December 2010

The Internet as a Study Buddy

December 19, 2010

College students share their tips about Internet resources that help them with their studies and school work. Guest post by Alexis Pellegrino, Jarryed Scott, Berbely Zayas, Maritza Yuman, and Emran Rahim (all students currently attending The College of Westchester). I came across this article last week in the “Student Voices” newsletter published by the Student Government [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for week of 12-13-10

December 17, 2010

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). Excellent article+video about student committee that researched, advised on Tech in Schools: http://bit.ly/e6A3Oe Education About Critical Thinking, Not Tech (I agree, tech is an enabler, not [...]

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Is There a Role For Wikipedia in the Classroom?

December 15, 2010

The operators of the popular online encyclopedia hit the road to discuss the challenges education sees with this resource. Guest Post by Joseph Levis, Reference and Instruction Librarian at The College of Westchester. Wikipedia poses a challenge to librarians and educators because it is a double edged sword. On one hand, the fact that anyone can create [...]

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Learning about OER - Open Educational Resources

December 12, 2010

OER is a transformational idea that can play an important role in changing the nature, and availability, of educational materials, content, and tools. I’m pretty sure that the first time I heard the formal phrase “Open Educational Resources” was during Josh Baron’s Disruptive Change keynote presentation at the Campus Technology 2010 conference last July. When I saw Baron’s picture in the article, “The Future of Content [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 12-06-10

December 10, 2010

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). eInstruction Announces Winners of $200K Classroom Makeover Contest!: http://bit.ly/ihtRFK SOLE (self-organized learning environments): kids teaching themselves, via the ‘Net: http://on.wsj.com/gZpo7z “12 Ways To Create Videos Without [...]

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Check out the (Education) Reform Library from The Foundation for Excellence in Education

December 8, 2010

An inspiring trove of resources focused on transforming education. In the education press this week I came across mention of Digital Learning Now, “a national campaign to advance policies that will create a high quality digital learning environment to better prepare students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and careers” initiated by former Florida Governor [...]

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Over 50 Great Free Productivity Resources for Educators, from across the Web

December 5, 2010

Over 50 Apps and Growing - New Resource Page Will Be Updated Frequently. Last week I published a draft of this new page and sought feedback from readers. My objective has been the creation (and regular updating) of a listing of free Internet based resources that teachers can use to do some of the many [...]

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Education Technology Tweet Wrap for the week of 11-29-10

December 3, 2010

This week’s collection of Education Technology article and resource Tweets. (Originally posted on Twitter by @EmergingEdTech over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers). “It’s Time To Trust Teachers with the Internet: A Conversation with Meg Ormiston”: http://bit.ly/ehUv74 University Chooses To Require E-Textbooks for Entire Curriculum : http://bit.ly/gos4mL Nice article, [...]

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What are YOUR favorite free productivity applications for teachers?

December 1, 2010

Tell us about tools you like, and help build a great listing of resources … On Sunday, I published this post, in which I defined 9 categories of free web based sites and applications that teachers can use to increase their productivity - that is, to help them do some of the many things they [...]

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