Home | Getting Smart David Jakes Presentation Resources Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. And they have no respect for the status quo. The script and slidedeck from my Google Teachers Academy presentation on innovation. In 1997 Apple challenged us to think different. In 2008, that message resonates even louder and with greater urgency. That ad campaign honored a wide range of people of accomplishment. In 1954, along with Francis Crick, Watson described the structure of the DNA molecule. Here is Watson, on the left, Crick on the right, examining their model. If you will recall your high school biology class, DNA is made up to two complimentary strands, wound around each other in what is known as a double-helix. DNA can be recombined in different combinations to yield very different results, even in siblings. Different species have different chromosomes and genes which make them unique, but they still have DNA as their genetic material. Thank you.
Kathy Schrock's Kaffeeklatsch The 21st Century Principal Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students Earlier today, Richard took a look at the state of e-learning 2.0, which got me to thinking about how school might be different if I were in college today because of the influx of new Web 2.0 apps aimed and students. I went to a school that utilized a Virtual Learning Environment called WebCT (since absorbed by the Blackboard company), and it really wasn't very fun to use. Note taking meant writing on paper, study groups meant face-to-face meetings, and if you were struggling through Shakespeare, your best bet was to turn to the library, not the Internet. When I was in college most of the tools in this round up didn't exist. Office Replacements There's no software package I used more in college (or today, for that matter) than Microsoft Office. Notetaking More and more students are bringing laptops to class. Mind Mapping Now you have your notes, you need to put them together. Studying Bookmarking With all that online studying you need a way to keep track of what you've read. Collaboration
Top 10 Educational Technology Blogs for Teachers The importance of this list;lies in the fact that it provides teachers and educators with an easy to access collection of educational blogs they can follow or check to keep updated about educational technology and to learn how to integrate this technology into their day-today teaching. We sharing with you the top ten blogs featured in this list and you can head over to the original article to learn about the others. 1- iLearn Technology 2- Around The Corner 3- Educational Technology and Mobile Learning 4- Virtual School Meanderings 5- e-learning Queen 6- Teaching...My Calling 7- Cool Cat Teacher 8- Emerging EdTech 9- The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness 10- The Innovative Educator
2¢ Worth Listen A few weeks ago I worked and attended North Carolina's ISTE affiliate conference. I opened the NCTIES conference with a breakfast keynote address and Marc Prensky closed it with a luncheon keynote the next day. I would first offer some constructive criticism to NCTIES , and to all such ed-tech conferences across the nation and around the world. The only idea I can think of is to have one or two session rooms devoted to unconference topics. Now to the surprises It was in the student showcase, a part of most ed-tech conferences that I often miss, using it as an opportunity to visit the exhibitors or dash up to my room for something or other. She then began telling me what they were doing, describing some of the communication skills they were learning as well as social studies and character. “No software. After my hesitation, she continued, “..the game master.” “Today we do not need content specialists in our classrooms as much as we need context specialists.” And then, Is this true?
Learning 2.0 - 23 Things Ten education blogs worth following Education blogs, on any and every topic, abound online. Unfortunately, educators are probably the last people who have the time to go out and search for them. Which blogs review good free resources? Which can offer information about school reform trends? Which highlight short, how-to videos for those who aren’t very tech-savvy? In this time-saving list, you’ll find 10 of the best education blogs that readers have recommended, that have won multiple awards, or that other educators just can’t stop talking about. The blogs are listed in alphabetical order. 1. What is the best way to improve education using social media? 2. Flipped Learning was created by Jon Bergmann, a teacher, educational coach, and writer who has helped educators around the world reconsider what education can look like. See also:Panelists: Blogs are changing education 3. The purpose of this site is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms. 4. 5.
Social Studies Flipped Class Community First, thank you to everyone who has contributed to the SS Flipclass Community form! At the time of writing this, we have about 40 educators who have entered contact & website info in the last week alone. Here is the link: Social Studies Flipped Class Community A couple of quick things:1.