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CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide.
This is a site that has many free "flexbooks." It is worth a look depending on the subject you teach.
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"New Trier High School is embracing a future with more e-books and iPads -- and fewer old-fashioned text books. But not all parents in the district are thrilled with having to pony up extra money for the gadgets. "We're in a wealthy district, but you can't assume that everyone's wealthy," said Mary Rita Kropp, a New Trier parent who addressed the school board on the topic at a meeting this week."
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I'm all for using technology with education, but this article highlights the digital divide and some issues in implemental technological updates given diverse socioeconomic situations. Delete the scoop?
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In The Wall Street Journal, Kirk McDonald writes that college graduates without basic computer programming skills are shortchanging their career choices. In part, it's not your fault. If you grew up and went to school in the United States, you were educated in a system that has eight times as many high-school football teams as high schools that teach advanced placement computer-science classes. Read more... Delete the scoop?
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The two owners of Amy's Baking Company Bakery Boutique & Bistro took over the restaurant's Facebook page last night to fight unruly commenters, and man, was it embarrassing.
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This is a train wreck in every sense of the phrase -- it is an unmitigated disaster but also mesmerizing. Fighting online criticism with venom is never a good idea. 
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May 14, 10:28 PM
Hi Seth, I noted this social media "fail" too. I have a different perspective in my post on the affair. Sharing the post link if you don't mind for another POV http://bit.ly/11CTF1J
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A stream of ideas, cartoons, unrefined sketches, marginalia about curation at #sxswcurate
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Middle class problems? More like upper-middle class problems? AMIRITE?
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Conversation on social media can be remarkably self-absorbed (and yes, I find this highly entertaining). Delete the scoop?
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"A lot of emphasis has been placed on student empowerment in the classroom, but less attention has focused on student empowerment in the school as a whole. One way to empower students in the school is through the development of a student government with the power to impact school policies. Many student government groups function as purely social groups with activities oriented toward school spirit. While fostering a collective school identity is important in the development of a school community, such groups typically are devoid of any real decision-making power."
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I've greatly enjoyed working with Allison Hunt for the last 8 years and as always, she has a great perspective on the helping students become empowered. Delete the scoop?
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PRISONERS OF TECHNOLOGY Artwork by Felipe Luchi Artwork by Felipe Luchi In this artwork by Felipe Luchi, we see famous symbols of technology, the mouse and iPhone...
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Technology is liberating and addicting as well. This is a compelling reminder of the addictive nature of social media and that we need to ensure that we don't become slaves to our technology. Delete the scoop?
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This is a great quote from an article on MOOCs from the persepective of a teacher who has actually taught a MOOC. I'm signed up to take a MOOC titled: Maps and the Geospatial Revolution and I'm looking forward to the experience. 
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April 16, 7:54 PM
Signed up for the same course. Totally looking forward to it:)
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"Animoto is an excellent tool for creating audio slideshows. But there are some limitations to it that some teachers don't like. Most notable of those limitations is the time limit (30 seconds unless you get an Animoto for Education account), lack of space for text, and that students have to remember a username and password to use it. The YouTube slideshow tool provides a tool for creating audio slideshows without those three limitations of Animoto." Via Beth Dichter 
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April 2, 9:19 PM
If you are looking for an alternative to Animoto to use with students to create photo slideshows check out YouTubePhoto Slideshows. YouTube allows you to create videos up to 15 minutes in length and you may specify how long a slide is shown. There is also an annotation tool to add text. For those folks whom use Google Apps for Eduation students already have a user name and log-in. Richard Byrne provides directions (with screen shots) to walk you through the process. 
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April 12, 12:52 PM
This page shows how to use YouTube for slideshows so that they are longer and more accessible to students that other sites like Animoto. I had no idea that YouTube had this capability. In my district, YouTube is blocked on campus computers (I'm sure many others can sympathize) so I would need to work around that if I had students using this in a lesson. Recently I began to use SlideRocket to create video lessons so that I can incorporate audio narration and the link is not blocked by the district's web filter. SlideRocket could be used for a slideshow as well, but it takes a lot more customizing than this YouTube method. This blog has a ton of other useful information too. Kudos to the writer! Delete the scoop?
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So many of the educational discussions these days are touting the newest technologies (many of which I embrace). Too many though, I fear, are willing to abandon tried and true "old school" pedagogical strategies in an attempt to incorporate the latest and greatest. Just because it's new doesn't inherently make it better. This video is a comical reminder that some old technologies and old strategies are worth keeping. Let's keep some paper in the educational system.
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April 3, 10:29 PM
You've more than likely seen this already, but I think it is worth sharing. I love technology. I love using it in the classroom. But it is just a tool - a crap teacher with a laptop is still a crap teacher. I firmly believe that there is room for the traditional as well as the innovative. Enjoy:) Delete the scoop?
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Added is another link that describes how to use Bloom's taxonomy to effectively design a course. Delete the scoop?
