Classroom 2.02024-03-29T08:33:29ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMillerhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1949939229?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.classroom20.com/group/macclassroom20/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2nex6lt9lwnqy&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBarriers that prevent some institutions in being able to embed ICT fullytag:www.classroom20.com,2013-06-28:649749:Topic:9413302013-06-28T06:39:28.665ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
<p>I am teacher at Beaconhouse School System. We are doing a research on the barriers that prevent institutions in being able to embed ICT fully. Please share your opinion.</p>
<p>I am teacher at Beaconhouse School System. We are doing a research on the barriers that prevent institutions in being able to embed ICT fully. Please share your opinion.</p> GREETINGS TO YOU ALLtag:www.classroom20.com,2013-06-11:649749:Topic:9373202013-06-11T16:04:38.759ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
<p>Hi noble leaders of the world,</p>
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<p>I am from Kenya and i am here to network with like minded people like you to learn more about enhanced learning equipments that will benefit my community and students from Kenya.</p>
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<p>I run a youth group that needs each and everyone of you support to learn new things and start online exchanging programs.</p>
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<p>You can add me on skype: <span style="color: #0000ff;">pricy.tenguri</span> or send me an email:…</p>
<p>Hi noble leaders of the world,</p>
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<p>I am from Kenya and i am here to network with like minded people like you to learn more about enhanced learning equipments that will benefit my community and students from Kenya.</p>
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<p>I run a youth group that needs each and everyone of you support to learn new things and start online exchanging programs.</p>
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<p>You can add me on skype: <span style="color: #0000ff;">pricy.tenguri</span> or send me an email: <span style="color: #0000ff;">ptenguri@gmail.com <span style="color: #000000;">so we can get to learn more and together change the world with new technology.</span></span></p> How to separate the wheat from the chafftag:www.classroom20.com,2011-11-09:649749:Topic:7728972011-11-09T14:58:37.776ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
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<div>In regards to finding teaching and learning technology, my greatest challenge which I repeatedly encounter in my searches for helpful information / resources is that, there don't seem to be any ratings / quality control. </div>
<div>The rating systems of amazon, iTunes, Youtube, etc. are extraordinarily helpful in finding high quality materials. However, I'm not encountering the equivalent in teaching and learning technology.</div>
<div>Generally, when I'm searching for something,…</div>
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<div>In regards to finding teaching and learning technology, my greatest challenge which I repeatedly encounter in my searches for helpful information / resources is that, there don't seem to be any ratings / quality control. </div>
<div>The rating systems of amazon, iTunes, Youtube, etc. are extraordinarily helpful in finding high quality materials. However, I'm not encountering the equivalent in teaching and learning technology.</div>
<div>Generally, when I'm searching for something, whether it's a lesson plan for the historical context of To Kill a Mockingbird or a learning technology conference in the area or math teaching technology in general, I would like to find a short list of examples that have been deemed as high quality. I don't want to have to sift through dozens of un-qualified examples. However, I feel like I'm doing more sifting through <span class="il">chaff</span>, then accessing gems which I can put to use.</div>
<div>Can you direct me to some resources, contacts / mentors, or give some guidance so that I can access what's considered by many to be the best (or better) stuff out there, in regards to learning and teaching technology? </div>
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<p>Technology seen in this video, and used in creating it, includes an Apple MacBook Pro, Mac OS, iMovie, Garageband, Adobe Photoshop, Prezi, Weebly and Google Earth. I would love your feedback on the content and the video production. Suggestions for improvement? Questions on the process used?</p>
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<p>What you'll see is an overview of a Virtual Field Trip project, with a focus on authentic assessment. This video was originally created for open use by pre-service teachers and educators…</p>
<p>Technology seen in this video, and used in creating it, includes an Apple MacBook Pro, Mac OS, iMovie, Garageband, Adobe Photoshop, Prezi, Weebly and Google Earth. I would love your feedback on the content and the video production. Suggestions for improvement? Questions on the process used?</p>
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<p>What you'll see is an overview of a Virtual Field Trip project, with a focus on authentic assessment. This video was originally created for open use by pre-service teachers and educators in the K-12 field.<br/><br/>Here's the link: <a href="http://youtu.be/Q69rKvR2OyM" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/Q69rKvR2OyM</a></p>
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<p>Thanks for your feedback!</p>
<p>- Stuart</p>
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<p><em>The Virtual Field Trip project was started by Stuart Ralston in 2010. It is a collection of 16 student-created videos, quizzes and transcripts, assembled to simulate an actual field trip to Beijing's Forbidden City (Palace Museum), and is completely free. This project transforms the standard virtual field trip by making this experience interactive, available in a 3-D environment, and student-driven. Other teachers are encouraged to use this material, and to create their own virtual field trip projects based on where they live.</em></p> iWork v. Office?tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-19:649749:Topic:7173832011-08-19T14:09:46.190ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
My new lab doesn't have iWork: Page, Keynote, Numbers. It does have Office: Word, Excel. Thoghts? Am I okay without iWork?<br />
Thanks!
