All Blog Posts Tagged 'Education' (74)

Graduates Start New Life Via Second Life

The virtual world of Second Life has seen a host of experiences over the years, but on June 10th, the first Second Life college graduation will be held on the Second Life campus of the 150 year old Bryant & Stratton College. Approximately 40 graduates ranging in age from 25 to 45 will don their virtual cap and gown to receive their college degrees with all of the pomp and circumstance regularly witnessed in the real world, including the procession, the commencement speaker and the… Continue

Added by Erik on May 28, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments

RtI

Are there schools who are currently using RtI and are successful in the transition of students during the day for targeted instruction?

Added by Kathy Bruce on April 18, 2009 at 5:27pm — No Comments

Hamlet in Plain English

I thought for my first official post on this site I would entertain my readers and fellow teachers with a new way to look at William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Last spring I decided to turn Shakespeare’s world upside down by utilizing the “common craft” technique to storytelling. If you have not visited Lee LeFever’s website, please do now! Pass GO, collect your $200 and get to Common Craft!!!! Ken Rodoff, our technology coach at Springfield, introduced me to this site and we were both impressed by… Continue

Added by Andrew Marcinek on April 10, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Your chance to learn 2D animations in PowerPoint

Are you producing boring Powerpoint that only show text and picture slide after slide with some transitions in between? Do you want to spice them up by adding custom animations. I am offering a lesson on Edufire in which you will learn how to produce 2D animations on Monday, April 13 at 8 pm Eastern Time. You will also learn how to produce trajectory-type of… Continue

Added by Dominic P. Tremblay on April 10, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Elementary School Students Helps the EPA highlight the agency’s commitment to protecting human health and the environment

Press Release:

Swan School Student Video PSA Used By EPA To Promote Online Interactive Earth Day Projects

( Port Townsend, WA – April 10, 2009) To promote their Earth Day video and photo projects, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using a Port Townsend Swan School Adventurers Class student video. The 30 second Public Service Announcement (PSA) encourages individuals to share the ways they enjoy and protect their… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on April 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Free Global University - University of the People

The University of the People is a Free Global University that has been founded by a Israeli entrepreneur named Shai Reshef. Brisinger Group has been selected as the LMS Development Company for this great new University. The BGI SCORM LMS Portal will be the core of the University and then will be extended as needed to offer all the features required.

The University of the People (UoP) is a Free Global University that has been founded by a Israeli entrepreneur named Shai Reshef.… Continue

Added by Robert J Collins on April 6, 2009 at 11:35pm — No Comments

Videoblogging/Podcast Project: Environmental Education Week April 12-18, 2009 and Be Water Wise!

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be producing a series of video Public Service Announcements with students to education and promote Environmental Education Week in April.

If you would like to collaborate on a videoblogging or podcasting project for Environmental Education Week or EarthDay, let me know. (EE Week Student PSA YouTube… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on February 24, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Connectivism & Networked Learning

[Cross posted on Education Musings]

I spend much of my time reading, writing, discussing, and blogging about ideas around the broad theme of 21st Century learning. More specifically,… Continue

Added by Shuchi Grover on December 8, 2008 at 5:36am — 1 Comment

MBA the integral of education

The integral part of education the fundamental of human being education start with his home taught by his parents and guardians basically that knowledge is values and family relations. Entering school is the first step of learning; this step is the foundation of his ability. Able to write, read, draw, identify, solve, analyze and so on. Molding and nourishing ones capability depend of the school and universities where he can gain values and competent.…

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Added by jolina on December 2, 2008 at 6:15pm — No Comments

GreenbushGrid (Opensim Island) 3rd-4th grade robotics camp (After their Mindstorm work)

Kids will be on the GBGrid tomorrow building virtual robots after a few quests - should be fun

Added by Rich White on July 15, 2008 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com – January 21, 2008

Added by Bruce Eric Montgomery on June 30, 2008 at 11:51pm — No Comments

Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide'

Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide'

Social networks like Facebook and MySpace have reputations as time-sucking procrastination tools, but a new study from the University of Minnesota says au contraire.

Social networks build beneficial technological, creative, and communication skills, the study says, leading the researchers to actually describe social networks with the adjective "educational." Who knew?

"What we found was that students using… Continue

Added by Bruce Eric Montgomery on June 22, 2008 at 6:52pm — 1 Comment

Digital Education Revolution

In January 2008, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd announced the Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution - a $900m 4 year program which aims to achieve 1:2 (computer to student) ratio in all Australian secondary schools. Grants up to $1m are available to schools for computer hardware whereby the Federal Government enters into a funding agreement with respective Block Grant Authorities. The $900m figure was calculated on… Continue

Added by Chad Outten on May 16, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Discovery Education

Discovery Education, often times better known as United Streaming, is far more than simply a website with streaming video content. It is an entire network of resources, from video clips for students K-12 to blogs for educators. Discovery Education provides a way to engage today's multimedia students with rich video and other classroom resources. Teachers can customize and personalize lessons plans using an interactive World Atlas, an enormous… Continue

Added by Beth Poss on March 27, 2008 at 7:09pm — No Comments