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Preferred Student Communication Tools

I've discovered this information first hand when I first turned on text messaging on my kid's cell phones. My son, a freshman in high school, managed to rack up 3,500 text messages in one month, and that's having been grounded from his phone for two weeks that month. My daughter is much better, she still calls us, old timers, but chooses to text her friends in college.

Only 12% of students currently check email on their mobile, but eROI…

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Added by John Costilla on December 15, 2008 at 7:08am — No Comments

Video Tutorial on How To Use a Nintendo Wiimote Whiteboard in your Classroom

Hey everyone thought id share how ive been using a nintendo wiimote whiteboard in my classes. The video also explains how to go about setting it up and a few other helpful hints and tips. I seriously recommend taking the time to investigate this low cost option futher even if you have tonnes of Interactive Whiteboards in your school.

In the video i show you how you can easily use it in conjunction with bluetooth and mobile… Continue

Added by Jarrod Robinson on December 15, 2008 at 3:00am — 3 Comments

Re: Best Grammar, Website Creation, Music & Sound Effects, & More lists

Hi, Everybody,

Here are the latest "The Best" lists -- this time with tiny urls!

The Best Fun Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too

(http://tinyurl.com/5cxbh2)

The Best Life Expectancy Calculators

(http://tinyurl.com/6l6y67)

The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects

(http://tinyurl.com/6a9po5)

The Best Sites For Grammar Practice

(http://tinyurl.com/6o3mox)

The Best Online Resources For… Continue

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on December 15, 2008 at 2:51am — No Comments

Are You Awake Yet? 이제 잠 깨셨습니까?

옴 샨티, 평화의 인사를 보냅니다. Om Shanti, Greetings of Peace!

지금까지 매주 1회 보내드리고 있는 영혼을 위한 좋은 글 나눔을 저자 마이크조지의 사정에 따라 당분간 격주로 보내드리게 됨을 알려드립니다.

We have been sending out this S2P(Something to Ponder) every week but from this week we'll send it every other week due to the author's schedule.

Are You Awake Yet? 이제 잠 깨셨습니까?

Although you believe you woke up this morning it is highly likely that you are still fast asleep. Not the kind of sleep that kept you unconscious during the night, but… Continue

Added by James Edward Charles Webber on December 14, 2008 at 4:38pm — No Comments

Ning Launch and 21st Century Literacy Lesson

Last week, I launched the ISA Internship Ning—a community for my students (12th graders at The International School of Americas) to share their career-exploration internship experiences with one another. This week, I had the chance to teach a lesson in which I tried to help them understand how participating in a professional social network fits into the… Continue

Added by Honor Moorman on December 14, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

My Podcast with Wes Fryer

A couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to attend a webinar in Oklahoma on Web 2.0 Collaboration and Communication. While I was there, I participated in a brief interview with Wes Fryer. Preview or download the podcast below to learn how this Web 2.0 organization that I am involved got started and where it is going.

A special thanks to… Continue

Added by John Costilla on December 12, 2008 at 7:56am — 2 Comments

An open Invite

Hi Folks! Rhys Moult from Adelaide Australia. I am the E-learning Project Manager at BJ Network Consulting Australia on the Elearning Network Australasia Executive Committee (as of today) and I have my own growing Ning Network as an E-learning Jobs Board that I… Continue

Added by Rhys Moult on December 12, 2008 at 2:51am — No Comments

Widgets

I'm just playing with a site for making widgets. I think it's pretty interesting, but last night when I went to bed I dreamed about it, imagining that I had made a widget that was actually a mini twist-a-plot book, and you clicked and made decisions all the way through, and I had conditional programming in it. Conditional programming. I haven't thought of that in years.

So, I'm wondering what my kids could do with it. We could maybe make widgets of their work in science, and… Continue

Added by Gwyneth on December 11, 2008 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Disrupting Textbooks: cK12 and Flat World Knowledge

In Nyack NY, north of NYC, a seed is forming. Flat World Knowledge, a company bent on disrupting the textbook business, is getting ready to move into a private beta next spring with 10 textbooks in business and economics. Jeff Shelstad, CEO, and Eric Frank, CMO, left regular textbook publishing where, as of late, publishers are fighting to keep their head above water by jacking up prices and skewing the revision process. After hooking up with David Wiley and Brad Felix, the group decided to… Continue

Added by Michael Staton on December 11, 2008 at 2:36pm — No Comments

I am looking for Preserved Beef Bones for my Anatomy class

I teach Anatomy and want to enhance the skeletal system unit. I have some preserved beef bones that I purchased many years ago. I want to replace my lab supplies. Does anyone know of a vendor that can supply preserved beef bones for anatomy classes??

