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If it's not live it's Jive

I have been in the synchronous world of online education for about 11 years. It has been exhausting. I truly believe that most people learn best in social environments. I think the regular old boring classroom has a lot of positives in it, like real-people.

I think correspondence/asynchronous courses are successful for about 20% of the population who are geared toward learning in an isolated environment. To them having to listen to lectures or participate in group discussions or… Continue

Added by John Wabel on November 19, 2007 at 4:11pm — No Comments

The Pale Blue Dot

I believe that education is one of the most, if not the most important profession; we truly impact the world every day through the lives of our students. In my blog on www.masterymaze.com, one of my posts is "The Pale Blue Dot" which discusses the importance of collaboration, sharing and mutual responsibility. As a preface I offer a view of one of my favorite YouTube videos entitled "The Pale Blue Dot", which offers an interesting reflection on the…

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Added by Sue Palmer on November 19, 2007 at 11:30am — No Comments

Dino-land changes on the way - kids should really like the new changes !

Students should really like the results ! .. still a bit more tweeking to go

Added by Rich White on November 19, 2007 at 8:22am — No Comments

School Life Blogs

I'm always on the look out for ways to bring more relevant themes into ICT. I'm also keen to bridge the gap between the ways students use computers in school and at home.

A project that my school is doing on SEAL (social, emotional aspects of learning) provided the ideal…

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Added by Alex Savage on November 19, 2007 at 3:45am — No Comments

I Guess This Figures

The 11 to 14-year-old crowd I teach is wearing off on me.

Added by L. Suzanne Shanks on November 18, 2007 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Assumptions of Appreciative Inquiry - Look on the Bright Side

(Cross posted from my school blog.)

The Thin Book Of Appreciative Inquiry by Sue Annis Hammond is just that, a very thin book (59 pages) that explains and describes

the process of appreciative inquiry. Hammond describes Appreciative

Inquiry this way,

The major assumption of Appreciative Inquiry is that in every organization…

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Added by Elizabeth Davis on November 17, 2007 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Strip Generator

I love this website!

Added by Donna Hebert on November 17, 2007 at 4:26pm — No Comments

2007 VITTA conference

I'm off to the VITTA conference again this year and looking forward to hearing Stephen Heppell talk about 21st Century Learning with ICT. I'm interested to hear his views on how education is changing. I sometimes wonder if it is actually changing or if it is just dressed up prettier in our schools!

I'm running my Peer Coaching session this year with more of an emphasis on my research in US.

I've attached the link to the conference below.… Continue

Added by Helen Otway on November 17, 2007 at 3:16am — 1 Comment

Secondlife WindLight on a Smartboard interactive whiteboard

Added by Rich White on November 16, 2007 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Ning Uses

Well, I'm starting to narrow down how I'll use this site. I was going to post pics and get really involved but I think I'll use my FaceBook account for pictures. I think I'll spend more of my time on this site networking for now and see where it takes me from there.

:-)

Sean M.…

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Added by Sean Martinson on November 16, 2007 at 2:30pm — No Comments

XOs - SO Excited

I can't wait to learn from and with other educators who are participating in the OLPC XO Give-1 Get-1 Campaign. If you of someone you know is getting involved, please join the XO group in Clrm 2.0.

Added by Jane Krauss on November 16, 2007 at 1:59pm — 1 Comment

Getting Started

I am attempting to use more technology in the classroom by incorporating blogs and wikis into my curriculum. I teach high school social studies and have found many resources on the internet to aid in teaching U.S. History and Civics. I would love to create a wiki for my classes and have the students use these, but I haven't been trained in using them and I am still somewhat uncomfortable with how to use them. Are there any suggestions on what other teachers have done and how it worked? I would… Continue

Added by Kyle Bille on November 16, 2007 at 11:15am — No Comments

Conversation with Pre-Service Teachers - Teacher as Learner

Cross-posted to blog of proximal development.

First of all, thanks to those of you from Brigham Young University who added your thoughts to my first post on the set curriculum. I enjoyed…

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Added by Konrad Glogowski on November 16, 2007 at 9:30am — No Comments

Beginner

I have just started exploring the world of 2.0 and trying things out to see what they can do. I found out about this resource at a workshop. I can't wait to see what this world can do for me and my students.

Added by Karen Hull on November 16, 2007 at 8:24am — 1 Comment

Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

I just updated my website (and personal blog there) with an updated version of my Jeopardy PowerPoint game template. You can find it on my website at www.lynnembailey.com . Th new version is one file with sound embedded that contains both regular and double Jeopardy Q&A's and works with Office/PowerPoint 2003/XP and newer. The old version works with earlier versions.…

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Added by Lynne Bailey on November 16, 2007 at 5:12am — No Comments

Bad economic news and its effect on education?

More bad economic news today - the dollar sinks with no real relief in sight.
I wonder how this will affect online for-profit schools? Will the number of instructors be cut as student enrollment goes down (IF it goes down), and will the pruning start with the more experienced and higher paid teachers?

Added by Jeff Prentice on November 15, 2007 at 11:07pm — No Comments

Dino Land Lesson is now available (finally)!

Dino Land Lesson is now available (finally)! We are using it with a class in the Science Center.

Stop by and grab it here! …

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Added by Rich White on November 15, 2007 at 2:28pm — No Comments

The water's edge

Of all the online spaces and places I've found to play in, this one elicits the most interesting internal response. The Ning platform is really lovely. Signing in here feels like coming to the waters edge of a secret swimming hole. I know I can swim and that it will be wonderful to swim with so many others who appreciate this place, but I have not jumped in. Why?

Added by Sue Wolff on November 15, 2007 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Voicethread - Looking for classes willing to "surprise" my students.

Hi,

My 5th grades started using voicethread last week to practice their English. They have recorded themselves on the thread that can be seen on this page:http://iteachr.com/learn2gether.html

It would be a fantastic surprise for them (and extremely motivating) if they discovered the voices of other kids on the thread. Our next lesson is Sunday, if any of you have the time and the equipment, please consider letting your…

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Added by SusanTsairi on November 15, 2007 at 11:22am — No Comments