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Informative Infographic or LGBT Rights around the world
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From Richard Byrne
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From Richard Byrne – The app is one part calculator and one part mathematics tutorial. When students enter an equation into Math 42 they not only receive the answer they also receive a break-down of the steps needed in order to solve the equation.
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From Peter Pappas
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From Common Sense Media – Common Sense Media’s research report shows kids are reading less than ever. Discover the startling statistics — and what you can do to get your kids back into books.
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Important article for T’s and P’s to read. http://t.co/hO7I9cZxWQ #edchat #edpolicy
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some helpful resources emerging for administrators and edleaders who want to do this and do it right.
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“@schink10: ComPassion Based Learning: The Coolest Thing I Have Ever Seen. http://t.co/HWuWiKJalW… you should join this
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By Derek Thompson – The Atlantic
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From the New York Times – For Some Social-Media Users, an Anxiety From Approval Seeking
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From Richard Byrne
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Interesting post on the fact that people need to look beyond views regarding the effectiveness of YouTube Channels as a marketing tool.
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Kaizena is an outstanding web based tool that allows teachers to provide audio feedback on student work that has been created and shared through as Google Docs. Kaizena is not a native tool in a Google Drive account, but can be added through the Google Drive apps store.
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Check out these projects from our friends @EnvisionSchools! – http://t.co/2FeeMvc5ov #DeeperLearning #PBLChat #PBL
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From Vicki Davis – UDL advocate Karen Janowski shares a power-packed 10 minutes of ideas for designing online learning experiences to reach every child.
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From Holly Clark
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“@PearsonSStudies: A list of over 100 great sites for #socialstudies! http://t.co/33u2MbDHGN #sschat #history #resources” #phspln
Here Is What Area Educators Have To Say About Our Staff and Students
One of the highlights of our New England 1:1 Summit is the classroom visits where we allow our fellow educators from across New England to see our staff and students in action. The feedback that was shared by the over 200 educators who visited classrooms at the elementary, middle, and high school level was tremendous. Check out some of the comments in the slides below. They certainly are an affirmation of what we get to see every day of the school year in our Burlington classrooms!
Spring Update From Burlington Public Schools
There are so many amazing things happening in our classrooms on a daily basis that it would be impossible to highlight all of them. However, we shared a quick video of some of the interesting things from around our district with School Committee at a recent meeting and you can see it for yourself below.
In addition, we recently opened our classroom doors to over 200 visiting educators during the New England 1:1 Summit. The feedback from our colleagues throughout the region was phenomenal! Check out a few of the responses below. (Click on the icon in the bottom right of the presentation to watch it in full screen mode)
My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (May 11, 2014)
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Shifting Our Focus To Local Assessment
From Grant Wiggins
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Computerized Grading: Purloining the Analysis, the Most Fundamental Exposition of Humanity
From Anthony Cody in Edweek
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Tech resources that can be used in lieu of textbooks from Rice University
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4 Powerful Formative Assessment Tools For The Chromebook Classroom
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Competency-based Teacher Infographic | e-Learning Infographics
How the role of teachers is changing amid broader shifts to personalized, blended and Deeper Learning. http://t.co/t6uin2PaRv #k12 #educhat
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The Challenge of “Calibrating” Teacher Observations
The Challenge of Calibrating Teacher Observations http://t.co/QT9s3fNyZ4
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This is not a John Lennon quote and I lose my mind
This is not a John Lennon quote and I lose my mind every time I see it. RT @HUMANBElNGS http://t.co/1zhf1RvzU3
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A good overview of the Canvas LMS
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Early Reports Suggest Few Field-Testing Snags
From EdWeek
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Rewordify.com: Understand what you read
Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand difficult English faster, and learn words in new ways. Just paste in difficult English (or enter a web page URL) and click the yellow button.
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You should know what “net neutrality” is. If you don’t, here’s a quick, fun way to catch up…
From 22 words
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Is Raging Against the Machine Our Only Option?
From Cathy Davidson
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Project Based Learning – An Explanation and Model Rubrics
From Richard Byrne
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Rethinking Classroom Observation
From ASCD’s Ed. Leadership – Flipped peer observation leads to job-embedded teacher learning.
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Reimagined:Your 1:1 Program: Can You Answer These 10 Questions?
