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Ten Tips for writing a blog post
- 10 back to basics tips for a good blog. V. Useful - post by John Goodridge
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Blog Rules - EDTECH: Focus On K-12
- Guidelines for teachers who blog - post by Eric Hoefler
- David Warlick's guidlines for teachers who blog
- post by Christy Tucker
Friday, December 31, 2010
Daily Links 12/31/2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Daily Links 12/21/2010
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43 Folders | Time, Attention, and Creative Work
- Productivity site, very informative - post by Travis Newman
- 43 Folders is Merlin Mann’s site about personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better. - post by jaehong lee
- a blog on organization - post by forgetcolor
- very clean design where "the blog is the website" with Word Press - post by John David Smith
- Another GTD blog, sometimes useful. Mac oriented, which is somewhat frustrating. - post by Justin Whitaker
- Very addictive productivity sites. Home of inventions like the Hipster PDA and the current Moleskine notebook craze. Focus on integration on Macs and paper-based planning.. all with "Getting Things Done" by David Allen - post by Walter Flaat
- A bunch of tricks, hacks, and other cool stuff - post by jasonbentley
- GTDのTipsなど - post by genki katsutani
- A bunch of tricks, hacks, and other cool stuff - post by Kyle
- A bunch of tricks, hacks, and other cool stuff - post by Ralf Papenkordt
- a blog - post by jeevs sinclair
- Changed my life already--put into practice today and cranked stuff out - post by symesc
- personal productivity, life hacks, and simple ways to make your life a little better; check out "classics"; good for grad students who need to organize gettting through and out earning a real living - post by Julia Lesage
- òtimios artigos sobre solução de problemas - post by Alfredo Barros
- GTD/Productivity blug - post by Tim Mensch
- 43Folders Marlin Mann's website. Your first stop in the GTD world. Wonderful place to spend the afternoon!!
- post by joshengle
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Time to learn
It has been awhile since my last written post and I find that each day it becomes harder to take the time to sit down, think, and write. As technology advances in school, I seem to have less time for it and on most days, that is frustrating. You see, I preach to the folks in my office how it is important to spend a part of each day learning something new. I love to be on the cutting edge of new technology resources and yet that is something that doesn't happen without some time management. I say this in part because I have spent the past day and a half in a SMART Lesson Developer workshop for our district teachers. Last night (Friday) and today (Saturday), 14 teachers have been learning about best practices in developing Notebook files and incorporating the SMARTBoard in their classroom routine. They are talking and sharing and learning new things. Every few minutes you can hear someone say, "Wow" or "That is so much easier!" Teachers, like me, have less time for their own learning as the demands of the classroom increase. We had many more slots for teachers to participate and as the time has passed, the teachers here say they wish more people had taken the time to come.
I want to be creative and think outside of the box to give teachers that time that they so desperately need to play, learn, create, and share. That is difficult for me as I am not a school-level administrator yet at the district it is my job to do just that. How do we find time for such a valuable resource when time is already at a premium? I would love to hear about district and schools who have examined this problem. How do they evaluate the use of time and budget it wisely? How can you get the most benefits (student achievement) with so little? How do you prioritize?
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Daily Links 11/03/2010
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Daily Links 10/13/2010
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Daily Links 10/12/2010
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Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) (Pianta, La Paro, & Hamre)
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Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Academic English Mastery Program (AEMP) | The Urban Educator
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"The Feds have authorized me to leave your child behind." at The Cartoon Bank
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Gates Foundation Unveils Ed-Tech Grant Program - Digital Education - Education Week
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Friday, October 08, 2010
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Daily Links 10/07/2010
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NZ Interface Magazine | Eight habits of highly effective 21st century teachers
- What is the differences between habits and knowledge? How about "Eight knowledge domains of highly effective 21st century teachers" - post by Zhang Luke
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Daily Links 10/06/2010
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
Controlling the educator within
I am the proud mother of Mason. Mason started kindergarten this August. Although I am a big fan of change, I have dreaded this fall for years. Why? Because I have been in education for the past 16 years. In that time, I have been fortunate to experience several roles in schools and school districts including classroom teacher (K/1), technology teacher, technology facilitator, lead teacher for curriculum, and director of instructional technology. These roles provide different context or lenses with which I see schools, teachers, leaders, and districts.