My new lab doesn't have iWork: Page, Keynote, Numbers. It does have Office: Word, Excel. Thoghts? Am I okay without iWork?<br />
Thanks! MacBook Air - any schools managing these?tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-19:649749:Topic:7166572011-08-19T08:10:10.064ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
<p>We are a Mac 1:1 laptop school - students buy their own laptops for the program (it's a private school). It seems that the basic MacBook model was discontinued this summer- that was the model we were recommending to students. I'd love to allow MacBook Air as they are now the cheapest option, but this is a major stumbling block for our IT Department to deploy them on the scale we need; has anyone successfully imaged a set of airs without the usually needed ethernet port? How do you get…</p>
<p>We are a Mac 1:1 laptop school - students buy their own laptops for the program (it's a private school). It seems that the basic MacBook model was discontinued this summer- that was the model we were recommending to students. I'd love to allow MacBook Air as they are now the cheapest option, but this is a major stumbling block for our IT Department to deploy them on the scale we need; has anyone successfully imaged a set of airs without the usually needed ethernet port? How do you get around this? Thanks!!</p> Imaging MAC Lab for a new school yeartag:www.classroom20.com,2011-05-15:649749:Topic:6362802011-05-15T18:50:39.129ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
<p>Our school is planning to create a new image for the MACs in our lab.</p>
<p>What are the MUST HAVE items for the new image?</p>
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<p>Our school is planning to create a new image for the MACs in our lab.</p>
<p>What are the MUST HAVE items for the new image?</p>
<br/> 5th graders looking for comments on their reading blogtag:www.classroom20.com,2011-03-11:649749:Topic:6103032011-03-11T01:45:19.411ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
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<li><span><b>Phyllis Reynolds Naylor †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/PhyllisReynoldsNaylor/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/PhyllisReynoldsNaylor/</b></span></a></span></li>
<li><span><b>Sir Edmund Hillary †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/SirEdmundHillary/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/SirEdmundHillary/</b></span></a></span></li>
<li><span><b>Rachel Carson †…</b></span></li>
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<li><span><b>Phyllis Reynolds Naylor †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/PhyllisReynoldsNaylor/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/PhyllisReynoldsNaylor/</b></span></a></span></li>
<li><span><b>Sir Edmund Hillary †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/SirEdmundHillary/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/SirEdmundHillary/</b></span></a></span></li>
<li><span><b>Rachel Carson †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/RachelCarson/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/RachelCarson/</b></span></a></span></li>
<li><span><b>Amelia Earhart †</b> <a href="http://kidblog.org/AmeliaEarhart/"><span><b>http://kidblog.org/AmeliaEarhart/</b></span></a></span></li>
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<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://kidblog.org/AmeliaEarhart/"><b>The goal is for the students to create blogs that share/highlight the interesting features of the person whose biography they are reading. Our ideal situation is for other 5th grade classes around the country to be able to read and respond to their work. We would like the student readers to focus on deciding (individually, if possible) which blog most convinced them to want to learn more about the person of interest. This project is happening right now, and will continue throughout next week. There will be two to three more blogs written by the students before this project is over, as well as a "book trailer" for the other 5th grade students to read. Thank you for participating! </b></a></span></li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://kidblog.org/AmeliaEarhart/"><b>We would like to know where the students who are reading the blogs are from (state/country), so that we can see how far our work has travelled.</b></a></span></li>
</ul> Global Virtual Classroomtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-07-23:649749:Topic:4913752010-07-23T18:37:08.749ZGary Millerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GaryMiller
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Global Virtual Classroom</span></a> (GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the Internet in…</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Global Virtual Classroom</span></a> (GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally productive ways.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The GVC vision is to empower, enable and connect students around the world using Internet technology. It provides students with a stimulating, positive and enjoyable environment along with the opportunity to develop skills that are essential in the 21st century: cross-cultural communication, collaboration through teamwork, information technology and website design. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The major projects of the GVC are the annual <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/overview.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Contest</span></a> and the <a href="http://www.virtualclassroom.org/clubhouse.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3501ee">Clubhouse</span></a> Program. During the Contest, teams from schools from around the world compete in an effort to build websites that best meet contest objectives. Each team is made up of students from schools in different countries working together. The websites are judged on the quality of their content and presentation, effective collaboration, and a focus on helping others through knowledge or activities. </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f"><br/> The contest runs from October through April, with winners announced and cash prizes awarded in May. </p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #5e5e5f">The Clubhouse is a non-competitive flexible program focused on collaborative learning. Projects can include any topics such as: language class exchanges, environmental research, collaborative science projects, and discussion groups. This program can begin at any time and last months or multiple years.</p>
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Is anyone using iPads in the classroom or planning to next school year? Input would be welcome as far as how are you using them or planning to, positve outcomes and drawbacks.
Is anyone using iPads in the classroom or planning to next school year? Input would be welcome as far as how are you using them or planning to, positve outcomes and drawbacks.