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Educational Psychology Interactive: Motivation

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  • a good article on motivation & learning posted by mpstaton

Tags: motivation theory

Posted by: mpstaton

Vikingo's pub: Mass download original photos from flickr

Tags: download flickr

Posted by: stevehargadon

Remember The Milk Provider Extension For Thunderbird. [Thunderbird Gyan]

Tags: rememberthemilk rtm thunderbird

Posted by: chriswherley

Mind Map: Pedagogía 2.0 - MindMeister

Tags: pedagogia2.0

Posted by: jkintero

Intense Debate

Tags: blog blogs comentarios comment debate herramientas social tools web2.0

Posted by: jkintero

Cómo utilizar RSS, consejos, utilidades y definiciones.

Tags: agregador consejos herramientas rss theory tool web2.0

Posted by: jkintero

Kazivu.com - Social video Bookmarking

Tags: twitter video videos web2.0

Posted by: jkintero

Second Brain - All Your Content

Tags: aggregator professionaldevelopment web2.0

Posted by: adinasullivan

Support Blogging! » Educational Blogging

Comments:

  • Great explanations of what blogging really, as well as the hows and whys of using them in an educational setting posted by adinasullivan

Tags: web2.0

Posted by: adinasullivan

Shambles

Tags: no_tag

Posted by: dannynic

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Don't miss our Classroom 2.0 live Web meetings. A schedule is on our wiki. From "Web 2.0 for Beginners" to our weekly "Web 2.0 Review" and our special guest sessions, there's something for everyone. Want to start your own show? Email steve@hargadon.com.

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Social Networks for Content Area Teachers?
8 Replies

Greetings I am trying to find some active, vibrant social networks for teachers in the various curriculum areas (science, math, and social studies, in particular) to share with teachers at an upco... Continue

Tagged: technology

Started by Kevin H.. Last reply by Kevin H. 17 minutes ago.

K-8 Computer Lab Teachers
167 Replies

Hello. I am not sure if there is a discussion out there for computer lab teachers yet. If not, I would like to start one so we can bounce ideas and resources off each other. I spent my first year t... Continue

Tagged: lab, computer, labs

Started by Jeremiah Olson. Last reply by Alice Mercer 7 hours ago.

Let's share links to our blogs!
185 Replies

I recently came across a few long-standing blogs that never crossed my path during my Google searches, and I was thinking that a Classroom 2.0 discussion about blog-sharing might be helpful, since ... Continue

Tagged: blog, sharing, networking, blogging, collaborating

Started by Lynn Marentette. Last reply by CC Long 8 hours ago.

Teaching the Educational Value of Cell Phones and Other Banned or Filtered Technologies

At the NYC DOE cell phones are banned and social networking sites are usually filtered, but I think it is important to provide professional development to teachers about how we can harness the powe... Continue

Started by Lisa Nielsen 9 hours ago

What sites/apps does your school block?
4 Replies

Currently, our school is pretty much wide open to what the students can do at school with their personal laptops or on school computers. They chat (often in class), download music, movies and video... Continue

Started by Derwin Kitch. Last reply by Kelley Irish 10 hours ago.

Dangers of Second Life
7 Replies

Interesting article about Second Life and the potential harm that may comes towards children. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca Continue

Started by David Kapuler. Last reply by Kelley Irish 10 hours ago.

Using USB headset/mike with Audacity.
4 Replies

I'm trying to use a Logitech USB headset to record in Audacity on a MacBook but I can't get the program to recognize the microphone input. After as much creative problemsolving and web faq checking... Continue

Tagged: podcasting

Started by Jane Krauss. Last reply by Michael Staton 10 hours ago.

Fair Use Remix Institute July 2008 Scholarships Available

Hi, my name is Mindy Faber and I am the Director of Open Youth Networks, a program of Chicago Filmmakers that trains youth to use digital technologies for civic and social action. We are offering a... Continue

Tagged: remix, workshop, scholarships, fairuse

Started by Mindy Faber 16 hours ago

Lost Generation - A great video for the classroom
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I love the simplicity of this! Continue

Started by David Truss. Last reply by David Colon 19 hours ago.

SmartBoard or Promethean
28 Replies

Does anyone have experience with both Promethean and SmartBoard to compare the two? Our school has dipped a toe in the water and is wanting to go much deeper, therefore we're looking for further in... Continue

Tagged: promethean, iboards, smart

Started by Leigh Newton. Last reply by Austin Keeping 20 hours ago.

Powerset Natural Language Search Engine Launches Today

Powerset Demo Video from officialpowerset on Vimeo. At the moment, Powerset's index is limited to Wikipedia pages and Metaweb Technologies' Freebase, a Web-based structured database of informat... Continue

Tagged: search, engine

Started by Jack Olmsted 20 hours ago

Writers Needed at TeachEng.us (lifehacker for teachers)
2 Replies

As I have mentioned before, I would welcome anyone who might be interested in contributing ideas about writing in the classroom to TeachEng.Us. The site, as I have visioned, is supposed to be a lif... Continue

Tagged: blog, lesson, writing, teaching, plans

Started by Ben Davis. Last reply by Ben Davis 20 hours ago.

Making Youtube Videos Clearer

I wrote this blog entry (at TeachEng.Us) about how to make you tube videos clearer by adding html code at the end of the url. I have found it helpful for classroom purposes. Ben Davis Continue

Tagged: blog, technology

Started by Ben Davis 1 day ago

Looking for a website...

