Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 04/18/2011

• The Top 30 Best Photography Apps for iPhone - TNW Apps

  top 30 best photo apps for the iPhone/ iPod.

  tags: education photography

• Web Design Evolution: Two Decades of Innovation [INFOGRAPHIC]

  Excellent infographic on the evolution of web design! If you study this, it would be marvelous to use in class. Excellent graphic organizer on the topic.

  tags: education web2.0 internet computerscience_teacher

• “What did I do that helped students learn?” « Center for Teaching

  Excellent article from Bob over at the Center for Teaching Blog with an overview of articles he's been reading about best practices taht help students learn. I've found a ton of resources and information. Excellent article.

  tags: education bestpractices teaching

• Win Virtual Nerd for your whole school for an entire year!

  Virtual Nerd is letting people make Playlists of problems and concepts just like for music on your iPod. The feature lets teachers, tutors and students create customized lesson plans by bookmarking video tutorials and building a corresponding list of practice problems.
  
  Virtual Nerd is also running a contest for a whole school to win a subscription for the 2011-12 school year. To enter, parents and teachers just need to go to www.virtualnerd.com/contest.

  tags: education

• “Free Trials" Aren't Always Free

  This would be good information to use as you talk to students about digital citizenship. From the US Federal Trade commission this vdieo and website talks about "free trial offers" and what you are giving up when you sign up for them.
  

  tags: education digiteen curriculum digitalcitizenship digital_literacy digital_responsibilities digital_safety

• Prayers for Emily Rader (9)

  I'm touched by the discussions that are going on about Emily Rader. her aunt, Melanie Boyd, and I started a conversation after Melanie's comment on a blog post I wrote a while back. I think it is good to have networks build around causes, people, and struggles and trials of life. It helps us cope and provide encouragement to those who feel alone in their crisis. to make a page, just go to this page and click "create a page" and then begin sharing it with your network.

  tags: education communityservice

• Coffeechug CMP and PLN (573)

  A Monitoring portal built by Aaron Mauerer one of our flat classroom certified teachers. It aggregates public content.

  tags: education learning cmp flatclassroom

• Corner Office - The 5 Habits of Highly Effective C.E.O.’s - NYTimes.com

  Excellent article that I will be sharing with my classes this week. The 5 characteristics are: passionate curiosity, battle-hardened confidence, team smarts, a simple mindset, and fearlessness.
  
  This also could apply to good educators and principles, don't you think?

  tags: education learning success edu_news

• CS Principles - Home

  AP Computer Science Principles is being tested and piloted now. With less programming than the AP Computer Science - this looks like what I'm teaching my 10th grade now, so I'm very keen on this. Stay tuned.

  tags: education learning

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Grab the Google Video - you'll lose it

I wish Google would just migrate our videos over to Youtube FOR us (makes sense) but they aren't. In case you missed it:

I suggest you go into  http://www.google.com/video/upload/Status?rf=1&hl=en - I have 19 videos including K12 online videos that are uploaded here!  Don't assume you don't - check this NOW!

From Google

"On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)

We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To learn more go here.

Here’s how to download your videos:

1. Go to the Video Status page.
2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column."

Related articles

• Google Video Closing Down, What You Need To Know (ghacks.net)
• Google Video To Close, All Videos To Be Removed By Mid-May (reelseo.com)
• Videos Uploaded to Google Video Will Be Removed Next Month (mt-soft.com.ar)
• Google Videos Going Offline; Time To Grab What You Want (news.slashdot.org)

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 04/17/2011

• Free web template: Education web layout #10

  If you need a new look but don't have time to design, this website has free web templates for use in dreamweaver, etc. Here is another one just added on Saturday.

  tags: education website

• Looking back…. | Teach Less Learn More

  Heather Davis' reflections on the first Flat Classroom conference in Qatar.
  
  My favorite words:
  
  "I also learned to begin to hope again. To see promise in the future. The students who came to Qatar were not just a part of the conference but led the way. It gives me new focus and a determination to move forward and create authentic global connections with and for myself and my students."
  
  Those who collaborate globally do find a lot of hope in the work. Sad for those who only say what can't be done.

  tags: education globalcollaboration flatclassroom

• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

  Science teachers should follow this audio blog. For those who are discussing the oil spill from a year a go or the earthquake, this video / audio podcast can give you some insight into teaching this.

  tags: education science_teacher science

• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

  For those who love the Ipad - this video/ audio podcast from Leo Laporte and Sarah lane is for you.

  tags: education ipad

• Free Technology for Teachers: 11 Resources for Teaching & Learning Web Safety

  11 resources for web safety instructions. Of course my favorite way to teach internet safety is to immerse them in learning as we do in the digiteen project.

  tags: education learning

• Quia - Internet Safety Hangman

  internet safety hangman. I do find this an oxymoron, and yet this is an activity that many may like.

  tags: education learning digiteen digitalcitizenship technology

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April 16: last Day to Download Free Divisibility apps from McGraw Hill

I almost missed this one and although I've posted twice today, I didn't want you to miss this! The best rundown on this deal is at the Education Technology Blog.

From Jonathan Wylie:

"McGraw-Hill [is] offering their Everyday Mathematics iPod, iPhone and iPad apps free between April 13-16. Well, today they are now live and available for download at the iTunes store."

Related articles

• Everyday Mathematics Equivalent Fractions™ - McGraw-Hill School Education Group (itunes.apple.com)
• Everyday Mathematics Name That Number™ - McGraw-Hill School Education Group (itunes.apple.com)
• Everyday Mathematics Beat the Computer™ Multiplication - McGraw-Hill School Education Group (itunes.apple.com)
• Everyday Mathematics Tric-Trac™ - McGraw-Hill School Education Group (itunes.apple.com)
• Everyday Mathematics Addition Top It - McGraw-Hill School Education Group (itunes.apple.com)
• Select McGraw-Hill educational apps for iPhone and iPad free until 4/16 (tuaw.com)

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National Geographic Beta Tests Free Educator/ Student Website

A far cry from the usefulness of the more mature Discovery Streaming, and yet this free educators website from National Geographic is going to be infinitely useful for educators.

Link: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/edu/

They have done a good job of segmenting their views by audience. Teachers, Informal Educators, Families, Students, Kids all have their own view. This is smart.

They also have a lot of free tools for educators and a very interesting Geography Alliance to promote Geography literacy and some useful material on the Japanese earthquake.

The more non-fiction multimedia companies do to organize resources, share, and help those with common learning interests network - the better off we'll all be.

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Flipboard has Made iPad Irresistable: Order Now Japanese Earthquake may limit parts

It is official. I'm officially asking for an iPad for my birthday. Flipboard is the killer app that has pushed my hand.

I spent the morning setting this up for Mom and Dad.

I was curious because now over 5% of my traffic from this blog is being read on Flipboard.

I see why it is the #1 ipad app. Amazing.

I've explored the Flipboard alternatives and the bottom line is that there aren't any. Nothing comes close.

Just take a look at what this does with my school news blog!

I've been an iTouch fan for a long time. Because I have a mi-fi card, I'll definitely just get the wi-fi version. 

Bottom line is that Flipboard makes the iPad irresistable, particularly for content producers, executives, principals, and those who need to stay abreast of trends. With the Japanese earthquake perhaps limiting production of the iPad 2, we are ordering today.

Related articles

• Flipboard Valued at $200 Million? Another Sign of an Upcoming Bubble? (crenk.com)
• Flipboard Gets $50M. Valued at $200M (socialtimes.com)
• Oprah Comes to Flipboard (readwriteweb.com)
• iPad apps for Teachers (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
• Social Media Syndication Part 1: Where is Your Audience (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
• Social Media Syndication Part 2: Overview of Places to Share (coolcatteacher.blogspot.com)
• Flipboard iPad just flipped me! (literateowl.wordpress.com)

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Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 04/16/2011

• YouTube - YaleCourses's Channel

  Yale has released several more high def courses hinging upon video posted on youtube. Wither you can use it with students, you could easily learn a lot. There are several videos including one on capitalism that would be great for an economics course.
  Take your students to Yale for a day!
  
  Yale has been busy with 20 something videos posted this week. They are also on itunes U.

  tags: education openeducation opencontent

• Funschool - Fun Blaster - Super Hyper Spider Typer

  super hyper type spider recommended by @fsinfo on Twitter for typing.
  
  "Hungry lizards with words on their backs are after Berry the hairy spider! Save Berry from these colorful, wacky creatures by typing words quickly as they appear on their backs and help her from becoming someone's lunch! Type in the letters or words you see on the lizard's backs as soon as they appear on the screen to clear them away. Some words will be harder than others so type really fast to win! Each round will end when the spider reaches the top of the tree. "

  tags: education typing technology

• "Embedded Librarians: Three Models to Promote the Library and Improve S" by Krista Godfrey, Andrew Colgoni et al.

  Learn about 3 models for embedded librarianship: in a program, virtually and in a centre for teaching and learning
  
  I need to ask some of my library friends about these three models and which they use.

  tags: education library techintegrator

• iPod Touch to help improve student learning - Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports

  I'm not sure how the licensing is working for them. I didn't think you could have one app and share on 40 ipods, but that is what the Charleston County School District says they are doing. After checking with Twitter friends - they confirmed that it is illegal. I wonder how they got this far and didn't know this.
  
  From the article:
  
  ""Everything from vocabulary, to e-book reading, to art, to science," said CCSD Media Services Coordinator Connie Dopierala.
  
  CCSD hopes to invest in a set of 40 iPod Touches for every school in the district, at $150 each. Students can learn math or grammar on inexpensive application programs.
  
  "We can download a 99-cent app and load it on all 40 iPod Touches or however many, and that's very cost-effective with taxpayer dollars," said Dopierala."

  tags: education ipod edu_news edu_trends

• To boost student learning, improve student health, says panel

  "Charles Basch, a professor of health education at Teachers College of Columbia University, presented highlights from his research on the relationship between student health and achievement. Basch’s research identifies major health risks that have a negative impact on learning, including asthma, teen pregnancy, poor vision and a lack of breakfast.
  
  “It’s not a coincidence that children in the 5,000 lowest-performing schools are the same ones that experience the greatest health disparities,” he said."

  tags: education student improvement

• Joliprint | Print friendly & PDF your blogs and websites

  Website that creates printer-friendly copies of articles. (Hat tip Free Tech for Teachers)

  tags: education tool

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