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Social media advice for career-minded students. 10 things to consider.
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Are You Checking Work Email in Bed? At the Dinner Table? On Vacation?
From Clive Thompson in Mother Jones: New research suggests that asking too much of workers during off hours can seriously backfire.
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ISTE based learning experiences available from @cathywo https://t.co/ime324ct7x #edcampbos
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Games Are Good for You! What Games Teach Us About STEM & Learning
For more coding ideas after @katewilson13 session, check out her webinar from last week http://t.co/0axGAqesUV #HLBC14
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Free Technology for Teachers: AnswerGarden – Embed an Open Response Feedback Tool Into Your Blog
AnswerGarden – Embed an Open Response Feedback Tool Into Your Blog via Free Technology for … http://t.co/olHaHxZFK3
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Pearson Wins Major Contract From Common-Core Testing Consortium – Marketplace K-12 – Education Week
Pearson gets the PARCC contract. And was the only ultimate bidder: http://t.co/1YlMCSTmUu
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Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference
The Call for Presenters for CMTC 2014 is now open! http://t.co/PbZJug9TAs #nhcmtc #edcampBos
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Great Tech for Online Writing and Blogging
Writing clearly is an essential skill for all students. Take their abilities to another level: http://t.co/jEoiYgHv0J http://t.co/yRIXs8mXre
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Summer of Learning 2014 | Evolving Educators
RT @ScottRRocco: Summer of Learning 2014 http://t.co/ob2hb6zmCq #satchat #njed
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Response:’The Grading System We Need to Have’ is my new Ed Week post w/ @RickWormeli & others http://t.co/Fd6ojsqNQh http://t.co/ZmSmN19mza Wow, @RickWormeli on “Grading System We Need 2 Have” may end up being most popular post ever in my Ed Wk advice blog http://t.co/0vsRrQXsxO
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NY State Assessment Blues – YouTube
NY State Assessment Blues: http://t.co/dkCidOENOT @carolburris @dianeravitch @leoniehaimson @scfeeney @donald_gately @posroff @dgamberg
My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (May 4, 2014)
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Stop Worrying About Your Child Getting Into College. Worry About What Happens Next.
From The New York Times Parenting Blog
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An Introduction to the New Google Drive iPad Apps That Offer Better Offline Support
Great overview by Sam Morra
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A Simple Way to Create A Search Engine of Educational Videos for Your Class
Here is how you can build your video search engine
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6 reasons to reject Common Core K-3 standards — and 6 rules to guide policy
From Valerie Strauss in the Washington Post
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Not all scientific studies are created equal – YouTube
A good quick look at research studies and how to judge their reliability.
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Science Books Online lists free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other science related documents. All texts are available for free reading online, or for downloading in various formats.
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Easily Link to Translated Versions of your Website | Google Gooru
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Getting Staff On Board With iPad Deployment | The GEDB Online Learning Platform
Getting Staff On Board With iPad Deployment http://t.co/00wfvhbsyu
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Website Domains Help Students Learn How to Shape Their Digital Identities
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A Twitter Abbreviation Guide To Make Sense Of All That Crazy Talk
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Here is a short video introduction on why personal knowledge mastery (PKM) is becoming a required skill and mindset for professionals today.
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From Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM) Workshop
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I’ll Be Happy to Tell You What I Don’t Like — Common Core Annoyances
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Google Doc of Whiteboard Apps
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From Diane Ravitch – Altogether, 24 people wrote the Common Core standards. None identified himself or herself as a classroom teacher, although a few had taught in the past (not the recent past). The largest contingent on the work groups were representatives of the testing industry.
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Common Core propaganda fails: Well-financed education “reformers” fight common sense – Salon.com
Big business and corporate media keep pushing the Core and charters schools. The pushback is heartening and real
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Future of Technology | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
Non-internet users broken down by demographic: (http://t.co/4aEgaB9Lgl) http://t.co/stfnZDdIkW
Wondering If Other Parents Feel Like Louis CK Regarding The Common Core?
I created the storify below from some Tweets that comedian Louis CK made regarding the Common Core State Standards and I am wondering if other parents share his sentiments?
A Great Social Etiquette Lesson From Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon did a little experiment with former New York Yankee second baseman, Robinson Cano, who made his return to New York this week after signing with the Seattle Mariners as a free agent. Fallon asked people on the street whether or not they would boo Cano if they had the opportunity and then had them take out their emotions on a cardboard picture of Cano. Then came the big surprise as Cano walked out from behind his picture.
