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The Cost of Everything...

So as the price of petroleum soars, sending the costs of everything else skyward, perhaps it is time for the United States to begin reducing the total amount of money we pour into other nations and reduce our total contribution to the United Nations. The fed could take that outlay and reduce our individual tax burden and subsidize the soaring fuel costs (particularly in the northeast). I keep reading how we should be thankful that we don't pay what other nations pay for fuel...the US is not othe… Continue

Posted by Don Lavalette on June 6, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

About Me

Although I am approaching my fourth year as an educator, I have worked in the educational field for the last thirteen. Prior to teaching I was a school secretary. I believe this has provided me with great insight to all the functions and operations of a school community. As a professional, who desires to be a proactive school community member, this is a quality asset to possess. I love working with children, helping them discover, name, and build on their understandings of the world around them… Continue

Posted by Tana Miles on February 20, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

KindleLab opensource interactive whiteboard application

If you are using the Wiimote whiteboard and are needing an opensource interactive whiteboard app here is something to try - http://kindlelab.com/software.html & a video of it being used is here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-75kPfF48

Will work with other… Continue

Posted by Rich White on January 22, 2008 at 8:31am — No Comments

Teaching

When I came into education it was as a parent; I was looking for a career that also allowed me to be home when my school age children were home.

Later when my daughter was afraid to go to college I said, “I’ll go first,” and so I did. My principal’s and peers over the years wer…

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Posted by Tana Miles on January 10, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda)

Edusim leads others to try Croquet worlds on surfaces (kinda)

http://www.edutechie.com/2007/12/haptic-novint-falcon-navigates-virtual-space

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Posted by Rich White on December 19, 2007 at 12:22am — No Comments

Edusim - the free 3D interactive whiteboard appliaction sample video

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Posted by Rich White on November 3, 2007 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Tomorrow

Tomorrow's the first day of another big year. I'm going to do a family history project with a class set of digital cameras and bookbinding equipment. Ready? Continue

Posted by M S DeLeonardis on August 27, 2007 at 8:24pm — No Comments

Back to School

I am hoping to connect with music technology teachers, and set up a iChat to discuss compositions we have created. This summer has been so exciting and ready to start the year with a bang. I have a main website www.carolbroos.com and also a main blog site www.eagles.edublog.org
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Posted by Carol Broos on August 16, 2007 at 2:18pm — 1 Comment

"The Achievement Gap" and real impacts

This week I'm writing a series on technology and "The Achievement Gap" on my social desktop. This is the third part of the series which takes concepts introduced by "'The Achievement Gap' and culture", and distinguishes between established methods for addressing the problem and making real changes. In my last article I promised to go more into technology, but it seems that the problem I'm addressing needs more distinction at this time.

In… Continue

Posted by Jared on August 9, 2007 at 10:38pm — No Comments

"The Achievement Gap" and culture

This week I'm writing a series on technology and "The Achievement Gap" on my social desktop. This is the second part of the series which takes concepts introduced by "The Achievement Gap" and puts them into a larger cultural context.

Administrators and educators in the United States are faced with balancing federal mandates like the "No Child Left Behind Act" and state concerns like closing "The Ac… Continue

Posted by Jared on August 4, 2007 at 6:48pm — No Comments

The Achievement Gap

This week I'm writing a series on technology and "The Achievement Gap" on my social desktop. This is the first part of the series which introduces the concept of "The Achievement Gap" and some methods high level administrators are using to combat the problem.

"The Achievement Gap" is a theory that observes educational performance of children in the United States in public K-12 schools. The founda… Continue

Posted by Jared on August 3, 2007 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Just starting out

I just put this new page together so I can network with other music tech teachers.
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Posted by Carol Broos on August 3, 2007 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Tough Choices or Tough Times

There does seem to be some evidence that shows US schools are starting to lose competitive edge internationally.

"A swiftly rising number of American workers at every skill level are in direct competition with workers in every corner of the globe. While our international counterparts are increasingly getting more education, their young people are getting a better education as well. American students and young adults place anywhere from the middle to the bottom of the pack in all three… Continue

Posted by Jared on August 1, 2007 at 6:01pm — No Comments

A good resource

I just learned about this on Classroom 2.0. You can go to this site, http://www.educause.edu/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutSeries/7495,
and find short two-page overviews of various technology practices and applications.
Thanks to Richard on Classroom 2.0 for the tip!
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Posted by Linda Loder on July 24, 2007 at 10:09am — No Comments

Reaching out from the professional sector to educators

I'm working to promote international collaborations between educators. Over the last week I've put up a sight where educators can register for what I've been calling the International Educators Collaborative. It's still a little vague what that means because the more I talk to educators about it the more the idea starts shift and come into greater focus. My real purpose is to establish a means for educators to use the web in a somewhat standard way that… Continue

Posted by Jared on July 20, 2007 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Making connections across networks

I want to write a little bit more about the database I've put online for educators that want to collaborate directly with other classrooms.

I got the idea from interacting with teachers on ning. I've been trying to contact as many teachers as possible through many networks and it dawned on me that I'm making connections that a lot of educators need but can't make on their own because they don't have the time. I also noticed that a database of these people doesn't exist anywhere yet. S… Continue

Posted by Jared on July 18, 2007 at 8:12pm — No Comments

Web Applications for Educators

I think the biggest disconnect between teachers and technology comes when a technological medium requires too much time to understand or maintain. That's probably part of the enthusiasm behind social networking; you have a profile page that says who you are and then you can go about communicating with people who are online in real time. It's simple and requires no technological knowledge or understanding.

Applications which are in some ways like ning will be best for educators, as… Continue

Posted by Jared on July 18, 2007 at 8:11pm — No Comments

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Posted by Ron Feldt on June 24, 2007 at 6:43pm — No Comments

NECC 2007

ePals will be at NECC in Atlanta! I'm the new Director of Professional Development for ePals. Please visit me on our NECC blog at http://sites.epals.com/necc/ . We're blogging about the NECC experience AND we are blogging about Flat Stanley!
Why?
Because exciting things are happening at NECC!

Dale Hubert, founder of the online Flat Stanley Project, AND Tim Discipio, founder of ePals, will be on hand to meet you and discuss collaborative projects!
Visit us in person at Booth… Continue

Posted by Kari Stubbs on June 20, 2007 at 5:41pm — 3 Comments

I-Teams and Teaming

The I-Teams from two school districts and I just spent two days working with various Web 2.0 resources and talking about our roles in helping our schools' staffs integrate technology to increase learning. We focused these two days on learning for ourselves. One of the things we've decided to do is use the TeachStrong.org site as our experiment in virtual learning as a team.
We are a WAN (wide-area network) of sorts; teachers, media specialists and administrators from different schools shari… Continue

Posted by Linda Loder on June 17, 2007 at 5:25pm — No Comments

Student Centered Learning

I've spent the past few days learning Content Enhancement Routines and Learning Strategies. These are great for helping students master critical content in the classroom! Now, my challenge is to pull in Student Centered Learning in addition to these routines and strategies. In the LoTi Workshops we discuss Content, Process, and Product and how technology relates to these concepts. Technology can be the key for all of these in helping to make a classroom more student centered! How do you promote… Continue

Posted by Jana Craig Hare on June 1, 2007 at 9:49am — No Comments