Archive for the ‘Curriculum Resources’ Category
Sunday, July 10th, 2005
One of the software purchases I made for next year was a BrainPOP subscription for all of the district's 3rd-6th graders. I had a number of our teachers in the one-to-one computing project work with it on a trial basis and they raved about how much the kids enjoyed the ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
I just finished a session called "Geocaching in Your Classroom" by Monte Gaukler, a Middle School Curriculum Technology Partner from Grand Forks. The group had a great time talking about how geocaching could find uses in a variety of subjects across a K-12 school district. Need to know a bit ...
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2005
Here is a list of the features I want/need in whatever curriculum sharing tool with use:
Web-based utilizing standards-compliant, semantic markup
Searchable
Extensive use of RSS to allow teachers to subscribe to various grade levels or subjects
Ability to link to state and national standards as well as whatever local standards we'd like to ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
It's clear that some people don't quite get Creative Commons yet. See Lawrence Lessig's recent post about an article in Billboard magazine for proof that there's more education to be done. (Assuming that the misunderstanding is an honest one and not motivated by blind allegiance to the RIAA.)
Creative Commons ...
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Thursday, April 21st, 2005
I'm happy to announce that the Hopkins Information Technology Standards for Students (HITS) are now available for all the world to see on the Web under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license. These standards are the product of many talented Hopkins educators. From the HITS Web page:The Hopkins Instructional Technology Standards ...
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Sunday, April 17th, 2005
I installed Moodle on a spare server last June as an experiment. Since my district was an online learning pioneer in Minnesota and continues to work in that area as part of the Northern Star Online collaborative, it seemed logical to see if some of our teachers who have gained ...
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Friday, April 15th, 2005
One of the best parts of my job is the opportunity to get into our district's schools and see what's going on in the classrooms. I see something really cool nearly every time. Earlier this week I was in a 4th grade class at Glen Lake Elementary watching a teacher ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
ExploreLearning.com is a subscription service that has about 600 science and math simulations. Here's the official word from their site:
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12. We call these simulations Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
Multimedia Design Corporation has a multimedia product called mPOWER. It looks similar in capability to eZedia and MediaBlender, but my first impression is that it's a bit more intuitive to use. The program has direct hooks into Apple's iLife applications that allow you to import photos, movies, and audio very ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
I'm in St. Paul today at an event sponsored by Apple Computer. The NCLB Solutions Showcase is highlighting a number of products from vendors that have products to show that address science, math, and other NCLB tested areas. I'll take some notes and post the highlights.
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Friday, April 1st, 2005
I was a high school science teacher before I got into ed tech full time. Just about the time I was leaving my teaching job at Henry Sibley High School, we bought some of the Vernier sensor and software products. Unfortunately, I never had a good chance to use them ...
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Sunday, March 20th, 2005
Raise your hand if you know what a tar heel is? Did you know that a Jayhawk was a abolitionist guerilla from Missouri or Kansas around the time of the Civil War? I was watching an NCAA tournament basketball game today and realized that researching some of the historically significant ...
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