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Test time: Time to measure what students know or throw out the test.

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Added by Jeremy Kaiser on May 26, 2010 at 10:07pm — No Comments

The 21st Century Music Program

I've written about it already: Music Education must shift (as most… Continue

Added by Andrew on May 26, 2010 at 5:58pm — 1 Comment

Grades Keep Students from Taking Risks | e-Learning Today TV

To view the complete show notes, including links, click here.

Added by Amanda Kenuam on May 26, 2010 at 10:18am — No Comments

Education: Agricultural not Industrial

In class today we watched Ken Robinson's "Bring on the Revolution" on TED in which he calls for a revolution in education. He suggests that we need not reform a broken, outmoded system, but rather we must fundamentally change what we do to/with kids. The metaphor Robinson uses is a shift from an industrial model (factory-like, all kids learn the same things at the same age levels, in preparation for 'university') and move to an agricultural model, where… Continue

Added by Jeff Leppard on May 25, 2010 at 8:01pm — No Comments

Comenius Meeting in Turkey

Host school: Mete Has Ilkogretim Okulu

Date: 03-08th May 2010

Place: Sanliurfa ( Turkey).

Project work:

- presentation by each participating organisation of the Power Point realisation about the first religious building.

- reading of the completed detective short story.

- pupils artwork: puppets in their own traditional clothes and country's flag. Each country's pupil make their own traditional costumes.

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Added by Gražina Likpetrienė on May 25, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Mac PD at Chatsworth

Had an interesting afternoon at Chatsworth International School this Tuesday.

Mac Singapore hosted the meeting, which was nice because they got catering from Cedel. Note: While Apple wont give you a free ipod at PD they will give you a yummy muffin.

We kicked off with Kerille Beasley's presentation on various itouch/iphone apps for classroom. I really liked the phonics and math apps - good to see some more resources…

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Added by Juan O'Shea on May 25, 2010 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Moodle for Teachers Free 4-Week Workshop (M4T-B2)

Beginner Workshop (M4T-B2)

June 5 to July 4, 2010

Goal

The goal of the M4T-Beginner workshop is to help educators ensure the quality of online learning through systematic instructional design…

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Added by Dr. Nellie Deutsch on May 25, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 and the Elementary Classroom Environment

So, I am still working on my Master's degree, but seriously focusing on how technology is changing our classrooms. Currently I am working on a paper about the effect that the inclusion of Web 2.0 technology has or is having on the traditional learning environment. I don't seem to be able to find any research articles about it, and I implore all of you to help search some out. If you have any links to articles where research has been done on this situation, either qualitative or quantatative… Continue

Added by Zac Hansel on May 25, 2010 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Thank You

Thank you for creating this site. As the only technology teacher in my building I am alone. It will be wonderful to have other professionals to share ideas with about teaching technology.

Added by Joan Harper-Neely on May 24, 2010 at 5:42pm — No Comments

A reflective podcast show for educators!

Hi everyone,

My colleague and I recently started a podcast show that aims to create a reflective audio space for educators. If you are interested in listening to topics such as testing from international perspectives, bullying and cyberbullying, and highs and lows in the classrooms, please visit our podcast site at… Continue

Added by Chingfu Lan on May 24, 2010 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Guest Post: Technology Workshops for Grad Students

Washington U’s workshops, with their focus on pedagogy first, are a nice model for teaching educators about incorporating technology in the classroom.

Guest Post By Bryn Lutes and Tanya Roth. Bryn and Tanya are instructors at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and have helped to evolve the offerings discussed here into the current series of workshops, focused on effective technology use in the classroom.…

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Added by Kelly Walsh on May 24, 2010 at 7:41am — No Comments

Must-see sessions and more at EduComm 2010

This June in Las Vegas, EduComm brings together top

thought leaders, innovators, and speakers to present, discuss, and navigate the

unprecedented challenges and opportunities shaping the future of higher

education.…

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Added by Joe Schuch on May 24, 2010 at 5:44am — No Comments

Teaching and Learning with Webquests

The session will focus on how to create and use WebQuests in the classroom and will elaborate on Nellie Deutsch's experiences with creating and using WebQuests in the English classroom.

About the speaker: Nellie Deutsch is currently getting ready to defend her doctoral dissertation after completing a four-year program in… Continue

Added by Benjamin Stewart on May 23, 2010 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Video and Links about Google TV. ( Also- I'm looking for info about Google TV and Education!)

Video and Links about Google TV: Another Flavor of Android - "Google TV brings everything you love about the web to your television"

Thought: If Google TV will bring easy access to the Internet to our large flat-panel HD TV's, it just might mean that the large HD TVs will replace ordinary televisions and shadow-casting interactive…

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Added by Lynn Marentette on May 22, 2010 at 12:13pm — No Comments

UPSC 2010 Prelims Exam

UPSC Preliminary Exam will be held across the nation on Sunday, the 23rd of May. Lacs of aspirants will be participating in the prestigious test. After the test, the most important sought after information will be the UPSC 2010 answer keys. Students will want to know how well they did and… Continue

Added by Umesh Kumar on May 22, 2010 at 5:29am — No Comments

How to find quotes using Google Books

I wrote a blog post on how to use the Books feature on Google to find quotes when writing a research paper. I imagined a freshman English class as my target audience. Check out my post at http://cassinespor.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-find-quotes-using-google-books.html

If there are any changes or additions you think that I should make, please let me know, either via Classroom2.0 or my blog… Continue

Added by Cassi Nespor on May 20, 2010 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Old is Gold

My class went to Gedi ruins , Malindi, Kenya. Unfortunately due to forseen circunstances I could not make it. I had the great opportunity of going through my students' journals. Wow! Those kids wrote such interesting pieces. The information was detailed and their illustrations were so cute!
I will urge them to share their work on this blog if possible!

Added by Naini Singh on May 20, 2010 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

Instructional Technology

Have you ever noticed that Deaf and Hard of Hearing classrooms differ from regular education classrooms? If you have been isolated at a school for the Deaf, maybe you wouldn't be aware. Or perhaps if you are a sole SDC teacher within a district, it would also come as a surprise. Do you listen to the chatter in the teacher's lounge? Do you become part of the conversation? Are you part of the instructional technology buzz on the internet, constantly searching for lesson planning ideas and ways…

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Added by Michelle Sumner on May 19, 2010 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Signing Avatar with Vcom3D

Today, I have had the opportunity to play with the Vcom3D program, Sign Smith (30-day dowload). Basically, you select an avatar from the list, then insert or type your text into the "text" box. You can cut and paste your text into the signing component and your avatar comes to life. Initially, there was no facial expression… Continue

Added by Michelle Sumner on May 19, 2010 at 1:59pm — 5 Comments

Power-Up Your Personal Professional Development

Cross-posted from the Impetuous Geek

As educators we have all attended training on some topic de jour. Sometimes the professional development is powerful, insightful and inspiring. We leave energized, only to lose that enthusiasm as career and daily life reclaim us. All traces of the event soon pass,… Continue

Added by Alix E. Peshette on May 18, 2010 at 3:59pm — No Comments