January 2009 Blog Posts (154)

Why Do Children with Mental Health Issues need Early and Effective Interventions?

What happens psychologically when you fail at something? What if you fail several times?

Let's take someone with ADHD for example. Over time they continue to fail at school because of poor organization and lack of focus. They fail socially because of impulsive behavior and poor emotional control. They can also feel like a failure within the family because they are constantly being reprimanded for behaviors.

The result is that they begin to feel powerless. Let me explain.… Continue

Added by Brad Chapin on January 14, 2009 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Preparing young teachers to use technology

Lynne H asked, a while ago, ‘what are universities doing to make sure that their teacher candidates are prepared to use and teach their students to use technology?’ Her conclusion was ‘not much’.

I read this at a time when I was beginning to plan a unit of work for postgraduate trainee teachers at a local University. So I turned Lynne’s question in on… Continue

Added by Steve Shann on January 14, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Twtpolls: digital stories & student texting

New digital storytelling poll. What's your favorite Web 2.0 app for this: http://twtpoll.com/1qqyub

Currently the twtpoll on student preferred messaging indicates 78% of students are most likely to use cell texting with 15% on facebook. If you haven't voted, check it out at http://twtpoll.com/t67coj

Thanks for adding your opinions!
Lauren

Added by Lauren Rosen on January 14, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Palestinian Contemporary Artists: Dina Matar & Rana Bishara

The Lover

Her eyes and the tattoo on her hands are Palestinian,

Her name, Palestinian,

Her dreams and sorrow, Palestinian,

Her kerchief, her feet and body, Palestinian,

Her words and her silence, Palestinian,

Her voice, Palestinian,

Her birth and her death, Palestinian.

-Mahmoud Darwish

Born in 1985, Dina Matar is a Gazan artist living in the Bureji refugee camp . She received her degree in Educational Art from Al Aqsa… Continue

Added by Ellen Pham on January 14, 2009 at 12:20am — No Comments

Teach English online

Teaching English on internet is done as academic training as well as corporate training. There is a huge demand to learn English and also languages like German, French and Spanish. There is a demand among students as well as professionals businessmen to learn these languages.

In Academic training English is taught as a subject and includes

• English Grammar

• English Vocabulary

• English Literature

• Phonics

• English Story Writing

• English… Continue

Added by bindu g on January 13, 2009 at 9:36pm — No Comments

I DO Have a Blog!

Several, in fact. But if you actually read them, your head would explode. Therefore, for your own safety, I will not provide links to them.

Added by Shade51 on January 13, 2009 at 8:57pm — No Comments

sharing the conference wealth

I'm a big fan of the New Media Consortium's conferences. They just sent out their call for papers for their summer conference. Check out: http://www.nmc.org/2009-summer-conference/call

Added by rrodrigo on January 13, 2009 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Beyoncé and School Redesign

I learned long ago to appreciate art from many different perspectives and was impressed when I caught a 20 second clip of the vid "Single Ladies" a week or two ago. I downloaded the entire clip on iTunes and was really impressed. Technically it is amazing, and the choreography is extremely dynamic.

When I mentioned the clip to a friend I found out that there were lots of funny versions on YouTube so I decided to check a few of those out. I eventually stumbled across an interview with… Continue

Added by Tom Welch on January 13, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Smart Boards

Hi,
My school is new to Smartboards. Any suggestions on good sites to visit for elementary schools?

Added by Karen Merkow on January 13, 2009 at 1:50pm — 3 Comments

Reflecting more often...

So I've been thinking about life - well life and how I reflect on it, and one of the ways that helps me to reflect is writing.

I specifically want to become better - more consistent at posting what I discover and think about - esp. with regard to technology.

My undergraduate studies stated that learners retain and think more clearly when done based on periods of metacognitive thought - that is thinking about thinking, and in this case, me thinking about my own… Continue

Added by Dave Eveland on January 13, 2009 at 9:31am — 1 Comment

first attempt (copied from erc/nd.edu/blogs/tloughran

Picknic'd Adler Milkly Way, originally uploaded by NDeRC2.

...Couldn't resist trying Flickr's' new Picnik add-in with the full Adler visualization. A very cool toolset: easy to…

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Added by Tom Loughran on January 13, 2009 at 8:11am — No Comments

3 Tips Help Online Training Far Away From Devils in 2009

We have all heard the claims that implementing eLearning and online training in corporation will significantly reduce the training costs and improve performance. But the fact is that eLearning projects rarely produce a significant Return On Investment (ROI).

Corporate University Xchange's Pillars of e-Learning Success indicated that nearly 75 percent of corporate learning professionals reducing education and training costs was their main driver for launching an e-learning… Continue

Added by William Peterson on January 13, 2009 at 3:59am — No Comments

Careers in Information Technology

Careers in Information Technology

Careers in Information Technology are one of the most sought-after jobs in the work place. This is because services provided in Information Technology are utilized across all industries.

Select a career in the box above now for free access to information about IT online… Continue

Added by gui on January 13, 2009 at 1:05am — No Comments

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is a competitive, merit-based award that provides up to $7,500 per year for educational expenses of sophomore and college juniors who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

http://www.fund-myeducation.com/barry-m-goldwater-scholarship-program/

Application Process:

For more information, register now to… Continue

Added by gui on January 13, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

A new school year

Well another school year is not that far off and I have been doing a few things this week to get myself back into a bit of a routine. In fact 3-4 hours each day so far-timetables, Intel unit updates, Early Years Numeracy data and other odds and ends which will start the year off more smoothly. Once my list is done then I might be bale to do some planning for my teaching.

One of the things I want to have a close look at this year is student engagement and how we can use games and hand… Continue

Added by Maree Leopold on January 12, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

2009 Educators’ Calendar

News From Sameshow Blog:

Enjoy your FREE 2009 Educators’ Calendar, full of interesting holidays, significant dates in history, and month- and week-long celebrations. It’s sure to present teachable moments all year long!…

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Added by Sabrina Fu on January 12, 2009 at 7:26pm — No Comments

My DJ Playlist for What It's Worth

Here's the latest project in my Music Technology Class (8th Grade):

Prompt:

"You've been called to be the DJ for the dance on Friday. Create a playlist for the dance."

First, use online resources to find and listen to potential songs to be included.

Potential sources are Songza, Seeqpod, i-Tunes and Musicovery.

Next, use MS Word… Continue

Added by Andrew on January 12, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

slidesix

http://slidesix.com/howto

I just returned from viewing slidesix's Web site. A very interesting Web site that looks very promising. Here are some of the features:

"Welcome to the greatest free presentation sharing community in the world.

Here you can upload your presentations and share them with your friends (publicly or privately).

You can even add video and/or audio by recording it directly within the site!

SlideSix supports a ton of… Continue

Added by Lawrence on January 12, 2009 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Introducing Iraqi Students to BETT '09

We at Rafi.ki are putting the final touches to our preparations for the BETT show at London Olympia this week (14-17 Jan, Stand F70). It is a really exciting time, not just because we are looking forward to taking part in the world's biggest educational technology event, but we are also running a selection of demonstration video conferences between UK schools who'll be at BETT and Rafi.ki schools around the… Continue

Added by Chris Llewellyn on January 12, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

3 Steps to Customer Service in Education

Taken from: Leading 180 Days

The realm of education has become very competitive. Public schools are fighting to recruit and retain students. I love the challenge, but it isn’t easy! Public schools are competing against virtual academies that provide computers if you enroll in their program, private schools that serve a special niche (e.g. religion), and in certain states other… Continue

Added by Adam on January 11, 2009 at 9:41pm — No Comments