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Lori Carter

TED - 1 views

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  • Janet Swistock on 23 Jul 11
     
    What does TED stand for? I've seen it everywhere, but haven't found the meaning.
Janet Swistock

Thinking Machine / Think Social Networking for Education - 1 views

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socialnetworking networking education social technology

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  • National School Boards' Assocation says that Social Networking technologies should be adapted for use in the classroom.
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      These facts are very interesting and I had no idea that this was the case! These statistics prove that we, as teaching professionals, cannot ignore the impact that social networking has on the kids that we will be teaching. They are going to be using these tools and using them a lot, so we should reach them on their level.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 11 Jul 11
       
      I'm surprised by the fact of 50% of students talk online about hw. Honestly, I thought it would be less than that.
  • Facebook - a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      Everyone knows my love of Facebook by now. I really think Facebook can be used in so many ways: groups, posting school work as statuses, posting links to websites and articles that can be used and shared, etc.
    • Lesley Maurer
      Lesley Maurer on 11 Jul 11
       
      Facebook is such a widely used social networking tool, I think you would be very hard-pressed to find someone who does not know how to use it. Kids can be steered in the direction of using it for educational and introspection purposes which they probably didn't consider. I love the idea of creating a page for a book character.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 11 Jul 11
       
      Andrew, I like Facebook too. And I think that students and adults alike figure out how to use it with ease. I just worry about the over exposure for younger students, for instance the advertisements and so on.
    • Victoria Steele
      Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
       
      I think there is a ton of potential for Facebook to be used in the classroom but like Daphne said, could it lead to overexposure or to unwanted sites/people/ideas that are out there? Maybe somehow setting up very private settings would work best for teacher-student collaboration.
  • Twitter 4 Teachers wiki
    • Andrew Tucker
      Andrew Tucker on 11 Jul 11
       
      Very helpful site that expands upon many of the things that we have been talking about! 
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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
       
      Video with quick flashes of information to get you thinking about the future of education and the world.
    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
       
      Hard to include Club Penguin as a social networking site. My daughters used it when they were little and were more interested in the game than the limited networking aspect.
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    Wiki based on statistics and information supporting use of social networking, and internet use in education. Although a little dated (2006) it's clear to see how things have progressed as expected through today. "Did you know 2.0" is a video worth the time.
Janet Swistock

New link - Study Shows Social Networking a Boon for Education - 0 views

www.education.com/...online_ed

social networking internet web students education

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
       
      Note for art teachers that if students are creating work for others to critic they may take it more seriously. Especially true for those who think they aren't any good so they don't try.
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    Same comments as below. This link takes you directly to the webpage instead of through the McDaniel website.
Janet Swistock

50 Free Collaboration Tools That Are Awesome for Education - 9 views

Love Zoho for students to work together on a presentation on a period in art history, or a study of the life and work of an artist. They could even create a group presentation with artist statement...

started by Lesley Maurer on 07 Jul 11 5 follow-ups, last by Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
Ben Shipley

Laptops in the Classroom: Google Will Lease Chromebooks for Education - 4 views

info.lecturetools.com/...ease-Chromebooks-for-Education

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    • Ben Shipley
      Ben Shipley on 10 Jul 11
       
      Quick overview of the announcement in May that Chromebooks will be marketed toward colleges to lease to their students on a monthly basis!
  • Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
     
    Interesting program Google is running. Great video! Marketing Chromebooks to college students is a great idea!
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    That's a great idea. Two questions come to mind. How much will the subscriptions run per month (which isn't mentioned) and if there are no backups that the user can make what happens when the "clouds" aren't available and the students need the access? I love the idea of working in a cloud but we've all had online connections fail, or be unavailable at times when we need them. We also need to have computers provided to school age students for their individual use.
Janet Swistock

Social Study Shows Social Networkgin a Boon for Education - 0 views

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social networking internet web education students learning

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  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    This Wiki not only offers great insight through a video included called "Did you know 2.0" but through other quotes and references. Although it's a litte dated, 2006, it's amazing how its easy to see the progression from then to now five years later.
  • Janet Swistock on 18 Jul 11
     
    Persuasive article using statistics to demonstrate the reason why we should be including social networking in our schools and for our students. Love the example of posting a paper for parents, peers and teachers to critique so students take it more seriously.
Emily Beyer

Web 2.0 Projects - a Celebration of Student Learning - 2 views

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web 2.0 project student

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    • Emily Beyer
      Emily Beyer on 12 Jul 11
       
      This site has a lot of really cool projects created by middle school students. You can tell that the librarian and/or other teachers are really incorporating technology into their classrooms across the entire school. These projects cover many different topics and tools.
  • Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
     
