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ED554 Bookmarks (weekly)

23 Jul

Posted from Diigo. The rest of MU_ED554 group favorite links are here.

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Posted by on July 23, 2011 in Tools

 

ED554 Bookmarks (weekly)

16 Jul

Posted from Diigo. The rest of MU_ED554 group favorite links are here.

 
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Posted by on July 16, 2011 in Tools

 

Presentation Skills

16 Jul

Videos
Don McMillan: Life After Death by PowerPoint


Where the Hell is Matt?

Links

Photos/Images

http://www.flickr.com/

http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/

http://www.photos8.com/

http://bighugelabs.com/

Diigo links – http://www.diigo.com/user/plan3t_t3ch/photos

Word Clouds

http://www.wordle.net/create

http://www.abcya.com/

http://tagul.com/

http://www.tagxedo.com/

Diigo links – http://www.diigo.com/user/plan3t_t3ch/wordcloud

Inforgraphics

Diigo links – http://www.diigo.com/user/plan3t_t3ch/infographics

Mindmapping

Diigo Links – http://www.diigo.com/user/plan3t_t3ch/mindmapping

 
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Posted by on July 16, 2011 in Curriculum 21

 

Recording of Friday’s Class

12 Jul

One of the benefits of Virtual Conferences/Professional Development sessions is that it can be recorded. The recording allows you to control the pace, finding the moments you want to watch again.

July 8th Session – Access the Elluminate vOffice recording:

https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2011-07-08.1503.M.A44576B8E6859982F2910C032512FD.vcr&sid=voffice

 
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Posted by on July 12, 2011 in Tools

 

Creating your own PLN

11 Jul
Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) 2011

 
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Posted by on July 11, 2011 in Personal Learning

 

Last Class Assignments

10 Jul

Please work to complete the following assignments before our next class on July 15th.

  • Post a reflection on your blog (include some form of media) about your experience with our virtual class on Friday, July 8th.
  • Comment on the Respecting the Brain post about something new you learned.
  • Read and comment on at least one of your classmate’s blogs. Find the list on the right side.
  • Test your computer for July 15th’s online/virtual class. Contact Steve for technical support. Log in on the right under Bb Collaborate vOffice.
  • Continue to work on *Digital Storytelling Assignment (due July 15th) – assignment checklist
  • Continue to work on the Technologically Integrated Unit Plan (due July 30th) – description – rubric

*Digital Stories can be shared with me and Jim either through the Dropbox folder (MU_Digital Stories) or a link from YouTube or Vimeo.

I will be at the Reston Center on July 15th for class. Class should last no more than 2 hours.

 
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Posted by on July 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

Respecting the Brain.

10 Jul

What do we know about the brain and how does what we know (or think we know) drive how we teach. John Medina and his book Brain Rules breaks the latest brain research into 12 principles/rules. His book is a great read and it is supported by companion DVD. Much of the video content on the DVD is shared on his website @BrainRules.net. On this site you can access information/activities to support all 12 principles/rules by selection the icon at the top of the media window.

Check out this news report that does a great job of summarizing the book.


 
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Posted by on July 10, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

Podcast Encore part 2

10 Jul

On Friday we had great presentations of three podcast assignments. Featured software was, Jing, Windows Movie Maker, Audacity, Aviary’s Myna, Blabberize, Google Earth and Prezi.

Google Earth Podcast by Lori, Kim and Do

Prezi – How To by Jennifer O., Merete and Suzanne

Abraham Lincoln Podcast by Jen R., Mindy and Meg

 
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Posted by on July 10, 2011 in Curriculum 21, Uncategorized

 

ED554 Bookmarks (weekly)

09 Jul

Posted from Diigo. The rest of MU_ED554 group favorite links are here.

 
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Posted by on July 9, 2011 in Tools

 

The Connected Student

08 Jul

A creative video recounting an actual high school assignment and how a particular student used a ‘learning network’ approach for the research. Of course, this student already has the skills to ‘control his own learning’ and use the Internet as his primary resource. Are we providing our elementary and middle school students with similar learning experiences to help prepare them for a project like this? Are we the teacher that is described at the end of the video?

The format was inspired by the CommonCraft – Plain English series and Alec Couros’ Networked Teacher graphic

 
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Posted by on July 8, 2011 in 21st Century Skill

 
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