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Gee, who spoke at the Learning and the Brain Conference last week, used this theory to launch into research-validated reasons why video games are good for learning. Here are 10 truths, according to Gee. No comment yet.
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Heinz Krettek's comment,
December 11, 2011 7:58 AM
Hi, how can I create such infografics? tool?
Thanks in advance Heinz
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This is a lot of fun, many characters, setting, actions and expressions of the characters. Via Natalie Sing, Pippa Davies @PippaDavies
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David Rumsey gave the opening keynote lecture for the Digital Humanities 2011 Conference at Stanford University on June 19, 2011.
If you like maps and you like technology, you should greatly enjoy this presentation. Rumsey, one of the world's foremost map collectors, takes some of his ancient (and not so ancient) maps and through technological manipulation turns them into even more expressive tools of meaning and story.
A wonderful 40 minute session. And don't be fooled as I was; this is a video. It just doesn't start to move until several minutes in. -JL
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Pamela Thompson , a middle school librarian in El Paso, TX, gives her best-of-the-year list for young adult fiction. Each selection is accompanied by a cover shot, an explanation of why Pamela picked the book, and a link to her review of the novel. -JL
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LifeWorks® is a career exploration web site for middle and high school students. LifeWorks® science career information promotes awareness of the wide variety of occupations in health and the medical sciences. -From the National Institutes of Health
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The app Motion Math, which teaches players about fractions, commissioned an independent study with 122 fifth-graders and came up with some encouraging results. According to the report, released by GameDesk, showed that fifth graders’ fractions test scores improved an average of over 15% after playing Motion Math for 20 minutes daily over a five-day period, a significant increase compared to a control group.
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An extraordinarily comprehensive wiki on 21st century learning maintained by Andrew Churches, author of the seminal article "Bloom's Digital Taxonomy." Resources (so many resources!) here range from the practical to the theoretical, inclulding topics such as Bloom's Taxonomy, Web. 2.0, and Graphic Organizers. Many, many links to original sources. Just a terrific repository and obviously a labor of love. -JL
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Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about 8mm Vintage Camera on the App Store. Download 8mm Vintage Camera and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Via David Miller
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I propose that technology leaders take on the challenge of appropriate use of cell phones before we ask schools to take on the use of cell phones by students. I remember this same issue with the Internet. Teachers knew that the Internet could be useful, but fear and lack of knowledge made many resist the use of the Internet in the classroom. In my opinion, educators need the following things when trying to embrace change. Via Nik Peachey
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Making plans with friends just got easy. Forget email threads, confusing texts, or formal invite apps. Hatch now makes coordinating with friends simple and fun. To hatch a plan, just describe what you want to do and invite any friend you have an email or mobile number for. You can plan with anyone, even friends without the app. |
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Guide to using Evernote in the classroom... Evernote helps you remember everything. It can do the same for your students. Shared notebooks are a great way to keep your committee on the same page and makes for an easy way to share collective knowledge about a project. Many great videos, tutorials and resources for using Evernote in the classroom. Via Peggy George
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Webdoc enables you to mix the web to create interactive posts on-the-fly and start rich social conversation. ... Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Mariusz Leś's comment December 10, 2011 6:21 PM
I really like this app, but never have enough time to use it... Many friends are there, so perhaps I'll be back.
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... This article covers the content of the seminar that, today, December 6, 2011, I present at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI) in Paris, with the title: “Digital tools to create a knowledge ecosystem for learning and research”. The seminar introduces a global perspective on learning processes in order to integrate different webtools in a coherent and practical Personal Learning Environment (PLE). I will use my own PLE to illustrate the practical role that a diverse array of webtools play in my learning process. Below you can find the presentation, videos and links to be used in the seminar. ... Via Paulo Simões
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A blogger who identifies himself as Theok ruminates on how technological manipulations and transformations can give new meaning to artifacts of the present and past. Very well done. -JL
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Early in the last decade, Piedmont City School District, a small three-school district in Eastern Alabama between Birmingham and Atlanta, laid claim to the worst computer-to-student ratio in the state. Since then, the Piedmont district, where 65 percent of students qualify for reduced or free lunch, has successfully shaken off that title after embarking on a number of ambitious technology-driven projects, including a 1-to-1 take-home laptop initiative--called Mpower--a remote-learning partnership with Stanford University, and a wide-scale E-rate-funded project that will eventually bring high-speed Internet access to every student's home.
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The time is finally here for my annual list of favorite sites of the year. This year, I decided to up my post to the top 100 instead of 25 due to the number of sites that I reviewed and due to the popularity of the post. I tried to cover a wide range of sites, from flash card creators to digital storytelling and of course, social networks, which really shined in 2011. I hope everybody enjoys the read and has as much fun reading it as I did creating it!
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"At times, finding a place for distraction-free writing (especially when online) can be almost impossible. Pillarbox provides that place, and it is a fullscreen text editor. Features include a live word count, typewriter scrolling, and it also has a customizable feature."
"Pillarbox is a neat fullscreen text editor along the lines of WriteMonkey or WriteRoom. Except that it lives in your browser for some reason. Disregard this."
Pillarbox is a Chrome plug-in, available only to users of the Chrome browser. It allows writing off-line, so no software program (such as Word) is needed. Its functions are quite customizable (font selection, size, etc.)
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From the Scout Report:
Stem Up is a pilot program to aid the disadvantaged youth of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. The intent of the program was to integrate STEM career pathways into schools and local communities. Visitors will find the K-12 Students tab near the top of the page to be filled with almost two dozen links for all levels of student learning about science and technology. Some of the sites include "Arrick Robotics", for 9-12 graders, "Extreme Science", for all ages, and "Fun Engineering" for kids aged 10-14. The "Boyle Heights" link is a great resource for residents of the LA neighborhood, as well as informative for those visitors unfamiliar with it. There is full contact information for the city and state representatives of the neighborhood, the Police Activities League, and a live theatre that performs outreach through theatre, and classical plays. The "Parents" link also provides a number of science and technology links that parents and kids can visit together.
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Just keeping track. See the link to the Charter School Dashboard at end of press release for lots of additional data. -JL
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Videos of main conference speakers; including Guy Kawasaki, Ken Robinson, Jimmy Wales, Karen Cator, and many others. Next conference coming up in Jan. 2012. -JL
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Clear demonstration of the the hidden keys and functions on the iPad keyboard. eg I discovered that an upward swipe on the exclamation/comma button = apostrophe ... :) Via David Miller
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Facebook has been pegged as a waste of time, a classroom disruption and a bad habit that is correlated with low grades. Missouri even went so far as to ban Facebook and other social media relationships between teachers and students (the law was later repealed). But teachers such as Reynol Junco — who recently published a study that shows certain types of Facebook use are correlated with higher GPAs — are beginning to look at ways that they can use Facebook to their advantage. Via Nik Peachey 
William Kwon's comment,
December 8, 2011 9:50 PM
I really enjoyed this post because it reminded me of what Facebook could be used to do to support students at risk who are too nervous to even ask questions, example through using Face book Groups. Many adminsitrators have an immediate aversion to facebook and don't see its possibilites as a learning and modertated group discussion tool.
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