February 2010 Blog Posts (135)

5 Teacher Movies That Motivate

Grab some popcorn, a soda, and one of these inspiring flicks to renew your educational energy:

1) The Miracle Worker (This movie has been remade several times, but the Patty Duke version is my personal favorite!)

2) To Sir, With Love

3) Finding Forrester (Not a teacher movie in the traditional sense, but still fabulous and it stars Sean Connery, which in my book is reason enough to watch. Connery is a reclusive writing prodigy who mentors an…

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Added by Karren Colbert on February 13, 2010 at 10:38pm — 2 Comments

New York Online Learning Update

Check out my most recent blog posts on the transformation of education in New York. The new tech plan clearly sees NY in a new direction. The RTTT application integrated virtual education in many areas. As one of the last states to embrace online learning, the transformation is interesting.

See http://www.hybridhighschool.com for links and…

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Added by Sue Palmer on February 13, 2010 at 9:43am — No Comments

CATE - The California Association of Teachers of English

I am at CATE today, at the The California Association of Teachers of English…

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Added by Alan Sitomer on February 13, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Another Presentation About Web2.0 Tools for Teachers

Wow, it has only been a year and a half since I did my Web 2.0 workshop in Pakistan, and I'm already seeing more promising tools worth checking out for my next workshop. This is for the Nigerian International Schools Conference that my school is hosting in Lagos.

Here's the outline, and I would appreciate it if you could recommend websites showcasing actual examples (of student work) of these tools being used in Grade 5-12 classrooms:…

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Added by Antoinette Go on February 13, 2010 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Taxonomy of Assessment (Bloom's Taxonomy)

This week was a very enlightening week. Bloom and I really got around to knowing each other. I had never met the man before. I have a BA in Spanish/English and an MA in TESOL. I was never really interested in teaching K-12 so I was not required to take any education classes. This was more than 20 years ago. Maybe things have changed now.

Well let's get back to this Bloom guy. He has this way of guiding teachers in developing lesson plans by creating a Taxonomy of assessment. I must say that…

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Added by Carol E. Kubota on February 12, 2010 at 8:45am — No Comments

SpellingCity - A Web 2.0 Balancing Act of Crowd and Central Wisdom

I thought this highly wired group of educators might be a good group to give me feedback on a newly articulated idea: Web2.0 tools need the right mix of control and freedom to be useful. Here's the paradigm and my thoughts.

1, Pure Web2.0 let-everyone-contribute environments produce endless unfiltered… Continue

Added by johnegood on February 12, 2010 at 8:08am — No Comments

Your invitation to join a conversation with Dan Pink

Dan Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, is one of the most engaging speakers I've heard recently. You may not agree with everything he says, but you'll be thinking about it for a while.

Dan's most recent book, Drive, is about how to activate motivation in students, in workers, and in ourselves. He has graciously agreed to come to the weekly online meeting of the… Continue

Added by suehellman on February 12, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

The Return of The One Comment Project

In July of 2009, I launched The One Comment A Day Project. My mission was to promote new bloggers and bring comments to existing blogs. Initially, The One Comment A Day Project burst on to the scene with the celerity of a gazelle, however, it soon became another faded project. The members of the ning remained, however, the collaborative dialogue that…

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Added by Andrew Marcinek on February 12, 2010 at 6:55am — No Comments

Learning How To Network

Ok, so I belong to Facebook but have never joined a learning community. I have learned alot from Farmville but I would bet that doesn't count! I am now wanting to have the ability to ask questions in a safe way. I like to think of myself as able to manuever around with technology but I have to admit learning this on my own has been a challenge. I look forward to reading about other people's issues and have a place to ask my questions too.

Added by Jane Peschel on February 11, 2010 at 2:39pm — 1 Comment

The project eTwinning Art Save The World

Students from different countries met to talk each other about the World in the language of ART. For talk about the most important thing for our FUTURE - SAVING THE WORLD. Art Save The World !

Let's Get to Know You!

I am MILDA

I am SIMAS

I am AURELIJA

I am KRISTINA

I am… Continue

Added by Gražina Likpetrienė on February 10, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Give me kids any day of the week.

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On Monday we had a…

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Added by Alan Sitomer on February 10, 2010 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

A MOFET JTEC Webinar - Teaching Mishnah - Problems and Creative Solutions

MOFET JTEC Jewish Teacher Education Community of The MOFET Institute is presenting an online webinar in English without charge to the Jewish education community around the world with Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish on Teaching Mishnah - Problems and Creative Solutions on Wednesday February 17, 2010 - 7:00-8:30P.M. - Israel time (GT + 2:00…

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Added by Reuven Werber on February 10, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

K12 Online Echo

The K12 Online Echo will have Chris Walsh as a guest. Watch his 2009 presentation, Moogpal in Action, and then chat with him. You will have the chance to ask questions, share ideas and learn from the presenter and others in the chat room http://ning.it/dlXvLg</a>;

Added by Durff on February 9, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

THINK YOU CAN TEACH? A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS

A book for new middle school teachers or those in school planning on education as a career. This book is a great help for any grade level, specifically for middle school/junior high. The author,

Leon Avrech, was in middle school as a teacher, dept. chair, vice principal, principal and mentor teacher. The book takes you from the day you walk in to the office, the first of orientation, to your end of year evaluation. Topics in the book include lesson plans, back to school night, open house,…

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Added by Leon Avrech on February 9, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

Failure @ Harvard

In life we tend to study only successful people, companies, governments and so on. Even when we study the lives of these “successes” we tend to gloss over their mistakes,…

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Added by Sal P on February 9, 2010 at 11:12am — 1 Comment

ISTE’S Top Ten Edtech Priorities for 2010

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) recently released the organization’s top ten Edtech priorities for 2010.

The overarching priority, so to speak, is a definite commitment to

improving student achievement through the effective use of technology.… Continue

Added by Shawn Roner on February 9, 2010 at 8:31am — No Comments

All heed Nancie Atwell - and ignore her work at our collective peril.

Nancie Atwell recently…

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Added by Alan Sitomer on February 9, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

AV-1 Survey: Salary, Education and Learning Space Stewardship

The AV-1 community is based upon the belief that successful stewardship of learning ecosystems includes those engaged in every facet from planning and design to management and support.

Because of your participation, AV-1 is the first place to browse for insights, support, occasional LOLs and, sure, even a little moaning and groaning.…

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Added by Joe Schuch on February 8, 2010 at 7:52am — No Comments

Increasing importance of CBSE Sample Papers for CBSE Board Exams 2010

A few months ago when the HRD minister Kapil Sibal mentioned that only IIT JEE should not be responsible for entrance into the IITs, the premier institute of India, it was a time to rejoice for a lot of people. Every year lakhs of students sit for the cbse class 12 examination. Studying day in and day solving …

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Added by Saumil Shrivastava on February 8, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Beat the Heat – Online Admissions to Engineering & Medical Colleges in India

Online College Admissions in India is Next Buzz Word

As we approach the month of March the anxiety levels will shoot higher not just for the students but for the parents as well. The 12^th CBSE board exams in India kick off in March and soon after the competitive exams will takeover.…

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Added by Saumil Shrivastava on February 7, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments