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Research & Library Lesson Plan Ideas or Cool ideas that could be amazing Ed Tech lessons
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GwynethJones
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Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn about everything in between.
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It sorta blows my mind. Share w/ your Science teachers! 
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Collect the things you love, with Ember. Whether you’re capturing photos, screenshots or any other kind of image - save, annotate and sync it with Ember. Via Robin Good, Joyce Valenza
Robin Good's curator insight,
March 5, 2014 1:30 PM
Ember is a Mac and iOS app that allows you to easily capture parts of a screen, a specific image, a whole window or a full web page easily and to edit it, collect it and organize it according to tags, themes/groups and colours. Ember key strengths are: a) the image "capture" toolset, which is second to none. It offers maximum flexibility, it is simple, and allows you to save directly to any folder/group/collection you have set-up. b) the image editor utility that integrates a set of useful tools that includes cropper, focus/blur areas, rotate, add text, freehand drawing. c) the elegantly designed "library" where you can organize your images and screenshots easily via drag and drop into collections. Each image can also have a description and multiple tags. In addition Ember can automatically sort all your images by colors. d) the "subscription" area where you subscribe to image feeds from various sites and galleries to get inspiration and ideas. iCloud-syncable. Ember is a beautifully designed app that does a fantastic job of capturing any kind of image or screenshot from the web and to give you relevant tools to edit it and "curate" it into private collections. Free to 14-day trial. N.B.: Ember requires Mac OSX Mavericks to run. More info: http://realmacsoftware.com/ember Free trial: http://realmacsoftware.com/redirects/ember/try/ Download from Mac App Store: http://realmacsoftware.com/redirects/ember/appstore Download from iOS App Store: http://realmacsoftware.com/redirects/ember-ios/appstore Check these two use cases:
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600 years after it was written, the Voynich Manuscript still refuses to yield all its secrets.
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600 years after it was written, the Voynich Manuscript still refuses to yield all its secrets.
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Now that 2013 is officially in the books, I can’t think of a better way to reflect than with a flashback into the Top Ten Most Popular Posts of the last 12 months! Check ‘em out by hovering over the interactive image shown below. There’s sure to be a useful “cool tool” or two to help you kick off the new year with a new tech crush—like Thinglink, my all-time fav! Via Jamie Forshey
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Feat. Thinglink!
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Like art? Share this with your Art teachers - but I also could see how this would help with MANY subjects!
The School Programs Department provides hands-on and online educational resources that make the Walters’ collections accessible to the K-12 school community. We partner with schools throughout Maryland to provide professional development and resources to integrate the arts into the K-12 curriculum. Sign up for our teacher e-newsletter.
AWESOME! #CCSS aligned
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My last night for my Mentoring CPD class!
I learned a LOT of stuff & created this New Teacher Survival Guide and thought I would share!
Very specific to my school & district but an example of a digital welcome basket or resource you could create for your new or non-tenured teachers.
What did I leave out? What would you add?
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Remember the transformer toys that were popular when you were growing up? Kids loved snapping the parts together in different ways to build intergalactic warriors and robotic vehicles.
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LOVE this!
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Brain Rules by John J. Medina is a multimedia project explaining how the brain works. It includes a book, a feature-length documentary film, and a series of interactive tutorials.
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Super awesome book! & I remember he was a great keynote at ISTE, too!
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"Makerspaces, STEAM labs and fab labs are popping up in schools across the country. Makerspaces provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they deeply engage in science, engineering and tinkering." Via John Evans
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I initially decided to do a Doctor Who program because two of my regular teens were HUGE Doctor fans. But you plan out Summer Reading MONTHS before you do them in my library system, and by the time...
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Bowties are COOL! Every #DoctorWho knows that! Yet another awesome idea from @wolfielibrarian
Don't blink!
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Online Teacher, in her 9/9/13 post, "Uncomfortable With MOOC" (TOMOOC), says: I’m an experienced online learner and teacher, but seem to be having difficulty understanding WHAT to do in this course...
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Good article I just wish they would translate the acronyms for those who don't know what they all mean!
Comfort means knowing the definitions!
A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web
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From
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The search giant promises to stop scanning Gmail messages for education, business and government users to target advertising.
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GAfE news here!
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A different astronomy and space science
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Srsly COOL! Astronomy Picture of the Day: Creature Aurora Over Norway - Creepy Awesome! via @StarWalk I LOVE This! Wish it were Creative Commons!
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Meet Chuck Hall: the humble American engineer who changed the world of manufacturing. Via Todd Lichtenwalter
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I don't have one of these yet...someday. Of course I never had a SMARTboard either! & I still lived and did awesome things!
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Hidden help in the ocean of Google goodness - Google Drive Templates!
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Penny Lane is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you. Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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IT's all about choice!
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Great Resources! Share w/ your Art Teachers! WOW!
BTW, Art Chat (Thurs 4pm) (artchat) on Twitter
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When you hear the word blogger, what image comes to mind? A sacred group of people anointed by the All Mighty with special powers who unleash their acerbic editorial tongue lashing from 40-story skyscrapers in major cities around the world? Via Guillaume Decugis
Andrew Federici's curator insight,
November 15, 2013 12:37 AM
Curation is the new creation...and it works. 
Tom Evans's curator insight,
November 15, 2013 4:31 PM
Curation though should be done with creation in mind - joining dots & spotting patterns is the name of the game
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TV NEWS Search and Borrow is a service that allows you to: Search broadcasts using closed captioning, Borrow broadcasts on DVD, View 30-second streamed segments, Cite specific clips, Annotate moments, and Research U.S.
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WOW! Pretty cool!
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Curate or be curated — that’s the new face of digital content in the always-on world. Via Robin Good, Guillaume Decugis
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Fascinating!
Julie Groom's curator insight,
October 23, 2013 4:48 AM
Curating - how to manage it. And curation experts already exist - they're called Librarians!
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Putting together a blog post can be simple. Every post has a basic anatomy - and we're here to teach you how to write a blog post - the right way!
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Loved this, @SocialNicole !!
Esp. the Image part. Of course, I DO go overboard on those -- thinking each section needs a pic (Flickr CC & PicMonkey are my best friends & from #4 of your related posts I guess you must know em, too! ) That's why I wrote a blog post called 10 Tips for Digital Photo Editing & Fun.
..... But umm where's the Subhead to this post? 6 Easy Ways to Engage Your Readers?
But srsly, love this blog - always great content! I guess I should start my blog post for today, huh? Instead I'm watching SNL & surfing the interwebs. Don't be jealous.
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There's something you need to know about me and The Hunger Games, I love them way too much. There was one time we were discussing the trilogy in my Youth Literature class during library school, tha...
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I swear, I feel like if I ever need a clever activity idea I just have to go to Rad Books for Rad Kids blog and BAZINGA! Awesome ideas!
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
April 12, 2014 6:58 PM
This blogger might be hibernating (like I should talk!) but this is an interesting idea. Maybe for the incoming 6th graders next year. Found this one on @GwynethJones's scoop.it board. I always wanted to tie the food drive with the Hunger Isn't a Game movement. Maybe we could give bonus points to those who donate to the food drive. (Or is that too much like the rich tributes from the Capitol getting extra gifts?) 
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April 13, 2014 9:53 AM
Always need fun library activities. Add this blog to Feedly. |
Great tips from an awesome educator!