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Ten Steps to Transforming Past Lessons for 21st Century Learners. A Smackdown and More. A couple of weeks ago, I received a surprising, but very pleasant, direct message on Twitter that went something like this, “Going to be in Surrey in a couple of weeks… want to get together?”

A Smackdown and More

Umm… Yeah! Absolutely! The message was from Dean Shareski! Dean presented at our district’s Engaging the Digital Learner Dinner Series in the fall and has also been involved in the #ETMooc currently being offered by Alec Couros and crew. Dean expressed interest in doing something in a classroom with kids and maybe doing something after school with educators around the district. Grade 3 teacher, Diana Williams, was very excited and took the idea and ran with it – literally. Web tools from tony v. Alan November: How Teachers and Tech Can Let Students Take Control. For many educators, helping students direct their own learning is a priority.

Alan November: How Teachers and Tech Can Let Students Take Control

Educator and author Alan November, who has been talking about ways to get students to own their learning for years, draws on his experiences as a teacher, principal and education consultant to tell stories about some of the ideas he sees as integral to education. November joined Steve Hargadon in a discussion of his new book Who Owns the Learning: Preparing Students for Success in the Digital Age, stressing the importance of global collaboration and the role of technology in making it all possible.

Here are a few highlights from their discussion. School often means rules and regulations that can seem unrelated to the broader goals of education. ACPratas's LiveBinders Shelf. Author of binders: ACPratas Email this Shelf Post to Twitter or Facebook Embed this Shelf To email this shelf, click in the box below which will select the shelf url for copy and paste: Share this Shelf Embed a Public Shelf on Your Website: 3 x 3 binders on the shelf:

ACPratas's LiveBinders Shelf

- 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have. How to make RSA Animate style videos with your class… Here is a post on how to make RSA style videos with half the work and time, and with a lot less tech experience needed.

How to make RSA Animate style videos with your class…

And another post on RSA-lite style videos. If you like the idea in this post, then you might also enjoy my other post 24 Assessments that Don’t Suck. Nothing fancy in this post, just the nuts and bolts of how to make an RSA Animate style video with your class! Our Skype Adventures: Creating Connected Learners in a Global Classroom. The familiar sound comes through our computer speakers, and instantly my 4th grade classroom comes alive.

Our Skype Adventures: Creating Connected Learners in a Global Classroom

“Is it him?” “Can I talk first?” “Can we turn off the lights?” 100+ Registration Free Tools for Students. Summer Book Reads! via @Teachingwthsoul Lisa Dabbs. Top 10 Technology Blogs for Education. Education, as with all aspects of culture, is greatly impacted by the forward progress of technology.

Top 10 Technology Blogs for Education

Several technology blogs for education are maintained by well-known individuals in the field of secondary and postsecondary education. 20 Free and Fun Ways To Curate Web Content. Do you suffer from info overload? Is your RSS reader bursting at the seams? Have your bookmarks gone bonkers? Like that alliteration? Me neither. Anyway, we are all slammed with information every time we go online. So they turn to curation tools. Intergration. Tech Tools & Sites For Teachers. 12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach!

In a Simple K12 blog post titled “17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times” they provide a list of things that characterize a classroom that has fallen behind.

12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach!

Number 16 lists a variety of technology tools that every educator should know about. As I read the list, I realized that although many teachers are interested in and excited about technology integration, they are too busy to explore all the new technology tools available online. This blog post is dedicated to all of the overworked teachers who just don’t have the time to seek out this information. New Player/Editor Features are Live! The new features listed below are now up on the LiveBinders site.

New Player/Editor Features are Live!

But I forgot to mention one of the new features in my previous post. You can now add collaborators from inside the binder. Just click on the “Add” pull down in the upper right corner of the binder. 1. More Readable Tabs The most significant change is that main tabs will now be of a variable width and will overflow to multiple rows. 2. 3. Handout_quickguidetowebtools. Connecting School and Home: 360-Degree Communication. Too Big to Know The Internet knows no boundaries.

Teacher’s Trial by Tech – Staff Engagement Success? There’s no doubt about it, the iPad is a desirable product.

Teacher’s Trial by Tech – Staff Engagement Success?

Now the new staff have one it is clear excitement and enthusiasm abound. Despite initial resistance and concern, staff have already asked for increased support and content. This is a short post to highlight anything we have learned over the past three months relating to staff engagement. Recommended approach Allow staff to see iPad’s in use with students over a long period of timeMake it a voluntary trialTarget students for training and allow staff to catch up as they see fitOffer support as often as possible and again ensure it is voluntaryHave an email support dedicated to helping with use (encourages email on iPad)Email ‘how to’ links for desired functionality and appsBuild up a bank of resources to help with understanding pedagogy and implications – Evernote really helped hereRemember the device is not intuitive if there has been no exposure to touchscreen technology.

