Jim,

I read with interest your recent post about powerpoints and will take a look at those top 10 and comment when I find a moment (training teachers at a summer camp, its exhausting!). I have a lot to say on the subject and have a lot of experience producing educational powerpoints.

Lots more to say and just want to say I'll be intouch....from across the ocean here in Korea.

Cheers,

David

Thanks for the invitation, Jim. I plan to start working with podcasts. Hope to get some good advice here. Uschi

Thanks for your invitation. I look forward to sharing info with you.

Hi Jim, Thanks for the invitation and welcome. Be sure to check out our site GrantWrangler.com. We have grant listings for teachers and a handy headline generator of featured grants for districts to add to the teacher's resources sections of their sites.

Thank you. I look forward to learning great things while here.

School is opening in Florida next week and I am really excited. Thank you for your invitation. I look forward to exchanging information and ideas.

Thanks for the invite. Look forward to sharing info with you this year.

John
http://joevans.pbwiki.com

Hi Jim,

Nice to be in contact with you!
best wishes

fernando

Hey there-

Thanks for the invite!

Ruth

Thanks for the invite. You might be interested in checking out my Tech tools wiki. http://wiki.usask.ca/db/index.php/Technology_Tools

Thanks for the invite. Look forward to sharing :O)

Hi Jim.. back from my holiday, nice to start the prep for the new academic year with a new invite, thanks. Look forward to sharing ideas and knowledge where I can.

Hi, Jim,
I second Adam--it's nice to start the new year with an invite, thanks.

Thanks Jim for your invitation.

Regards from Portugal

Lieber Jim! Ich würde gerne wissen, warum du mein Freund sein willst! Hast du mein Profil gelesen? Dann weißt du, dass ich in Österreich lebe und in deutsch meine Kommenatre verfasse und auch in einem anderen Schulsystem tätig bin!
Dear Jim! I would be interested why you ask me to be my friend! I am an austrian teacher, my contributions are in german only. Best regards to NY! Gerda :-)))

Jim,
Thanks for the invite. You have a very lengthy involvement in education. I would like to get the state advisor for the organization that I work closely with in New York connected with you for a support level. I will chat with you later.
Take care,
Carolyn

thank-you for the invite..tink going to lear o lot from all your education experience

Thanks for your invite Jim - I look forward to being part of your group of friends! My work is in middle school science and environmental studies - we implemented an off-campus year 9 Program this year that focussed on identity, careers and community involvement.

hey jim,

great to hear from you. i'm honored to be invited to your community.

ted

Thank so much to be invited and be part of your world

So, Jim, I'm inquiring about the status of finding videos of teachers actually teaching....were you successful in your hunt ?

Hi Cindy,
Thanks for asking. I guess maybe you're a fellow seeker?
I put together a list based on what people sent and what I could find. Based on what I was looking for (unedited raw footage of teachers teaching in a classroom) the first source was the best for me. For other purposes, others will be better. Anyway, there's a lot of good stuff, and if you know of other sources, please let me know and I'll add them to the list so everything's all in one place.

Online videos of teachers teaching and classroom instruction - Jim Lerman



Inside Teaching site at the Carnegie Foundation: http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/insideteaching/quest/collections.htm



Annenberg's Learner.org: http://www.learner.org/


TeachersTV (from England): http://www.teachers.tv/node


Teachers Network.org: http://www.teachersnetwork.org/media/index.cfm



Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:
http://www.ridoe.org/instruction/curriculum/


ETEC Connections at the Univ. of Hawaii: http://etec.hawaii.edu/etecvideos/


SuccessLink: http://www.successlink.org/gti/vidpage.asp


1999 TIMMS videos: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/timssvideo/videolist.asp


inTime (excellent PT3 project!): http://www.intime.uni.edu/


Digital Edge Learning Interchange: http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli/


Inquiry Learning Forum at Indiana Univ (excellent, requires
registration).: http://ilf.crlt.indiana.edu/


George Lucas Educational Foundation: http://www.edutopia.org/video

Thanks Jim for all of your hard work in acquiring these videos...I AM a fellow seeker, I need to provide videos to coincide with Grappling's Technology and Learning Spectrum for my administrators..their conference is in January...THANKS again!!!

Jim - I would like to invite you to be a friend on Classroom 2.0. I have read many of your comments on other blogs and they are insightful and though provoking

thank you, I look forward to hearing your opinions and comments.

Jim,
I taught a Social Networking and Web Resources class for our undergraduates last fall. This summer I am teaching an Emerging Internet Technology Special Topics course for the Masters in Technology for Teachers. I would be interested in learning what web resources that you have discovered to assist middle and high school teachers. Look forward to your comments.

Hi Jim, and thanks for adding me! I'm impressed with what I see on your About Me and the discussion I'm seeing here on your page. We're interested in the ame things! I'm glad to be a part of this and look forward to more of your comments

Hi Jim!