Added by Holly Lowden on December 11, 2008 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Dr. Michio Kaku agreed to do a free webinar for both teachers and students at noon EST on December 17th

Dr. Michio Kaku agreed to do a free webinar for both teachers and students at noon EST on December 17th. It's intended for teachers to share with students and Michio is a great speaker to get people excited about science given how he relates complex subjects to what they see on TV and in movies, I think there's be a ton of classes that'd be interested in it. The registration link is at http://tinyurl.com/michiokaku or you can read more about him at… Continue

Added by Deirdre Bonnycastle on December 11, 2008 at 10:14am — 1 Comment

eSession: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Hello all, I found this really interesting and would love to share :)

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility by Andrew Lauman…

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Added by Alfajri Alwis on December 11, 2008 at 4:39am — No Comments

Digital history in the classroom

Over the last 20 years, online representations of historical content have begun to fundamentally reshape the historical studies landscape. Examples abound from Google's recent unveiling of 2 million digitized historical photographs from Life magazine http://images.google.com/hosted/life to the wonderfully rich collection of historical documents available at American Memory http://memory.loc.gov to the… Continue

Added by John Lee on December 10, 2008 at 11:39pm — No Comments

The Interactive White Board concept is contageous

I've spent most of my free time (as well as some that should have been used in other ways) helping the teacher next door recently. She learned of a grant in our state that is designed for implementation of technology in the classroom. Over these several hours, she has picked my brain regarding IWBs and what they can do. Each time we meet, I feel like she is doing a better job of finding ways to wring water out of a dry sponge. When I think I've told her everything I know, she finds a way to ask… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on December 10, 2008 at 7:42pm — 2 Comments

Have you heard of Moodle?

First posting to this list, so please be patient with me.

During this semester, I have had a look at TYPO3 and Moodle as different CMS.

These are being considered as private alternatives to using the standard Blackboard LMS.

May I ask for any comments or suggestions from others that may have already used Moodle and TYPO3 in their own schools /classrooms?

Regards, Bill Oldham

Added by Magical Bill on December 10, 2008 at 5:25pm — 4 Comments

Using SchoolCenter

Our school district uses SchoolCenter as our Content Management System (CMS). I'd like to invite you to share your ideas on how you use SchoolCenter with other Classroom 2.0 users.

For example:

New Design Themes

A lot of you have used the new design themes from SchoolCenter on your web sites. They really make it look bright and up-to-date. Please contact me if you would like me to walk you thru the process for adding a theme. SchoolCenter has promised to add… Continue

Added by John Patota on December 10, 2008 at 8:40am — No Comments

Test Your Students' Xmas Knowledge - Make Christmas Quizzes with Sounds & Videos

When the season of goodwill and tidings comes, you may like to find some funny ways for sharing some cheer with your friends on Christmas.

Quizzing is a good way to impress your folks in the Season's party. Well, you can really add some Christmas merriness and enrich the Season's spirit with some simple questions which go in perfect sync with the Christmas mood. …

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Added by Sabrina Fu on December 10, 2008 at 12:49am — No Comments

Blogging to make a difference

I read with interest Will Richardson's recent article in Edutopia about an 11 yr old girl named Laura who started a blog last year titled 25 days to make a difference. In the article, Richardson shares… Continue

Added by Colette Cassinelli on December 9, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Interactive White Boards & Student Interest

Today's lesson involved the use of an Promethean(R) Interactive White Board and the review of DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis. The time spent working on interactivity was more than I expected - but I hoped students would enjoy being directly involved in their lesson. As we are on the block schedule, I allocated 80 minutes and was worried it might be too much time. Students went to the board and worked out challenges - often by asking for help from peers who were seated. Following their… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on December 9, 2008 at 7:32pm — 4 Comments

speech therapist shortage

Has anyone come up with creative solutions to serving students with language and speech impairments in this day of increasing eligibility and decreasing availability of speech therapists?

Many years ago we implemented a service delivery model where we would serve half the students for one month, mor intensively, then the other half of the population the next month, alternating months. It worked well, but there was less accountability at that time.

Added by Francine on December 9, 2008 at 2:56pm — No Comments