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Introduction

I am an ESE inclusion teacher at the middle school level. I currently live in Florida, but I don't know for how much longer. The county and state are tearing education apart, micromanaging, reducing funding, destroying morale. I don't know what to do. Do I pick up my family and relocate? But problems exist everywhere.

Added by Alison on October 20, 2007 at 4:11pm — No Comments

Last Day at the Middle School

So the very last day of student teaching in the middle school was a little more than what I expected it to be. But before I start I just have to say that the night before I made cake and cookies for the staff and students in my classes. The staff was more than appreciative but the students' thank yous only came from a slight few. I spent the day giving out survey's that would help me as I move on to my next placement. Some of the students were serious about my lessons and teaching style. One… Continue

Added by Jacqueline Marien on October 20, 2007 at 1:18pm — 3 Comments

Active Learning Blog Articles

I have started a series of articles about Active Learning and would love some feedback. Location is

Active Learning - Remembering http://blogs.usask.ca/medical_education/archive/2007/10/active_learning_1.html

Active Learning - Meaning Making …

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Added by Deirdre Bonnycastle on October 20, 2007 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Why I Am A Educational Technology Teacher!

Creating and building a web 2.0 classroom can be hard and frustrating at times, particualrly when you are trying to model and encourage other teachers to just begin using technology. I just gave a session on making newsletters with publisher. I know that the thought of web 2.0 would be too much.

Just being an educational technology teacher in a school is hard. So why do we keep doing it? The frustrating thing for me is knowing that when students leave my class they are… Continue

Added by Ian on October 20, 2007 at 11:39am — No Comments

"Smart mobs" are great, except in school?

Cross-posted at ThinkTime

Today's top story from eSchool News Online is "Smart mob" tech spurs student activism by Nora Carr. The article begins with the student protests in Jena, LA, and explores how blogs, RSS,…

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Added by Jennifer Koch Lubke on October 20, 2007 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

I have another blog?

Blimey, so how am I going to find the time to make the most of this blog - I already have two others on the wilderness of the web - is a ning based one better? worse? different? Is this blog just for classroom 2.0 that I'm logged into at the moment or will it show on all of my ning subscriptions?

Web 2.0 is so time consuming!

Added by Steve Bullock on October 20, 2007 at 6:34am — No Comments

UK Teacher Community - any takers?

HeIlo all! I am new to this site, but very keen to get cracking and make some new acquaintances! I would like to know if anyone has any ideas on how I can create and cement an online community of teachers?

In our teaching and learning network, we have access to thousands of teachers, but I wish to raise the profile of elearning in their minds, and create a community of interest, where teachers communicate in order to solve common problems or exploit areas of interest.

I know…

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Added by Chris Davison on October 19, 2007 at 9:09am — 3 Comments

Errrgggg... Techno-Frustration

Well, last month's attempt to embed video into my blog post obviously did not work. I thought about editing the entry today. Cleaning it up. Sweeping away all the code. I stopped myself as I deleted paragraphs, changed words and erased the codes. Why not leave it? Leave it so that I can learn from it. Obviously I didn't embed the code correctly. So, I went searching for solutions and posts with answers. I've found a few but am still reading.

And reading, and reading... that is one…

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Added by Lee Ann Spillane on October 19, 2007 at 4:57am — No Comments

How to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007

How to insert Flash into PowerPoint 2007, and make it play automatically

How to embed Flash movie into PowerPoint 2007, and play automatically

Ensure the Flash Player is installed on your computer, and then please follow the stejps below:

1. Click Microsoft Office Button on the top left corner > click "PowerPoint Options" at the bottom of the panel > go to the "PowerPoint Options" window > click "Popular" on the… Continue

Added by William Peterson on October 18, 2007 at 7:45pm — No Comments

Assessments

The past two days have been spent on these specific benchmark assessments the 8th graders must complete by the end of the year. Yesterday I showed them the assignment and we created an outline for it as well as an introduction. I ended up writing the introduction and the students just copied it. I was not teaching them how to write effectively, only how to copy well =/ In any case I explained to the students what their task was and that they could use thier notes for the essay. It was hard…

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Added by Jacqueline Marien on October 18, 2007 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Description on my video blog experiement

DESCRIPTION: The Video blog experiment

Version 1.0, October 18, 2007

Skärgårdsstadsskolan, Åkersberga, Sweden…

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Added by Jesper Isaksson on October 18, 2007 at 1:36pm — No Comments

student-created course management systems

This is my first year using a computer lab in my social studies class. We are totally tech-integrated, using old iMacs with xubuntu. Everything we use is either open source or freeware, with the one exception being the two "teacher" computers that we use for creating videos, documentaries, editing podcasts, etc.

When I first began, I loaded moodle and I was impressed by the multiple features. From one site, students can blog, create wikis, access a course calendar, read assignments…

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Added by John Spencer on October 18, 2007 at 6:34am — No Comments

ED Tech Needs ENERGY!

Energy is basic requirement for all life, and it is part of the fabric of the universe. It seems to me that research and practical application of micro-production of energy receives the short shrift in discussions about technology in education. This may be the one area of technology where the first adopters may have issues.

There are organic based energy microproduction units, and there are designs and prototypes for mini-solar panels that can be part of your clothing. I think that all… Continue

Added by samccoy on October 18, 2007 at 12:28am — No Comments

Walk-through - one step at a time

I’ve been using the Downey Walk-Through method of supervision more regularly since school began last year and with some work with my superintendent, have refined some of the things that

are going on. Last year when I was doing them, I found it very clumsy

to have an index card to write on.…

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Added by Kelly Christopherson on October 17, 2007 at 11:18pm — 1 Comment

Personalized widgets

I have started programming a few simple learning activities that can be added on web pages flex labs. They are all designed to be easy to embed.Here is an example.

This is simply a matter of specifying parameter values in the embedding code (pretty much the same way youTube does). I won't be in a position to provide any reliable service for another few weeks (I am about to… Continue

Added by Marielle Lange on October 17, 2007 at 1:02pm — No Comments

Lesson resource pack for the Edusim Math world sim was made available this morning

Math resource pack now available for the Edusim Math world
http://edusim3D.com

Added by Rich White on October 17, 2007 at 9:43am — No Comments

Twitter - again

I forgot to mention in yesterday's post about Twitter. Chris Craft loves it, so I thought I may give it another whirl. This summer I briefly checked it out, but got sidetracked..... He gave me a few pointers so I'll look in here and see what others have said and done with it. I'm not sure what happens when you add someone to follow. Hope you don't mind if I follow you!

Added by JoNelle on October 16, 2007 at 6:21pm — 2 Comments

Video blog and live lecturing

For those of you who have never heard of Kyte.tv I can really recomend this service! I have just started a new project with a class of 26 15 year old Swedish students. In short: the students will produce 5 minute shows about Sweden, youth culture, health and education - In English of course. We will also use this service for live lectures and class communication. In the long run, I hope to twin with a foreign school and use Kyte for communication.

I will write more about this tomorrow… Continue

Added by Jesper Isaksson on October 16, 2007 at 6:17pm — No Comments

More about me

I belong to global-mindshift.org, Forgenow.org, and the worldmindnetwork.net. I invite all of you to join me either there or at other places where people are preparing to create a profound shift in the way we as responsible members of the human race connect.

I'd love to hear from you!

Pendera

Added by Pendera Evans on October 16, 2007 at 4:55pm — No Comments

The Past Three Days

So, it has been while since I have written only because I have been so busy with completing things for my last week at my first placement. In any case last Friday went extremely well. I gave the students their vocabulary quiz and started them on finishing their mobiles. There was a twist in the day when I came back role palying one of the characters in the story we had been reading. One of the assignments that the students had to do was come up…

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Added by Jacqueline Marien on October 16, 2007 at 4:34pm — 3 Comments