links for 2009-05-06
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READ "The Fourth Way of Change",
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a storytelling unit on Tall Tales where groups of students were given the task of retelling and elaborating on an assigned Tall Tale story. The video below was inspired by Lee LeFever and Common Craft videos and it was created using a Flip Camera and edited within MovieMaker.
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In this project we are going to be using a program called Pages to create our own iVerb ads. Have you seen the iPod commercials? We are going to make our iVerb ads look like the iPod commercial.
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There is a technology war coming. Actually it is already here but most of us haven’t yet notice. It is a war not about technology but because of technology, a war over how we as a culture embrace technology. It is a war that threatens venerable institutions and, to a certain extent, threatens what many people think of as their very way of life. It is a war that will ultimately and inevitably change us all, no going back. The early battles are being fought in our schools. And I already know who the winners will be.
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A coach provides resources for success
A coach directs focus toward solutions
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Yes, computers are a tool and they’re not the be-all-end-all.
AND computers can support learners, open doors to a world of possibilities and learning opportunities and global thinking. They can provide a chance for every child to learn their own way and construct their own knowledge. They can facilitate conversations with other people and other children around the world. They can knock down the isolation of a classroom’s four walls and invite in the voices, experience and passion of the entire planet. They can engage a bored, disengaged student – whether because they’ve already learned the current topic and they can explore it to a deeper level, or because they don’t get it and they can find another perspective, application or explanation of that topic from another source.
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We need to have a common, clear, inclusive and inspiring vision.
We need to collaborate at all levels of community… it really does take a village to raise a child.
We need to be active learners taking part in lively learning communities, networked with effective role models.
We need to be responsible and effective teaching professionals, lead learners fostering meaningful learning. -
Not the Knowing, but the Process of Inquiry. Not covering the curriculum, but ‘uncovering’ the curriculum. A focus in innovation and creativity… how do we model this… every day? by Maureen Dockendorf
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