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September 8, 2011 11:10 PM
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TeacherCast.net's favourite apps
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September 8, 2011 11:00 PM
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Scholastic is bolstering its digital book library by teaming with year-old indie digital publisher Ruckus Media to deliver top children’s authors across platforms that include print, eBooks and enhanced eBooks, with Ruckus Media publishing interactive story apps.
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September 8, 2011 12:19 AM
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Do you remember floppy disks, Goosebump books, the Macarena? The following are 25 things that will likely make you feel pretty old. Buckle up, it’s time for a drive down memory lane.
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September 5, 2011 4:21 PM
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This interactive discussion guide is part of an ongoing dialogue to create an education system that enables each learner in BC to meet his or her full potential...
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September 5, 2011 1:20 PM
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Get your smartphone ready! There's plenty of potential for these scannable black and white data squares to be used in schools.
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September 4, 2011 8:39 PM
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Cybraryman's Everything you ever want to know about QR Codes
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September 4, 2011 8:03 PM
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Schools are embracing digital learning, but evidence is scarce that the expensive technology is improving educational outcomes.
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September 4, 2011 12:56 PM
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Charts and graphs are the best ways to represent information and relationship between two interlinked entities.
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September 3, 2011 2:51 PM
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The book showcases and thoroughly analyze the variety of contemporary visual depictions of complex networks. It covers its historical predecessors and grounds for recent popularity, and explore the ramifications of a new age of infinite interconnectedness. It also includes a set of recommendations and future predictions on the progress of Network Visualization.
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September 3, 2011 2:37 PM
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Michał Karcz - graphic design, photography, photomanipulation, portfolio...
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September 3, 2011 2:09 AM
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Your Better Life Index by the OECD shows how countries perform according to the importance you give to the 11 topics – like education, housing, environment, and so on – that contribute to well-being.
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September 3, 2011 1:44 AM
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Creativity is discovering patterns, relationships, connections, and beauty -- seeing itself is a creative act. The potential for creativity resides everywhere, in every subject, every decision, and every relationship.
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September 3, 2011 1:34 AM
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In this webinar @tjhouston and @llacrosse will overview 20 apps in 20 minutes. These are the apps that were used in the classroom and found to be effective supplements to the curriculum.
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September 8, 2011 11:04 PM
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September 8, 2011 12:28 AM
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These TED talks offer insights, concerns, and inspiration while discussing today's educational practices and shortcomings, from a variety of perspectives.
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September 8, 2011 12:10 AM
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September 5, 2011 4:12 PM
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The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC⊃2;) is an internationally renowned, non-profit association of education professionals who are committed to promoting critical thinking from primary to post-secondary education through professional development, publications and research.
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September 5, 2011 1:14 PM
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"Not everything that counts can be counted; and not everything that can be counted counts."
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September 4, 2011 8:10 PM
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Looking for a how to solution? Need a do it yourself question answered? Find short, practical how to videos, instructional videos and DIY solutions at 5min.com, the leading how to site.
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September 4, 2011 4:25 PM
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Turning everyday lessons into multimedia experiences. Find great materials on these sites, including videos to augment and inspire students, documentaries to show them how things work, and pro d videos for teachers.
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September 3, 2011 3:20 PM
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The CyberSmart! Digital Citizenship lessons are organized to align with the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students (2007) for Digital Citizenship (standards 5.a.-5.d.) and the nine elements of digital citizenship described in Digital Citizenship in Schools by Gerald Bailey and Mike Ribble (2007).
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September 3, 2011 2:46 PM
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Music to my ears...Perfect ethereal music for an early fall's muted sunny day *~Alchemy, by Atomic Skunk
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September 3, 2011 2:17 AM
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The Visual Miscellaneum is a unique, groundbreaking look at the modern information age, helping readers make sense of the countless statistics and random facts that constantly bombard us.
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September 3, 2011 1:49 AM
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Humans have always been learning, but how we learn has changed over time. The earliest means of education were highly personal: Oral histories passed from adults to children, informal or formal apprenticeships, and one-on-one tutoring have all been used in the early history of most cultures. It’s only been in the last two centuries that we’ve used formalized systems of mass public education (aka industrialized education).
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September 3, 2011 1:38 AM
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Published in The New Yorker 9/5/2011 by Alex Gregory
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