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First Class Ice Breakers Using Mobile Devices « User Generated Education
What follows are several of the mobile-driven ice-breakers I recently used in an undergraduate course on Interpersonal Relations. I also include some student reactions to these activities.
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In the Resources section of our website you will find a number of ideas and activities that can be used in school or at home. Here you can learn about self portraiture and its history, and find loads of inspiration for creating your own self portrait to upload to the online gallery.
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Interactive learning activity for the little ones.
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CommentHaven.com - Free Hot Comments, Graphics and Backgrounds
We offer a large variety of hot comments, graphics, pictures, images, backgrounds, themes, and layouts for your profile. To browse graphics use the menus on the left and right or click here to select a category.
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A collection of websites that are useful when using Edmodo.
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NFB PixStop for iPad on the iTunes App Store
National Film Board’s
PixStop
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AllThingsPLC — Research, education tools and blog for building a professional learning community
This site was created to serve as a collaborative, objective resource for educators and administrators who are committed to enhancing student achievement. We invite you to share your knowledge, ask questions, and get expert insight into the issues teachers face each day in the classroom.
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Microsoft Mocks Apple on iBooks Author EULA
Microsoft’s lead of Corporate Communications Frank X. Shaw has taken to Twitter to voice a few opinions about Apple. Specifically, the comments are regarding Apple’s iBooks Author and its poorly worded license agreement.
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Bing Maps to be rebranded as Nokia Maps across all platforms | MobileSyrup.com
Bing Maps to be rebranded as Nokia Maps across all platforms
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BBC News - Arctic Canada caught on 1919 silent film
One of the world's early documentaries featured unique footage of the lives of Arctic fur trappers in 1919. After long being forgotten, it's now been restored for modern audiences in Canada, including communities descended from those featured in the silent film.
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Good grades won't be the only way into UBC | CTV British Columbia
High grades will no longer be the only path to admission at the University of B.C., now that the school will also begin to consider personal profiles written by high school students.
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FutureMe.org: Write a Letter to the Future
Write a letter to yourself in the future.
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Before we look at today’s online teaching tool called Future Me, I was reminded by one of the readers of this blog of a post I had written back in March last year looking at how much influence technology has on learning. It is similar to my post at the beginning of this series. I am sure you will find it an interesting read and will hopefully raise some questions for you to consider.
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Study: Algebra iPad app garners higher math scores over traditional textbooks
Study: Algebra iPad app garners higher math scores over traditional textbooks
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7 Ways to Lean to Code Right Now for Free
Learning to code is one of the most powerful and satisfying things you can ever do. If you’re a designer, learning to code can help you understand what you’re creating for, and if you’re looking to build a startup from scratch, being a technical founder can make things exponentially easier for you.
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Students' math scores jumped 20% with iPad textbooks, publisher says
A yearlong pilot program with digital textbooks on Apple's iPad found that students' algebra scores increased by 20 percent when compared to a curriculum with traditional books.
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Delicious Adds Collaboration and One-Ups Pinterest With Privacy | TechCrunch
Delicious has just announced 4 new features to make its stacks, or collections of links, more social. Because the only thing better than a bundle of your favorite kitten websites is bundle co-created by you and your friends.
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Apps in Education: Collaborative Whiteboard Apps for the Classroom
Collaborative Whiteboard Apps for the Classroom
Interactive and collaborative - Whiteboards are a great way for teachers to explain concepts to their students. With the ability of some iPad apps to record, you ensure that students who did not develop understanding of the concept the first time have the opportunity to watch and listen again and again. Working in small groups or brainstorming as a class, collaborative whiteboards are a great way to share ideas. Work in the same room, on the same network or even from different parts of the country. No matter what you are working on these interactive whiteboards are a great way to document or record your thinking process. -
Pinterest Works Better Than Google+
Let's be grown up about this. Pinterest is an app for sharing lists of scrumptious-looking stuff. It's not for girls or guys, it's for people who like looking at things. The story I've heard is that it was designed for architects and designers and "then brides found it." This is why, my sources explain, it tends toward the jewelry-and-table-settings end of the spectrum.
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Daring Fireball: On the Proprietary Nature of the iBooks Author File Format
On the Proprietary Nature of the iBooks Author File Format
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Educational Technology Guy: Why I Use Google's Products as an Educator
Why I Use Google's Products as an Educator
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Ebooks (by @baekdal) #insights
This story also fits something we all know. "The Emperor's New Clothes" exactly mimics the ebook industry of today. Publisher and authors, wanting to dazzle the world around them, are being cheated by the ebook platforms, which, in reality, are nothing but a watered down version of something that has existed for years.
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WELCOME! Here is collection of Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts Ideas with some Music and Arts and Crafts. The monthly themes have been Animals, the Solar System, Energy (Electricity, Magnets, Light, Sound), Plants, Matter, Machines, Geometry, Crafts, and Weather. These activities can be used in homeschool classes, public schools, private schools, libraries, after school programs, or anywhere else that learning occurs! Please share your ideas!
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Mr.doob | The Single Lane Superhighway
For over 30 years, Progressive has commissioned artists or used original artworks to interpret annual report themes important to the company's values. For 2011, Progressive commissioned artist Aaron Koblin to help with this interpretation. In turn, Koblin has asked you to contribute to the artwork by creating your own car on The Single Lane Superhighway, which will reflect the personal bond people have with their automobiles.
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Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and Materials for Teachers
Wolfram has long been a trusted name in education—as the makers of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, we've created some of the most dynamic teaching and learning tools available. We are pleased to offer the best of all of our technologies to you here in the Wolfram Education Portal, organized by course. In the portal you'll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts. You can take a look at the types of materials we offer below, but to get full access to all materials, you need to sign up for a free account.
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