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"Implementing Scoop.it in the classroom was an “Aha!” moment, and I think you’ll have the same experience." wrote Leanna Johnson in this review of Scoop.it and curation in an educational context. Via gdecugis
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I have been using scoop.it as a curation platform for the last 18 months and it has become my primary repository for online resources. Students enjoy using this as an easy way to produce an online portfolio. This article is a nice summary of the platforms potential uses and benefits for educators (and learners). 
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March 9, 11:59 AM
Scoop.it and I fell in love at first glance.
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March 13, 7:57 AM
I agree! Once you find the right curators and develop relationships with them, they turn into mentors. Some of them are very successful, industry experts, and deeply respected. Some material gets put out months before they're covered in a college class. The trick is to be discerning as to what is merely a fad versus a long-term trend. ;) Delete the scoop?
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Road tax: abolished 1937. Use car tax.
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I was outraged when I read this tweet, and not surprisingly, so did many others. This account is now closed and the police are thankfully beginning an investigation (and her employer is actively distancing themselves from her) . Social media makes some people far too brazen with their misdeeds, but if those are not merely gaffes but criminal, you'll regret treating social media as if it were simply a conversation with your friends. Oh, and what about the cyclist? Glad you asked. #TwitterJustice. Delete the scoop?
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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them.
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According to new data, everything that you do on every website besides Netflix and YouTube combined generates about the same amount of peak web traffic as those two sites alone. Netflix itself is bigger in every metric than HBO.
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I'm trying to decide if this is mind-blowingly amazing or exactly what I should expect: I think it's a mixture of both. Delete the scoop?
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"Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success."
Seth Dixon's insight:
Yes, intelligence and talent matter in educational performance, but we can't undersell the importance of hard work and persistence in academic success. With so many educational overhauls, many of these plans fail to address the underlying problem--we need more grit. The speaker defines grit as 'passion and perserverance for very long-term goals.' This is a great talk and I love the framework it takes for approaching education. 
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May 19, 11:23 PM
Definitely agree! Certainly see this in math. Don't have to be a math genius to succeed, you just have to stick with it! Delete the scoop?
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The traditional lecture has been the foundation of my college courses for years. I've integrated more online components into my classes the past few years and am masquerading as a digital professor, but I'm still reluctant to a ditch the lecture. When I'm honest about it, the lecture is a security blanket for me; it's familiar, I know how to do it, and it is has no risk associated with it. I feel that anything else is stepping out into the pedagogical unknown for me, but I think that the students deserve professors willing to cut ties with outdated learning models to give them the best learning opportunities available. It's time to take the plunge. Delete the scoop?
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Inspired by David Pogue's TED Talk about tech tricks you need to master, here's a list of other cool "life hacks" to make life easier
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15 absolutely amazed me but 3 of these made me exclaim, "how in the world did I not know this before?" You can Watch the talk or just read the items. 
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April 26, 3:42 PM
(From the article): Watch the talk – it’s Pogue’s delivery that’s half the brilliance. But below, find a condensed version of the 10 tech basics everyone should know: Delete the scoop?
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Presentation slides for virtual presentations about the flipped classroom-the full picture Via Susan Bainbridge
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This is an informative presentation with clear examples on what the flipped classroom is and why many teachers are starting to adopt this model. 
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May 7, 8:16 PM
Si la experiencia de las aulas "flipeadas" en EU ha causado cierto éxito, tengo mis reserva si este modelo pueda adecuarse por ejemplo, al contexto latinoamericano. Delete the scoop?
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Infographic on recruitment in college with the help of social media by college students in job opportunities for dream job with best studying universities Delete the scoop?
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Years ago the idea of inviting people from around the world into your classroom seemed far-fetched and unrealistic. Here we see the Former Prime Minister of Australia (and still a foreign policy expert on East Asia) Kevin Rudd skyping with the Plaid Avenger's World Regions geography class at Virginia Tech (you can start 14 minutes into the feed). This is a great to discuss China, North Korea and Australia, but is a perfect example of social media and educational technologies to enhance the classroom experience and improve the learning. Delete the scoop?
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Everyone's life looks better on social media. And that's the problem.
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I'm a social media enthusiast and junkie. Social media is both one of the best and worst things for my personal networks and relationships. Social media is also a key to my personal work productivity and a detriment to that very same productivity. This article discusses why moderation in social media can be a healthy thing. Delete the scoop?
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"Once upon a time, the role of the teacher in the classroom conjured up images and ideas of blackboards, rulers, chalk, and pencils. But now, technology is becoming more and more integrated into modern school systems—not just as an added bonus, but as a necessity to how students learn and how teachers teach."
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This inforgraphic from Online Universities really encapsulated the changing pedagogical tools within the educational field. Delete the scoop?
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via MediaBistro Everyone’s an influencer. The consumer is out for himself (not for you). Optimize content. It’s an organism, not a process. Think past vanity metrics (like followers). Delete the scoop?
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