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Developing A 21st Century Open-Source Building Toy
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A new Google+ group for independent school educators.
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Great to see these school heads taking a stand against gun violence
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Noam Chomsky: Can civilisation survive really existing capitalism?

Noam Chomsky: Can civilisation survive really existing capitalism? UCD Philosophy Society Inaugural Lecture 2013 Full story: http://www.ucd.ie/news/2013/04AP...

May 14

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LCL - Session 9 - Tinkering

Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/Byp2/

Apr 29

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Fred Bartels replied to Fred Bartels's discussion Resources for teaching iPhone programming in the group iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Programming Classes

"Hi Marie, A few of my sources. Listserves: ISED, NYCIST, Wizards. Various RSS/newsfeeds (I use Pulse on the iPad). Twitter is hugely important these days."

Apr 24

Marie Sack replied to Fred Bartels's discussion Resources for teaching iPhone programming in the group iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Programming Classes

"Hi Everyone, Thank you for sharing your resources and knowledge. What organization, social media, or networking do you use to learn about these wonderful tools? "

Apr 23

Fred Bartels replied to Bill Ivey's discussion NAIS Presidential appointment

"John Chubb is currently the head of a think tank called EducationSector. http://www.educationsector.org EducationSector just announced that they are retracting a paper that apparently falsely slammed university professors for teaching lighter…"

Apr 18

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LCL - Session 8 - Motivation & Learning

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LCL - Session 7 - Learning in Communities

Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/Bqf5/

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iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad Programming Classes

A group to share information about teaching programming classes focused around the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Mar 31

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Fred Bartels replied to Bill Ivey's discussion NAIS Presidential appointment

"I ran across this article today about K-12 Inc. settling a class-action lawsuit against it for inflating claims of success. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2013/03/k12_reaches_settlement_in_investor_lawsuit.html This of course…"

Mar 29

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Reinventing a Public High School with Problem-Based Learning

Sammamish High School is in the midst of a five-year process to change from traditional teaching to an entirely problem-based curriculum. Follow the journey ...

Mar 27

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Fred Bartels replied to Fred Bartels's discussion Developing A 21st Century Open-Source Building Toy

"Almost 2/3rds funded with 11 days to go! Thanks to all who have contributed. "

Mar 25

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Developing A 21st Century Open-Source Building Toy

Hi All,I'm developing an open-source building toy to support the creation of organically shaped structures like those of Frank Gehry and…See More

Mar 9

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Fred Bartels replied to Fred Bartels's discussion A new Google+ group for independent school educators.

"The Independent School Educators Google+ community is only a week old and already has 176 members! Please come join this new group and add your voice to the conversations! https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109662330815430791947"

Mar 6

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Learning Creative Learning - Session 4 - Powerful Ideas

Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/BhFe/

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Wealth Inequality in America

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actua...

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Fred Bartels replied to Bill Ivey's discussion NAIS Presidential appointment

"Hi Kim, Thanks for talking with John Chubb and for sharing your thoughts about the conversation. I was struck by these two paragraphs near the middle of your post. I find it incredibly ironic that Chubb, a strong supporter of NCLB, which is forcing…"

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"http://ning.it/13kYo7d A new Google+ group for indy school educators"

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A new Google+ group for independent school educators.

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Learning Creative Learning - Session 2 - Interest-based Learning

Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/Bb6M/ A panel conversation between Mitch Resnick, Joi Ito, and Mimi Ito - di...

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School:: iScoop

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I've always loved the wacky architecture in Dr. Seuss books. This movie is a walkthrough of a SketchUp model I made that trys to emulate some of that Seussian magic.

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Noam Chomsky: Can civilisation survive really existing capitalism?

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Recording of ISTE Webinar on MOOCs with Peter Gow, Larry Kahn and Fred Bartels

Is available here: http://iste.adobeconnect.com/p5stunwixzp/

The planning site for the upcoming EdTech MOOC is here: https://sites.google.com/site/edtechmooc/

Posted on October 5, 2012 at 10:13am

Using Social Media for Design - A Personal Example

Hi All,

As I think I've posted previously, I have a building toy idea (http://www.quirky.com/ideations/82529) that is making its way through the potential product process at Quirky. http://www.quirky.com/

If you or your students are interested in building toys, design as a social process, or you're just curious, please consider checking out the design…

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Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:33am

A new building toy for curvy architecture!

