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Nice collection of resources for a school or district looking at using iPad Apps with kids. There are a lot of resources out there, but this one has a nice tips page, that I will definitely be sharing.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Ruminating Out Loud 02/01/2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Ruminating Out Loud 01/27/2012
Definitely something to come back to. We have been crunching a lot of numbers and data lately around the office. This will give us some options for how to display them
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Ruminating Out Loud 01/25/2012
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What a tremendous compilation of nearly 700 videos and lectures from a Denver public Schools physics teacher!
Great stuff Derrick!
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ruminating Out Loud 01/22/2012
I am going to be trying this tool out soon. I know some of my colleagues will be excited about this. I especially like that the designers built it on top of HTML5 which in the long(er) run it will make it a viable tool to train folks on how to use because it will be relevant. It also plays nicely with vis.io which is a plus, too.
At first glance, I like this a lot. It combines existing social spaces and incorporates or provides the opportunity to fracture them into learning spaces as well. I've heard folks ask before if this is even where our students want us to be. good question. I think the tool, whatever it is, will need to allow for layers or (ahem) circles so that we can organize the input and output cleanly and easily.
I still lik edmodo in this type of space as THE go-to tool because of the ability to work with kids and teachers P-12.
I still lik edmodo in this type of space as THE go-to tool because of the ability to work with kids and teachers P-12.
SO MANY great videos to save and revisit.
My only wish would be for them to be more easily intertwined into Google plus so that students could hop into a hangout and take notes or ask questions interactively.
My only wish would be for them to be more easily intertwined into Google plus so that students could hop into a hangout and take notes or ask questions interactively.
Not a fan of the iBooks Lock Down on format and output/ reader? There's still easy-ish ways to write an e-book.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Playing with Summly
It was a nice article that I would recommend anyone involved in "Ed Reform" conversations.
The following was pulled from a "summly summary" I wanted to play around a little but with the app today and my first search was on Ed reform. This was the third link provided. Not bad. It was enough to make me want to read the entire article. It did not satisfy as a substitute to reading it though.
"- Students in well-funded American schools from high-income families outscore nearly all other countries on standardized tests, yet our aggregate scores are low."
"- Schools need to hire more social workers, psychologists, and nurses to make sure students are healthy enough to take their learning to the next level."
"- These small class sizes showed to be especially beneficial to students attending schools in poor districts."
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/education-reform-wheres-t_b_11850... Visit www.summly.com for more information on Summly and its technology.
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