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May 9, 2014
SMART Amp: The New BYOD Collaborative Bridge
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) can be a challenge. SMARThas created a bridge — SMART Amp. Together with a web browser, SMART Amp builds a bridge betweendiverseBYODdevicesin a simple collaborative workspace connectingstudents and teachers.
Unveiled this past Wednesday vialive stream,SMART Ampmakes it easy for students to work together. To illustrate the simplicity of the tool, as the panel discusses collaboration, students from San Diego and New York study biomes in the SMART Amp workspace. (This...
May 7, 2014
UDL Principles to Reach Every Child (with Karen Janowski)
Design online learning materials for students with special needs using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles and everyone learns more. UDL advocateKaren Janowski shares a power-packed 10 minutes of ideas for designing online learning experiences to reach every child. Go on a turbo tour of Karen’s popularUDL Toolkit wikiin this show.
Listen Karen Janowski teach UDL Principles
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May 6, 2014
Anne Collier: The Best Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Digital citizenship can’t be taught from a book. Anne Collier’s views are rich with examples from around the world of best practice in digital citizenship education. Anne should know. She works on Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board and edits NetFamilyNews. Anne argues “digital citizenship” shouldn’t even be the term – in today’s world, these conversations are part of citizenship.
Listen to “An Educators Guide to Digital Citizenship”
She makes the surprising assertion that the United States is beh...
May 5, 2014
Book Review: On Writing [Book]
Book Review: On Writing by Stephen King (Scribner – 10th Anniversary Edition, 2010)
Wow! On Writing by Stephen Kingis anonfiction book you can’t put down.Ifyou’re a writer, an aspiring writer, or teachwritingOn Writingis an essential read.
Whenmy husband sees meengrossed in a Stephen King book, he gets worried. (Because I dreamvivid nightmares about things that scare me, horror is a no no. When I read scary stuff, Kip prepares for a few nights of combat as I fight creepy thingsin my sleep....
May 2, 2014
SECURITY ALERT: How To Fix the Internet Explorer Bug and Heartbleed
Two important security issues loom over computer users right now. Take steps to solve these problems NOW. No excuses, tell everyone. These two security risks are THAT important.
1 – Internet Explorer Bug
Experts discovered a bug that allows a hacker to remote control your computer when you’re on Microsoft Internet Explorer(IE). Even if you don’t use IE, you should still install the patch.(This impacts Windows XP, Windows 7 AND Windows 8.)
Go to Programs and Windows Update. In Windows 8, go to th...
Ira Bickoff Creates a New Way to Read Books: Google BookMap
Ira Bickoff uses a new way to read primary source content in his marine science classes at Rondout Valley High School in New York State. Ira creates an overlay inGoogle Maps to create virtual BookMaps to integrate literature into the science content.
If youthinkthese are a traditional “Google Lit Trip” – you’re wrong. Ira is putting the full book text into the map. For lack of a better word, let’s call it a Google BookMap because what Ira has created isn’t a synopsis, but the full book.
May 1, 2014
Why You Can’t Find Black Boxes: Infographic Worth Sharing [Link]
Why You Can’t Find Black Boxes: Infographic Worth Sharing
The Washington Post
2014
This powerful infographic shows why it is so hard to find some black boxes in the ocean but also shows the complete and utter power of an infographic.
The Washington Post made this one about the downed Korean airliner and the quest to find the black box. Some don’t know why it is so hard — take a dive through this infographic and start to understand.
If you’re studying the ocean, it will also make an incredib...
April 30, 2014
Pam Moran: How Can We Keep Testing in Perspective?
Do you want to meet a modern day hero in education? Pam Moran, superintendent of Albemarle County Schools is a superintendent who has pushed back against testing and created an environment where learning and students comes first. Guess what? Her test scores are rising.
Listen to Pam Moran “Can We Keep Testing in Perspective”
When I spoke at VSTE this past year, I had more than one teacher speak of Pam Moran. In fact, just after one literally cried on my shoulder because her computer lab couldn’...
April 29, 2014
Top 10 Tips for Close Reading Activities
If you are looking for a way to take your student’s comprehension to a whole new level in any subject area, Close Reading is just the strategy for you! It is a very simple and easy way to take students through multiple readings to increase comprehension and encourage metacognition. This is something I do in my sixth grade ELA classroom weekly.
This is a sponsored guest post by SNAP Learning @SNAPLearning and authored by Heidi Morgan @heidiamorgan, 6th grade ELA teacher in New Lenox, Illinois....
April 28, 2014
Dawn Casey-Rowe : Innovating When You’re in a Challenging School
Learning shouldn’t be for a test or an event; learning should be for everybody claims Dawn Casey-Rowe @runningdmc on this episode of Every Classroom Matters. Like many of you, Dawn teaches in a challengingsituation but she loves her students and finds time to innovate anyway. Let’s learn how.
This history teacher of 235 students feels the educational paradigm needs to be changed towards developing successful people. She supports changing terms from “administration” to “educational leadership”...
