tags: education, learning, blogging, edu_news

• YouTube - x5315's Guide to Twitterfall

  Twitterfall has a tutorial - some people used this on our edchat last night.

  Tags: education, twitter, edu_newapp

• Haas | English - Roman Republic / FrontPage

  Classroom wiki on the Roman Republic, shared at last night's edchat on Twitter.

  Tags: education, edchat, web2, edu_trends

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/05/2009

• SparkleBox - 1000s FREE printable Early Years and KS1 teaching resources - phonics, posters, labels, signs, activities and more!

  
  An excellent resource for all Primary school and Early Childhood teachers.

  Tags: earlyeducation, earlylearning

• Center on Instruction

  Welcome to the Center on Instruction, your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning.

  Tags: instruction, research, researchbasedinstruction, resources, education, special_education

• Karooba - Play Trivia - Promote Fun-based Learning - Share Knowledge - Earn Prizes > Home

  Got an email from this group - would love to hear from those who have played Karooba -- here is the information they sent me:
  
  "The Karooba site includes the following features:
  
  * One the largest collections of education-based (over 100,000) trivia questions
  * Educational games that allow you to:
  o Challenge friends around the world in one-on-one trivia games
  o Join a tournament on education based topics or set up a tournament of friends or classmates
  o Try your luck in a new Find-it game
  o Create your own quizzes and see how others score on your test
  * State-of-the-art avatar tool (Karoobatar) – create your near real life or cartoon characters
  * A real time communications tool (Karoobacator) – Instant message with your friends without the risk of foul language.
  
  
  
  Karooba was created and is maintained by a computer consulting firm based in Minnesota. The firm’s staff, which is mostly comprised of parents with school-age kids, is very concerned (like most parents are these days) about what their children view on the Internet. With this in mind, Karooba was designed to be a 'safe haven' where kids can go to play online, as well as learn…and more importantly one that parents (and teachers) can trust. "

  Tags: education, tool, learning, edu_newapp

• Top Blogs on Twitter - Huffington Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, and more - Twittorati

  Where blogosphere meets twittersphere from the makers of Technorati -- just when you thought Technorati was irrelevant that old authority rating comes back -- time to make sure you're pinging technorati again!

  Tags: education, tools, blogging, trends, edu_news, edu_trends, web2

• Our world in 2059 - Student Essay Contest

  This essay contest would be an excellent cross curricular project between your technology and writing departments and is for inventors digest and several other sponsors and has as a prize a laptop computer and potential to appear on an Emmy Award winning US TV show -- so join in -- applications due August 31, 2009.

  Tags: education, writing, literature, technology, language, edu_news

• RSVP to Discuss Back-to-School Survival on #GNO Tuesday on Twitter :Mom it Forward

  I've been learning somethign new this week. On Tuesday nights, I 'd noticed the #gno hashtag floating around. It stands for Girls night out (although I've seen men participate) and I was asked to be a part of it tomorrow night. I wanted to learn how to host a twitter panel and do this, so here we are. Here is the information on how to do it. On Wednesday night, I and some friends are going to experiment with this to share some tools for teachers at http://edutweetpanel.wikispaces.com -- feel free to join in.
  
  I think that learning how to do a twitter panel is probably something new to help us comprehend how Twitter works to bring us together in deeper ways than we have thought of before.

  Tags: education, twitter, learning, tools, sharing, edu_trends

• Lifehack: gReactions Makes Google Reader Even More Social - The Steve Rubel Lifestream

  Cool firefox add on that allows you to pull comments into google reader. It is called greactions and is very cool.

  Tags: education, firefox, tools, technology, edu_newapp

• Larry's Queries - EduBloggerWorld

  Larry asks for some advice with using wikis in his AP US Government course and sophomore American government class - would love some experts to help him!

  Tags: education, history, technology

• Host Your Own Webinars | LearnCentral

  Schedule your own webinars in a free public elluminate room -- it must be free for all to join! There are so many webinars that are cropping up here and learn central has a lot of potential.

  Tags: education, learning, elluminate, learncentral, professionaldevelopment, edu_news, all_teachers, technology

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I don't like podcasts

Been having issues posting this, so it is a few days old.
What do you think?

Diigo bookmarks for today 08/04/2009

• Wiki Wisdom: How to Use an Online Classroom Clearinghouse | Edutopia

  Wiki tips from Louise Maine, educator in Pennsylvania.

  Tags: education, wiki, learning, bestpractices

• Humorous Grammar Rules

  English teachers will enjoy these humorous grammar rules that have been circulating through twitter. These would be fun to share and use.

  Tags: education, learning, grammar, teaching, english, literature

• Hear It and Hold It Don't Work Here Anymore

  Excellent post by Angela Maiers about hear it and hold it teaching.

  Tags: education, learning, edu_trends

• Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Takes on Facebook « Canada’s World

  This article on Facebook's privacy problems shows how Jenifer Stoddart, Canada's Privacy Commissioner, is taking on Facebook, who has 30 days to comply with the commissioner's request.

  Tags: education, digitalcitizenship, edu_trends

• Teaching Naked – without Powerpoint « HeyJude

  Tags: pedagogy, education, powerpoint, teaching, technology

• Computer Science Teachers Association - CSTA Research

  The new Computer Science survey is out from US high schools - the findings do not bode well for computer science:
  
  "the number of schools offering Advanced Placement Computer Science (AP CS) has declined significantly in the last six years. In 2005, 40 percent of respondents indicated AP CS was offered at their school. This number decreased to 32 percent in 2007 and to 27 percent in the 2009 survey. AP CS is in many cases the most rigorous course offered by schools. "
  
  I wonder how many programs are introducing programming concepts at other levels or using something like Scratch. Should Computer science just be defined as AP computer science?

  Tags: education, learning, computer_science, computerscience_teacher, edu_news

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Diigo bookmarks for today 08/03/2009

• Multicultural Education - Diversity Equity Social Justice Education

  Tags: multicultural, diversity, resources, education, equity, lessons

• Mobile Learning Institute

  The Mobile Learning Institute’s film series “A 21st Century Education”

  Tags: education, learning, all_teachers, bestpractices

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