Many have seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, Do schools kill creativity? (If you haven’t, you must go here.) Here is an extension of his ideas.
TCEA goodies
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Texas Computing Educators Association is one of many groups of educators who use technology. Like many also, the group hosts large annual conferences that attract educators from all parts of the globe. One is never disappointed in these conferences: a place to share resources and ideas, see what other parts of the country (or world) are doing with educational technology, and discover the latest and greatest (including many free and inexpensive resources!)
I attended TCEA – virtually – recently. I hear it was colder there (Texas) than in Seattle but here are some “hot” new things you might want to check out!
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Wisdom animated
November 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This is an animated version of an excellent talk by Sir Ken Robinson on Ted.com. Ted.com is a collection of ideas from the most innovative or thought-provoking keynote speeches or talks by leaders in their respective fields. In this video, Robinson reflects a witty style but serious subject: do schools kill creativity in children? Check out the entire speech here
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Where have I been?
May 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Jeesh, you’d think I’d been vacationing in Hawaii or something. Where have I been since February? Oh….there!
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About this classroom management stuff…
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized, wondering..
I came across this from Lucy Calkins:
“Why do so many people assume that it is only novice teachers who struggle with classroom management? Why do people talk about classroom management as if it were on a level with doing the laundry? Why is classroom management regarded as a low-level skill when corporate management is considered an executive skill? If the people working under our direction were grown-ups instead of children, the job of managing the workers would be regarded as highly demanding leadership work.”
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Print What You Like
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · resources
I just twittered this, also. Free tool that allows you to …print what you like! I heard it first on Tech Chick Tips podcast. I put a bookmarklet on my toolbar for instance access to this free program that will save you paper when printing from the internet.
Also – just found this cool 2nd grade blog: Mrs. Skipper’s 2nd Grade (http://skipper2nd.blogspot.com/)
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Two organizers I depend on…
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · High Tech, resources
I love Evernote and Circus Ponies’ Notebook. Notebook holds my ideas, files, sound files, links, images – everything for a unit I’ m teaching. What’s more, I confess to having a lot of “loose” papers that I use often, but that never seem to make it back into their file, or, they have multiple uses. I’ve created a number file and when I have a paper I don’t know what to do with (no time or place), I put it in the number file and add it to a master numbered list. I use the Text index and put in a key word and I can find the paper in a flash. Notebook is purchased software – under $30 – and may only be for Mac.
As for Evernote, how did I ever survive without it? Quick quotes, messages, copies of online receipts, phone numbers – it’s all there right at the top of my screen. This teacher says it well. And…
Using Evernote for Teaching and Learning
Teacherly ideas for using Evernote
more about “Evernote for Education“, posted with vodpod
This is what creativity is all about
January 4th, 2010 · No Comments · resources
I came across a site I had forgotten about, even though it is in my collection of links (which, as most know, can become too big to be useful unless well-organized and tagged). It is called Animator vs. Animation. Alan Becker is the creative genius.
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Embedr
December 13th, 2009 · No Comments · High Tech, resources
Thanks to a tweet from twitter, I learned about Embedr today. I’ve already signed up and created a video playlist with it. I will be teaching a technology integration class this spring at CityU and think this will be handy. Students can access the videos on their own time and they are in one place. I can reorganize them, edit them, add more, create several. I can embed or link to the URL of my playlist on a blog or website, and the videos were very easy to add. I used mostly CommonCraft YouTube videos but I believe any videos can be added. Pretty neat. One caveat: since they are YouTube videos without being “kicked” or otherwise converted, the playlist will be unavailable in the classroom for viewing by students, but videos from and about the class, TeacherTube, or other unblocked sites should work fine. I’ll let you know if they don’t!
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These aren’t marbles…
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · High Tech
…they are globes!
I Stumbled Upon this intriguing site (through the Firefox extension program, Stumble Upon). It’s called WorldProcessor. I love the visual data represented on this very extensive site. Great for social studies, math, science, literacy, and all-around interest in the world around us. You can navigate the data like population, natural resources, and birth and death rate by title, number, or, my favorite visual globes.
This is a project reaching back to 1985, so be aware that some globes represent data that is older. Keep this in mind as your progress through it. They are numbered, and the higher numbers are the more recent data. There are about 300 globes on the site so it won’t all load immediately.
This was also posted on my other blog, Another Train.