Lesson’s Learned. Tech and education. 50 Ways to Integrate Technology - Ways to Anchor Technology in Your Classroom Tomorrow. Using Free Websites as Learning & Teaching Tools 1.

50 Ways to Integrate Technology - Ways to Anchor Technology in Your Classroom Tomorrow

Have students use Spelling City to learn their spelling words, vocabulary words, or site words through games, practice, and quizzes. Spelling City is a free resource for teachers. www.spellingcity.com 2. Www.brainpop.com 3. The Complete Dropbox for Educators. Dropbox is a very useful tool to store online files, sync your computers and mobile devices and share files. With all those capabilities it makes it a natural tool for educators! Today, MakeUseOf published “Using the Magic Pocket: A Dropbox Guide” Using The Magic Pocket: A Dropbox Manual You can get a PDF version of The Magic Pocket here ! Revisiting Cell Phone Bans in Schools. ASCD 2012 | Conference Coverage Revisiting Cell Phone Bans in Schools Twenty-four percent of K-12 schools ban cell phones altogether, and 62 percent allow phones on school grounds but ban them in the classroom, according to the most recent national data available. But it's about time for those schools to rethink those bans, said Kevin M.

Thomas, assistant professor of education at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY, who spoke at the 67th ASCD Annual Conference & Exhibit in Philadelphia this weekend. The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever. Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig in the basement of Thrun's guesthouse, where they record class videos.Photo: Sam Comen Stanford doesn’t want me. My Favorite Resources for Teachers and Students. I've recently posted lists of the most popular posts for past weeks and for the life of this blog, but I thought I'd post a list of my favorite resources too. Click the links for more detailed information and discussion about each resource. 1. Ed Tech Tools. P.E. Goes High-Tech. Digital Tools Getty. 10 Sites to use with Mobile Phones in Education. Three TED talks, a look at Education Technology around the world.

I recently had the pleasure of joining Robert (Bob) Schuetz and Chris Aviles in an ongoing conversation about, what else, learning. Bob is a veteran educator of 25 years who is nothing short of a philosophical mastermind. Chris brings eight years of experience and a ton of innovative ideas to the table. YouTube. Livebinder resources. - 10 Essential Educational Resources for Teachers - my list. 0 Comments March 20, 2012 By: David Andrade Mar 20. Digital Organization for Educators. ICT in Education. Search Stories Makes Documenting Research Fun. The keynote speaker for NCTIES was my friend Ken Shelton. ISTE Session Review - Extreme Web 2.0 Makeover by Steve Dembo. Five tools for global educators. GE Teach - Teaching With Google Earth.

Driving Innovation in K-12 « February 9, 2012 by cultureofyes I have to give this post my usual preface that these slides are part of the presentation I am giving on innovation in K-12, but only one part of the story. Today, I am part of an event hosted by Simon Fraser University, Targeting Technology for Maximum Student Benefit. I won’t cover the ground I have covered before as the scenario and other background on the event is available (here), as well as from a substantial post I recently wrote on the appeal of one-to-one devices in the classroom and equity (here).

Top Five Lessons for the Digital Age - Transforming Learning. After a decade at the helm of a vibrant and increasingly international association, I'm more convinced than ever that we must move our education system into the digital age. Assessing Technology Enhanced Projects. Khan Academy Videos Mapped to Common Core Standards. It Is Not About the Gadgets - Why Every Teacher Should Have to Integrate Tech Into Their Classroom. The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools. Publish a Combined iCloud Calendar and Google Calendar. Paperless – How I Teach From The Cloud « Mister Norris. What is Sandboxing? The Dyslexic Professor. The Innovative Educator. Ten Sites Supporting Digital Classroom Collaboration In Project Based Learning. Technology. How to Choose the Right Words for Best Search Results. Digital Differentiation.

Beyond the Transcript: Digital Portfolios Paint a Complete Picture. 30+ Cool Content Curation Tools for Personal & Professional Use. Lessons and Legacies from Stanford’s Free Online Classes. KinectEDucation. Technology to Promote Thinking. Technology enhanced education. 12 Education Tech Trends to Watch in 2012. 12 Ways to Be More Search Savvy. Three Trends That Define the Future of Teaching and Learning. Successful School Leaders Today Need to Harness Technology & Social Media.

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