As a teacher, I had one particular student whose mother worked in our district office. Susan Wells, now principal at Culbreth Middle in Chapel-Hill, NC, was a kind and knowledgeable parent who expected the best for her son and was not afraid to offer her advice. In thinking of Mason attending public schools, I aspired to be an educator-parent like Susan. The problem is how?
I read a blog post from Will Richardson about A Parent 2.0's Back to School Dilemna, in which he struggles with the same issue. He offers a few solutions:
1. Introduce you and your child to the teacher.
2. Co-school when you can.
3. Opt out when you can.
4. Occasionally send resources and copy the principal.
And although I agree (and will try) many of these strategies, I find myself wondering if my expectations are too high. Now don't get me wrong...I believe in high expectations. This was something modeled by my parents when I was in school. My parents were present at every event and in any way they could be involved. They believed that a B was OK but why didn't I get that A? A C was just unacceptable. And although Mason is only in the first quarter of kindergarten, we are raising him the same way. He told his Grammie the other night on Skype, "Green is good but white is unacceptable." (Behavior management program in his class is green, white, yellow, orange, and red) Where I am struggling though is with my expectations of the school but even more so with what the school's expectations are for Mason. That is a question that has not been addressed in any parent meeting so far. We have our first curriculum night this week and I have a few questions already forming:
- What should he know by now?
- What is he doing in class?
- What differentiation methods are being used?
- Where do you want him by the end of the year? (because I want to keep the end in mind)
- How is he interacting with other students and teachers?
- What does he show interest in and can that be tapped into for greater engagement?
- What are his strengths and weaknesses (both in academics and in social interaction)?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Daily Links 09/16/2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Daily Links 08/19/2010
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Pixar University's Randy Nelson on Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age | Edutopia
- "The proof of a portfolio vs. the promise of a resume." I like it! - post by Bill Genereux
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Daily Links 08/18/2010
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- Very cool - I can't think of any reasonable file format that's been left out of this online conversion tool. Fairly quick, too, considering... - post by RJ Leaman
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Media Convert - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs -
- オンラインファイル変換 - post by hitoha
- Media-Convert称得上是一个超级转换工具，它支持大量的文件格式之间的互相转换，包括视频、音频、PPT文档、Word文档、表格文档、图片等等数十种之多。比如你可以把 mp3转换成wav，把png转换成gif，把word文件转换成txt文件，通过这个工具，基本上都能满足你的要求。 - post by kusoooorz
- 一个超级转换工具，它支持大量的文件格式之间的互相转换 - post by James Lin
- From Lifehacker:
Media-Convert is a free online service that will convert audio, video, and text files for you, from and to virtually any kind of format.
All you need to do is figure out where the file is resting on your machine and what format you want it converted to (Media-Convert automatically detects what kind of format the file is in). For instance, maybe you need to switch an Access database over to an Excel spreadsheet - you can do that here. Converted files show up in a couple of different formats: URL, zipped, mobile, or downloadable from the site itself. - post by Bruce - From Lifehacker:
Media-Convert is a free online service that will convert audio, video, and text files for you, from and to virtually any kind of format.
All you need to do is figure out where the file is resting on your machine and what format you want it converted to (Media-Convert automatically detects what kind of format the file is in). For instance, maybe you need to switch an Access database over to an Excel spreadsheet - you can do that here. Converted files show up in a couple of different formats: URL, zipped, mobile, or downloadable from the site itself. - post by Bruce - From Lifehacker:
Media-Convert is a free online service that will convert audio, video, and text files for you, from and to virtually any kind of format.
All you need to do is figure out where the file is resting on your machine and what format you want it converted to (Media-Convert automatically detects what kind of format the file is in). For instance, maybe you need to switch an Access database over to an Excel spreadsheet - you can do that here. Converted files show up in a couple of different formats: URL, zipped, mobile, or downloadable from the site itself. - post by Bruce - Media-Convert is 100% free. No software is needed, and you don't have to register. You only need your favorite Internet browser. Your files are ready 7/7 days 24/24 hours.
