In my German 3 class we recently finished a story we have been reading for the last three weeks. We have done several different types of
activities to facilitate the understanding of this story, and each
different activity has proven to have both its advantages, and
disadvantages. The unique thing about the activities I have done is
that each activity is something brand new that I have never tried
before. As any educator…
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Added by Justin Tarte on October 10, 2010 at 7:57am —
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My wife and I have been married for a little under three years, and about a year ago we decided that we wanted
to grow our family. As we discussed the most typical way of growing a
family (a baby), we came to the conclusion that we should start small
before taking the big leap. Last summer we purchased an 8 pound, runt
of the litter, slightly discolored, adorable, and loving yellow lab
puppy.…
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Added by Justin Tarte on October 4, 2010 at 3:18pm —
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I watched this video on TED: Ideas worth spreading (which I highly recommend)
http://www.ted.com/,
and I have to say I was really intrigued by the topic. Every day at
school I get the opportunity to see students growing and
developing...some more than others, and some not enough. However
inconsistent their growth may be, one thing is for certain...the growth
and development of children can be summed up in one word - amazing! If
we…
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Added by Justin Tarte on September 22, 2010 at 5:35am —
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Last week I was speaking with a colleague of mine, and we were discussing activities we could do during one of our professional
development days. As we discussed potential ideas, we turned our focus
to activities that teachers could employ immediately. We wanted to
avoid activities that would require a lot of time and preparation in an
effort to provide our teachers with several very strong and powerful
strategies they could…
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Added by Justin Tarte on September 11, 2010 at 9:15am —
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To prevent good teachers and other public figures from making bad posts,
I have created the following list. I hope it helps!
(Note: multiply the cautious attitude of this list by ten if you an un-tenured teacher.)
1. Thou shalt never publish anything you wouldn’t show your…
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Added by David Mach on August 22, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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My first official working day at school was today...I witnessed ups and downs, heard screams of joy, and whirlpools of pessimism and
discontent. As I thought more about the "happy" people, and the not so
happy people, I decided to concentrate on why the "happy" people were
happy. I soon realized there seemed to be a couple underlying factors
that lead to their happiness / enthusiasm toward the new school year.
I have to…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 16, 2010 at 4:47pm —
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As I often do, I speak with my wife about issues and theories related to
education. Though my wife is not a full time teacher, she does teach
as an adjunct professor at a local community college. Thus, I feel she
is knowledgeable and a worthy audience when discussing educationally
related topics.
Our most recent discussion revolved around how education needs to be
more effective and applicable to the ever changing needs of the student
population. There…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 9, 2010 at 6:34am —
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A fabulous resource to educators is available, and the best part about it...it is free! Visit the website
http://www.ted.com/ and watch videos about "ideas worth spreading." I chose this
particular video by Sir Ken Robinson because I feel Robinson makes a
wonderful point about education. When we talk about education we need
to forget about the evolution of the school system, but rather we…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 4, 2010 at 12:13pm —
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How often do you hear students complaining about a teacher who told them to put their cell phone away, or turn their iPod off? If your school
is anything like my school, then I am sure you hear this on a daily
basis. Integrating technology into the classroom has been a hot topic
over the last several years, and as our society continues to embrace new
technological advances, Education 2.0 will hopefully continue to…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 4, 2010 at 12:07pm —
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This is my first time participating in Leadership Day 2010, and I must say I am really excited to be a part of this fantastic movement. As
educators, I would argue we all need to be inspirational and progressive
leaders in our own right; however in education's current form we have
building administrators and central office administrators as our
leaders. Their jobs are extremely difficult, and I can honestly say
most people…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 4, 2010 at 12:05pm —
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Here is a copy of my original forum discussion post, plus a few updates:
If you are interested in emerging technologies, you might want to follow the link to the
TechSparked website!
I recently came across a few long-standing blogs that never crossed my path during my Google searches, and I was thinking that a Classroom 2.0 discussion about blog-sharing might be helpful, since…
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Added by Lynn Marentette on June 15, 2010 at 6:27am —
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Recently, I decided to make a VoiceThread for use in my 20th C. American Literature class. I started exploring different teaching strategies for my students when I realized that they were not very excited to read and respond in the traditional way. A VoiceThread is a wonderful tool which enables you, the instructor, to upload your media file (like a slide presentation), add your voice to it, and then allows the students to add their comments as well. The entire VT then can be seen by either…
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Added by Vicki Phillips on June 7, 2010 at 10:30am —
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Cobo, entre" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'"">Dear Friends of this
social network, the first thing I want to share a little blog I've been
doing on the web 2.0 tools and their use in the classroom, which we… Continue
Added by Gilberto Ruz on June 4, 2010 at 12:46pm —
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So, I am still working on my Master's degree, but seriously focusing on how technology is changing our classrooms. Currently I am working on a paper about the effect that the inclusion of Web 2.0 technology has or is having on the traditional learning environment. I don't seem to be able to find any research articles about it, and I implore all of you to help search some out. If you have any links to articles where research has been done on this situation, either qualitative or quantatative…
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Added by Zac Hansel on May 25, 2010 at 3:12pm —
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Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 30, 2010 at 7:46am —
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Last week's Blogger of the Week, Cyndi Danner-Kuhn, took some time out of teaching and blogging to reflect on her love of learning and
technology tools in an interview. To learn more about Cyndi Danner-Kuhn's blog
Technology Bits, Bytes, and Nibbles: News, Tips, Tricks & Resources… Continue
Added by Amanda Kenuam on April 12, 2010 at 8:30am —
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Ok. This is might sound lame, and it won’t take you more than two seconds to guess that I am an English teacher. Today, my classes took a day away from the computers to do research. We actually used those bound paper piles in the library known as books. I will admit that, at times through the day, it was painful, mostly because the computers were within ten feet at all times, and the research might have been easier…
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Added by Jeremy Kaiser on April 1, 2010 at 8:36pm —
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Previous statement… Posted yesterday.
“…the proposed research will not focus on the concepts of e-learning since I consider a fundamental difference between the learning practices and methods within web 2.0 social networks and the instructional nature
of e-learning methods. The concept of e-learning will however be
discussed and partly analyzed to emphasize the unique nature or learning
within web 2.0 social networking…
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Added by Gudmundur Bogason on March 18, 2010 at 4:11am —
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Wow, I just stumbled on Prezi last night and decided to completely overhaul my 50+ slide PowerPoint presentation for today's teachers conference! When you see it, you just might be tempted especially since there's an education license for students and teachers offering free accounts with 500 MB limit.
I didn't know I needed a product like this, but Prezi was perfect for my presentation needs -- something about teaching with Web 2.0 tools -- because it allows me to zoom in and magnify…
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Added by Antoinette Go on March 6, 2010 at 2:17am —
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by Alix E. Peshette
Reposted from the Impetuous Geek
Say YouTube to most educators and IT folks and they will probably wince. Many school distrists block YouTube or only let teachers acess the site. However, amid the offensive flotsam and…
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Added by Alix E. Peshette on February 17, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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