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21st Century Class

Starting in the fall I will be teaching a class to seniors called, "21st Century Skills". We will be giving each student a laptop (apple of course). The content of the class has not be set yet, but will include 21st Century skills and Web 2.0. I would love input from my colleagues on what these students need to survive in the "real world". What are your thoughts on this topic? Does anyone else do anything like this?

Added by Tanya Gray on April 29, 2007 at 6:46pm — 8 Comments

Free 3D Software

I have not used any of these programs but thought some find have a interest in checking them out. Listing courtesy of Smosh Forum.

3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm

Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/

Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/

Now3D -… Continue

Added by Lynne Wolters on April 29, 2007 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Free Image Editing/Manipulation Software

I have not used these programs but thought some of you may be looking for a free image editing program for you classroom use. Listing courtesy of Smosh Forums.

ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

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Added by Lynne Wolters on April 29, 2007 at 1:32pm — 4 Comments

Introduction

Hello all! My name is Jerry and until this past year, I was a middle school math teacher in Hays, Kansas. I have since taken a job with an education service center (SWPRSC) here in Kansas. In my new position, I am learning tons and plan to learn tons more. I am currently working with elementary and middle school math teachers across the state and am facilitating a technology grant in a rural Kansas school (Hill City for those of you interested.) If all goes as planned I should complete my… Continue

Added by Jerry Braun on April 29, 2007 at 7:50am — 4 Comments

Search Engine MsDewey

Please have a look at this funny Search Engine. It´s not Google or Yahoo, it´s just fun!
Enjoy MsDewey for some minutes.
I´ld like to get to know your impressions!?

Added by Hans Feldmeier on April 29, 2007 at 5:02am — 4 Comments

I started a Ning for Global Education!

Excuse the multiple cross-postings on various listservs etc....

http://globaleducation.ning.com/

At the National Educational Computing Conference to be held in Atlanta, Georgia this June, fellow ADE Julene Reed and I will be hosting a workshop on global collaboration. I plan on utilizing a variety of

tools and resources throughout this hands-on class, including Ning, a

service that allows one to establish… Continue

Added by Lucy Gray on April 28, 2007 at 11:20pm — No Comments

EdubloggerCon

I have backed up my Atlanta reservations to attend this too. I am so looking forward to Atlanta!

Added by Cathy Nelson on April 28, 2007 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Web 3D

This morning on my blog I posted an entry considering the relationship between what Grant Wiggins has labeled "Understanding by Design" "Differentiated Instruction" and Web 2.0. While writing this entry I started thinking about the role of sims in different ways than I had before. I'd love to find a list of sims that are free, easy to download, and high quality for educational purposes. Imagine how easy it would be to engage kinestenthic… Continue

Added by Andrew Pass on April 28, 2007 at 11:49am — No Comments

Year in Review

I have been thinking about my experiences this year with our teachers in Laptop Focus Group, my Lead Tech Team, and Kal-Tech and I can't help but think about the growth we all have made ..... as an individual, contributor, creator, teacher. Wow!! My brain can't hold it all :-)

My Kal-Tech team is made up of a great group of educators from Ellis, Kansas. They are excellent educators struggling… Continue

Added by Karla Murray on April 28, 2007 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Presenting and sharing PowerPoint online

Check out a Web 2.0 Tool for the classroom: authorSTREAM

Now each teacher or student is able to place a powerpoint online on a website or blog. It helps a lot thinking about a result of a webquest ...
Have a look at one of my blogs!

Added by Hans Feldmeier on April 28, 2007 at 3:41am — 5 Comments

1:1 Sooner than Later? or How much will the "$100 laptop" cost in the US?

Perhaps it won't be so long before every student in our schools has a
tool they can use to connect with, well, anything they want. Check it out.

Added by Jeremiah Patterson on April 27, 2007 at 6:33pm — No Comments

Innovate Live Webcasts

Just received interesting email about Live Webcasts, based on interesting articles in latest edition of Innovate:

Innovate-Live webcasts offer an opportunity to synchronously interact with

authors of selected articles in the April/May 2007 issue of Innovate, an

open access e-journal published by the Fischler School of Education and

Social Services at Nova Southeastern University. These webcasts are

produced as a public service by our partner, ULiveandLearn , If…

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Added by Riчard on April 27, 2007 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Cybercompliment Day

To all members of this ning - Happy Cybercompliment Day!

Added by Durff on April 27, 2007 at 4:19pm — No Comments

iPod iQuiz

Technically this doesn't fit with Classroom 2.0, but I think it rocks.

One of the games that comes standard on the iPod is Music Quiz. It will randomly play a part of a song you have loaded on your iPod and give

you a list of 4 songs. You have to pick the correct song in the

shortest amount of time.

Just the other day, Apple released iQuiz. Which does the same thing, but with updated graphics. And now today, iQuizMaker… Continue

Added by Aaron Slutsky on April 27, 2007 at 12:14pm — No Comments

iPod iQuiz

Added by Aaron Slutsky on April 27, 2007 at 12:03pm — No Comments

4 Things Good Teachers do to Get Students REALLY Involved in Projects

I wrote a blog post this morning about 4 things I have found common across projects that have really succeeded. Some of you may find it of interest. You can check it out here.

4 Things Good Teachers do to Get Students REALLY Involved in Projects

Cheers!

Jeff

Added by Jeff VanDrimmelen on April 27, 2007 at 8:28am — No Comments

Online image editors

With Adobe's announcement last week of it's intention to produce a scaled down web-version of PhotoShop I thought I'd have a look at a couple of examples of what is out there already. Picnik and Snipshot a couple of web2.0 online image editors I've come across. Both of these apps have interfaces that are very…

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Added by Paul Reid on April 27, 2007 at 7:39am — 1 Comment

KSDE Conference

I'm spending today and tomorrow and the KSDE State Conference in Wichita. Wesley Fryer did a great session today revolving around web 2.0 issues - cyberbullying, blogging, social networking and the issues those present to schools.
One comment he made that really sums up what we're trying to do if we are traching kids the 21st century skills they truly need: How do we teach kids to be their own filter?

Added by Linda Loder on April 26, 2007 at 8:07pm — 1 Comment

Responses to Gates and Broad $60M to push "educational reform"

Eli Broad and Bill Gates plan to spend $60 Million

to push "educational reform" to the top of the 2008 political agenda. Who thinks this constitutes reform?

Here's the agenda:

National standardized curriculum
Longer school day
Merit pay

There are some great comments about this on the web:

Roger… Continue

Added by Sylvia Martinez on April 26, 2007 at 5:52pm — 4 Comments

Game design - classroom 2.0 isn't just about the web...

Nate Stearns read my bio here about being a game designer in a previous life and asked me some questions about that. We had a nice email discussion, but it seemed like a good subject and I'm never one to waste good content!

I've posted some resources for educators interested in game design at the Genyes blog. Game design is a terrific activity for students. It requires critical thinking,… Continue

Added by Sylvia Martinez on April 26, 2007 at 3:20pm — No Comments