June 2009 Blog Posts (133)

Java

I will be teaching Java next year; here is a quick screencast on the differences and simmilarities of Java and C++:

the full write up with reference links and code is at: JS Wiki Java

have fun,

enjoy the… Continue

Added by Geoff St. Pierre on June 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Congratulations Steve! Elluminate Taps Classroom 2.0 Founder for New LearnCentral Network

Elluminate Taps Classroom 2.0 Founder for New LearnCentral Network

Social Networking Pioneer Steve Hargadon Helps Build Unique Online Community for Education

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of web, audio and video solutions for real-time online learning and collaboration, announced today that it has hired Classroom 2.0 founder Steve Hargadon as the company’s first Social Learning Consultant. In his new role, Hargadon helped create… Continue

Added by Blaine Transue on June 24, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments

All About Me(TM)

On my flight back from Knoxville, Tennessee, I came across this article in the AA magazine. The title: Achieve Success by Building Your Personal Brand. You can read the full article here.

Stand Out
With so much white noise out there, it’s imperative you stay at the top of people's…

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Added by John Costilla on June 24, 2009 at 1:06pm — No Comments

EduBloggerCon - I'll be attending! (jcostilla)

I'll be there... jcostilla

EduBloggerCon / Classroom 2.0 "LIVE in DC" 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Main Room 206!

This is an international… Continue

Added by John Costilla on June 24, 2009 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Teaching Technique-The Reverse Field Trip

Teaching Technique_ the Reverse Field Trip.

I was assigned to a new school. On my first day the principal said. “I have heard of you, you like to take the students on field trips, there will be no field trips at this school.” I have never met the principal before, but his comments did not affect me whatsoever.

My concern is how can I best educate my students? I knew that the lecture method is the technique that is least likely to achieve the results I wanted. I was guilty of the… Continue

Added by William Lambert on June 24, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Exploring Audience on Teachers Teaching Teachers

You are invited to join teachers across the globe for a special interactive Teachers Teaching Teachers (TTT) webcast, titled "Teaching the New Writing: Exploring the Collaborative Nature of Writing and Technology in the Classroom," sponsored by the National Writing Project Technology Initiative.

As educators move forward into the terrain of digital literacy and learning with their students, part of the challenge is balancing the innovation of new… Continue

Added by Kevin H. on June 24, 2009 at 6:35am — No Comments

Year 6 Literacy Ideas

I was emailed over the weekend by a year 6 teacher who wanted some ideas for using ICT with his class, and in particular for literacy.

I set up an Etherpad to collate ideas and threw the question out to my network of Twitter friends. I invited them to visit the Etherpad and add their thoughts.

You can see the results of the collaboration here:… Continue

Added by Danny Nicholson on June 24, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Planning for NECC 09

This will be my first trip to NECC, but I've attended other conferences in the past. My favorites are CUE (Computer Using Educators Conference, in Palm Springs), and the ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) conference I attended in Chicago. Good times and a wealth of learning opportunities.

Here are a few tips to share for your conference… Continue

Added by Donelle on June 23, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Using technology in FL classroom

If anyone has any quick tips for using technology in the FL classroom, please let me know. So far, I have used only PPT and I know that is hopelessly outdated. I would like to use Ipods. Has anyone done a podcast? Have the students responded well to this method?

Added by Vivian Watts on June 23, 2009 at 3:44pm — No Comments

Announcing Spring 2009 issue of Journal for Computing Teachers

The spring 2009 issue of JCT is now available at http://tinyurl.com/ma2wf9.

JCT is a K-12 oriented online periodical where the emphasis is teaching about computing. JCT is published under the auspices of the Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SIGCT) in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). The primary mission of SIGCT is to enhance precollege computing instruction.

For your planning, the submission… Continue

Added by John Thompson on June 23, 2009 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Teacher2Teacher Conference – Canada 2010

Just a little bit of advance notice, and some exciting news for me! If you are in or near Alberta, Canada next March then I will be speaking at the Teacher2Teacher conference on 18th and 19th March 2010.