- post by Koji Azuma - さまざまなフォーマットにコンバート - post by yak
- あらゆるフォーマットを無料で他のフォーマットに変換 - post by Yoshida Manabu
- Media-Convert is 100% free. No software is needed, and you don't have to register. You only need your favorite Internet browser. Your files are ready 7/7 days 24/24 hours.
How to convert a file ?
Select input and output formats, submit the form. - post by Peter Meyer - Site permettant de convertir un fichier sans aucune install. - post by Fardeen GHULAM
- ファイルフォーマット変換 - post by yuichi
- あらゆるフォーマットを他のフォーマットに変換 - post by masanobu toki
- Media-Convert is 100% free. No software is needed, and you don't have to register. You only need your favorite Internet browser. Your files are ready 7/7 days 24/24 hours. - post by Wojciech Oracz
- To convert a file located on your computer : Check File mode, click Browse and choose the file, select input format (if autodetection fails) and output format, submit the form.
To convert a file located on a webserver : Check URL mode, enter the file URL, select input and output format.
To make a screenshot of any website (convert it into an image) : Check URL mode, enter the website URL and select an image output format. - post by dodo - Convertidor online de múltiples formatos de vídeo.
- post by Jose Luis Pajares - converti tous les formats audio/vidéo/image en n'importe quels format... ou presque.
plus besoin d'installer une multitude de logiciels - post by cramjm - Converts files to other formats, including sound files. Converts files, then you download them to your computer. Easy. Quick. Great. - post by Mr M
- - free and on line - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP AMR FLV SWF AMV MOV WMA AVI MPG MP4 DivX MPEG4 iPOD PSP OGG WMA AAC MP4 MPC MMF QCP KAR MIDI REALAUDIO FLAC JPG PSD DOC PDF RTF TXT ODG ODP ODS ODT SXW WK1 MDB XLS VOB
- post by Ronny Vandecasteele - Looks to be a very valuable tool. - post by Christine Longe
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Viewpoint: Having bad data often isn’t a ‘technology problem’ | eCampus News
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Wikis in Language Arts Education by Steven Kospender on Prezi
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Daily Links 08/16/2010
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- Beyond the gloss, and glitz, how to determine what to use? Ask yourself - What is the learning need? - What am I wanting to enable students to be able to do? Use this as a beginning point. - post by Dan Robinson
- hi - post by fair careers
- TPaCK is the way to go. Know your curriculum and objectives. Select the appropriate pedagogy, then select the 21C tool that will enable the kids to reach the goals. - post by Joan Roettenberger
- vHIRE is a pride HR Consultancy which offers services for job seekers – experienced and fresh candidates. Our services are extended to world class multi-national companies in Overseas and India. - post by vhirejobs hr cosnultancy
- That would be the good article certainly made this segment amazing.Keep it up! Thanks for sharing, really cool site.....
http://california-casinos.org - post by julie christie - Valuable information and excellent design you got here! I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post!! Thumbs up! Big thanks for the useful info.,
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- post by tamisha bruna
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EduDemic » The Ultimate Twitter Guidebook For Teachers [UPDATED]
- this would be really very helpful - post by Kenneth Coppens
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Daily Links 07/26/2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Friday, July 09, 2010
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Daily Links 04/28/2010
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Daily Links 04/11/2010
Seating Chart Software | Make Seating Charts Online | SimpleSeating.com
100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark | AccreditedOnlineColleges.org
- - post by dosobe
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Daily Links 03/17/2010
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Daily Links 03/12/2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Daily Links 03/10/2010
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Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools (50 Web 2.0 Tools Your Students Want You to Use)
Avatars - Create an Animated Talking Character for Your Website
High Tech High - Project Based Learning
- That would be great post
get more twitter followers - post by shilpaworld1
- That would be great post
Critical Thinking Discussions with Howard Rheingold - ISTE Community
Regulating Speech Online - Technologies and Politics of Control
Free Chat Widget for Your Web Site or Blog from ChatAbout.Us
David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts » Blog Archive » Warning! We Filter Websites at School
Twapper Keeper Archive - #ncties - archive for the NCTIES Conference
- - post by pennmanormath
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