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Tami Brass

Teaching with Netbooks - Resources

Posted by Tami Brass on July 2, 2009 at 6:18pm

Brice Armel

Cours Secondaire Catholique de Yopougon

Posted by Brice Armel on July 1, 2009 at 12:00pm

Brad

Introducing the Online School for Girls

Posted by Brad on June 22, 2009 at 3:39pm — 6 Comments

Isabel

Tech Institute Wrap up

Posted by Isabel on June 16, 2009 at 2:08pm — 1 Comment

Meghan Murray

Tech Institute Day 1

Posted by Meghan Murray on June 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Jane D. Smith

Professional Development Plan

Posted by Jane D. Smith on June 10, 2009 at 11:47am — 1 Comment

Laura Demaria

...and the results are in.

Posted by Laura Demaria on June 10, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Cynthia Darling

addition to my PDP--June 2009

Posted by Cynthia Darling on June 10, 2009 at 10:43am

Jan at MKA

My PDP (created 6/09)

Posted by Jan at MKA on June 10, 2009 at 10:00am

Birthdays

Audio Files

Heard online...

"The death of our ability to be alone."
        ~ Brigid Delaney

"A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we’re loved."
        ~ Mr. Rogers

"Just saw someone actually posing for a photo. How quaint!"
       ~ unknown

"Link flow..."
        ~ Will Richardson

"Attention Literacy."
        ~ Howard Rheingold

"Free Range Kids."
        ~ Edutopia

"Google searches websites, Twitter searches people."
        ~ TwiTip

"The objective of education is learning, not teaching."
        ~ Knowledge@Wharton

"The more something is shared, the more valuable it becomes."
        ~ Fluid Learning

"When tension begins to escalate in a school, we retreat back into what is comfortable and traditional."
        ~ Peter Cobb
 

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Discussions

Laura Lorenz

headset recommendations for Audacity 1 Reply

I am planning to ask for funds for a classroom set of headsets. Is there a particular brand that holds up well? I'm planning to use them for audio projects using Audacity. Thanks, Laura Lorenz Not...

Started by Laura Lorenz in Technology-Infrastructure Discussions. Last reply by Tami Brass 1 day ago.

Fred Bartels

Help Get Apple to Release the FirstClass iPhone App 4 Replies

Apple has had the FirstClass iPhone app for almost three months and no one at FirstClass is getting any informative feedback about why the app has not been approved and made available on the app st...

Started by Fred Bartels in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Jamie Atkeson Jun 30.

Colin Bridgewater

optimal height for installation of interactive whiteboards? 1 Reply

We're installing interactive whiteboards (Polyvision ENO boards) in three seventh grade classrooms this summer, and I am having a bit of a debate with the teachers about the height at which they sh...

Started by Colin Bridgewater in Technology-Infrastructure Discussions. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Jun 29.

Douglas Brophy

World Religions Technology Activity 1 Reply

Greetings, I teach World Religions (my school's ninth-grade History course), and am looking to partner, via technology, with another group of students studying similar material. For example, our s...

Tagged: Technology, Religions

Started by Douglas Brophy in Technology-Educational Discussions. Last reply by Ann Mellow Jun 29.

Chris Bigenho

Learning through Alternate Reality Games- Hands-on Experiential Session

If you are at NECC 2009 in D.C., tomorrow (Monday) from 12:30 to 1:30 I will be presenting a session about learning through alternate reality games. This Hands-on session (bring your own laptop wit...

Tagged: ARG, necc2009, necc09

Started by Chris Bigenho in General Interest Discussion Jun 29.

Jocko

Bullying Prevention

I am a Middle School Head trying to do more in terms of preventing bullying and anti-social behavior. We have an on-going advisory program that tries to deal with the issue, but it is not as effect...

Tagged: prevention, bullying

Started by Jocko in General Interest Discussion Jun 25.

Deborah Levy

Please Help with Rationale for Tech Literacy Goals

I'm helping my school create tech literacy goals for our graduates. I'm currently thinking of the following three goals, but could use more input in terms of the rationale behind why these are thre...

Tagged: rationale, graduates, technology, education, edtech

Started by Deborah Levy in Technology-Educational Discussions Jun 25.

Chris Bigenho

NECC: What will you be looking for this year?

Sorry for the cross post... As I was getting ready for this year's "show", I started a list of things I would be looking for. I wrote a blog post about it which you can read here. I was wondering ...

Tagged: necc2009

Started by Chris Bigenho in Conference Discussions Jun 24.

Tatiana Kurjaninow

Active Assessment for Active Science (Hein & Price, 1994)

For professional development over the summer, this text was suggested by my Supervisor. I teach an inquiry-based curriculum where we do plenty of hands on learning that allows for active assessment...

Tagged: constructivism, science, assessment, active

Started by Tatiana Kurjaninow in Book Discussions Jun 23.

Jim Heynderickx

High School Scheduling Discussions: NYC School Visits 1 Reply

Hi, All Our HS scheduling master, Jack Kurty, is looking to visit some NYC Metro area schools to talk with other HS scheduling specialists (or functionaries, or...). He could make the trip in earl...

Started by Jim Heynderickx in General Interest Discussion. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Jun 21.

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I realize I'm "preaching to the choir" by posting here, because if you are a member of this ning, you are probably also a member of other nings. And, you probably have a Twitter page and/or a Facebook page, etc. So, what's my intent? I'm hoping th...
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How are our discussions about safety on the internet evolving as students (and adults) become increasingly connected through social networking and other means? Have we changed our tone, and how? Resources are posted on the School Computing Wiki.
 

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