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“App Inventor is a great tool to teach programming to high school students. Google Intern, Michelle Hutton, created the following 6 week curriculum. This curriculum is a project based curriculum that allows students to explore the world of computer science through the creation of smartphone apps.”
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Kids and Tech: Parenting Tips for the Digital Age
“Mashable asked Steinberg how parents should shape their children’s experiences with the digital world, and about the technology rules he uses in his home.”
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The 8 Skills Students Must Have To Be Digital Leaders | Edudemic
“Here is an outline of eight necessary skills that students require for future digital marketing career success; tactical skills which will equip them to shape the digital marketing world efficiently and with effortless execution:”
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5 Steps to Help Students Connect with Real Audiences
“While we’re doing innovative work, the traditional method of doing work for the teacher or class still prevails. There is little thought to reaching the those who share an interest in these topics. To change that simply follow these five steps.”
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25 TED Talks Perfect For Classrooms | Edudemic
“Whether you’re looking to inspire or entertain your students, the following TED talks have terrific lessons embedded in fascinating talks”
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WEB ADVENTURES — Explore Science – One Game At A Time
Web Adventures lets students explore science-one game at a time. Each adventure has a section dedicated to students and a section dedicated to teachers who are using the adventures in the classroom. In the Cool Science Careers section, students can experience what it means to take on science as a career. They can go through Profession Pathfinder to see which science careers best match their personality based on their answers to career interest questions. Students can select from five different science career fields to virtually try out activities that are typical for the career.
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A Parent’s Guide to 21st-Century Learning | Edutopia
“Discover the tools and techniques today’s teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow — and how you can get involved. What should collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking look like in a modern classroom? How can parents help educators accomplish their goals? We hope this guide helps bring more parents into the conversation about improving education.”
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Noredink is a new site created by a teacher for students to practice grammar using interactive exercises. It’s a nicely designed site, and students can pick choose the topics that they are most interested in — the NFL, NBA, specific TV shows, etc.
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EDMODO Professional learning materials. . .
“Various powerpoints, handouts etc that I have used to promote EDMODO.”
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3 Styles of Online Teaching | doug woods
“Good classroom teaching does not translate into good online teaching without effective training and sufficient technical understanding.”
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James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games | Edutopia
“The gaming expert shares insights into why video games are such effective learning tools.”
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Technology and Education Today – A Podcast Series
“Our podcast series focuses on issues in education in general and the use of instructional technology to support education.”
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How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom
“Technology’s real promise lies in its ability to disrupt established systems and change the way we frame problems. How should we address the real issues plaguing our schools? Do we need technical solutions to everything? Are these problems better addressed the old-fashioned way, or should we just accept some of them and move on? Until we acknowledge which problems really need fixing and begin working on ways to solve them, we’ll be stuck with fancy, expensive — but ultimately useless — toys.”
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“THE TASK WAS TO CREATE A CAMPAIGN FOR THE CHAMBER-ENSEMBLE OF THE BERLINeR PHILHARMONIKER. THE IDEA IS TO SHOW INSTRUMENTS FROM INSIDE TO BE CLOSE AS POSSIBLE ON THE MUSIC.”
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World Class – India: The Digital Divide
This is a BBC clip about the hole in the wall experiment – This is about a computer made available to the young people in Gurjola. Professor Sugata Mitra of Newcastle University is setting up a ‘hole in the wall’ experiment to explore the impact of access to computers on learning.
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Use GoogleDocs Self-Grading Quiz as an Exit Ticket
“The GoogleDocs Form is an efficient way for teachers to collect small pieces of information because it automatically displays the information in a spreadsheet. Teachers can add formulas to those spreadsheets to create multiple-choice quizzes that grade themselves. Since a form can be linked or embedded into a website, wiki or blog, students do not need email accounts to take a quiz. The form works well on any portable computing device or full-blown computer which makes it perfect for use as an Exit Ticket at the end of a lesson.”
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“The video teaches: The ideas and features of social networking websites. Basic privacy settings. The role of status updates. How to build a network. How comments and likes enable communication”
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World’s Greatest Tutor – Forbes.com
“A computer can’t teach that which is up for interpretation, such as the causes of the War of 1812. Nor will it ever replace teachers. What Knewton offers is a way to automate the drudgery of delivering basic skills, the lack of which is epidemic at colleges.”
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