michael edwards

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tyngsborough, ma

United States

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Tyngsborough Middle School
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http://www.sciencewithmredwards.blogspot.com
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delicious id: michael.edwards
About Me
I teach 7th grade science (physics, astronomy, biology). My delicious id is michael.edwards for those that want middle school bookmarks for the previously mentioned subjects. I am constantly trying to find new web2.0 ways to allow kids to get away from the instructivist regime and allow them to learn and be creative in THEIR world, in THEIR way. My thought is that teachers and schools are usually behind the times with technology. If educators don't keep up, then we are not truly preparing students for today's world of productivity and we are forcing students to learn these skills in ignorance.

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  • Jack

    Hi Michael!

    Hope you're enjoying the winter break. I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to make sure local kids are involved.

    You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!

    Dec 28, 2008

  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Sarah,

    With your interest in Education Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service.

    Dec 29, 2008

  • Jack

    Hey Michael,

    Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

    That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

    Do you mind passing my message along to students and your colleagues again?

    Thanks,
    Jack

    Apr 25, 2009