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Techronicity: A Change of Audience to Engage Teachers
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Monday, October 3, 2011. A Change of Audience to Engage Teachers. And want to be perceived as professionals. While reflecting upon this during some planning for the student blogs I want to get up and running, I had an "a-ha" moment. If students are motivated by creating information on the Internet, logically teachers should be too. To put this theory to the test, I've decided to utilize a wiki with my teachers as a part of our PLC. Bloom's taxonomy and Schleckty's Working on the Work. Through cycles of l...
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Techronicity: June 2011
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Monday, June 20, 2011. Google Search Part 3: Image Search. I'm guessing that all of you have used Google Images. To find pictures thousands of times over already, but I'm wondering how many of you have tried the many options available to narrow down your results. Last week, I blogged about the Advanced Search. Options and that is where I'd like to start today. Just like when searching for websites, you can refine your terms by related words, exact phrases or by eliminating words that are irrelevant.
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Techronicity: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Evernote: Who Needs Post-Its? Could be that solution. It is an online Note-taking program that you can sync between different computers or mobile devices. Yes, there's an app for it! Here's how it works. Sign up for an account on the Evernote website. And then proceed to download Evernote. To any other computer or install the app on your mobile or tablet device. As you create notes, they will be automatically accessible from any of those devices. You add to them. Or this blog post.
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Techronicity: October 2010
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. At least many people wish it were so. Years of powerpoint presentations have rendered the program stale to say the least. By the time they graduate, students have been using it over and over again for the greater part of a decade. For most, it is the only presentation tool that is used, apart from the occasional. Or the increasingly extinct. The answer is in the. Students can also use these to share their learning with parents, classmates and teachers to receive feedback.
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Techronicity: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Blogging: Why Aren't You Doing It? Last week on Twitter. Someone had asked what Web 2.0 tools. Were the most beneficial to classrooms. For me, there was only one answer: Blogging. What is so great about blogging, you ask? There are numerous educational benefits to blogging, both for students and teachers. In fact, the very first blog post that I wrote was about classroom blogging. Taking this idea further, blogging. They could create a series of blog. As a teacher, blogging.
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Techronicity: February 2011
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Monday, February 28, 2011. Sharing Made Easy: Transferbigfiles, DropSend, and Minus. Ever need to share files with other people? Well, here are 3 easy to use websites that can make it happen for you. This website allows you to send large files via email for free! Simply head over to the website and sign up for a. Allows you to send even LARGER files, up to 2Gb for. Is much simpler than both. But is meant for smaller files (10 Mb per file). With. To view my first. Posted by Andy Cunningham. Public is the ...
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Techronicity: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Kiva: Loans that Change Lives. As educators, we strive to enable our students to become responsible citizens. With ever-increasing global connections through the Internet, our definition of citizenship has taken on more of that global flavour. Kiva. Is a perfect opportunity for your students to reach out and make a difference in someone's life. According to their website, Kiva is a non-profit organization. Watch this video about how Kiva works:. Is there a risk involved? Doesn'...
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Techronicity: February 2012
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Monday, February 27, 2012. The Smackdown That Was. It's been far too long since I've blogged about anything. As a first year administrator I've found that many things I like to do don't rank very high on my priority list. However, after presenting a session on classroom blogging. At our teachers' convention (twitter hashtag #seatca12. I felt compelled to get back into the habit. After hearing about Web 2.0 Smackdowns. I started the session by polling the audience ( polleverywhere.com. Seven or eight part...
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Techronicity: October 2011
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Monday, October 3, 2011. A Change of Audience to Engage Teachers. And want to be perceived as professionals. While reflecting upon this during some planning for the student blogs I want to get up and running, I had an "a-ha" moment. If students are motivated by creating information on the Internet, logically teachers should be too. To put this theory to the test, I've decided to utilize a wiki with my teachers as a part of our PLC. Bloom's taxonomy and Schleckty's Working on the Work. Through cycles of l...
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Techronicity: September 2011
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Monday, September 5, 2011. Edupunk: Implications for the Classroom? What if I'm right and you were wrong? What if you knew it all along? After reading about Anya Kamenetz's free ebook entitled The Edupunk's Guide. I began pondering possible implications for the classroom. According to Kamenetz, Edupunk. Or how about searched for the best chocolate chip recipe. Rated 4.5/5 stars by over 5000 people)? Or watched a video about how to play a particular song on guitar. Learning what you want, when you need to.