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A Classroom's Hierarchy of Needs

A Classroom’s Hierarchy Of Needs

I just got home after a morning of observing two classrooms. One was wonderful, a place that all students would long to be in. One was dreadful, a place that students would only just barely tolerate and where one student actually said, when asked to make a metaphor using the word school, “School is jail”.

What made them different? On the face of it they were both… Continue

Added by ddeubel on April 12, 2010 at 6:36pm — No Comments

Skype Buddies

I'm still trying to explore ways in which web 2.0 tools can be used to mentor students. A new thought would be to have small groups that are assigned to a mentor who monitors the discussion. Norms would be developed within the group as part of a first lesson. Students (and adults) need guidance in using social networking tools so we would begin with a lesson on digital citizenship and discuss things like checking in once a day instead of being "on" constantly. There would also be limits on… Continue

Added by Catherine Laguna on April 12, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Social Sites

So in looking at this class (and other social media outlefts) available, some of them I think would be hard to use in the classroom.

I think Twitter could be a fun, useful site, at the same time hard to control. Even for this class, I personally found it hard to use Twitter as something other than a social escape. In talking with Paco, we decided it was possible, for example, the way Drew uses Twitter- for talking with people about educational things. But since I started using…

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Added by Laura Wiechert on April 12, 2010 at 9:02am — 1 Comment

Technology is Changing the Way We Teach | Cyndi Danner-Kuhn

http://cyndidannerkuhn.info/CDK/Home.html

Last week's Blogger of the Week, Cyndi Danner-Kuhn, took some time out of teaching and blogging to reflect on her love of learning and technology tools in an interview. To learn more about Cyndi Danner-Kuhn's blog Technology Bits, Bytes, and Nibbles: News, Tips, Tricks & Resources… Continue

Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 12, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Earthcast 2010

Are you interested in contributing to Earthcast 2010 on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010, but you aren't willing to commit to a 30-60 minute time block? Here are a few VERY simple ways to get involved:

1. Leave a comment on our project voicethread. We will play… Continue

Added by Lisa Durff on April 12, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

What will my mother do if I use her tongue?:(

Added by mervesolmaz on April 12, 2010 at 3:50am — No Comments

Thoughts on Technology

Drew asked us to write a blog about the book or any other topic...

So here's my thought on some aspects that the book brings up.

Technology.

I guess I am just someone who has grown up with technology. I use it all the time, want the newest gadgets and have no problems picking up something and playing with the numerous small buttons on it. So in reading the first few chapters, it really opened my eyes to how technology has rocked the small things we do.

Looking at… Continue

Added by Laura Wiechert on April 11, 2010 at 9:38pm — No Comments

Lecture Capture follow-up: Taking Tegrity for a test run

We took our free trial Tegrity account out for a ‘test drive’ the other day. We like it.

This is a follow up post to the series I ran here in February and March, in which I learned about some of today’s Lecture Capture systems, and selected a product to test. My goal was to find a proven tool that allowed for easy and affordable…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on April 11, 2010 at 6:06pm — No Comments

Mentoring with Technology

I am interested in develop a way to mentor students using technology. Kids seem to love texting and posting on their facebook. How can this be used by teachers to help mentor students? Teachers in the news often get in trouble for communicating with students using technology but there must be a way to utilize technology in a meaningful way to mentor students.

One idea I have is that students and teachers could use a discussion tab on a wiki for communication about a very specific… Continue

Added by Catherine Laguna on April 11, 2010 at 10:34am — No Comments

uTeach with Technology

Over spring break, I learned how to create a Google website. It was fairly easy. I wanted a place to leave resources for teachers that are learning how to use technology in their classrooms. I will add more resources to this site as I have time.

Here is the link: http://sites.google.com/site/uteachwithtechnology/home

Added by Lezlie Harris on April 10, 2010 at 10:22pm — 1 Comment

BIG is the new small

In the last few days I've been test

driving the new Apple iPad and I have a few thoughts about it as a

product and an experience. In the interest of full disclosure, I'll

admit upfront to being an Apple fan of many years. I've had an iPhone

for some time and have marked well it's strengths and weaknesses as a

phone and a computer and I find that the iPad with wifi delivers an

experience not unlike that of the iPhone. The major ah ha… Continue

Added by Kevin on April 10, 2010 at 10:05pm — No Comments

Introduction

I am a high school English teacher located in southern Illinois. I work in a very rural school. How rural, you ask? It is surrounded on all four sides by cornfield. That said, I love my job and I work with a great group of kids!

Currently, I have quite a bit of technology in my classroom: a Smart Board, a projector, a scanner, a Flip video camcorder, a digital camera, and a few other bells and whistles. Like a lot of teachers out there, I also spend quite a bit of my own money on my… Continue

Added by Jessica Pilgreen on April 10, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Invitation to a Conversation with Ian Jukes

The Discovery Education/Wilkes University M.Sc. in Instructional Media Program and Credenda Virtual School in Saskachewan invite you to join us for an conversation with Ian Jukes.

Link to this week's Elluminate room: http://tinyurl.com/yhffesd

Password (for speaker series only):… Continue

Added by suehellman on April 10, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Independent Sales Consultants in Ed Tech Needed

dataMetrics Software is growing again and looking for experienced ed tech Independent Sales Consultants for a number of key…

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Added by Kimberly Hulbert on April 9, 2010 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Vote for Don't Text and Drive

Please vote for our project on We Are Teachers.com located at: http://www.weareteachers.com/web/library-services/microgrant Thanks!

Added by Whitney Allen on April 9, 2010 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Are your students LEGO smart? | Creativity Contest

LEGO Smart Contest Builds Problem Solvers

Calling all teachers, home educators, after-school program directors, and any other educators working with k-12 students - are your students LEGO smart? "Being LEGO^® Smart^TM is more than

building with LEGO bricks. It's having the ability to work in teams,

solve problems, and create solutions. It means understanding key

science, technology,…

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Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 9, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

How Ning Social Networks Can Improve University Classes

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Added by Jack Hadley on April 9, 2010 at 7:13am — No Comments

Gotta do it more than once!

This was originally posted on The Freshman Transition Network.

If you have read many of my previous … Continue

Added by Scott Habeeb on April 8, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Educational Grant to Track RTI and Manage Assessments

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Added by Kimberly Hulbert on April 8, 2010 at 9:06am — No Comments

Shelly Blake-Plock Challenges Educators to Teach Paperless

http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/

Shelly Blake-Plock is a progressive educator and blogger for Teach Paperless. Blake-Plock blogs regularly on "all aspects of paperless, digital, and technological culture as it relates to education." In addition to his blog, Blake-Plock teaches high…

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Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 8, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment