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Archive for 2007
October 24, 2007 | 
Author To Follow up on my previous post on Tools to Support Reading.
For more information on Kathleen McClaskey http://www.edtech-associates.com and Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.net
The PowerPoint Files:
- Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Comprehension and Vocabulary
- SUGGESTED RESOURCES/REFERENCES
A great use of Microsoft Word® in the classroom to help organize Read the rest of this entry »
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Description: Once upon a SLURL…Learning in Second Life
Claudia L’Amoreaux, aka Claudia Linden, supports education initiatives in Second Life. She’ll share success stories and best practices from exemplary K12 and higher education projects in Second Life. She’ll offer advice on how to guide your schools and school systems in entering Second Life. She’ll address how to integrate Second Life effectively in the curriculum with examples from SLED, the Second Life Educators community. The Second Life Educators are an innovative, rapidly growing international community of more than 3700 “3D Internet” pioneers representing hundreds of schools worldwide. Claudia will offer suggestions for how to join, participate and collaborate with this supportive community and the rich ecosystem of inworld groups, and Web 2.0 tools like blogs, wikis, and mashups like Sloodle. She’ll explore how we can all become more effective advocates for the use of educational technologies that can meet the changing needs of today’s learners. Read the rest of this entry »
Defining a state’s role in supporting NCLB mandates focused on student technology standards, including policies and systems for assessing mastery
PRESENTERS
* ILLINOIS
Sharnell S. Jackson
Chief eLearning Officer
Chicago Public Schools
Information & Technology Services
James R. Sweet
Educational Technology Consultant
Learning Point Associates (NCREL), Naperville, IL
Chicago City Schools has developed a system for assessing mastery of
the student technology standards. Its success has interested the
State of Illinois in possibly adopting it statewide. We’ll hear about
what they do and how it was accomplished.
In response to my earlier post Google Apps Education Edition:
I participated in the WebEx with the hopes to gain more insight into how Google Apps for Education can be used in schools. I was slightly disappointed only because what they covered was information I already knew or could learn from other resources (YouTube and Breeze). Although the WebEx was somewhat informative on the tools that are available it was also an opportunity to ask questions with a “live” Google Person and ask some general questions.
The presenter used Arizona State University as case study to show how ASU has incorporated Google Apps for Education into the school’s 65,000 membeship. They offer custom Gmail accounts username@asu.edu for each member along with calendering and GoogleDocs, as well as many other tools. The school had a very successful adoption rate and continue to move forward with it’s use.
I was hoping to find out how a school can leverage Google Apps in the classroom. I can see the benefit of chat, email and calendering for students and teacher to communicate with each other. However tools such as Google Docs can open a vast array of possibilities. For exampl; a math teach can show how data relates and create charts off such data using the spreadsheet tool; while English teachers can mark up student essays. Students can even email documents to the folders or publish them directly into the browser. The power of Google Docs is the way in which all the tools work seamlessly with one another.
I plan to follow up with a Google Rep and discuss how Google Apps can be integrated into the K-12 classroom Environment and will post my result…
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Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
October 24 – Free Online Event
Technology provides a new opportunity to remove barriers to learning and improve the literacy skills of all students. Through discussion and demonstration, Kathleen H. McClaskey, President of EdTech Associates, and
Joan Sedita, founding partner of Keys To Literacy, 
will introduce participants to accessible desktop and “no cost” online tools that can be used to support the teaching and learning of reading comprehension and vocabulary strategies. Suggestions will be provided for how these technology tools can be used to develop topic webs and graphic organizers; identify, highlight, and pull out main ideas and details into notes; generate summaries; and support word-study skills such as focusing on word parts and creating semantic webs. This event will emphasize the importance of direct comprehension and vocabulary instruction, as well as how to integrate the technology tools into this instruction.
| Event: | Google Apps Education Edition | |
| Date and Time: | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:00r 16, 2007 1:00 English: World English Bible - WEB TR places at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses .25 WP-Bible plugin pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York) |
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| October 16, 2007r 16, 2007 English: World English Bible - WEB TR places at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses .25 WP-Bible plugin 6:00 pm GMT Daylight Time (GMT +01:00, London) |
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| October 16, 2007r 16, 2007 English: World English Bible - WEB TR places at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses .25 WP-Bible plugin 10:30 pm India Standard Time (GMT +05:30, Bombay) |
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| Duration: | 1 hour | |
| Description: | Google Apps Education Edition Learn about all of the features and benefits of Google Apps Education Edition and have your questions answered by a product specialist. In this online seminar, you will: * Hear why other organizations have made the switch |
I’ve added a few new pages to the top nav of this site. They are links to various resources that I will be adding to as time goes on.
I hope to get the flickr plugin working soon so you can see/comment on my photos….