    Awesome way to showcase East Middle School's Library in this case. But just think we can use Web 2.0 Tools like Animoto to create slideshows of students work and even a culmination of projects we will do in class. This would be a neat thing to create to show parents on back to school night!
Kyle Campbell

10 Google Forms for the Classroom - 8 views

I beleive the forms for gathering background on your students is very beneficial. Asking them to provide critical information like their learning style can be essential to enhancing the learning ex...

started by Lesley Maurer on 07 Jul 11 4 follow-ups, last by Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
Victoria Steele

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips - Online ... - 1 views

www.onlinecollege.org/...ing-facebook-in-your-classroom

facebook Social Networking

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  • Victoria Steele on 11 Jul 11
     
    Just an interesting article that came up when I was researching. Not sure that I would ever use Facebook in the classroom, but for all of you who may be teaching upper grades maybe this is something to consider?
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    I am amazed at how these social networking sites can be used in education. It's so challenging to my previously held ideas about what they are good for! I have no doubt that used in the classroom safely and effectively they are great in getting and keeping student's attention.
  • Kyle Campbell on 16 Jul 11
     
    Facebook has been "THE" social network to stay away from in the classroom as a teacher. I recall posting back and forth with Angela about this topic as she was one of the first I saw back Facebook in the classroom. While I said everyone teaches us to be weary; just look at all the increadible uses we have for using Facebook in school. 100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom is a great resource for those skeptical about incorporating it in the calssroom. I didn't even know you could create 2 Facebook's (probably because I don't even have one) but just create one for class use. Keep it private for just those in the class, and benefit from all the neat options you have to work with this form of technology. From creating polls to providing a platform for students to work and collaborate on projects; this article along with Angela's views on its uses in the classroom - have certainly changed my mind!
Kyle Campbell

10 Google Forms for the Classroom - 2 views

tbarrett.edublogs.org/...google-forms-for-the-classroom

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  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
  • Weekly reading record The children in our school have a reading diary that they use to record information about times that they read during the week. They take it home as well as using it at school. A form could be created by the children as a place to enter data about their reading. I hear “I haven’t got my reading diary,” so many times during the year, this way they have no excuses and can access it from any computer. Alternatively a class form could also be setup to gather together everyone’s record.
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  • Maths data handling Perhaps the easiest to pick up and run with, the idea of using a form to gather together maths data handling information. The form could be a simple way of collecting information about the class – shoe size, eye colour etc. It is obviously about what you do with the data that counts but their is no reason why children couldn’t design and implement their own forms –
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Great way to organize data in math and to teach students how to use and create Google Forms.
  • Prior learning assessment Use a form to assess what the children already know about any given topic that you are beginning. The form could be a formalised assessment with specific questions about the topic or it could be more general and open for the children to explain what they know. Either way such an assessment would allow you to have a better understanding of the current level of knowledge the children have about a topic.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Google Forms can do the work for you when it comes to assessing students. After students take the assessment the data will be in the spreadsheet. Also, this is a simple way to assess before a unit.
  • This is one of the ten ideas I would most like to explore this year as we continue to use Google Docs as part of our tech toolbox. Use a form to assess the relative success of the learning that has taken place during a single lesson or after a series of lessons on a topic. Invite the children to assess their own confidence after practice of something – such as a lesson on one of the written multiplication methods.
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Helps make the students responsible for their own learning, and teaches them to be active learners that reflect.
  •  Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. It will help you to build your relationships with children as you quickly learn more about them. Get your own copy .
    • Daphne O'Donnell
      Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
       
      Good ideas for how to teach students how to use Google Forms.
  • Daphne O'Donnell on 10 Jul 11
     
    This article presents 10 different ideas about how to use Google Forms in the classroom, from language arts to math and everything in between. Addtionally, learn how you can monitor the success of your lessons with Google Forms.
  • Emily Beyer on 13 Jul 11
     
    There are some great ideas in this article. I plan to pass this along to the teachers in my building. We have a few sets of netbooks and laptops that teachers could use with these ideas.
Kyle Campbell