I’m very excited about it since I don’t get to do too many conferences abroad plus I have a real soft spot to Canada (I’m actually heading to Calgary for my Summer holidays later this year). My Canadian friends have advised me to bring my thermals as it may be rather chilly in… Continue

Added by Danny Nicholson on June 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Google Squared in the Classroom

Google have recently rolled out a new twist on their search engine in their continued bid for world domination – Google Squared.

Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter ’square’ of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web and producing them in spreadsheet format. You can then add additional columns and rows to this grid of information (if more info is available)

read more at the Whiteboard Blog…

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Added by Danny Nicholson on June 23, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Powerful Images to Give Lessons Punch

One of the benefits of having an Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom (or even just a data projector) is the opportunity to display full colour high quality images instead of grainy acetates or posters. With a powerful image you can really add some “punch” to your lesson. Put images up while students are coming into the room – use them as part of a lesson starter – stimulate questions.

Read the rest of this entry at The Whiteboard Blog…

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Added by Danny Nicholson on June 23, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Teaching Technique-Call and Response

Teaching Technique-Call and Response

This is not a NEW Idea. But I have not seen it used in Public Schools. It worked marvelously

for me. I encourage all teachers to give it a try. It Works!

First a little history of the concept.

You have probably seen (on TV) an army group marching, whereas the leader calls out a verbal

command and the entire group responds with some verbal reply.

You have seen a football and/or a basketball team get in a circle,… Continue

Added by William Lambert on June 23, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Using Second Life for Educational applications

The 3rd part in a series of posts looking into the use of Virtual Worlds in Education

After spending the last two weeks researching what’s going on with the use of Virtual Worlds in education related applications, I came away feeling that Second Life (abbreviated ‘SL’ from here forward) is by far the predominant tool in this (and… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on June 23, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

How do you use Web-based curriculum mapping at your school to help develop and assess constituent satisfaction?

In my research, There are many layers involved in Web-based curriculum mapping. I haven't found any dangers or reasons why parents might have concerns for their childrens' safety. I see it as a way to enhance the relationship with parent and keep community aware of local curriculum and national policies.

Added by Robin E.Ruiz on June 22, 2009 at 7:35pm — 3 Comments

Your Ninja Skills are Strong Young Grasshopper...

Please visit my new blog and my latest post below:

http://wlingle.edublogs.org/2009/06/21/your-ninja-skills-are-strong-young-grasshopper/

Thanks for letting me share,

Bill

Added by wlingle on June 22, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

GradePad: The Free NECC Version

We submitted the free NECC version on Friday to Apple and we are very excited about this. It should be available on June 28th.

It includes the ability to make an unlimited number of groups and people within groups. As a conference attending tool, it includes 5 rubrics to assess an exhibit, a presentation, a meeting, an encounter, and a workshop.

You can send your assessments to any email address and you can submit your assessments to the gradepad.com site for tallying. To… Continue

Added by Mike Palmquist on June 22, 2009 at 8:48am — No Comments

New Resources Added to Web-Based Sources and Print References on Mentoring Jewish Students and Teachers June 22, 2009

Shalom Colleagues and Friends,

This is a collaborative post. We invite you to submit web-based and print references on mentoring Jewish students and teachers. We want this listing to be as complete and helpful to our readers as possible.

List of Web-based References

http://www.avi-chai.org/Static/Binaries/Publications/Experience%20Speaks_0.pdf Read Godsoe, Bethany et al. (2007) Experience Speaks: The Impact of Mentoring in the Classroom and Beyond. NY: AVI… Continue

Added by Richard D. Solomon, Ph.D. on June 22, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

About me

Hi~

My name is Samverus Tung, -57 years old this year, people in Tainan City.

Birthday: September 19, 1952

School Record: Chung-Yuan technical college department of mechanics

Specialty: The reverter product and metal product 3D designs

The ACAD drawing from 1986 until now

SOLIDWORKS to study the machine tool design from 1997 until now

Pro-e&i-deas from 2000 until now

Works Record:

1979~1983 machine tool design

1984~1993 hand-make… Continue

Added by samverus tung on June 22, 2009 at 7:36am — No Comments