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Here is a brief exchange between some classmates and myself… I agree with your statement about always having a proctor present. I have witnessed several times when inappropriate things suddenly appear on a student computer. Usually they areb as surprised as I am! Since firewalls can’t catch everything all the time, teachers are needed to …
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eLearning Blog: Instant Messaging: Is there validity for curriculum integration? I just left a comment on this post, and I’m reposting the comment here (I’ve added two more reasons to make it an even 10): I’m a big advocate of Instant Messaging in Education. My reasons can be summarized by these points: It can be …
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I orginially wrote two responses to two class prompts on this topic, but I have elected to omit the first response from this blog because my examples were very specific to my workplace. Still here is the second response, and some good questions to consider… and frankly, in the context of this blog, I should …
Cross posted from Getting Smart news. I often begin my workshop on personal learning networks for educators by asking these questions: Who is in your learning network? Who do you learn from on a regular basis? Who do you turn to for your own professional development? Some educators are lucky enough to learn from their …
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These stats come from an Orange County sixth grade teacher. Thanks to Mike Guerena and to the teacher’s district technology leader for sharing the data. :) Here is more than you wanted: 66% of my students have iPods (21 of 32) 1 iPod 2 iPod shuffle 9 iPod Mini 7 iPod nano 2 iPod video …
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No Bruner post tonight. I’ve spent time playing with new software (which I always enjoy and haven’t been able to do nearly enough this past year). A former student (who’s planning to become a teacher) also contacted my via IM, so we chatted a while. We’ll be meeting for coffee next week… and, naturally, I’ll …
Continue reading “On the power of IM, Priorities, …and Sleep”
In response some classmates’ funding proposal abstract… The primary objective of this project is to unite students and faculty from 2 US high schools from each coast via real-time live discussions on social, political, environmental and global issues that impact our world. Mia and Militza, I’m not sure if this is what you are talking …
This post is largely a reaction to a conversation that has developed on Twitter, in the edublogosphere, and elsewhere over the past several days. But first, I need to announce the event here! In case you haven’t seen it yet, here are the basics: The Google Teacher Academy for Administrators is a FREE professional development …
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ijohnpederson » Blog Archive » Tap Your SmarterChild John Pederson shared this on twitter and I’m passing it on. SmarterChild is a virtual IM buddy and sort of like a secretary sitting in front of Google. Very cool. If you use instant messaging (or want to), try it. (tags: instantmessage virtualassistant) The Thinking Stick » …
At Walden University, once a Ph.D. student is working on their KAMs or their dissertation they are placed into an online “course” in eCollege with their mentor and with other students who share the same mentor. There is a minimal requirement for participating in online discussion, and with my proposal and IRB documents already taken …