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the add.

Interesting...Thanks for the invite!!

Jim,

I received a note that you had sent me a message in here, but I did not receive it....thanks!

Kathy

Jim,

Thanks for the invite. It looks as if we have common interests, online tools, brain based learning, etc. I look forward to communicating on these subjects. So, I am going to jump right in.

I am Director of Curriculum at a private school in Honduras. Our mix of instructional staff is 75% Honduran, 25% American. I am interested in getting our Honduran middle school staffers training in effective middle school instructional techniques. Our diagnostic math and reading scores are at their lowest in middle school. I realize that many students' brain growth is on hold while the maturation process kicks in, however I also know that our teachers could be applying middle school specific methods which would ensure student retention of previous learned skills while introducing new ones. We use differentiation but I think we need more.

As coordinator for the NJ Consortium of Middle Schools, do you know of any sources for teacher training in these areas? We send our teachers to training venues throughout the year and would like to find one specific to this area.

Wow, sorry about this note turning into a novel. I look forward to your advice.

Hi, Jim,
Thanks for the invite!

Jim,

With our location, online would allow teachers to jump right in however sometimes I think they place more importance on training that they travel to. What did you have in mind?

By the way, Jim, I didn't write you at 6:07 am. I think we have a time difference happening here.

Jim,
I would be more than happy to speak with you about moodlerooms.

Unfortunately I can't set you up with a hosting account. If you would like to call Bob McDonald he can answer any questions you might have and set up your course. His number is 443-451-7227.

If you have non hosting Moodlerooms questions give me a call 443-451-7218

Greetings Jim,

I just finished budget and recruiting so I'm back on the training trail. We presently use online sources from Annenberg Foundation and ASCD Virtual Symposium but they don't seem to have much on middle school philosophy or instructional methods. I look forward to any you might suggest. Have a great day!

Thanks Jim,

I'll check these sites today.

I look forward to reading your comments. Best wishes; John

Welcome from Pennsylvania.

NACOL is a non-profit group that supports K12 online learning across the globe. We are a membership organization and provide research, advocacy, national standards (voluntary), networking opportunities, professional development, and an annual conference among other things. Let me know if you have any questions about us.

Hi, Jim,

Thanks for the invitation!

Randy

Hi Jim,
Thank you so much for the invitation.
Becky.

Hi Jim, i am presently a human resource officer in a private company here in Nigeria, where we do alot of things like staff training,staff performance evaluation,staff welfare,employee of the month programe and so much more..
But Jim, i really want to switch to teaching because it is what i have finanally decieded to do, i mean i know its going to be totally different from want i used to know about teaching,bringing back the pride of teachers to Nigeria to be specific and i want to be part of it.......
So Jim, i am really looking forward to learning and sharing so much with you.
Thank you.

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the invite!
Smiles,
Ana =)

Hey Jim, just thought i should ask how work is going?
You have been so busy lately i guess?
hope to hear from you soon.

I thought as much, well am presently developing myself on technological approach to teaching, i mean how to effectively use it in the classroom.
I already have a Bsc (Ed) in Biology and i plan to teach age level 14 and up.
All the best in your work Jim!

I served as an attached staff during my youth service in the Human Resource Dept. of an Insurance Company for a year -'06/'07, so my present employer decieded to give me a chance!
Am presently learning how to effectively use the over head projector, how to tape documentaries from a public TV for my students and getting also acquinted with the CD-Roms and web-based students projects....guess am gonna need your help on this....
Thanks Jim

Thanks Jim,
Yeah, am really making progress and am finding it interesting too, I don't have a digital camera yet but i do have a cell phone.
I wil be teaching in a new private school PIAE in Abuja, Nigeria and we shall commence by September...
i hopefully will be teaching the age range of 14 and up!
Thanks once more for keeping in touch Jim!

You may be interested in the film series, Adina's Deck ( www.adinasdeck.com ) which is perfect for the increasingly more tech-savvy middle school students. The films are short, entertaining and extremely "watchable" and are educational for kids, teachers and parents. Episode 1, the cyber bully pilot episode, won best student film at the International Family Film Festival. Episode 2 is the Case of the Online Crush, and touches on the dangers of online predators. Episode 3 in the Case of the Plagiarized Paper the deals with the consequences of cheating. The writers, directors, and lead cast members participate in live discussions when they have attended dozens school assemblies and film festivals. They are booked to appear at many more locations this school year. Like in Episode 1, the story-lines of Episodes 2 and 3 create a lot of "who-done-it" suspense, with plot twists that are sure to promote a lot of discussion on these real, timely topics. The students really get into the discussion topics, and want to know what the characters will do next. Adina's Deck is a valuable and socially important tool.