18th
April
2008
links for 2008-04-18
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a collaborative professional development program for teachers focused on learning creative ways to effectively integrate videoconferencing into the curriculum.
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wiki-based textbook for students learning about technology
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free site for hosting and managing online forums
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A fantastic keynote presentation (audio podcast) by Roger Shank about school reform, his role as an educational revolutionary, and the ways online learning should fundamentally change our perceptions of learning and school
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A short video by Roger Shank discussing how people learn
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California-based company selling electric cars
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24 Feb 2008: Miles Electric Vehicles are on sale in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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This took place 10-11 April in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It is an annual conference for higher education.
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The session description for the presentation Eric Hileman and I are sharing this evening (4/17/2008) in Oklahoma City about text messaging, iPods, gaming systems, Internet safety, and a diverse array of other technology topics.
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This eSchoolnews article from Dec 2006 is somewhat misleading. It is NOT true that all schools must archive every email or text message ever sent from their network. It is true that these communications can be required in a court supoena.
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Coolhunting is a term coined in the early 1990s referring to a new breed of marketing professionals, called coolhunters. It is their job to make observations and predictions in changes of new or existing cultural trends.
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In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine
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A film based on Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine
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a pro-free trade think tank supported by private and corporate interests, based in Canada
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Culture jamming is a resistance movement to cultural hegemony and the homogenous nature of popular culture, executed by means of guerrilla communication.
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A film critiquing globalization, free trade, specifically using the story of Argentine social movements
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ScaredSacred deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape. Featuring an engaging, first-person narrative, this film is an exquisite portrait of a search for meaning in times of turmoil,
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THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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The mission of the Vietnam Friendship Village Project is to cultivate reconciliation and heal the wounds of the Vietnam War by uniting veterans and caring citizens through international cooperation in the building and support of the Village of Friendship,
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NEW BRAUNFELS — A middle school principal threatened to kill a group of science teachers if their students did not improve their standardized test scores, according to a complaint filed with the New Braunfels Police Department.
On this day..
- Tools for facilitating PBL? - 2008
- Death threats for test scores - 2008
- Sierra Wireless saved my life tonight - 2008
- Podcast247: Transformative Project Based Learning in a 1:1 Laptop Initiative: 10 Years of Lessons and Best Practices at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii - 2008
- Don't hold your breath - 2007
- F2F conversations and dialog as the answer - 2006
- Podcast54: Lego Club Online - 2006
- Choosing Writing Efficiency and Standardization - 2006
- Make no mistake: Christianity is not equivalent to Islam - 2005
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