I submitted an idea for a new building toy to Quirky (http://www.quirky.com) in late August and they chose to consider trying to develop it into a product.

They are currently looking for some input about how to market the building toy. Any input from ISEneters using the link below would be much appreciated.

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Posted on September 23, 2011 at 5:46pm

The Online Progressive unSchool Needs You!

The Online Progressive unSchool is an open-source design for a

non-profit community-created learning resource. *

For OPuS to work it is essential to have the participation of a

community of educators passionate about their areas of interest and

about blended learning.

OPuS is conceived as a community of virtual learning spaces where

teachers and students from around the world -who share a…

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Posted on January 27, 2011 at 7:39am — 2 Comments

An Open Letter to Steve Jobs

I've been working on ideas for the Online Progressive School this week. Took a little break from that to write this open letter to Steve Jobs.

http://fredbartels.posterous.com/an-open-letter-to-steve-jobs

Very much enjoying the unstructured free time that a long break brings.

Fred

Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:10am

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At 11:41pm on August 22, 2010, Jeremy Blackman said…: Hi Fred,

Thanks for the welcome! I might start up a blog or discussion forum on this site...some interesting things happening, or on the verge of happening, at MLC re: technology.

At 1:36pm on May 24, 2010, Matt Montagne said…: check that request, Fred. I just found it...using Google Search instead of the Ning's search: http://isenet.ning.com/forum/topics/capturing-writing-to-video

This is GREAT. It is exactly what a teacher of ours would like to do.

At 1:32pm on May 24, 2010, Matt Montagne said…: Fred, I remember a really cool schematic that you posted for a tripod-like device to hold a flip camera for doing screen-cast like instructional videos. I've been digging around on the ISEN Ning and am unable to unearth it. Do you have a link??

Thanks,
Matt

At 9:18am on March 15, 2010, Demetri Orlando said…: The wiki seems to be running at normal speed for me here this morning. Please do let me know if you continue to see it running slowly. thanks! btw, I only was able to move text over, not images.

At 6:01pm on November 17, 2009, Sandee Mirell said…: I've already done that with one person I know is from a CA school, and I just sent an email to our PD Directors listserv telling them about this site.
sandee

At 5:38pm on November 17, 2009, Sandee Mirell said…: Hi,
Yes, of course I know Barbara. In fact, I was planning to email her and our PD colleagues (who get together every year at NAIS) to let them know about this network because we've been talking about starting one of our own. What we do in California that is somewhat like what you do is this. We sponsor two programs annually which alternate regions in alternate years. For instance, the Regional Meeting is in the South this year. This is a one day gathering of 2000+ teachers and middle level administrators who come together at one of our K-12 schools to present and attend workshops (in three sessions) that are put on largely by other CAIS teachers. One of the 14 subject/grade level areas is Technology. Additionally, we bring in a Featured Speaker who presents in all three sessions. This year that speaker will be Rob Evans.

What is happening in the North this year is what we call the Professional Days. A half-to-full day workshop in each of the same 14 categories is planned and hosted by members of the Professional Services Committee in the region. This year the tech person on our Northern Professional Services Committee is hosting a day on the use of the SmartBoard. While use is becoming more and more widespread in our schools there is still a gap in knowledge re: how to use it effectively in the majority of our schools and teachers.
Sandee Mirell

At 8:06pm on October 21, 2009, Laurie Bartels said…: Oh my goodness, we can give virtual gifts now! What HAS become of isenet.Ning!

At 5:57am on June 25, 2009, Dianne Schlosser said…: Hi, Fred, I'm just now getting around to looking at Ning and its educational use. Two of my language teachers plan to use it for their teaching this year. Believe it or not, I was introduced to it first by the Jr. High School that I worked at in New Orleans at least 20 years ago. It was destroyed during Katrina and they have established a ning to reconnect.

At 12:12pm on June 23, 2009, Douglas Brophy said…: Thanks, Fred. I'll follow-up.

At 11:13am on June 23, 2009, Douglas Brophy said…: Hi Fred,

I am new to the group and have a question: What would be the best way to identify a teacher interested in having her/his class collaborate with my Ninth Grade World Religions Class on a technology-based project?

Thanks,

Doug