50 Things Every First Year Teacher Should Know - WHATtheTECH!

http://whatthetech.posterous.com/50-things-every-first-year-teacher-should-kno


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An Assignment that Prevents Plagiarism | Faculty Focus

http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/an-assignment-that-prevents-plagiarism/


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Parental Involvement Even More Crucial With Changes in Education | TheLedger.com

http://www.theledger.com/article/20120819/EDIT02/120819322?Title=Parental-Involvement-Even-More-Crucial-With-Changes-in-Education-&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=2cbf4


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The 100 Best Video Sites For Educators | Edudemic

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/best-video-sites-for-teachers/


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20 Classrooms From Around The World | Edudemic

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/classrooms-from-around-the-world/


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20 Classrooms From Around The World @School_Partners, 8/25/12 11:08 AM

School Partners :-) (@School_Partners) 8/25/12 11:08 AM 20 Classrooms From Around The World edudemic.com/2012/08/classr… via @edudemic

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The definition of a course can vary depending on one's perspective

Definition of pedagogy, by Basil Bernstein

Top 10 TED Talks from Inspiring Teachers

http://bit.ly/M3O4s6

from @Inspire_Futures


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The 10 Things I Know About Innovation In Education

http://edudemic.com/2012/06/the-10-things-i-know-about-innovation-in-education/

"The Best Advice For New Teachers"

Blog post 4/23/12 by Larry Ferlazzo


http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/04/23/the-best-advice-for-new-teachers/

Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play (TED Talk)

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.html

Stop the Snobbery! Why You’re Wrong About Community Colleges and Don’t Even Know It

http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2012/stop-the-snobbery/

Future Work Skills 2020

Click here to read about and download the report from Apollo Research Institute (April 2011).

You can also read this related post "Ten Skills for the Future Workforce" by Marcia Connor summarizing and sharing other resources.

"Letting Go of Boolean Operators: Rethinking How Research Is Taught in Schools" (Sarah Ludwig)

Sarah Ludwig on ALA TechSource writes:

I am constantly struggling with the sense that I’m doing a lot of talking for nothing. I painstakingly teach kids how to use a database and they go straight back to Wikipedia as soon as I turn them loose. I show them how to use keywords and operators and they always fall back on their “ask Google a question” method.
I get frustrated. I’ve considered asking their teachers to require the use of databases. But lately I’ve been admitting to myself the deep, dark truth: I’ve got it backwards. I’m forcing students to use tools and search methods that are more cumbersome, more frustrating, and less successful simply because I, the librarian, think it’s the best thing to do. 

She concludes the introduction:

Obviously, it’s our job to teach students how to find the best information they can. But I think there is a better way.And then goes on to share some valuable ideas.

Click here to read her full piece, followed by some interesting comments...

Here is Stuart Brown in a TED Talk about PLAY

'E-Learning and Online Teaching' (Scoop.it)

A nicely curated blend of informational resources related to this topic
from Dennis T. O'Connor.  Check it out here....

(To learn more about Scoop.it visit the site...)

by Dennis T. O'Connor

Blogs @ DML!

Some great bloggers at Digital Media and Learning


For the full scoop check out the blogs page...

Some of the many featured authors:

• Howard Rheingold (28)
• John Jones (27)
• Barry Joseph (25)
• Cathy Davidson (23)
• Raquel Recuero (19)
• Liz Losh (17)
• Whitney Burke (16)
• danah boyd (14)
• Ben Williamson (10)

National Writing Project (NWP) Digital Is

From the Make A Resource page:

The NWP Digital Is website provides a collection of teaching-focused resources that explore what we as educators are learning about writing and the teaching of writing in the digital age. Resources may address elements of the art and craft of writing in digital environments or may explore new issues in the teaching and learning of writing. Resources may also raise provocative questions and name issues we might be wrestling with as educators.

You can read more here...

Or visit the main site...

181 Google Tricks That Will Save You Time

Edudemic updates its list from 2009 of 100 tips and tricks, almost doubling the number for 2012. Click here to check out this article...

6 Tips for the Successful Online Teacher

Here's the list - now click this link to read the article!

1. Forget Constant Validation
2. Know Thy Students
3. Lose Complete Control
4. Collaboration Resistance
5. Get to Work…Really 
6. It's Not Just a Day Job 

No Facebook or Twitter in Class? Try These Teaching Work-Arounds

Click this: These strategies can help teachers maximize social media’s learning potential without using the tools.

by Elaine Plybin
posted on EDTECH | Focus on K-12
6/20/2012

Are you a Manager or a Leader?

Managers…

• maintain the status quo.
• create efficiencies to cut.
• look at change and ask, “why?”
• enjoy positional power.
• build consensus before making decisions.
• rarely receive pushback… and like it that way

Leaders…

• challenge the status quo.
• create efficiencies to promote growth.
• look at change and ask, “what do you need?”
• empower others.
• make decisions then build consensus.
• often receive pushback… and pushes back appropriately.

Read more about this at Tony Baldasaro's TransLeadership blog

How to Speak More Strategically

PETER BREGMAN writes on his HBR blog: 

"It had been three weeks since my throat started to feel sore, and it wasn't getting better. The pain was most acute when I spoke. So I decided to spend a few days speaking as little as possible. Every time I had the urge to say something, I paused for a moment to question whether it was worth irritating my throat.

This made me acutely aware of when and how I use my voice. Which led me to a surprising discovery: I spend considerable energy working against my own best interests. And if my experience listening to others is any indication, so do you.

In my observations, we speak for three main reasons:

1. To help ourselves

2. To help others

3. To connect with each other

To read more, click here...

Teaching in "The Cloud" with Evernote

Check out this cool video tutorial from The Teaching Palette...

Using QR Codes to Make an Interactive Yearbook

Thought this was a cool idea -- check out the story on the blog Classroom in the Cloud...

Check out the story at http://www.classroominthecloud.net/2012/05/using-qr-codes-to-make-interactive.html

The power of the podcast

http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/21/podcast-school-radio?CMP=twt_gu

Is Cloud Computing a Credible Solution for Education?

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/11/12/is-cloud-computing-a-credible-solution-for-education.aspx

Rapid Technology Change Impacting Education

From edudemic:

5 Ways Rapid Technology Change Impacts Education

/http://edudemic.com/2012/05/5-ways-rapid-technology-change-impacts-education/

Technology Use In College

From Edudemic: 

20 Surprising Stats About Technology Use In College

http://edudemic.com/2012/05/20-surprising-stats-about-technology-use-in-college/