February 2009
1 post
“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a...”
– Winston Churchill
December 2008
6 posts
Student Resource Bible →
1954 Civics Test →
What 5th Graders Wish You Knew
“We hate questions at the end of the chapter. Can’t we do something different?” ” Do you know what it feels like to have 2 hours of homework after sitting in class all day, usually without any PE?” ” I’m nervous enough about the test without you making me more scared.” ” Copying definitions—...
What 5th Graders Wish You Knew
“We hate questions at the end of the chapter. Can’t we do something different?” ” Do you know what it feels like to have 2 hours of homework after sitting in class all day, usually without any PE?” ” I’m nervous enough about the test without you making me more scared.” ” Copying definitions—...
Rethinking Homework →
Why School is Bad
by Rachel Grobstein
The following Op/Ed article appeared in the December, 1999 issue of The Spoke, the student newspaper of Conestoga High School in Berwyn Pennsylvania, and appears here by permission of Rachel Grobstein, who was a sophomore and Spoke Art Editor when the article appeared. The article orginally appeared both in print andon-line
Once upon a time a child is born who, after ...
August 2008
1 post
Remember: The Music is not in the Piano…
August 20, 2008 at 10:03 am
I’ve been tossing lots of old teaching materials as I clean my basement, and I came across a book with this quote in it. I find myself constantly having to remind teachers and administrators that just having the technology in school does not mean higher student achievement. As the school year starts, teachers who have developed wonderful and robust personal learning...
June 2008
11 posts
WatchTeacherTube - We Didn’t Start the Fire
“Sign of the times: whenever I do something stupid, my fingers automatically go...”
– Steve Whitaker
More Good than Bad for Students
Media reports warn of online predators, hate groups and other “digital dangers” lurking in online social spaces, and those dangers are not to be taken lightly, says Brendesha Tynes, a professor of educational psychology and of African American studies at Illinois.
“But we may do adolescents a disservice when we curtail their participation in these spaces, because the educational and psychosocial...
Social Networking is a Good Thing
“What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today,” said Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher in the university’s College of Education and Human Development and principal investigator of the study. “Students are developing a positive attitude towards using...
Great ideas and resources for digital storytelling →
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,...”
– Buckminster Fuller
We Didn't Start the Fire →
I love this post! A project like this might make me give up elementary school for high school history. Maybe.
loonyhiker:
I read this article “We Didn’t Start the Fire” which reminded me that I never taught this lesson that I wanted to do for years. I have loved this song since it came out and knew that it could be a…
NEA: Technology Not Being Used Effectively In... →
Disturbing Videotape Prank →
loonyhiker:
In the article Judge orders teens to post apology on YouTube, “A judge here is using YouTube to punish two boys who used the video-sharing website for a prank that ended with battery and…
Presentations
This site would be a great place to create a web quest using power point and then post for students to use. Or teachers could create lessons for home bound students.
brunsell:
Make online presentations http://280slides.com/
“There are three kinds of lies—lies, damned lies, and statistics....”
– Math 5 Chance Section2
May 2008
2 posts
If you put first things first,the seconds will get thrown in. But if you throw in both firsts and seconds, you lose everything.
“As most of us know from our own experience, the best learning almost always...”
– Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » Published: “Anti-teaching: Confronting the Crisis of Significance” via kwout (via paulallison)
April 2008
3 posts
My 26 Keys to Student Engagement →
This is from loonyhiker, but I think I will try this too! I will post mine on my edublog when I have it completed.Angela Maiers challenged others to create a student engagement alphabet in 26 Keys to Student Engagement and I couldn’t wait to give it a try. I hope you think about this and try it too. Here are…
Very heated debate on whether or not VEA should support education of illegal immigrants
exploratree →
teachers: exploratree by Future Labs is a collection of interactive graphic organizers.
March 2008
11 posts
My Spiritual Gifts-spiritual DNA4S-spiritual gifts D-desires of the hear N-natural talents A-apptitudes & abilities
We all spend our lives searching for, proving, or confidently expressing who we are-our identify.
A Letter asking for HELP
Dear Educators: I’m a bit perplexed and need your help. How would you react if your students said this to you: “I really like what you are saying about all of the Chemistry stuff, but I don’t have time to sit down and learn it. Can you talk to me later?” “Ya’ know, this book is great but I’m swamped with practice and social time. I think I’ll read it later when things aren’t so hectic.” “I know… I...
“Digital Natives don’t understand the power of technology. Technology to them is...”
– Google Reader (1000+) (via scm)
Are you a cultural literate or a cultural moron?
TeacherLED — Interactive Whiteboard Resources For... →
teachers: This site provides teachers with access to high quality teaching resources for use on interactive whiteboards. At the present time, the resources on the site are primarily for math.
“The best way to motivate a stubborn person is to tell them they can’t. Because...”
– Kaelie Giffel from Student2oh.org
Blessings come not to people who do great things. Blessings come to people who endure great things. ~John McArthur
Common Craft Twitter video →
teachers: They did it. Common Craft came out with one of their crafty yet very effective videos about Twitter. Take a look when you get the chance.
Online FLV Converter →
February 2008
34 posts
Welcome to Absurd Math →
“The chalk and talk lecture is like going down a highway at 30 miles per hour. ...”
– A student speaking to Dr. Lynell Burmark, author of Visual Literacy.
SlideShare (share powerpoint presentations online,... →
A N I M O T O →
Wildlife Filmmaker, Video Mashups, Animal Videos,... →
Gcast. Make your voice heard. →
The ESP Game: Labeling the Web →
Take Your writing on the road with traveling... →
Collaborative writing software online with... →
WAIT →
digitalsafety's bookmarks on del.icio.us →
Who's Watching? →
danah boyd →
Imagination Cubed →
Make your own book with Blurb →