The results are quite funny as the formerly agitated Yankee fans change their stripes quickly when Cano appears in front of them. As I was laughing at the bit, I was also thinking what a great reminder this is not to say something about someone behind their back or online that I would not want to say to their face. I know that I have had instances where I have gone overboard talking about someone out of their earshot or sent an angry e-mail in the heat of the moment. I also know that I have had much better success in mending fences when I have sought someone out in person.
Make sure you check out the clip below four-minute clip below and see what your take-aways are.
1:1 Parent Technology Survey for Parents
We are asking Burlington parents to take the brief survey below on the experiences of their children with technology in our schools. Thanks in advance for your input!
My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (April 27, 2014)
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Coleman has it wrong: Children are the core of our schools |CommonCored.us
David Coleman, chief architect of the Common Core learning standards, notably quipped in a 2011 speech at the state Department of Education, “As you grow up in this world, you realize people really don’t give a (expletive) about what you feel or what you think.”
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This is the future of technology — how will it impact teaching & learning?
from Sam Chaltain – Educators and school reformers — ignore at (y)our peril. (And crazy to think that this talk was from 2005!)
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Filmmaker Jerry Rothwell on his “School in the Cloud” documentary | TED Blog
a forward-thinking elementary school in the U.K., Rothwell has watched Mitra, a Newcastle University professor, plant the seeds of his global education experiment that lets children learn on their own, and from each other, by tapping into online resources and their inner sense of wonder.
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Fountain of Youth – Training As You Age | Kap Lifestyle
This is why it’s immeasurably important to keep training into your 30s, 40s and beyond. http://t.co/KVlsAbe0ii … #StayStrong
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“Many Ways To Help Our Students Grieve”
Good list from Larry Ferlazzo
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Child Protection: Five golden rules for staying safe online | British Council
Infographic
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Photograph Math – #mathphotoaday
From Richard Byrne – hanks to a recent Instragram from Andy McKiel I learned about a neat mathematics and photography project started by a grade 3 class in Thompson, Manitoba. The project asks students to take photographs of things representing various topics and concepts in elementary school level mathematics.
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20 collaborative Google Apps activities for schools | Ditch That Textbook
Some great easy classroom activities for teachers
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Biz Stone’s No-Homework Policy And The Rules Of Rule-Breaking | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
TWITTER COFOUNDER BIZ STONE IMPLEMENTED A “NO HOMEWORK POLICY” FOR HIMSELF IN HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT AWAY WITH IT IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. HERE’S WHAT IT TAUGHT HIM ABOUT WHEN AND HOW TO BREAK THE RULES.
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Shifting the Classroom, One Step at a Time
Great advice on moving to an inquiry-based classroom from Shelley Wright
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Options for Uploading Videos to YouTube with School Filtering
From Wes Fryer
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Site that can be utilized as an access to textboooks
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How, after 60 years, Brown v. Board of Education succeeded — and didn’t
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Lesson Plan Map – Search Education – Google
Google has designed a set of 15 wonderful lesson plans
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8 Responses to Late Work To Use Right Now –
From ASCD Edge
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Michelle Ardizzoni – New England 1:1 Summit
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The Myth Of Digital Citizenship And Why We Need To Teach It Anyway
From Sam Stecher on EdReach
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Those Terms of Service on Popular Websites DO Matter! | Powerful Learning Practice
From Jen Carey – “If you want to advocate for an effective Digital Citizenship program, you must first take the position that behaving responsibly and appropriately online is paramount. As such, this means not violating a company’s age or usage policy (even if someone in the company might suggest it’s okay).”
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A Great Student Rubric for Reviewing Apps
To help her students understand and be able to analyze the apps they come across online, Mutt Susan from Digital Divide and Conquer has created this wonderful rubric. The Student App Review Rubric, features five sections ( or criteria) that students can grade when assessing an app. Each of these criteria can be graded with a numerical number from 0 to 4 with 4 as the top grade.
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School Spotlight: The Notre Dame School of Dallas Facebook Page
A good look at how one school successfully uses Facebook to connect and spread its message.
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Who Wrote the Common Core Standards? Here is a List
From Diane Ravitch
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Here is a press release that lists the names of the writing teams for each subject as well as “feedback” groups.
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UN study: Cellphones can improve literacy – The Washington Post
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What does the SAT measure? Aptitude? Achievement? Anything?
Moreover the nature of these standardized exams — fast-paced, multiple-choice “games” that put a premium on strategic guessing — means that they advantage students with strong test-taking skills, not necessarily those with other talents that may be more valuable in the classroom or in life. Finally, the concept of “aptitude” assumes that it is innate and unchangeable. In fact, humans can develop the knowledge, skills and experiences that improve performance, if given the opportunity.
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The New Doctopus & Add-ons Gallery – YouTube
The New Doctopus & Add-ons Gallery: http://t.co/rbCnSOGWeW via @YouTube #edtech @dimll
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Math is Harder When Using an iPad ~ Mrs. Wideen’s Blog
RT @mrswideen: Math is Harder When Using an iPad http://t.co/62VvPIOrxc #ettipad #1stchat #ipaded #mathchat
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PD Conferences vs. Unconferences
This is the challenge that must be met, “How do we make something that is mandatory for all, excellent enough that we begin to change the brains of 1000 teachers. PD can be a good thing, and you will learn something if you come willing to learn.
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Technical glitch causes FCAT testing problems in Collier
Computer-based testing issues in Florida
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Fairfax teens could get extra hour of sleep on school days – The Washington Post
“To do nothing in this situation is to do harm,” Owens said. “You’re perpetuating a situation where not only academic achievement is compromised but their health and safety is compromised.”
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Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’
From the Chronicle of Higher Education – This is also a problem at the college level
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danah boyd | apophenia » Whether it’s bikes or bytes, teens are teens
The irony of our increasing cultural desire to protect kids is that our efforts may be harming them. In an effort to limit the dangers they encounter, we’re not allowing them to develop skills to navigate risk. In our attempts to protect them from harmful people, we’re not allowing them to learn to understand, let alone negotiate, public life. It is not possible to produce an informed citizenry if we do not first let people engage in public.
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5 Tips For Researching Internships – Chelsea Krost
5 Great Tips For Researching #Internships http://t.co/QG0LA77l22 via @amritsays #Millennials #students #SummerBreak
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5 Tools That Help Students Organize Research and Create Bibliographies
From Richard Byrne – Organizing and writing a bibliography can feel like the most tedious part of writing a research paper. The following five tools can help students organize and create their bibliographies.
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iPad As Teacher’s Pet (infographic)
from Tony Vincent
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Multilingual Lessons for Pre-K through Second Grade Students
via Richard Byrne
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EverySlide – Share Your Slides and Run Polls At the Same Time
From Richard Byrne – EverySlide is a free (for educators and students) service that allows you to share your slides directly to the iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, and Android devices used by members of your audience.
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The Fischbowl: Burden of Proof: A Textbook Example
I think that for all “materials selections” from here on out, the default should be to not purchase a new textbook.
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Why You Have to Generate Your Own Data – Scott Anthony – Harvard Business Review
f you really want to make the case for an innovative idea, then you need to go one step further. Don’t just gather data. Generate your own. Strengthen your case and bolster your own confidence –
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Actually, online skimming probably hasn’t affected serious reading after all
A more plausible possibility is that we’re not less capable of reading complex prose, but less willing to put in the work. Our criterion for concluding, “this is boring, this is not paying off,” has been lowered because the Web makes it so easy to find something else to read, watch, or listen to.
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Being a student of your own school
Good overview of the constructive use of Learning Walks and Instructional Rounds
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Why Playful Learning Is The Key To Prosperity
Learning through play with “hands-on, minds-on” approaches (not workbooks) is a powerful way forward. Play gives children space to dream, discover, improvise, and challenge convention. It’s crucial to social, emotional, cognitive and even physical development, helping them grow up “better adjusted, smarter and less stressed.” We know this.
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Good list from Harold Jarche about living in the network area
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Common Core’s power grab -Editorial
Editorial by Peabody School Committee Member Dave McGeney
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Harvard Measures Its MOOCs – Harvard Magazine |… – Linkis.com
How Harvard Measures Its MOOCs – Harvard Magazine http://t.co/WUJyETEsiX
My Un-Learning Journey 