A few months ago, I found a website that showed Spanish langugage newspapers, but as you hover with the pointer, definitions of words would pop up over the text. I guess I didn't bookmark the site,... Continue

Tagged: translation, spanish, materials, resources, web

Started by Amy Lenord 1 day ago

Book Recommendations for Gifted Readers 4-6
17 Replies

I noticed the book recommendation discussion posted by Carolyn Foote so I thought I'd throw out another challenge---I need novels for gifted readers (grades 4-6; reading levels 7-12+) There are sev... Continue

Tagged: books, gifted, elementary

Started by Nancy Bosch. Last reply by ddeubel 1 day ago.

REAL Web 2.0 -- Voice / Video Connecting
4 Replies

I'm a big proponent of using voice technology to foster language learning. Much more effective, in this multi modal format than the quiet self reflective reading/memorizing. Also a great way for st... Continue

Tagged: chat, language, conferencing, efl, video

Started by ddeubel. Last reply by ddeubel 1 day ago.

A Song for Students: 'Not on the Test'
8 Replies

I'm curious what your thoughts are on the "Not on the Test" song? Do you think our focus on standardized testing is causing our brightest students not to "think?" Continue

Started by CC Long. Last reply by Kate 1 day ago.

Smartboard or Promethean Whiteboard
8 Replies

I was recently reading another posting that mentioned the Promethean board. What is the difference between them and which is easier to use? Thanks for the help.

Started by Kate. Last reply by Brett Graham 1 day ago.

Mandate Against Professional Blog URLs in Email Signature
19 Replies

Apparently I prompted a mandate by the NYC DOE that no employee can have their blog url in their email signature. I find this particularly upsetting because as the PD manager for the Office of Inst... Continue

Tagged: bloggging, administration, aup

Started by Lisa Nielsen. Last reply by Sylvia Martinez 1 day ago.

Faculty Meetings
27 Replies

How important, would you say, is incorporating Web 2.0 tools into monthly faculty meetings? My gut says that we should practice what we preach, (if that is what we are preaching) but I sometimes st... Continue

Tagged: education, meetings, web, 2.0, faculty

Started by Brad Davis. Last reply by David Colon 1 day ago.

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Blog Posts

What will you do if you found out that you are a robot?

Getting a que from Helen I asked several of my Summer Robotics class "What will they do if they found out that they are robots?" Here are their quick replies: "If I found out that I'm a robot, I will just tell some members of my family whom I trust most to keep it a secret. I will help them if I had more abilities like teach them how to play the guitar." Audrey Sarai P. Manabat, 12 years old " I will be proud as a robot, because I was built for a cause, instead of becoming lazy, I will serve… Continue

Posted by Roxan Cosico on May 12th, 2008 at 8:38pm — No Comments (Add)

WORKING??

I think I have corrected all of my problems now. It seems that the major problem was IE. Now that I have tried using Firefox everything seems fine. Let's hope that this trend continues and I may blog until my heart is complete.

Posted by Chris Hebbard on May 12th, 2008 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Phun with your interactive whiteboard

It is only 2D but could be useful in teaching some valuable principles (read more here: http://roots.greenbush.us)

Posted by Rich White on May 12th, 2008 at 6:36am — No Comments (Add)

Not just for Robots

Hi guys this will be my Robotics page.

Posted by Roxan Cosico on May 11th, 2008 at 9:10pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Content vs Stuff that actually matters

Is it important to know stuff? Of course it is but how does knowing stuff help when looking through thousands of lines of computer code because a program crashes without any error messages? How can knowing stuff help you manage a financial crisis at your company? If I read Shakespeare, will that allow me to work effectively in a team to brainstorm ideas to improve productivity of my company's manufacturing line? By the way, two of the members live in China and one lives in Europe and we collabo… Continue

Posted by Thomas Gaffey on May 11th, 2008 at 6:24pm — No Comments (Add)

Coming Soon to the Teacher Toolbar

The newest additions to the Teacher Toolbar include: Number Nut Microsoft PopFly game creator Zoeybot a kid safe search engine

Posted by Ellen on May 11th, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Digital immigrants or digital natives? A discussion of digital competence… A spectrum, not a dichotomy!

My new Classroom2.0 friend Jan Smith commented on my recent blog (re)post and I thought I would add the post here since it was a Classroom2.0 discussion that prompted the post in the first place: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amy Capelle has started a very in… Continue

Posted by David Truss on May 11th, 2008 at 12:38pm — No Comments (Add)

A Content Portal is Born – MOFET JTEC

Last week a project that I have been working on for the last few months went live - The MOFET JTEC Portal - a professional content portal for all those involved in Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora.

The MOFET JTEC Portal is a user… Continue

Posted by Reuven Werber on May 11th, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments (Add)

Mother's Day

Thanks to Classroom 2.0, I added Voicethread to my list of options in creating Mother's Day greetings this year. Students drew an image in Kid Pix, saved it as a jpeg and put it into the shared folder. Then we put the images into voicethread and each child recorded a mother's day greeting. Mothers were given the URL to the voicethread and invited to comment on their child's work. To include a sample of the voicethr… Continue

Posted by Lorraine on May 10th, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments (Add)

The Future (of Education) Is Now (For Some)

Intrepid Flame says things I think:
How can we slowly encourage people (teachers) to understand that the future is here with a sense of urgency, but at the same time not allow them to become defensive?
This is almost exactly the point of this blog and Another Brick In The Wall.

Posted by Andrew on May 9th, 2008 at 2:20pm — No Comments (Add)

 
 

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