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Jeff Yearout replied to TryingHard's discussion Banning of Youtube"Quietube is another site that can knock out all the ads, comments and distractions in a Youtube video."
Jeff Yearout replied to Mark Fuson's discussion Help from science teachers"Another good site for simulations, all free, is phet.colorado.edu. They have over 100 sims now, most with teacher submitted lessons to go along (of varying degrees of difficulty and usefulness), many are translated to other languages, and for the…"
Jeff Yearout replied to TryingHard's discussion Banning of Youtube"Keeping students off of Youtube due to bandwidth issues - understandable.
Keeping teachers off of Youtube due to bandwidth issues - unless your district bandwidth is really bad, and/or unless you have teachers using Youtube WAY too much or…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Kristin Clausen's discussion Scratch program in the classroom"Here is the main Scratch educators site: http://scratched.media.mit.edu/
This has some good stuff: http://learnscratch.org/
What other programs are you thinking of that you see as more practical? Just curious. Keep in mind the creative and…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Sal P's discussion Group project horror stories"Perhaps if we broke our obsession with points and grades we would be more likely and willing to learn from failures. This coming from a now 20 year veteran teacher who was the near 4.0 kid obsessed with gettings As. As a result, I didn't take…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Barb Kucera's discussion Looking for new ways to reinforce effort...."You might also want to ponder the thinking of Carol Dweck as set forth in her book Mindset. What we praise can be critically important as well according to her…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Jane Krauss's discussion How do you keep track of and share web resources?"Another one similar to Livebinders is Jog The Web. I know there is an extension for Firefox that goes with it. One nice thing it does is allow you to annotate a bit above the frame for the site, which can be helpful, though maybe more for use by a…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Alan Davies's discussion Budget Cuts - We can't afford to replace projector bulbs and dead white boards"PLTW is Project Lead The Way, and I teach Gateway To Technology, the middle school level of this program. PLTW is essentially a pre-engineering/STEM curriculum that has been adopted by many (2000+) schools nationwide.
When it comes to…"
Jeff Yearout replied to Carolyn Mahan's discussion When should 'new technology' be brought into the classroom?"Exactly! Learning first, tool second."
Jeff Yearout replied to Alan Davies's discussion Budget Cuts - We can't afford to replace projector bulbs and dead white boards"Not belittling your point, John, as you speak the truth about the importance of the teacher, but the chalkboard, paper and ink are some of the most important technologies of mankind (Which, by the way, Socrates probably would have lamented against.)…"
Stacy replied to Jeff Yearout's discussion Official Facebook Page For Our School"Our school started using one this year. We have had a lot of positive feedback from parents. I think it works because our principal is the one in charge of it, therefore he makes all decisions about what goes out on it."
Caroline Cerveny replied to Jeff Yearout's discussion Official Facebook Page For Our School"Also look to see what is happening in the business sector. You may find this link helpful - http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php"
Jeff Yearout posted a discussionOfficial Facebook Page For Our School
I am on a committee that is exploring the ins/outs/ups/downs of developing an official Facebook page for our middle school. If anyone out there already has this and perhaps has some guidelines, thoughts, official policies, and so on I would be most interested. Thanks!
Jeff Yearout replied to Rhonda Leduc's discussion Recommendations for low-cost tech items to have in a middle school classroom"For about the cost of a good webcam, you could get the IPEVO P2V for about $70. It is intended to essentially be an inexpensive document camera that comes with its own moveable base. I bought one out of my own pocket for my classroom and it does…"
Jeff Yearout replied to John Garrett's discussion Object programming game design engine"If you are wanting a platform designed specifically for game design, you might want to take a look at Game Maker. You can find it at: www.yoyogames.com/make"
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