Cross-posted from onlinecollege.org
"Back in 2009, we wrote a popular post, 100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom. Now almost three years later, educators are still finding great ideas for putting Facebook to work on our list. But at the same time, Facebook has changed so much, and the site has even more to offer for the classroom. So we’ve compiled a fresh batch of ways to make Facebook work in your classroom, some tried and true, and others that have evolved with Facebook. Read on, and you’ll find a wealth of resources, assignments, and amazing uses for Facebook in any type of classroom." 
By Mariko Nobori
"There is a small town, about 12 miles east of Austin, Texas, where a high school devoted to teaching every subject to every student through project-based learning (PBL) opened five years ago. On its own, this would not have been a noteworthy event. The list of schools across America deepening the learning process through PBL has been growing for quite some time. But few schools have fine-tuned the process like Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, where 98 percent of seniors graduate and 100 percent of the graduates are accepted to college."
Article, video, and additional resource links. -JL 
TV news report from the Columbus, OH area NBC affiliate, describing the flipped classroom in hs math. Interview clips with the teacher, students, and an administrator. Interesting that the flip is getting so much publicity. -JL 
By David Andrade
"love iGoogle. It is my main start up page and I use it to stay organized. I have my Google Bookmarks, Google Reader feed, Google Notebook, Google Tasks, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Finance stock prices, Evernote, Google Docs, Twitter Gadget, Google Voice, Contacts, Weather, and Google Translate all on my iGoogle page. This allows me to quickly select web pages from my bookmarks, check my email and calendar, review notes and tasks, access my Evernote notebooks, check Twitter, check my Google Voice, and access my Google Docs all from one page. I can even post to this blog from it." 
Carolyn Foote live blogs Gary Price's preso at Computers in Libraries conf in DC in March 2012. Wonderful list of sites of interest, most of which I had not heard of. -JL 
By Jason Hahnstadt Summary by The Accomplished Teacher
"Physical-education teacher Jason Hahnstadt uses the flipped instructional method to help students stay fit. He films himself demonstrating activities and asks students to watch the videos and practice at home. This approach, he writes in this article, allows students to spend less class time learning exercises and more time being active. Hahnstadt also suggests several ways in which other teachers can adopt his approach." 
Excellent collection of Twitter resources for educators by Carolyn Foote, a great hs librarian and blogger from Texas. Some of the links include: Teachers to Follow on Twitter, Tutorial on Teaching with Twitter, The Shorty Awards (for great twitterers), and Ways to Use Twitter for Presentations. -JL 
Jeff Lebow starts the definitive book of GoogleCasting. Can a GoogleCast Academy be that far in the future? Via Vance Stevens, ABroaderView 
By Kelsey Sheeny Summary by SmartBrief on EdTech
"Chicago high-school teacher Jeff Scheur couldn't find an education mobile application that met his needs, so he worked with a developer to create NoRedInk, a free Web-based app that allows teachers to personalize grammar lessons, track student progress and provide instant feedback. This article highlights Scheur's app and includes links to app-development guidelines and wizards for educators to use to create their own apps." 
A great collection put together by Univesity of Wisconsin-Stout School of Education. Areas covered include Collaboration and Teamwork, Research and Video Projects and ePortfolios, Creating Rubrics, and Rubric Collections. Levels are K-20. -JL 
"A paralyzed patient equipped with an implanted brain chip has used a robotic arm to reach for and pick up a bottle of coffee, bring it close enough to her face so she could drink from a straw, and then place the bottle back on the table.
"Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy's brain, which 'reads' her thoughts, and a decoder, which turns her thoughts into instructions for the robotic arm. In the video below, watch Cathy control the arm and hear from the team behind the pioneering study." 
Joyce Valenza is one of my favorite librarians. Her high school library's website (mentioned here before) is just terrific (Springfield Township, PA)...and she presents and blogs all over.
This particular post is a sweet missive addressed to the graduating seniors in her school detailing how they can maximize their resarch searches when they go off to their respective colleges in the fall.
Lots of good advice here for all of us. -JL 
Google Docs Slide Share.
A compendium of clever ideas and techniques to stimulate quality, engaging writing...many with web 2.0 enablers. -JL Via Dennis T OConnor, Jim Lerman |
From the website
"Today, we’re proud to launch “Mozilla Webmaker,” a new program to help people everywhere make, "learn and play using the open building blocks of the web. The goal: help millions of people move from using the web to making the web. With new tools to use, projects to create, and events to join, we want to help the world increase their understanding of the web and take greater control of their online lives. And we’d like you to join us." 
