Liane Benedict

Ken Robinson hits the mark in this TED Talk. It is a bit long but worth the watch. He makes some very good points and is quite humorous.  What the heck are we going to do about this folks? Pay attention…

I just downloaded the 2010 Horizon Report to my Dropbox for near-future reading. However, I did  just read a summary of it  here , written by David Nagel.

“For educators on a quest to help students grow as 21st century learners, this report is a must-read, one-stop source for information about emerging technologies that have the potential to transform education,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN.

The summary shares the critical challenges we face in education, as identified by the report:

1. Inadequate digital media literacy training for teachers;
2. Out of date learning materials and teaching practices;
3. Lack of agreement on how education should evolve, despite widespread agreement that change is needed;
4. A failure of education institutions to adapt to informal education, online education, and home-based learning; and
5. Lack of support for or acknowledgement of forms of learning that usually occur outside the classroom.

I am anxious to read the report.  I am equally as anxious to start doing something about it…its becoming my focus.  There are many people out there much more entrenched in this work, doing amazing things.  I am here to learn from you and with you.    i am wondering how others might prioritize the above mentioned challenges.  Where would you start?

I hear many people express concern over the prevalence of texting with kids. I am not so convinced it’s an issue.

• NYSCATE – Annual Conference

  tags: nyscate

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• GE | Plug Into the Smart Grid

  The Smart Grid integrates 21st century technology with the 20th century power grid. So GE can help you manage energy more efficiently than ever before.

  tags: augmented reality

• NYSCATE

  A social network for educators interested in NYSCATE members, events and conferences. NYSCATE is an ISTE Affiliate.

  tags: NYSCATE

• Pics4Learning | Free photos for education

  Thousands of copyright free and copyright friendly images and photos for teachers and students.

  tags: diigo, photos, digitalstorytelling, photography, education, graphics, resources, clipart, copyright

• The official Dilbert website with Scott Adams’ color comic strips, animation, mashups and more!

  The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogbert’s New Ruling Class and more.

  tags: diigo, comics, humor, fun, dilbert, entertainment

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• animoto – the end of slideshows

  Animoto videos – music videos for your images, video clips and pictures. With high production value motion graphics synchronized to every beat of your music, Animoto videos blow the doors off traditional slideshows; it is time to move past the slideshow and embrace Animoto -free, easy, beautiful.

  tags: diigo, web2.0, animation, photos, presentation

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• Welcome to Aviary

  tags: tools, graphics, photography, audio, editor

• Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick

  Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday? Now do all that easily with Wallwisher wall and some stickies.

  tags: diigo, web2.0, collaboration, tools, notes, wallwisher

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• the Awesome Highlighter >> Highlight text on web pages

  awesome highlighter highlight text on any web page or website

  tags: highlighter, web2.0, text, tools

• TodaysMeet

  tags: diigo, chat, collaboration, web2.0, assessment

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• Webspiration: Online Visual Thinking Tool | mywebspiration.com

  tags: mindmap, web2.0, inspiration, collaboration, graphic organizers

• Google Squared

  Google Squared takes a category and creates a starter ‘square’ of information, automatically fetching and organizing facts from across the web…

  tags: google, search, googlesquared, google_apps

• fur.ly | shorten multiple urls into one

  tags: diigo, url, tinyurl, web2.0, urlshrinkers, fur.ly

• Readability – An Arc90 Lab Experiment

  tags: diigo, readability, reading, tools, web

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• Coalition of Essential Schools National Office

  tags: education, reform

• quietube | Video without the distractions | Youtube, iPlayer, Viddler, Vimeo and more

  quietube: Video without the distractions.

  tags: diigo, youtube, tools, web2.0, education

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• Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare

  Free Lecture Notes, Syllabus, Tutorials, Audio & Video from MIT professors. All Free. No registration. | MIT OpenCourseWare | ocw.mit.edu

  tags: diigo, education, opencourseware, opensource, mit

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• Home Page - OpenCourseWare Consortium

  OCW

  tags: diigo, education, opencourseware, opensource, reference

• Curriki – WebHome

  Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.

  tags: diigo, curriculum, education, wiki, web2.0, collaboration, resources

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• Connexions – Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities

  tags: diigo, education, opensource, collaboration, learning, opencourseware

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• Google News Timeline

  tags: google, news, Search, timeline, history

• Google News

  tags: diigo, news, google, search, events, media

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• Google Books

  Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic…

  tags: diigo, books, google, ebooks, reference, library, research

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• Main Page – Gutenberg

  tags: diigo, ebooks, books, library, reference

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• Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

  tags: diigo, resources, education, opencourseware, learning, open textbooks

• Library of Congress Home

  The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items. The collections include books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.

  tags: diigo, reference, research, history, government, education

• Wikimedia Foundation

  Wikimedia is owned and operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to bringing free content to the world.

  tags: diigo, wiki, wikimedia, resources, reference, media, Web2.0

• Education 2.0 – Edmodo – Free Private Social Platform For Education

  Education 2.0 – Free Private Microblogging in the Classroom

  tags: diigo, teaching, microblogging, web2.0, education, socialnetworking

• Home of the 3D Internet, Virtual Worlds and Community Chat

  3D Virtual Worlds Chat at its finest. Create your own 3D world, chat with others in Virtual Reality environments created by others and much more

  tags: diigo, internet, virtual world, education

• VoiceThread – Group conversations around images, documents, and videos

  Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.

  tags: diigo, web2.0, technology, voicethread, collaboration, presentation, education

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NYSCATE. All the good stuff from the weekend…