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Posted in Digital Literacy on Dec 10th, 2009 No Comments »
A good, eye-opening read.
Measuring 21st-century skills Articles – ISTE unveils new tech standards for teachers.
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Posted in Digital Literacy on Nov 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Chicago can seem like a big scary city. There are a lot of great and fun things to do, but it is also easy to get off the beaten path and find trouble. The Internet is a lot like that. It can be an amazing resource for knowledge, creativity, research, and fun, but you can [...]
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From MakeUseOf.com comes this list of handy YouTube URL tricks. Probably of most use to educators are the ability to post directly to a specific section of a video, hiding the search box, and disabling related videos. They’re all pretty cool, & hopefully some make your life easier.
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About [...]
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This Ning site is a great resource for using iPods in class.
iPod Educators – Educational podcasters reaching the iPod generation
tags: podcasting, ipod, podcasters, ning, education
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Google Tips
Creating temporary or fake emails for students
Embedding Google Calendars in your web space
Using Google docs as webspace
tags: google, gmail, googletricks, googlehacks
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Even on vacation I’m able to keep up with what some of the leading tech educators are thinking and doing – via Twitter. The video above, from the always great CommonCraft, is a great explanation of a difficult topic. (And if you follow back to ‘Twitter in Plain English’ on the CommonCraft site you’ll see [...]
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With the release of Google Earth 5 beta Google is giving us a heaping helping of watery goodness. The oceans get the same treatment that land has gotten in this update. And why not, since more that 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans. Download Google Earth 5 & check it out.
Also, this [...]
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This session is about Apple IT & Learning.
Technology as an environment not a tool.
Makes a good point & one that I commonly reiterate; teachers want to use technology, but they don’t necessarily how the technology is working.
Business Productivity Model – 21st Century
Monetary or Revenue Driven – Knowledge Creation & Dissemination
Cost Reduction (Productivity) – Creative Exploration
Highly [...]
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This is my live notebook from my visit to Apple’s main campus in Cupertino, California. Mary Kay Stallone & I are here for a two day IT Executive Briefing. Tuesday morning we started out with the typical introductions, so I” just move on – nothing to see here.
(BTW – I have a CoverItLive live blogging [...]
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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use
Publish at Scribd or explore others: eLearning/Online Lea Education copyright fairuse
eSchool News has a short but informational article about fair use of copyrighted material, especially as it applies to education & media literacy. As we teach & [...]
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