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DIY auto-marking spelling tests

I'm not involved in education any more apart from being a dad, (so, pretty involved I guess really!). But as a parent helper at my son's school we've made a weekly online spelling test, which auto-marks the learners' attempts and sends the results to an email address. It's another angle for the onslaught on raising fundamental literacy skills.

The coding was done by a colleague and he's made it so easy to make a new weekly test that I wanted to share it. It takes me about 15 minutes to… Continue

Added by pete whitfield on September 26, 2010 at 11:40am — No Comments

Is it time for you to self-reflect? - 5 helpful strategies...

One of the beauties of education is that we get the opportunity to try and explore new ideas. In fact, we are encouraged to think outside of

the box to discover new and improved ways to engage, inspire and

motivate students. Moreover, when we have new ideas and solutions to

problems, we are forcing ourselves to evaluate and assess our current

practices. A fancy word that all educators have heard (some so much it

makes them… Continue

Added by Justin Tarte on September 25, 2010 at 10:40pm — No Comments

Make A Difference Day

You Make The Difference!

National Make a Difference Day celebrates its 20th year on Saturday, October 23, 2010. The national event is sponsored by the…

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Added by Stephen Wilke, SPHR, CPLP on September 24, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Global Virtual Classroom Contest registration ends soon!

You may be able to win cash prizes… Continue

Added by Janet Barnstable on September 24, 2010 at 1:12pm — No Comments

looking forward to contributing to this forum!

Hey Everyone,

Looking forward to contributing to this forum. As a new member i thought i would share this with you as i think it could help you out if you use smart boards... it certainly did for me.

I was just on another iwb forum and came across this promotion about free online smart board training so i thought i would share this with you. It is an online course created by Blossom Learning. They have this lady I guess avatar that trains you online. All i did was send a… Continue

Added by Emma Richards on September 24, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments

Building Technology Curriculum One Day at A Time

Two weeks ago should have been my first day of school.…

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Added by Andrew Marcinek on September 23, 2010 at 7:04am — No Comments

Welcome to the Polyvision board?

Well my school has this Polyvision board which seems the least user-friendly IWB I have seen.

Does anyone have any experience using this board?

Furthermore, after I get it working to my liking, I want full teacher integration. Any experience with Promethean or SMART or a board not specified for either?

dhasty01

Added by Desmond A. Hasty on September 23, 2010 at 6:51am — 1 Comment

New eteaching rooms - what do you use/think?

This next year, I'll be setting up my own eTeaching system and doing online teacher training. Mostly out of interest and to see if I can do it. As part of that process, I'm presently setting up my own audio/video eteaching suite. And since I'm doing it for myself, I thought, "why not do it for everyone?". Technology has that benefit, once you do it for yourself, it costs little to share it.

So, I'd like to ask what you are looking for in an eteaching system. You know, I've… Continue

Added by ddeubel on September 23, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Announcing ntcamp 2011: Burlington

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Added by Andrew Marcinek on September 22, 2010 at 12:13pm — 1 Comment

Mobile Computing

We at the Indiana Dept. of Education are making presentations about mobile computing in a classroom setting. I would appeciate any feedback regarding the following questions:

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Added by Gary Bates on September 22, 2010 at 5:51am — No Comments

Never underestimate the power of a child...

I watched this video on TED: Ideas worth spreading (which I highly recommend) http://www.ted.com/,

and I have to say I was really intrigued by the topic. Every day at

school I get the opportunity to see students growing and

developing...some more than others, and some not enough. However

inconsistent their growth may be, one thing is for certain...the growth

and development of children can be summed up in one word - amazing! If

we… Continue

Added by Justin Tarte on September 22, 2010 at 5:35am — No Comments

Calling all Students!!

I would like to invite your students to participate in The Global Education Conference this November

15-19, 2010. This conference is held online in Elluminate over 5 days in multiple time zones. We are interested in participants, presenters and partners. The focus is on global collaboration and bringing interested parties together to explore best

practices in helping students and educators develop global competencies.

Students you know may be… Continue

Added by Lisa Durff on September 21, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The WikiEducator "Invite them and they will come" Online Workshop - (September 22 to October 5, 2010)

Register today for the next Wikieducator workshop, Invite them and they will come! Join us this Wednesday for a live session that will serve as a general overview of the course as well.… Continue

Added by Benjamin Stewart on September 20, 2010 at 9:16pm — No Comments

How do you use Facebook or Twitter in the classroom?

I have been hearing about teachers that use Facebook or Twitter in the classroom. I'm curious how you do that. Doesn't your school block those sites from student computers? What age of students do you think are appropriate for Twitter or Facebook? I teach second graders and I'm wondering how I can use Twitter, Facebook or other social networks in my classroom. Any ideas?

Added by Jamey Robbins on September 20, 2010 at 7:28pm — 10 Comments

Sadhea-Web. An Author System For The Development Of Web Learning Hyper-Environments.

SAdHEA-Web (http://www.sadhea.rimed.cu…

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Added by Dagoberto Mariño Blanco on September 20, 2010 at 7:02am — No Comments

Questioning Accepted Standards. Do not ask me why, ask me why not?

I love to play the guitar and on the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix death this question got me thinking about what and how we teach our children.

Imagine you teach guitar and a kid walks in that is playing a left-handed guitar upside down. Most guitar players have picked up bad habits that the teacher will want to get rid of and sort out before moving on to bigger and better things. But this was one of the things that Jimi was renown for, and that many will suggest gave him his unique… Continue

Added by Nicholas Tee on September 19, 2010 at 10:20pm — No Comments

The Eno Whiteboard – A Teacher’s First Glimpse

In this week’s feature post, an instructor shares his initial experience with the Polyvision Eno Interactive White Board.

Guest Post By James Lines

Ed Note: This post is sort of a follow up to a series of posts I did here late last year in which…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on September 19, 2010 at 4:54pm — No Comments

TEDxRedmond: High School Junior Olivia Interviews Adora Svitak, 12

Amazing-Kids News Reporter Olivia sits down with Adora Svitak, host of TEDxRedmond 2010, in the Microsoft Convention Center during the dinner that was provided by BING for all the attendees and speakers.

A link to all the TEDxRedmond video presentations will be posted here… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on September 19, 2010 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Information Overload!

I have been looking at digital tools to help students locate information and present information. This got me thinking about the information overload that I see many of my students experience. There is so much available that often the student just takes the first thing they can find as being fact, rather than sift through all the info to verify the facts. I remember in high school and in college (just on the cusp of the Internet generation), we had to have several sources for a paper. I…

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Added by Melanie Weser on September 19, 2010 at 10:41am — No Comments