Following are a variety of great articles, links and reflections related to the potential impact of emerging technologies in education.
Collectively these discussions should help us as educators to progressively address topics like NCLB, the 3 R's (Rigor, Relevance, Relationships), Blooms modified taxonomy, the NETS standards, and learning/teaching in an online environment.
These discussions will also provide the support and rationale behind integrating the Web2.0 Tools described on this web site.
- The Most Effective Teachers are in a Class of their Own
- Knowledgeable, innovative, skilful, fun-loving, caring, supportive,
task and pupil centred – it’s official – the most effective teachers
are in a class of their own
- Poor Start between a Class and their Teacher Almost Impossible to Rectify.
- Dutch researcher Tim Mainhard discovered that teacher-class
relationships are very stable over the course of a school year.
Consequently if teachers get off to a bad start, it is almost
impossible to put things right.
- Experimenting with embedding video into Google Sites (Veoh.com)
- Google Sites often refuses to integrate Embed coding from other sites. But not Veho.
- 4 Reasons to switch from POP to IMAP for email
- A must for those using client email programs like Outlook, Outlook Express, Apple Mail, Thunderbird.
- Squish that BIG powerpoint (.ppt) file
- Powerpoint files have a tendancy to get very large. If you have any images in your presentation, then here's a quick 30-second fix to dramatically reduce the file size. This is especially important if you plan on uploading this to your web site or blog..
- Why can't I open that new Word document? Here's the quick-fix.
- .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx are the new file extensions that Microsoft is using for Word, Excel and Powerpoint. For those not fortunate enough (pun) to have the latest version --- well, we can't read any of the files. It's not our problem, so here is a quick fix for the unfortunates in Office 2007 and above.
- Tips and clarification for Ed Tech Planning
- Tips and clarification for developing the 2009 Education Technology Planning document.
- Creating your own Domain name
- Create your own Domain, forward it to your Google Site, create and forward emails
- http://sites.google.com/site/MrJonesPd4 becomes http://MrJonesPd4.com
- The Power of Pull
- Learning needs to be irresistible, fun, interactive, collaborative, cool, compelling.
- Schools Blocking Websites
- This is not about Internet Filters, it's about Information Censoring
- Google Docs Rocks
- Create, edit, publish, co-edit, share, collaborate, revision history. Docs, Sheets, Presentations.
- RSS Made Simple
- No more chasing information. Subscribe and have it sent to you!
- MLA Cite Referencing
- Citation generator for reusing text, images, and video off the Internet.
- Shift Happens, so Pay Attention
- Award winning 6-minute video that will change the way you think about education.
- NETS Standards for Students, Teachers and Administrators
- National Technology standards for everyone.
- Is Your Computer Configured for Online Courses?
- 10 basic tests (updates, Flash, Adobe Reader, Audio and Video tests, etc.)
- Plagiarism
- Definition in simple English and consequences
- Learning Style Survey: Is Online Learning for You?
- Quick survey to assess your strengths and weaknesses
- Evaluation Rubrics for Student Projects
- Presentation (Power Point), Publication, Web Site
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