By Sarah Kessler Summary by SmartBrief on EdTech
"A new product, Learnist, allows users to take educational content from websites such as YouTube and Wikis and post them to a board -- similar to Pinterest. The format of the site, according to its creators, helps to prevent against misinformation found on websites, such as Wikipedia, and still give users access to the resources they need." 
Nice animated video by Carolyn Durley, Graham Johnson, and Paul Janke in which they describe their introductin to and 1-year history with its implementation - with an emphasis on how it has changed their pratice. Inspiring. -JL 
26 binders chock full of Google resources for teachers. Sample binder titles include: Power Google, Google's New Assessment Tool, Top 10 Google Settings You Should Know, Creating Sub Gmail Accouonts for Kids, 100 Ways Google Will Make You a Better Educator, Google Tutor's Google Search Manual. -JL 
By Michael Gorman
"I am amazed every time I talk to groups and find out so many educators have not used word clouds with their students. In fact I am so sure that you will enjoy this topic I have come up with 108 ways to use word clouds in the classroom. I have tried to include almost every subject. These are a collection of ideas shared with me, various readings, and a lot of my own brainstorming. I know this will be an article you wish to share with others. In order to better understand some of the advanced uses I suggest you may wish to read Part One of this series entitled, 12 Valuable Wordle Tips You Must Read. I am certain you will find at least one new idea… and again please give a retweet. By the way… have an idea I have not listed? Then just take a moment and leave a comment…. I thank you in advance. Let’s explore those word clouds!" 
By Sydney Lupkin Summary by SmartBrief on EdTech
"On graduation day, a graphic-design major at Notre Dame University decorated her cap with the words "Hire me" and a quick response code that linked to her online portfolio. One professor said he has not seen a QR code used in that way before. Amanda Jonovski said her online portfolio received about 300 views in two days." 
Pinterest is a great social networking site, but it is definitely still young and lacking in some features.
...If you’d like the Pinterest experience but with more features, you can either use an entirely different Pinterest alternative, or you can try using one of these Pinterest-based tools.
Via Jeff Domansky, ABroaderView "The TED-Ed team provides an in depth look at the powerful features of the newly-launched TED-ED Beta website. You'll learn how TED-Ed videos are created, how they are arranged, about the learning materials that surround each video, and how you can create customized or "flipped" lessons based on any TED-Ed video or any video on YouTube."
Via The Committed Sardine 
By Kevin Purcell
"Audition 2.o records audio on your iPhone. It then allows you to quickly edit the resulting file and either send it via email or post it to an FTP server as an MP3 file, which makes it a great tool for mobile recording. The makers claim it’s the first app that will send MP3 files from your iPhone. While I found a few others that also save files as MP3, the real benefit comes from uploading an MP3 via FTP. Many podcasters use services like Stitcher that require you to upload an MP3 file to an FTP site, which then automatically makes the episode of the podcast available via RSS to listeners. A couple of podcasters I enjoy recommend the app, including Today in iOS. I can see why they recommend it based on my short testing of the app."
$4.99 in the iTunes app store. Excellent way to give audio feedback to students. -JL
Via Tech Newsletter from UWisconsin Stout, College of Education 
HAPPENING NOW (5/22/12). CLICK ON TITLE ABOVE OR IMAGE TO GO TO LIVE FEED AND AGENDA.
"The Atlantic’s second annual Technologies in Education Forum, a full day program, will focus on the new policies, technologies, and tools available to those working on the front lines to bolster American student learning and achievement, especially in the critically important STEM curricula. The program will explore what public policies are necessary to bring new technologies into classrooms, how educational video games are changing the way students learn, and how new technologies can be used to improve vital intellectual skills and prepare the near future American workforce to compete in an increasingly advanced global economy." 
By Jayme Linton
"Back in February Jayme Linton wrote a wildly popular guest post on technology education for pre-service teachers. Her spring semester just concluded and she's graciously written a follow-up post of her experiences and observations since February. Jayme's post is included below."
This summary of Linton's semester of work with preservice teachers if full of great observations and practical information. A great resource for staff developers/coaches and practicing teachers and teacher educators alike. A link to her initial post, 3 months earlier, is included. -JL 
From the website:
"With Google Groups, that heavy lift is lightened and it is a snap to add or remove permissions quickly and accurately. The reason why this automagic-ness happens is because Google groups have a public email address attached to them. So, when you create a document, file or a folder with that email address ALL group members immediately gain access. This means that when you add an individual to a group, they automagically gain access to ALL the documents, surveys, presentations, videos, calendars and sites without you having to do a thing. Removing these permission is as simple as removing an individual from a group." |
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