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Friday, July 31, 2009

Diigo bookmarks for today 08/01/2009

BBC World Service - Save Our Sounds - Audio Map
Save Our Sounds audio map - preserving sounds for future generations.
Tags: audio, map, web, 2.0, 21st, century, education, sound, BBC, world, global
Master Degree demand for law enforcement fastens crime cases.
This can help law enforcement officers to fasten criminal cases and investigation.
Tags: Criminalistic, Degree, Demand, Director, Drexel, Education, Enforcement, Forensic, Pathologist, Law, Master, MBA, Nursing, Officer, Schools, Science, Student, University
Andrew Hargadon: Pursuing science in and out of the Ivory Towers
This is an interesting article from Andrew Hargadon (yes, interestingly he is related to Steve Hargadon who started Classroom 2.0.) He makes a great point that is so salient to many professions:

"So here we are, with pressing social and environmental problems, and a system that has undermined science's ability to lead in the changes we desperately need. "
Tags: education, learning, academics, edu_trends
louisgray.com: My6sense: An iPhone App for Feeds, With Digital Intuition Built-in
Intuitive feed readers - now that is fascinating in potential but also scary in that perhaps, they could be manipulated (much like our searches are manipulated.) Fascinated and yet curious at the same time.
Tags: learning, education, iphone, app, rss, tool, edu_newapp, web2

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Diigo bookmarks for today 07/31/2009

An overview of copyright law for teachers
Copyright law provides educators with a separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display (show) and perform (show or play) others' works in the classroom. This article give an oveview of copyright for educators
Tags: copyright, education, school2.0, policies, aup
Netsafe NetBasics
Tags: internetsafety, cybersafety, netbasics, internet_safety, Education
Ed Tech Widgets
Tags: edtech, widgets, news, education, technology
Introduction to Wikispaces - Eventbrite
Wikispaces is hosting a free webinar. THe email to me today says:

"Wikispaces Education Webinar: Join us on August 6 for our Education
Webinar. We'll focus on features that teachers have found useful in
their classrooms and hear from Nicole Naditz, a French educator and
foreign language pedagogy trainer. Nicole has used wikis in her French
classrooms and as resource pools for her colleagues. Join us as she
shares her wikis including an e-pal exchange and a solar power project
with a school in Burkina Faso."
Tags: education, wiki, learning, edu_news, bestpractices

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Diigo bookmarks for today 07/30/2009

Jakesonline Wiki
Tags: digitalstorytelling, web2.0, education, storytelling
DiscoverEd from ccLearn
A new education search engine from creative commons.
Tags: creativecommons, resources, searchengine, education, opensource
13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography
Should be renamed "lessons to be taught to anyone about digital photogaphy
Tags: photography, lessons, teach, education, teachers, students, photos, digitalcameras
ZaidLearn: Use Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel for Writing Learning Outcomes
Good to remember with any mention of Bloom that these are stages before goals. Mastery in one necessitates the next.

Bad teachers tend to shoot for the highest and overshoot the others. These are developmental stages that must be passed from one to the next.
Tags: blooms, bloomstaxonomy, taxonomy, Writing, education, Bloom's Taxonomy, bloom's
socialtechineducation - home
A place where teachers can share lesson plans integrating social tech into teaching and learning.
Tags: LessonPlans, Web, 2.0, Education, 21st, Century, Teaching, Interactive, Collaboration, Teacher, Wiki, Wikispaces, curriculum
TravelinEdMan: The World is Open book release...You too can be Bonked! - The World Is Open
Dr. Bonk's new book is out and it is excellent (yes, I have a preview copy.) It has a delightful overview of what is happening with technology and global collaboration (and includes flat classroom and also a sidebar about how Dr. Bonk and I met at GAETC two years a go - kind of humorous.) Excellent book that I highly recommend, or you may want to take a look at these webcasts, webinars, free resources and podcasts about it as well. Dr. Curtis Bonk is also known a s Travelinedman
Tags: education, learning, flatclassroom, edu_news
Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
If you have a music program at your school, perhaps you should peruse some of the fascinating thing my new friend Christopher Amos, director of Distance Learning for Carnegie Hall is doing. (I met him at NECC.)
Tags: education, learning, tools, music, edu_news, flatclassroom