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Sweet Search Porting out of Google Voice | Matthew Seeley For those who haven't used it before, Google Voice is a half 'voice over IP' and half 'number virtualiation'. When you connect your phone with Google Voice, it automatically logs your text messages, calls, and voicemails (including transcribing them to text messages or e-mails). The service also allows you to make cheaper international calls, and route calls to different, or multiple phones at once, among many other features. Google Voice has many features, a list too long to repeat here, and Google offers native Voice clients for Apple iPhone / iOS and Google Android devices. By default, when you sign up with Google Voice, Google gives you a 'Voice Number', that compliments your other phones. Sprint subscribers can resolve much of this automatically, by using the native Google Voice to Sprint integration. And for non-native users, there are drawbacks to Google Voice. Porting Out The internet is littered with many horror stories about porting away from Google Voice. That's it!

Digital Differentiation Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills. At it's most basic level, digital tools can be used to help students find, understand and use information. When combined with student-driven learning experiences fueled by Essential Questions offering flexible learning paths, it can be the ticket to success. Here is a closer look at three components of effectively using technology as a tool for digital differentiation. Note: The interactive graphics you see below have been updated. They can be found in a newer post on this blog. The goal is to design student-driven learning experiences that are fueled by standards-based Essential Questions and facilitated by digital tools to provide students with flexible learning paths. Essential Questions: Student-driven learning experiences should be driven by standards-based Essential Questions.

Phonedeck Glean Comparison Search: An Information Literacy research tool to compare search results for different opinions Learn What You Want, Teach What You Love The idea for MentorMob sprouts from the backgrounds of Kris Chinosorn and Vince Leung. Both avid learners, they found early on that the Internet was not quite the incredible tool for learning new skills and hobbies that everyone thinks it is. Even with millions of free lessons online, the content is almost impossible to navigate. "You don’t really know where to start, what to learn next or who you can trust, which is why in a sea of free content, people are still paying for online lessons." - Vince Leung, CTO Both Kris and Vince knew there had to be a better, more efficient way to learn for free online and that is when MentorMob was born. Since MentorMob’s inception, the company has seen many changes, and pivoted from it’s original website (now residing as LessonPaths.com) to create a community focused social learning platform that features one in-depth learning experience that works.

10 awesome ways to use a USB flash drive Your trusty USB flash drive is much more versatile than you might realize, packing capabilities that go well beyond storing and transferring files. These little-known tricks can be utilized by computer newbies and technogeeks alike to achieve anything from restoring a virus-ridden computer to launching and playing portable apps right from the drive. Unlock our top-10 ways to use a USB flash drive with the guide below. Thanks to fellow How To blogger Ed Rhee, and the team at CNET, you'll be surprised to find that storing files might not be the best use of thumbdrives after all. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Bonus: Quickly remove USB devices without using Safe Removal

Kids Search Engines. Google's Safe Kids Search Engine. Kids Search Engines We started Safe Search for Kids in order to bring awareness to Google’s Safe Search tool. Most people do not know that the default setting on your computer is set to “moderate safe filtering” when using Google’s regular home page. To set search filtering on your computer to the most strict filtering for young children and teens, you need to change the setting on every computer you own or purchase internet security software. However, when you have your kids at home or students in school conduct their searches on Google SafeSearch for Kids, you can be sure that Google safe search is always set to the highest level of security for safe browsing. Please be advised that no safe search engine should replace the supervision of a parent or teacher when it comes to children browsing the internet. Kids search engines are not flawless. About Kids Search Engines: The search tool above delivers safe search results by Google. Internet Safety with Search Filtering

Next Generation Learning | NxGL | NH Department of Education Since last summer, the Department has been working with the Council of Chief State School Officers, the Stupski Foundation, and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation on advancing innovative approaches to K-12 learning known as “Next Generation Learning,” or NxGL. The critical attributes of Next Generation Learning are characterized as: NH is one of seven states brought together to advance this set of design principles. The other six state education agencies (SEAs) that stepped forward to be part of this bold effort, and demonstrated both readiness and capacity to establish an Innovation Lab-comprised of the SEA, district(s), school(s), and partners-within their state include Kentucky, Maine, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. These states will work together with intensive support from CCSSO, the Stupski Foundation, and others who will be engaged in the partnership. On July 14, 2011, representatives from seven school districts met with Dr. Powerpoint Resources

Screening for Reading Problems in Grades 4 Through 12 by Evelyn S. Johnson, Ed.D., Juli Pool, Ph.D., and Deborah R. Carter, Ph.D., Boise State University When RTI is implemented with fidelity in the early grades, the anticipated outcome is that students who are struggling readers will be identified early and provided intervention. Even with an effective RTI process in place in Grades K–3, however, there will continue to be students in the later grades who require intervention to support their reading development. For schools, this means that a system for screening to identify struggling readers needs to continue beyond the early elementary grades into the middle and high school grades. Reading Instruction at Grades 4–12 The conceptual framework underlying RTI stems from the preventive sciences approach. The recent emphasis on strengthening reading instruction in the early grades has demonstrated positive effects for improving reading achievement for students in Grades 1–3 (Biancarosa & Snow, 2006). Developing a System for Screening

Student Journal Activities for All Subjects Could you have the next Rick Riordan in your class or possibly another Dr. Seuss? Is there a hidden talent in the class just waiting to be discovered or has writing taken a back seat to all other subject areas? Why is it so hard to engage students in writing? We all have students who will write to fulfill an assignment and get the grade, but how do we ignite the love of writing? How do we recreate the excitement and joy of putting pen to paper to create a story or poem where the action and drama stem from personal imagination? Writing in the classroom is valuable tool that provides benefits such as the following: So how do we engage our students in the writing process and bring out those hidden writers? One method to engage students is using student journals across the curriculum. Classroom management factors to consider as you’re preparing for class... 10 teaching strategies containing mistakes that you don’t want to make in your... 3 classroom management tips to maximize your time.