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Around the World NOW

This is a presentation that I produced for a recent online conference, outlining various ways in which educationalists and their classes can connect to the globe.

Around the World…

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Added by Anne Mirtschin on October 9, 2008 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Edusim Alpha 06 - virtual world for the classroom interactive whiteboard: Ready for Download

Latest version and video tutorials are here: http://edusim3d.com

Cheers,
Rich
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Added by Rich White on October 8, 2008 at 8:11am — No Comments

School 2.0

Chris Lehman shares some of his ideas about the schools that we need. All kids should be able to collaborate, create, present and… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 8, 2008 at 6:27am — 1 Comment

Superstruct - Play the Game, Invent the Future

Superstruct is the world's first massively multiplayer forecasting game. By playing the game, you'll help us chronicle the world of 2019--and imagine how we might solve the problems we'll face. Because this is about more than just envisioning the future. It's about making the future, inventing new ways to organize the human race and augment our collective human potential.

So come and… Continue

Added by Kevin Chilton on October 8, 2008 at 4:08am — No Comments

My 5 Reasons Why I Choose To Go In New Zealand

A journey to a thousand miles is one of the situation which we can meet our success in life. For me, If I will given a chance to visit a certain country, for sure I choose New Zealand. Why? Because of many reasons I have to fulfill my dreams to go in New Zealand. One of my reason is, I want to see the breath taking beauty of natures there, Second, I want to see and experience the hospitality of people around the country, third one, I want to learn the culture of New Zealand, fourth, I want to… Continue

Added by studynz2008 on October 8, 2008 at 1:26am — No Comments

Online Postcard Exchange using Google Maps

Please join our K-12 Google online Postcard exchange project. This

project was started this month by my school in Beaverton, Oregon. We

invite you to participate in our collaborative Google Map project (see URL below).

It is open to classrooms of ALL ages and any location. The main goal

of this project is to share famous landmarks, locations, or unique

aspects of your home state or region.

Go to my website to learn more about the… Continue

Added by Colette Cassinelli on October 7, 2008 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Bad at Blogging

I'm not very good at this blogging thing. I think you're supposed to do it more than once a month.

The tablet program is going well. I'm grateful for all those schools that did one-to-one programs before we did. We definitely learned from your successes as well as your pitfalls. Thanks!

I wish I could get the students to treat their tablets as well as the teachers do. I have to bite my tongue not to yell at them when I see them carrying the tablet by the… Continue

Added by Kevin Stachowski on October 7, 2008 at 8:06pm — 1 Comment

Hard policy questions about student blogging

I have been having some interesting discussions in the last couple weeks about a challenging, but important, policy question for you: Should all student blogging (in a school environment) be moderated?

I invite you to think about this and post your comments here. Thanks for the discussion.

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[cross-posted from Mobile Musings]

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Added by Karen Fasimpaur on October 7, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Livestation

Today's blogs slant towards video, so in that spirit, a great tool for teachers or anyone is Livestation. A great way to integrate video in the classroom.

Livestation is without a doubt one of the most impressive collections of live television viewing for Windows, Mac, and Linux users. The reason being that the number of choices for… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 7, 2008 at 8:27am — No Comments

Your own YouTube-style service?

PermissionTV Provides White Label Video Platform Services

from Mashable! by Doriano "Paisano"…

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Added by John Costilla on October 7, 2008 at 8:09am — No Comments

What's in your iPhone? Let others know.

Well, let's see, I have more than 80+ apps including:

But that's not the cool thing about this post. I accidently took a screenshot of my iPhone page and couldn't figure out how I did it. (After playing around a bit more, I figured it out - of course, I… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 6, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

"Infants have no privilege to cheat men" -Peter King

The biggest reason cited for prohibition of cell phones and/or iPods in school is cheating. As technology continues to evolve, so are the creative ways students devise to beat the system (check out my personal favorite, #8)

It's no secret technology is everywhere, and as a result, so is information. If you have a cell phone, you can get an answer… Continue

Added by Brian Carter on October 5, 2008 at 9:45am — 3 Comments

Talking or Conversing?

Which of these do you do? How can teachers converse more and "teach" less? Some questions that I've been thinking about today...oh and how do you use PowerPoint in your classroom? To see my latest post in full go to - Talking or Conversing?

Added by Mobbsey on October 5, 2008 at 3:11am — No Comments

iPhone Happy: Trick or Treat

Today we went to the great "Pumpkin Express." It was both a trick and a treat.

Trick - I wanted to stay home and watch the Texas Tech v.… Continue

Added by John Costilla on October 4, 2008 at 9:07pm — No Comments

IRL, being online IRL, being online in classroom life

So, am I the only teacher who suffers from some peculiar kind of dissonance in keeping all the parts of my life separate? I can't imagine so.

I was thinking about this as I decided that I needed an online way to keep track of my novel outline - something visual that I have have open and refer to as I write. Of course, I'm writing my novel for NaNoWriMo, because even novel writing is best done through social networking. So this… Continue

Added by Gwyneth on October 4, 2008 at 2:44pm — 1 Comment

Quote of the week

"Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories."

Added by Gavin McLean on October 4, 2008 at 12:20pm — No Comments

NECC Presentation Submitted - FIngers crossed:)

I finished preparing and submitted a presentation for NECC 2009 late last night. I hope to share the process my Biology students use to organize thoughts and describe why they organize things. My fingers are crossed as I know I have to wait until mid-December until notifications are sent. Having attended the last two NECC events, I would love to go again.

Added by Glen Westbroek on October 4, 2008 at 8:40am — No Comments

Cheer On the Skippers!

http://vendee-globe-junior.vendee.fr/

You and your students can send a message of encouragement to the 30 skippers preparing for the epic Vendee Globe race including Skipper… Continue

Added by Lorraine on October 3, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Information Fluency: It's Elementary (Beta Testers needed for learning games)

Carl Heine is developing a series of online learning games to teach elementary students the essentials of search. We're looking for feedback and suggestions as we begin the development cycle.

You will find all the details on the E-Learning and Online Teaching Group. We are asking for feedback on our new elementary age games to be posted to the group's discussion thread. Please join the… Continue

Added by Dennis O'Connor on October 3, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments