Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher) provides a wealth of information to teachers, students and others with an interest in educational technology. Recently she provided a Twitter link (http://coolcatteacher.visibli.com/share/kcrfgK) to a resource called Email Charter. Email Charter has identified the problem of e-mail overwhelming people to the point that the time spent distracts from the more important jobs we have to do. Working together we can reduce the amount of e-mail we need to respond to. Email Charter provides a list of 10 Rules to Reverse the Email Spiral.
Check it out to see if you agree and are ready to take some measures to reduce the Inbox problem many of us share. Share it with students so they can work to solve the problem and avoid the same bursting Inbox problems we have experienced.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Big 10 (Most Influential People in EdTech for 2011)
Tech & Learning, a print and online publisher, presented their list of the most influential people in educational technology for 2011. If you are a teacher who is passionate about technology in education, you might want to learn more about these 10 people. Each person has a unique area of expertise and a passion for technology. Read more about each person by clicking the title link for this article. Each person and their title are listed below along with a link to a related site:
Doug Levin - State Educational Technology Directors Association executive director
Karen Cator - director of Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education
Gregg Festa - ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies (This is a ning that may be blocked by school district filters.)
Ann Thompson - editor of the Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education
John Kao - innovation activist
David Warlick - Landmark Project consultant
Salman Khan - founder of the Khan Academy
Punya Mishra - co-chair of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE)
Jonathan Ive and the Apple Design Team - iPad pilot program at Oklahoma State University
"Google for Educators" Development Team - includes Julia Stiglitz, teacher; provides classroom resources for teachers
Doug Levin - State Educational Technology Directors Association executive director
Karen Cator - director of Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education
Gregg Festa - ADP Center for Teacher Preparation and Learning Technologies (This is a ning that may be blocked by school district filters.)
Ann Thompson - editor of the Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education
John Kao - innovation activist
David Warlick - Landmark Project consultant
Salman Khan - founder of the Khan Academy
Punya Mishra - co-chair of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE)
Jonathan Ive and the Apple Design Team - iPad pilot program at Oklahoma State University
"Google for Educators" Development Team - includes Julia Stiglitz, teacher; provides classroom resources for teachers
Get Something for Nothing (ASCD resource)
ASCD put out a list of free educational resources that teachers might want to explore during summer break. Use the article link (above) to access the full article or browse a couple of the resources listed here:
Free Resources for Educational Excellence - http://free.ed.gov
K-12 resources listed at this site are categorized both by subject (Arts & Music, Language Arts, Math, etc.) and by media type (animations, primary documents, photos, and videos). A search box allows users to enter their own keywords for finding resources. When accessing a new categorized resource such as this, it might be helpful to begin by choosing a category and drilling down to see how information is organized and the types of results within each category.
For example, starting with Arts and Music, a user can drill down to Visual Arts, then to Photography to find 34 resources. Four resources are featured and all 34 resources can be displayed. One of the topics is Mathew Brady Portraits, which is cross referenced in U.S. History Topics and U.S. Time Periods. Users are directed to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and Mathew Brady's Portraits.
Take some time to browse the collections to find quality resources for your students.
Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Here is another high quality site where educators can find free lesson plans and educational resources aligned to state standards, provided by partners with expertise in each content areas. Content partners include National Geographic, Science NetLinks, EconEdLink, ReadWriteThink, LiteracyNetwork, ArtsEdge, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Illuminations (Math), EdSitement and Wonderopolis. Resources can also provide parents and students with access to educational content in the At Home & AfterSchool area. Summer might be the time to begin organizing resources to integrate into key lessons for the upcoming school year. Take some time to explore Thinkfinity this summer!
These two resources could keep educators busy during the summer collecting valuable resources to share with students. If you are interested in more information like this, click the article link to read the entire ASCD article and access to additional resources.
Free Resources for Educational Excellence - http://free.ed.gov
K-12 resources listed at this site are categorized both by subject (Arts & Music, Language Arts, Math, etc.) and by media type (animations, primary documents, photos, and videos). A search box allows users to enter their own keywords for finding resources. When accessing a new categorized resource such as this, it might be helpful to begin by choosing a category and drilling down to see how information is organized and the types of results within each category.
For example, starting with Arts and Music, a user can drill down to Visual Arts, then to Photography to find 34 resources. Four resources are featured and all 34 resources can be displayed. One of the topics is Mathew Brady Portraits, which is cross referenced in U.S. History Topics and U.S. Time Periods. Users are directed to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and Mathew Brady's Portraits.
Take some time to browse the collections to find quality resources for your students.
Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Here is another high quality site where educators can find free lesson plans and educational resources aligned to state standards, provided by partners with expertise in each content areas. Content partners include National Geographic, Science NetLinks, EconEdLink, ReadWriteThink, LiteracyNetwork, ArtsEdge, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Illuminations (Math), EdSitement and Wonderopolis. Resources can also provide parents and students with access to educational content in the At Home & AfterSchool area. Summer might be the time to begin organizing resources to integrate into key lessons for the upcoming school year. Take some time to explore Thinkfinity this summer!
These two resources could keep educators busy during the summer collecting valuable resources to share with students. If you are interested in more information like this, click the article link to read the entire ASCD article and access to additional resources.
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