March 2010 Blog Posts (139)

Needed: New Expectations

If you were to make a graph of the appropriate closeness of a teacher to a student, it would be inversely proportionate to the academic abilities of the student. Therefore, the more academically capable the student, the more relational distance to their teacher. This could be partially due to the number of students in general education classes, versus a resource room versus a student in a one-on-one situation.

Consider how much a teacher knows about a student's family of home life. The… Continue

Added by Joe B. on March 12, 2010 at 1:15pm — 4 Comments

Few Tips to Crack MAY MAT 2010 Exam for MBA Admissions

Every year thousands of students sit for the MAY MAT exam and thousands give their heart and soul to the preparations they do for these MBA entrance exams. It is quite disheartening then to see that some students are unable to achieve expected MAT Results. Is it that some students work more than others for the MAT exam or is it just good luck? The answer lies in the fact that just… Continue

Added by Saumil Shrivastava on March 12, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

4 Steps for Starting a Freshman Transition Program

This was originally posted on The Freshman Transition Network.…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on March 11, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A few quick links: Apple iPad ad, National Educational Technology Plan Draft, Social Thinking Blog (about students on the spectrum)

Here are a few links that might be of interest.

Apple iPad ad: http://bit.ly/9XgALK

US National Educational Tech. Plan http://bit.ly/9U1vhL

Social Thinking Blog: http://bit.ly/bx17X1

Added by Lynn Marentette on March 11, 2010 at 3:49pm — No Comments

What Makes a Good Teacher?

I just finished reading "Building a Better Teacher" and I have to say, I feel worried.

I’m worried that people in the business of teaching teachers claim that successful teaching depends partially on an innate ability. The un-teachable teacher…is that not the ultimate oxymoron?

I’ll agree that some people seem to possess natural talent for teaching, but I think that’s true of most professions. What…

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Added by Karren Colbert on March 11, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Individual learning plans...Is it the answer.

More then half of students in urban schools are below the level of proficiency in Math and Sciences. Students are part of a system : school (a Teacher) -student- Home ( parents). In that student centered system non proficient students do not read, do not listen, and do not do the home work. Is it an example of a social desease and is an individual learning plan a remedy in a class of 35 kids ?

Added by Nellie Makarova-Cross on March 11, 2010 at 11:39am — 4 Comments

Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 4

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Added by Alan Sitomer on March 11, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Reading the book...

So I started reading the Shirky book this week - it's an easy read and I like it so far!

I think that one of the things that holds me back from being an active participant in social networking is the feeling of responsibility to continue to be engaged. For example, I almost didn't make this post because spring break is starting after 3 pm tomorrow (yes!). I know I won't be able to respond for the next week or so to any replies that are left here (my family will kill me if I'm too…

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Added by Ellen Wilke on March 10, 2010 at 9:20pm — 8 Comments

Students can learn from THE HOLE

This post was originally on The Freshman Transition…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on March 10, 2010 at 7:33pm — No Comments

First Impressions

After reading and listening to the information posted about PLN's, one word remains with me. BALANCE. Yes, that's the word for me. I currently have four e-mail accounts, along with accounts on Facebook, Twitter, SKYPE, a ning or two, follow a few blogs, etc. I even had a blog of my own for awhile, a teacher blog of sorts. I work on various computers (four actually) and a Blackberry, have numerous flash drives with various bits and bytes of information, and have programmed three ipods.…

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Added by Janice Burroughs on March 10, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Coaching Employees in 7-minutes a week?

A live classroom.

Added by James Robbins on March 10, 2010 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Ontario Testing Online Homework Help

The Ministry of Education in Ontario, Canada has recently launched a a very interesting system in which students can seek homework help online. The program is specifically designed for grade 7 to 10 math students and users can log into the website (https://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/secure/login.php) where they can chat with the online tutors who are available form 5:30pm to 9:30pm from Sunday through Thrusday.

I find the concept… Continue

Added by Kiwi Commons on March 10, 2010 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Looking to expand your ed tech network on Linkedin?

Share your ideas, meet people and build your connection base. Ed Tech Start Ups group on Linkedin has almost 1,550 members already. Our focus is technology and education. Those that are interested in exploring the possibility or are in the process of developing a start up business will find this an outstanding… Continue

Added by Kimberly Hulbert on March 10, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Measuring teacher effectiveness: Day 3

If you haven't followed the prior few days…

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Added by Alan Sitomer on March 10, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Kidspiration

Today I was able to use a very cool program, that allowed me to web my friends and my family. This super easy-to-use webbing program is called Kidspiration. Kidspiration is very neat and user friendly program. It would be a great program for a lot of ages. From first grade all…

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Added by Joshua Evan May on March 9, 2010 at 9:32pm — No Comments

Kindling Interest in the iPad

Our school uses the Blackboard CE Learning Management System, and my online philosophy courses are heavily dependent on threaded discussions.

Rather than stare at a computer screen all day, I've taken to compiling all the discussion comments, pasting them into a Word document, then sending the document to my Kindle. In a few seconds I have the complete discussion, and I can add notes and grades from my easy chair. The e-Ink screen is easy on the eyes, too.

When I'm finished,… Continue

Added by Dan Barnett on March 9, 2010 at 9:27pm — No Comments

TIME SENSITIVE - March 12th is Dark Out Day

Please help a great group of middle school students who are learning about social media and trying to make a difference in the world for just one day! Visit our website or Facebook page and take the survey/pledge to turn your lights off on March 12th, 2010! Help us through your Facebook friends, blogs and twitter to spread the word to anyone and everyone you know!!

Visit our facebook page:…

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Added by Bayside Pollution Revolution on March 9, 2010 at 9:06pm — 3 Comments

Kidspiration

With Kidspiration, there are many different ways it can be used in the classroom. With the assignment we had to do, it was very easy to make a web of our friends and family. And then when put in writing mode, it was very easy to write a description of the person we were talking about. The program is very user friendly and that's probably because it's made for children. I really like the fact that you can ad pictures with words so younger kids can associate that the picture and the word go… Continue

Added by Chelsea Havens on March 9, 2010 at 3:26pm — 1 Comment

Kidspiration

Last week in Educational Technology we learned about various different programs that we may one day use in our own classrooms. One of the programs, "Kidspiration", helps students brainstorm by creating their own customized webs and outlines. For today's assignment, we were to create a web that contains at least 5 family members and 5 friends. We identified each person with either a picture or one of the symbols provided on Kidspiration. After creating the web, we wrote an outline of the web…

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Added by Katelynn Johnston on March 9, 2010 at 3:22pm — No Comments

kidspiration

Kidspiration is a fun thing for students and teachers to use. I enjoyed doing our assignment. It was fun to map and it was fun to talk about my friends and family!

Added by Kelsey Watson on March 9, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments