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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 11:36 PM
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Math in the News: Current events explained mathematically. Real-world applications of math. Media4Math publishes a media-based situation centered on current headlines every week. Students gain an understanding of a breaking news story at the same time they ue mathematics to gain a rich understanding of the issue at stake. This particular week data analysis and business math to look at the NBA labor dispute. Each issue of Math in the News is available in these formats: PowerPoint, online Slideshare, video on their YouTube channel, full-screen Flash video.
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from :: The 4th Era ::
November 20, 2011 8:35 PM
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Lauren Wagner discusses the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale and how it may be used to both assess and build learner readiness to succeed in self-directed learning. -JL
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from Cool Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
November 20, 2011 7:16 PM
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Video editing site where you can invite others to collaborate to edit projects. Use the stock video on the site or upload your own video, audio and photos.
Via Laura Spencer
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from How2EdTech
November 20, 2011 6:24 PM
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from Edtech 2 Go
November 20, 2011 6:21 PM
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Conducting research? This wiki collects information about hundreds of digital tools that can help you be a more effective scholar. Definitively geared toward higher ed but some tools will certainly work at the 9-12 level.
Via jheil65
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 6:01 PM
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This collection of links and applications highlights over 60 quality educational resources that are available on the web.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 10:56 AM
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As I argued in Chapter 10 of my thesis on digital literacies the process is at least as important as the outcome. Conversation and iteration is important because the very nature of innovation means that you don’t know necessarily know what’s going to happen next. As Woodrow Wilson famously stated, “I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow”.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 1:33 AM
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Based upon proven research and informed by practical experience, this Blended Learning Toolkit will offer guidance, examples, professional development, and other resources to help you prepare your own blended learning courses and programs. Developed by the University of Central Florida. Thanks to Stephanie Sandifer for this link.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 1:09 AM
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Nominations are open until Dec. 2.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 12:14 AM
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By William Ferriter My point—a lesson I learned from Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, one of my closest digital mentors—is that focusing on specific digital tools instead of on the instructional skills they're designed to support often leads to poor technology integration. Students sitting in high-tech classrooms armed with interactive whiteboards, iPads, and handheld video cameras but staffed by teachers who can't craft lessons that integrate the skills needed for success aren't any better off than their counterparts in unplugged classrooms. Good teaching trumps good tools every time. What the most effective teachers have discovered, however, is that good tools can make learning more efficient. New technologies make it possible for learners to sift through information quickly, collaborate on shared content easily, and reach influential audiences with little effort. The trick is choosing tools that neatly align with the skills you're trying to teach. Two tools that I find align with essential skills are VoiceThread and Diigo.
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from Cool Web 2.0 Tools for Educators
November 19, 2011 8:43 PM
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A cool formative assessment tool...have students chat live while you are teaching! TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.
Via Laura Spencer
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Jim Lerman
November 19, 2011 8:00 PM
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Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter-Hall wrote a terrific article on Connected Coaching. It provides a conceptual basis for approaching the task of coaching an online educators' group to work effectively for educational progress. This blog post tells the story of how the article came to be and provides a link to download it. See Sheryl in action in this wonderful video from the new Teaching Channel at http://bit.ly/o0ouHR. Here is an excerpt from Sheryl and Lani's article: Using a strength-based, appreciative inquiry approach, our Connected Coaches lead members of our online communities through a process that results in a shared vision of new ways of learning together in online spaces. The coaches work to increase the confidence and self-efficacy of individual team members. They also work to create learning experiences that demonstrate ways that teamwork is necessary to grow as connected learners. A Connected Coach guides participants toward collegial interaction by helping build a bridge from the theory they are hearing to practical application. Our experience has shown us that just creating an understanding of how we learn in networks and communities is not enough to generate a deep commitment to sharing and collective knowledge building -- the kind of growth that results in innovative school improvement. Connected Coaches, through various activities and discussions help participants create connections to the content and context, to themselves, and to those who are part of the learning community at school and online.
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Jim Lerman
November 19, 2011 7:34 PM
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Practical and down-to-earth suggestions from Michael Gorman on how to have your students plan and excecute a short video. Numerous suggestions and a guidesheet at the end. Nicely done!
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 11:02 PM
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Integrated SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, and MATHEMATICS... A new Scoop.it site curated by Stephnie Sandifer. Important topic IMO. -JL
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 8:06 PM
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From the Manchester Guardian newspaper in Great Britain, a new teacher resource network, launced in Fall 2o11. Welcome to the Teacher Network, where you can browse and use thousands of innovative free resources and create and share your own. Assess your class's progress with our unique Test Centre, and use the network to find the perfect job. The Teacher Network is part of Guardian Professional Networks, our new community sites where we bring together insights, news and best practice. Guardian Professional is a division of Guardian News & Media.
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from :: The 4th Era ::
November 20, 2011 6:43 PM
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I first saw this video about 2 years ago and sent it to a number of my colleagues. Now that I'm on Scoop.it, it seemed like a good idea to share it this way as well. I really enjoy viewing this. If you ever need encouragement that tech facilitates learning when done well, just give this a re-look!
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 6:22 PM
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15 Digital Citizenship Resources For Schools: For School Leaders, Teacher Leaders and Families.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 6:12 PM
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RT @TeachHub: Check out these techniques to make movies a true #learning experience instead of lazy #teaching!
There are so many new technologies and devices appearing on the education market every day now that it can become very difficult to determine where to spend your money, if indeed you should spend it at all. Before you make your next investment, ask yourself the following questions: RT @briankotts: 10 vital questions to ask before investing in classroom technology http://t.co/BrPWm7HZ /via @jdthomas7 #edchat #edtech #mlearning...
Via Gust MEES
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 10:46 AM
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Teachers imply there are definite answers and that they possess them, a kind of game in which they encourage students to guess the answer in the teacher's head. It might be better played the other way around.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 1:26 AM
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Brief summary of the six models identified by Michael Horn, one of the authors of Disrupting Class. This blog post includes a link to: (1) a presentation made in Norway in 2011, in which Horn describes why blended learning is on the rise; and (2) the full case study report on blended learning issued by Horn's Innosight Institute.
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Jim Lerman
November 20, 2011 12:21 AM
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Three years, 20+ million online views, and many, many face-to-face showings later, the Did You Know? (Shift Happens) video still is going strong. Now there is a new version 4.
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from Connected Learning
November 20, 2011 12:09 AM
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Questions and subsequent discussion led to the creation of our Reading Digitally: Exploring the World of eBooks summer pilot where educators (teachers, librarians, and administrators) across disciplines and position focus on themselves as readers. The creation of this Phase I approach was because many of these conversations are occurring before fully immersing oneself within the phenomenon itself. Therefore, the purpose of this pilot is to explore the experience of reading digital books as readers and members of a society immersed digitally. Through this exploration as readers, we will come to better discuss the experience of reading digitally and move the discussions into future phases that focus on the perspective of learning and teaching.
Via Stephanie Sandifer
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Jim Lerman
November 19, 2011 8:33 PM
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This strikes me as really important. Clayton Christensen is a leading professor at the Harvard Business School. A generation ago, he wrote a book and advanced the cause of case study in learning. More recently he has advanced the idea of Disruptive Innovation in several fields. In educational circles, he became well known as the lead author of 2010's blockbuster book "Disrupting Class." To put it bluntly, Clayton Christensen is Very Establishment. For him to say that the pursuit of profit is killing the US economy is earthshaking. For it to be reported in Forbes magazine is most remarkable. Can it be that thoughtful discourse still has a place in the marketplace of contemporary ideas? -JL
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Jim Lerman
November 19, 2011 7:37 PM
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Outstanding collection of 40 annotated links designed to connect STEM and Problem-Based Learning from Michael Gorman
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