Looking for your input

Ceara McCurdy, a researcher at the University of Dundee in Scotland, asked me to share her exciting new project with you. She is trying to encourage teachers to use movies, mash-ups and video editing in the classroom (mainly ages 7-11). so that students will have skills they need to create content for YouTube etc. It is a natural for a creative outlet for students as well as a vital tool for presenting themselves online.

Ceara has a website started for her project Called Spoonfulofmovies http://www.cearanissa.com/spoonfulofmovies/ It is in the development stage and she is looking for your input and ideas. Of course there are already some good resources and ideas you can use. Storyboards and question prompts for your students to use in creating videos.
Take a look.

Mash-Up One from Ceara McCurdy on Vimeo.

The Tempered Radical: Three Tricks to Retaining Teachers

November 29, 2009 Today’s story:

• The Tempered Radical: Three Tricks to Retaining Teachers

  "Three Tricks to Retaining Teachers Have you ever noticed that the constant stream of articles about the teacher retention crisis in America’s schools never really ends? Poke through Google and you’ll find bits on attrition in math and science, where candidates can easily move into the private sector and earn significantly more over a lifetime, and on the costs that attrition carries for schools and districts. You can find reports drafted by national organizations like the Education Commission of the States and the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. Ed Week and Edutopia are writing about teacher retention. So is Cal State University and the Virginia Department of Education. "

  tags: radical, tempered, teacher, retention

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

K12 Online conference teaser

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom? What’s The Point?

I’m sharing with you this blog post from Steven Anderson. It is a summary of a #edchat meetup this Tuesday night. I missed the conversation but I’d like to mention parents and what an impact they could have. That is why we are starting a program for parents Digital Parent
Ask parents you know, if they would sign up for a course on web 2.0 tools.

• Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: You Want Me To Use This In My Classroom? What’s The Point?

  "There is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold. As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:"

  tags: no_tag

  • here is one in every school. There is one in every district. There is that one teacher, no matter what you do, no matter how much time you take, how slow you go, how much one-on-one time you spend with them, there is that one teacher who is not going to integrate technology into their classroom. They dig in their heals. They bury their heads in the sand. They shut the doors to their classroom, leaving technology (and perhaps ultimately quality learning) out in the cold.

    As is the case every Tuesday evening, educators, parents and students from around the globe came together on Twitter for #edchat. The topic: How do we encourage those teachers who don’t see or refuse to see the value in technology integration? It was, as always, a fascinating discussion. Here is just a snapshot of some of the thoughts of the participants:

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave

• The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave

  "Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that’s notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you’ll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that’s evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes. Read more about The Complete Guide to Google Wave"

  tags: googlewave, collaboration

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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