The Electric Educator
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
'Ever since I visited Google for the Google Teacher Academy I have been mulling the idea of what Google calls "20% time." That is, time set aside from your normal duties to work on projects of your own choosing and liking. Fellow blogger Joel Zehring posted a video from TED in which Daniel Pink lays out the case for this same model. I would encourage you to watch and consider Pink''s idea.
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
'This is a follow-up to my last post. Trying to avoid the cute guy to the right here, Mr. Fail Whale! :-) The principal who approached me about having a Twitter account for his school doesn''t know anything about it from personal experience, but he''s heard about it and wants to try using it as a means to communicate with parents and students. Before we talk about the logistics of using Twitter to communicate with stakeholders, I need to give him a high level overview of what Twitter itself is.
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EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
'First, thank you for taking the time to visit this post and offer your advice! :-) A public high school I work with is interested in broadcasting info to parents and students via Twitter. I''m a relative newb to using Twitter myself, and have never even taught one other person how to use it, let alone a public institution. My charge here is two-fold: gather enough info to present to our superintendent to hopefully get this approved and guide the high school in using Twitter and using it well.
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
'Did You Know? 4.0 was released today. This video, also known in some incarnations as Shift Happens , started out as a PowerPoint presentation by Karl Fisch at a high school faculty meeting in 2006 and was later remixed by Scott McLeod. Since then, these men have continued to collaborate on updates to the video. I''ve seen the various versions of the video over the past couple of years and each time it fascinates me and makes me realize how _s_l_o_w_l_y_ the wheels of education turn in relations
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
'If anyone is using ePals for student blogs and/or email, I''d love to read about your experiences with this program as I begin to investigate it. Please comment on this post. If you can leave contact info in case I have follow-up questions, that would be awesome, too. Thanks! :-).
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 5, 2009
'This video is almost 19 minutes long.and worth every second of the watch. Although aimed at business, there is much to be gleaned for educators. Take some time to watch and reflect. I just watched the video for the first time and want to take some time to digest. There''s definitely an argument here for 21st Century skills like collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving.
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EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
'This looks pretty neat, so I thought I''d experiment! PBS teachers has posted web activity packs with code you can embed in social media sites (like blogs or even Facebook) or into traditional web pages. There''s a wealth of resources under the topic headings of The Arts, Science and Technology, Health and Fitness, Reading and Language Arts, and Social Studies.
EdTechSandyK
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
'Quick, short post. I''m sure others have waxed more eloquent, but I could not pass up this opportunity to wish the Internet a Happy 40th Birthday , today, September 2nd! Most of us probably didn''t become aware of the Internet until the late 80''s/early 90''s when the World Wide Web began to invade our lives, but the Internet itself had its beginnings about 20 years before that.
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