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Daily, we continue to explore Web 2.0 technologies. They get better and better with each passing day.
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CrunchBase, The Free Tech Company Database
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My congratulation to the ECOO conference committee for a great conference. As with every year I leave with so many new ideas. The IT guys at my board really don't like this time of year since they have to settle me down.
On another not, for those who sat in on my session for digital story telling I am hoping to get the slides up shortly. I will also provide the links that I had during my session. Thank you for your participation and feel free to ask any questions.
Keep up the good work ECOO.
Posted by Marc Hurtubise
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http://www.shack.ca/index.php?id=24
Today at the CODE Summit we started with one of the most entertaining speakers I have ever heard. Sir Ken Robinson was humorous almost to the point of being ridiculous until he brought his humour around to highlight something extremely profound. My favourite analogy was comparing a childs gift, i.e. a human resource to a natural resource…it’s not always lying there on the surface, sometimes you have to dig for it. He also referenced a BBC program with the very telling title of “Does he take sugar” which refers to the extremely rude habit people have of asking questions of the person pushing the wheelchair instead of the person in the wheelchair. Sir Ken, who contracted Polio at the age of 5, talked about how his parents and teachers helped him find his gifts and talents and encouraged all of us to do the same.
On the heels of Sir Ken was a presentation from the Hasting Prince Edward DSB on Assistive Technology. Some of the software titles they used for their CODE project were Kurzweil, Dragon and Co-Writer. The question was asked “What structures can be put in place to eradicate the perceived stigma of using assistive software and the notion that the use of assistive software is equivalent to cheating.” I wish I had gone to this session later as I picked up a great line at the next session – “Equity is equal outcomes” meaning that it may take some assistive technology to get everyone to the finish line and that is OK! The team from Hastings put together some great resources for teaching kids how to use these programs and I hope they will be made available on the CODE website. The team also cited a big influence from Todd Cunningham
The last session was on Differentiated Instruction and was presented by a team from the Hamilton Wentworth DSB. The team from HWDSB really took the DI torch and ran with it. My group discussed the “Book Club” and “Dinner and a Movie” projects which were very clever ways of engaging their teachers in professional discussions around DI books and research. It was evident the team was walking the talk as they rolled out coloured folders, varied activities, small group discussions, clickers, clappers, candies and chocolate. We had a great discussion and shared our own board’s activities and practice around book study which seemed to be well received by the group.
Last but not least, I have to give kudos to the conference planning committee for trying out twitter. I was a little disappointed in the small number of posts but making that the only forum for feedback on the conference was a great way to tell the senior administration that made up the bulk of the conference attendees that web 2.0 is here to stay so hop on board!
Some other conference related links:
Parent Engagement
and don’t miss the CODE Chronicles
Keywords: Education, educational technology, management, technology
Posted by Sean Heuchert
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCleverSheep/~3/457757787/12-tools
One of the most powerful, misunderstood and under-utilized tools for teaching 21st century skills, is the Creative Commons. Besides providing access to hundreds of thousands of media works that can be used to augment the creative process, the Creative Commons offers a legitimate way for students to license their own creative works, be they audio, video, text or hybrid products.Keywords: e-learning, technology, web2.0
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http://mathfest.blogspot.com/2008/11/myers-briggs-for-blog.html
Just last week a colleague explained how I am a ENTJ.
The analysis indicates that the author of
http://mathfest.blogspot.com
is of the type:
ESTP - The Doers
The active and playful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities.
The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time.
Posted by Ross Isenegger
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http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/rot-on-the-internet/
In education, we’re quick to jump on band wagons. Some are sustained; some just come and go.
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10 Insightful Web 2.0 Books - Books
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http://www.shack.ca/index.php?id=23
I am currently at the CODE Summit, a conference for school boards that participated in the Special Education projects funded by the Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE). At my board our CODE projects were “Differentiatied Education and Leadership – Deal or No Deal” and “Reaching Exceptionalities in Academics through a Community of Hope – REACCH”. School boards are now presenting the results of their CODE projects and they are ASTOUNDING! I listened to a presentation from the Nipissing Parry Sound Catholic board and they increased some of their provincial standardized results by over 30%—that is incredible! The team from NPSC used Alphasmarts, Smartboards and later a laptop cart in the project classroom as well as Co-Writer and Write Out Loud. The stories around individual students were heart warming and moving.
A theme that kept coming up, and the headline of one of their slides was “Independent students allow for focused teaching.” Their model was to use technology to make students independent in their writing process thereby freeing up the teacher for one on one and small group interactions. They confirmed that the upfront work in teaching the kids how to use the technology was worth it in the latter part of the year when the teacher could have more meaningful interactions with her students. Their results certainly confirm their approach works!
Keywords: Education, educational technology, management, technology
Posted by Sean Heuchert
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheCleverSheep/~3/455980443/south-po
As proof of the ability to communicate from anywhere in the world to the world wide web, you and your students may be interested in following the exploits of Ray Zahab: ultra-marathoner. He was the first to run across the Sahara and is now poised to run an unimaginable event in "South Pole Quest".Keywords: e-learning, technology, web2.0
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