50 Useful Twitter Tools for Writers and Reasearchers - 1 views

www.onlinecollegedegrees.org/...ls-for-writers-and-researchers

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  • Monitter: Keep an eye on keywords, and find out geographic areas as well. TweetBeep: Use TweetBeep to get updated on keywords and phrases. Twilert: Twilert emails you every time someone tweets with your keywords.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      All three of these tools would be highly useful for educators who are or will be integrating Twitter in their classroom. They will allow the teacher to be notified when students tweet specific words or phases. This could be useful for monitoring students tweets, but also if an educator is looking for specific material for students to tweet about.
  • Tweetzi: Check out Tweetzi to use an advanced Twitter search engine.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      This is basically Google for Twitter. Everyone should check this out. Type in any subject you are interested in trying to follow and there are lists of people/information to follow on their Twitter account.
  • Twazzup: Use Twazzup to get a quick and handy look at what’s popular on Twitter right now.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      This tool is a three in one. Type in any subject of interest and they provide the highlights, news, and tweets on the subject. Very cool!
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  • . TwitPic: TwitPic is a wildly popular way to share photos on Twitter.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      It is even easier to upload pictures to Twitter with this tool. TwitPic also allows you to search for pictures that have previously been uploaded.
  • Twiggit: Use Twiggit to let your followers know what articles you’re supporting on Digg
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      Twiggit would be highly useful for educators to stay informed on the latest articles on some of the most popular technology tools students are using. Educators will be able to continue their growth in technology knowledge and be able to effectively teach students.
  • Twit2Do: Twit2Do is a great tool for keeping your to do list together on Twitter.
    • Angela Ash
      Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
       
      Stay organized by using Twit2Do to create a To Do list on Twitter!
  • Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
     
    Twitter Resource
  • Angela Ash on 11 Jul 11
     
    This tool has taught me how popular Twitter has become. I was shocked to see there were 50 resources available for Twitter. Some of these resources can be highly useful for educators to search for key words, obtain the latest information, and stay organized. I especially like the tools that allow you to monitor words and pharses on your account as I am fearful for students posting inappropriate material in their Tweets. Some of these tools allow educators to monitor this material. 50 tools on one website...talk about easy access to learn about Twitter!
  • Kate Castle on 13 Jul 11
     
    I had no idea these tool were available on twitter. Makes winnowing down a topic and being able to keep up with it much easier.
Lori Carter

Maybelle the Cockroach Wikispace - 1 views

maybellethecockroach.wikispaces.com

library technology

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  • Lori Carter on 16 Jul 11
     
    See how technology can be integrated with the school library.
Janet Swistock

Henri Matisse. Simply painting and color. - 1 views

www.moodbook.com/...henri-matisse-art.html

painting color theory meaning design lesson henri matisse pattern painter

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      When presenting a unit on Color, it would be a shame to miss a master, Henry Matisse. Matisse used color in a bold, passionate way and his work should be introduced in the a color unit.
Janet Swistock

How To Use Colour In Logo Design To Effectively Communicate The Right Message | Logo De... - 0 views

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color logos logo inspiration identity theory Colour meaning design lesson colors education

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  • Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
     
    The use of color in logo design. Great introduction for students and can easily lead into a design lesson. Reference students' own favorite logos and brands.
Janet Swistock

Interior Design in Middle Schools | eHow.com - 0 views

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interior interior design design Colour theory color meaning education colors lesson

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      Apply color theory knowledge to bigger lessons. Here is a great example of how to do that crossing disciplines through an interior design lesson.
  • Color Theory
  • One of the most basic middle school art lessons is on color theory
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  • Students often create a color wheel to learn about color schemes. An
  • exploration of interior design challenges students to create room
  • palettes that evoke a certain mood or represent a particular color
  • scheme--complementary, analogous, triadic or split-complementary
  • This can be done with cut paper or hand-drawn swatches.
Janet Swistock

Middle School Color Theory Projects - 0 views

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color theory projects Colour education design meaning colors lesson

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      Make sure to go to the bottom of the page for a preview of another lesson using monochromatic self portraits.
Janet Swistock

ColorTheory - 0 views

www.art-rageous.net/ColorTheory.html

color theory colors Colour design meaning lesson plans lessons

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  • Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
     
    Color Theory lesson plans to help with ideas.
Janet Swistock

Color Trends + Palettes :: COLOURlovers - 0 views

www.colourlovers.com

color webdesign inspiration colors meaning theory world network group

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  • Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
     
    Community network of contributors who share design trends, inspiration, palettes and patterns. Contributors are from all around the world. See how color is used in design and experience it yourself.
Janet Swistock

The Color Wheel and Color Theory - Colors on the Web - 0 views

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color wheel theory colors web design meaning additive subtractive mixing

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      Difference and uses for Additive vs Subtractive color mixing. This is a little more advanced information for an older classroom, or one exploring technology design and understanding.
Janet Swistock

{Color Around the Globe} - Sensational Color - 0 views

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color world countries globe symbolism Colour design theory meaning

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    • Janet Swistock
      Janet Swistock on 14 Jul 11
       
      Like taking a world tour based on color. Look at two countries and find out what role color plays in their land.
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