The International Children’s Digital Library is not only the source of the awesome, free iOS app StoryKit, it is also a super place to read free, high quality digital children’s books! My ten year old daughter and I recently discovered how wonderful books from the ICDL can be when we read Taming the taniwha, written
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Are teachers at your school hesitant to learn how to use new websites, computer platforms, or instructional strategies using new technologies? If so, they may be afflicted with “baby duck syndrome.” According to authors of wisegeek.com: Baby Duck Syndrome is a term used to refer to the tendency of computer users to prefer the systems
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I found this phrase in a 2007 New York judicial ruling both interesting and humorous. With regard to the constitutional claims, Judge Stone first clarified that the plaintiffs’ challenge was limited to the modality of parent/child communication and that “neither the State nor Federal constitutions include any express ‘constitutional right to bear cell phones.’ ”
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Eye opening statistic in today’s Fast Company article, “iFive: Nobel Peace Prize, Online Toddlers, Adobe-Microsoft Merger Muttering, London Bike Successes:” …according to research from security firm AVN 82% of kids under two years old have some form of online presence. http://www.fastcompany.com/1693788/ifive-nobel-peace-prize-online-toddlers-ya… According to the CNN article referenced by Fast Company, this statistic in the US
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A one page PDF marketing flyer for the 2010 K-12 Online Conference is available. Please share this far and wide! While we don’t want to waste trees and “being digital” is great, it can also be helpful to post printed versions of this on your library bulletin board, in the teachers’ lounge, and in other
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These are my notes from Phyllis Van Hemert’s presentation about “Emotional Intelligence” on 6 Oct 2010 at the “Family Matters” class at 1st Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. Phyllis was the counselor at our kids’ elementary school in Edmond and is now a family and kids counselor in private practice. Recommended Reading: The Optimistic Child
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Steven Levy presents some good points in his September 27th article for Wired, “Kindles in the Tabletized World,” but I’m not buying the Amazon thinking. Jeff Bezos is right, of course using an iPad with hundreds of apps just a click away IS naturally distracting when it comes to reading books. Yes, the lighter and
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The 2010 K-12 Online Conference starts on Monday, October 11th with Dean Shareski‘s pre-conference keynote. The next two weeks, 40 presentations by educators and students from around the world will be posted both to the conference blog and the conference Ning. Five presenters have created short, “teaser videos” to whet our appetites in advance of
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Last month I had an opportunity to visit Shanghai, China for the Learning 2.010 conference. I was able to stay a couple of extra days and attend the 2010 World Expo, and over those days spent 16 hours visiting the “pavilions” of ten different countries and the United Nations. I’ve wanted to share some photos,
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This podcast is a recording of Cathy Kyle and Susan Droke’s presentation, “Be Like Google” at the 1 Oct 2010 Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference in Memphis, Tennessee. The official session description was: As the economy began to slow, Google continued to post positive quarterly earnings. The New York Times headline in 2008
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Podcast361: Be Like Google (as a school community) [ 43:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2030)
This podcast is a recording of Philip Cummings’ presentation, “Say Yes to WikiPedia” on 1 Oct 2010 at the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference in Memphis, Tennessee. The session description was: “Students can use Wikipedia to develop critical thinking skills through authentic learning and real-life research and publishing.” Philip’s co-presenter, Julie Forbess,
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This podcast is a recording of Sheri Burkeen and Shelley Herzke’s presentation, “PODDY Training: iPod Touches in the Early Childhood Classroom” on 1 Oct 2010 at the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference in Memphis, Tennessee. This session was described as “A hands-on workshop with iPod Touch apps designed especially for young children.”
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This podcast is a recording with Dr. Clif Mims, a professor at the University of Memphis and the Executive Director of The Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence in Memphis, Tennessee. On September 30th and October 1, 2010, The Martin Institute hosted it’s first education conference, featuring two keynotes and 36 breakout sessions for area
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Podcast358: Lessons Learned Ustreaming EVERY Conference Presentation (and more) with Clif Mims #micon [ 34:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2136)I had about 16 minutes today at TeachMeet Tennessee to share some ideas, websites and tips related to digital storytelling and balanced content filtering in schools. I uploaded the audio recording of my session to Voisse. My links are below. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/ http://talkwithmedia.wikispaces.com/ Storychasing tools (workshop wiki) http://storychasers.org/ StoryKit (free iOS digital storytelling app) StoryKit example:
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These are my notes from Clif Mims‘ presentation on AudioBoo at TeachMeet Tennessee in Memphis on 2 Oct 2010. Don’t “overthink this” as an adult – Audioboo works as technology should! – Simple, web-based recording and sharing – company is based in England Audio websites may be transitioning to the “.fm” domain, and video sites
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Love this example of spontaneous creativity! By a 5th grade friend of http://twitter.com/landaichesms Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from wesley fryer’s posterous
I totally agree with Monte Neill. The choice, however, was never between do nothing or focus on high-stakes testing [to improve educational outcomes for high poverty students.] Better options have always existed. But these have been under-financed, not supported by the most visible and wealthy sectors in society. They also are more complex, not simplistic
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These are my notes from Cathy Kyle and Susan Droke‘s presentation, “Be Like Google” at the 1 Oct 2010 Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Session description: As the economy began to slow, Google continued to post positive quarterly earnings. The New York Times headline in
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These are my notes from Philip Cummings‘ presentation, “Say Yes to WikiPedia” on 1 Oct 2010 at the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence’s fall conference. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Phillip’s blog is pgcummings.wordpress.com, he is @philip_cummings on Twitter. His homepage at school is available, as well as session resources on the
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