Organic Learning http://janicestearns.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] | Dangerously Irrelevant http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/29/keeping-students-engaged-in-a-11-project-based-classroom-guest-post-dangerously-irrelevant/ http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/29/keeping-students-engaged-in-a-11-project-based-classroom-guest-post-dangerously-irrelevant/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:03:21 +0000 Janice Stearns http://janicestearns.com/?p=403

  • Keeping Students Engaged in a 1:1 Project-Based Classroom [guest post] | Dangerously Irrelevant

    Great article on task management in a project based learning environment.

    tags: projectbasedlearning

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

    ]]>     http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/29/keeping-students-engaged-in-a-11-project-based-classroom-guest-post-dangerously-irrelevant/feed/ 0     Screencasting http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/21/screencasting/ http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/21/screencasting/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:33:31 +0000 Janice Stearns http://janicestearns.com/?p=398 Continue reading →]]> I’m just now beginning to feel comfortable enough to start using technology more in my classroom. There is so much to learn about teaching, that I sometimes feel like a new teacher all over again. The learning curve is steep and I’ve been immersed in just learning the curriculum and some teaching strategies the last few months. I still haven’t figured out how to use technology on a regular basis in the classroom, but I’m sure it will come easier as the year progresses. Being out of the classroom for so many years and then returning is a humbling experience. Right now, my only solution was to establish an after school technology club. Students in the club teach others in the classroom what they learn after school. It seems to be working.

    Last week, we took our first adventure into screencasting. I used the Explain Everything App for the iPad. I prefer all the possibilities this app has to offer. In this screencast, a student explains how to find prime factors using the Factorization Tree strategy.

    I think this is one of the best formative assessments I’ve used so far. Not only does it inform me that I have to be more explicit with my math vocabulary, but it allows the students to meta-cognitively think about their own learning, teach others, and reflect on their sharing. They can compare their explanations to what they watch on Khan Academy (example: Prime Factorization).

    Additionally, my students will learn from each other. That’s the best part!

    The only thing I regret right now is that I don’t have time to do this in class, and have to wait until after school to do this. Hopefully, we will get to the place where this can happen in the classroom. I can’t wait until next week, when we get to do some more!

    ]]>     http://janicestearns.com/2012/01/21/screencasting/feed/ 0     The Death of 21st Century Skills « Taste of Tech http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/22/the-death-of-21st-century-skills-%c2%ab-taste-of-tech/ http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/22/the-death-of-21st-century-skills-%c2%ab-taste-of-tech/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:28:58 +0000 Janice Stearns http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/22/the-death-of-21st-century-skills-%c2%ab-taste-of-tech/ Great article on why we should stop calling educating the next generation 21st Century education. The meaning of a 21st Century Education as been blurred by too many definitions. So well written, and so right on the point.

    http://schinker.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/the-death-of-21st-century-skills

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  • thisissand.com

    tags: art sand fun game interactive

  • KB…Konnected • Super Cool Math Foldable. Thanks to…

    tags: foldable math

  • Operation Math™ for iPad on the iTunes App Store

    tags: ipad app apps math

  • Free for Today Only: Monopoly Here & Now World Edition for iPad — iPad Insight | iPads in Education | Scoop.it

    tags: ipads ipad

  • The world is where we live on Vimeo

    amazing video of how we are all the same in some ways.

    tags: comparison world global empathy

  • Video – A Video History of Every Book Ever Written – WSJ.com

    shared by Larry Ferlazzo. Great video on the history of the book.

    tags: book ebook history

  • Free and Unlimited Web Conferencing | Free Video Conferencing | Online Web Meeting | Multipoint video conferencing | video conferencing solution

    tags: conference collaboration webinars

    • Only one person can be a presenter and their seems to be a fee for long distance for using teleconferencing via phone. Similar to Vyew. – post by Katie Walker

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

    ]]>     http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/17/what-ive-been-learning-this-week-weekly-7/feed/ 0     K-12 Online Conference “AfterGlow” Closing Event http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/12/k-12-online-conference-afterglow-closing-event/ http://janicestearns.com/2011/12/12/k-12-online-conference-afterglow-closing-event/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:25:58 +0000 Janice Stearns http://janicestearns.com/?p=387 Continue reading →]]> This is a cross-post from K-12 Online Conference.

    Please mark your calendars and adjust your schedules to join presenters, participants, and organizers of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference in an “AfterGlow” Closing Live Event on Monday, December 12th at 6:00pm PT / 7:00pm MT / 8:00pm CT / 9:00pm ET. If you’re located outside North American timezones, please use this timeanddate.com link (2:00 AM Tuesday, December 13 GMT) to determine the event time in your local area. “The Afterglow” is a fun, celebratory event held in Blackboard Collaborate. It will provide opportunities for presenters to share the stories behind their presentations as well as give participants a chance to ask questions of the presenters. The Blackboard Collaborate session link is: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. This link may be shared with others on Twitter, Plurk, blogs, etc.

    'Northern Lights' photo (c) 2008, Image Editor - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

    The MC for the event will be Susan van Gelder, who will ask the questions of the panel members and facilitate the conversations among presenters and participants. The panel will consist of all of the keynote presenters for the conference, but all presenters are encouraged to join us and come prepared to “raise your hand to take the mic” during the session if desired. Everyone can contribute actively in the chat conversation. The webinar will be an hour long and not every presenter may have an opportunity to share. There is a possibility the conversation may continue after the ‘formal’ closing of the webinar into a post-show. Participation of the presenters is optional during post show as we know everyone’s time is limited.

    In addition to joining our upcoming live event, we invite you to check out and comment on a special “backstories of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference” Voicethread. Several of our presenters have already chimed in. Please add your voice and commentary!

    Organizers of the 2011 K-12 Online Conference wish to express appreciation to Steve Hargadon and the Classroom 2.0 Live community for providing the “virtual meeting room” for our Afterglow live event. We hope to “see you” virtually in Blackboard Collaborate Monday night! (Use this link for times if you’re outside North America) Please invite other educators you know to join us too!

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  • Gudli.com – Learning Games for Kids | Educational Games for Kids | Teaching Games for Kids | Child Games with Lesson Plan | Kids Games | Kids Math Games | Primary Games | Preschool Games

    tags: preschool primary kindergarten

  • Learning Registry Browser

    tags: learning search Schrock

  • - Apps for Common Core Math Standards, Grades 4-5

    tags: math ipad apps

  • Letter Writing Unit

    tags: letter persuasive

  • Lesson Plans: Letter to Santa (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

    tags: persuasive santa

  • Writing Workshop Home

    tags: persuasive

  • Worksheet 1: Making Connections mini-lesson

    tags: persuasive minilesson

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

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  • The Distributive Property | Developmental Math | Khan Academy

    tags: distributive

  • HowStuffWorks Videos “Assignment Discovery: Lewis and Clark”

    tags: lewis clark expedition history westwardexpansion

  • Lewis & Clark Expedition — History.com Video

    tags: lewis clark expedition history westwardexpansion

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

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  • Timelines.tv – History, documentary and television on the web

    tags: history timeline socialstudies documentary timelines interactive

  • West, The (U.S.) quotes | Quotations at Dictionary.com

    tags: americanwest quotes quotations

  • Wagon Trails to the West

    tags: americanwest timeline video

  • Road to Pine Ridge

    tags: americanwest

  • instaGrok | A new way to learn.

    tags: search searchengine

  • Learning Mathematics with Virtual Manipulatives

    tags: math manipulatives mathematics

  • Tangrams – NLVM

    tags: tangrams mathematics manipulatives math

  • Illuminations: Pan Balance – Numbers

    tags: balance mathematics manipulatives math equations algebra

  • Geogebra Applet Central | Great Maths Teaching Ideas

    tags: geogebra math

  • Gelosia method of multiplication | MathsMaster.Org

    tags: multiplication gelosia

  • Address Is Approximate on Vimeo

    tags: video google googlestreetview streetview animation stop-motion

  • Sumdog – Free math games

    tags: mathematics interactive math numeracy game

  • Brainingcamp Educational Math Software

    tags: math

  • Rounding Lesson

    tags: rounding

  • Google

    tags: google education googletools

  • Unlocking Literacy with iPad

    tags: literacy iPad ipads research

  • Little Bird Tales – Home

    tags: storybook writing literacy elementary publishing book digitalstorytelling

    • I like this site. It is a great way to preserve a moment in time with your child or student. – post by Angela Hammond
    • Nós também! : ) – post by ana helena
    • A saga in Andaluz Literatura Fantástica ESTA disponivel Nesse Leitura parágrafo site e dowload mais de meulivro.blogspot.com andaluz – post by Isa Braga

  • Kenn Nesbitt’s Poetry for Kids – Free Online Rhyming Dictionary for Children

    tags: poetry writing reference rhyming rhyme

  • RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus

    tags: rhyme poetry writing reference

    • verse,song,poetry,quotations – post by Lara
    • Great site for finding words related to keywords. – post by J C
    • Check out this language arts reference tool and comprehensive search engine that includes a rhyming dictionary, a thesaurus, and a cool search engine that enables you to search for references to a particular word in the works of Shakespeare, the Bible, an – post by Andreas
    • Thats a great post and I would like to suggest www.vocabularybuilding.org that is a great source of building your vocabulary skills. I have myself learned from this. – post by Freya Wilson

  • Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Embedding Flash Audio on WordPress.com with an iPad

    tags: embed wordpress.com ipad

  • The Oregon Trail

    tags: ushistory West westwardexpansion primarysources oregontrail

  • Go West: U.S. Westward Expansion – Awesome Stories

    tags: ushistory West westwardexpansion primarysources

  • Burl Ives – Traditional American Folk Songs – Soundtrack to Smoky (1946) – Blue Tail Fly – YouTube

    tags: ushistory ballad West westwardexpansion burlives hollywood

  • Burl Ives – Ghost Riders In The Sky – YouTube

    tags: ushistory ballad West westwardexpansion burlives ghostriders

  • Burl Ives – The original recording of Ghost Riders In The Sky – YouTube

    tags: ushistory ballad West westwardexpansion burlives ghostriders

  • Burl Ives ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain’ – YouTube

    tags: ushistory ballad West westwardexpansion burlives

  • Fess Parker – Ballad of Davy Crockett (1955) – YouTube

    tags: davycrockett West westwardexpansion socialstudies ushistory video ballad

  • School House Rock – Elbow Room (Westward Expansion) – YouTube

    tags: history West westwardexpansion socialstudies ushistory video schoolhouserock

  • Westward Expansion Rap – YouTube

    tags: history West westwardexpansion socialstudies ushistory video rap

  • Hulu – The Great American West

    tags: history West westwardexpansion socialstudies ushistory video

  • PBS – New Perspectives on THE WEST

    tags: history West westwardexpansion socialstudies ushistory

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

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  • Digital Storytelling Kit – Thank you! | Tech4Learning

    tags: digitalstorytelling

  • Digital Storytelling Resource Kit

    tags: storytelling digitalstorytelling

  • Holiday has little in common with colonists’ feast – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    tags: thanksgiving

  • Teaching Long Division – A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums

    tags: division longdivision

  • The First Thanksgiving: Virtual Field Trip Video Webcast and Letters Signup

    tags: Thanksgiving

  • WordPress and the iPad | Teacher Tech

    tags: wordpress ipad

  • Amazon Kindle: A Highlight and Note from Engaging Students: The Next Level of Working on the Work

    tags: quote

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

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  • GA4Admin2011

    tags: googleapps administrators

  • Apps for Digital Storytelling – Digital Storytelling with the iPad

    tags: ipads apps digitalstorytelling

  • 25 Free Handy iPad Apps for Productivity | iEnticement

    tags: ipads apps productivity

  • Mirroring the iPads Wirelessly – Dryden Art

    tags: ipads ios5 appletv

  • Introduction to K-12 ePortfolios

    tags: eportfolios eportfolio

  • There’s an App for That — Using iPads to Support Literacy Instruction in the Classroom | Scholastic.com

    tags: apps ipad literacy elementary

  • ForAllRubrics – Super Powered Rubrics

    tags: rubrics ipad apps

  • 10 Nifty Google Easter Eggs That Will Amuse You

    tags: google. eastereggs

  • Sunday Comics « Virtual School Meanderings

    tags: comics school

  • Computer Kids : Eat My Bytes!

    tags: computer keyboarding typing

  • Text Type

    tags: keyboarding typing

  • Learn To Type

    tags: keyboarding typing

  • learntotype.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

    tags: keyboarding typing

  • What I Wish I’d Done Before Deploying the iPads to 735 Middle Schoolers | Terice T. Schneider’s Digital Home

    tags: ipads email

    • Welcome to Hogan Outle shop, there are a lot of offers and discounts Hogan Scarpe goods, do not miss any opportunities. – post by scarpe hogan
    • Welcome to Hogan Outle shop, there are a lot of offers and discounts Hogan Scarpe goods, do not miss any opportunities. – post by scarpe hogan

  • Home – Creaza Education

    tags: digitalstorytelling

  • Mozilla Popcorn | Making video work like the web

    tags: html5 video mozilla

    • Welcome to Hogan Outle shop, there are a lot of offers and discounts Hogan Scarpe goods, do not miss any opportunities.
      – post by scarpe hogan

  • Hackasaurus

    “Remix, make and share webpages instantly.”

    tags: html5 webpage

  • Crosspost your Google+ posts to your WordPress blog with this plugin – The Next Web

    tags: google+ crosspost wordpress

  • Honoring Copernicus – Three New Elements Added To The Periodic Table

    tags: elements periodictable

  • 10 Resources for Copyright and Royalty Free Media | The Tech Savvy Educator

    tags: copyright media audio video images copyrightfree creativecommons

    • Welcome to Hogan Outle shop, there are a lot of offers and discounts Hogan Scarpe goods, do not miss any opportunities. – post by scarpe hogan

  • Mars Science Laboratory

    tags: nasa space Mars

  • iPad Resources for the Classroom

    tags: ipad

  • AllExperts Questions & Answers

    how about chacha instead?

    tags: search searchengine

  • Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration: Monarch Butterfly

    I do like this project. There’s something similar to this called Project Noah which also works on mobile devices.

    tags: collaboration science Migration biology monarch nature animals

    • a wonderful global study site for tracking wildlife migration and seasonal change – primarily for elementary students – post by Valerie B.

  • Playwriting-in-the-Round

    This sounds like a great project. I could see this being used with a tool like Google Docs to be such a rich experience, with the use of comments and collaboration.

    tags: collaboration writing play

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

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