List member, Jeffrey Field, maintains several blogs in his classroom,
one of which is called “Our Stories.”? Jeff tells me that Our Stories
was started by Sandy James and him as part of their 4th/5th grade SPED
class curriculum. Recently, the blog has taken on more of a school-wide
flavor as Jeffrey writes about his observations in class and on the
playground.
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The URL: http://consilience.typepad.com/our_stories
My pal, Darryl Coggles, passed this to me last week.? I thought it might
be an interesting piece to show in a class to spur some discussion about
news media and the independence of journalism as we know it.? This is a
fictitious concept about how journalism gives way to automated, shallow
and not-very-accurate reporting of news based on non-facts and social
influences.? The authors, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson, ask audiences,
“If this is what the year 2014 looks like, what are you going to do
today to make sure your news organization doesn’t get sidelined? How do
you make sure you can play in this environment?”
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Or is it all just entertaining conjecture that is meant to stir up
controversy…?
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The URL: http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/
I have heard about this online ed-tech conference from several people
now. The ?K12 Online Conference? is for teachers, administrators and
educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in
classrooms and professional practice! This year?s conference is
scheduled to be held over two weeks, Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30- Nov. 3 and
will include a preconference keynote. The conference theme is
?Unleashing the Potential.? Even though it has started, it might be of
interest to you!
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The URL: http://k12onlineconference.org/
Lawrence, KS, teacher, Linda Hyler, passed on this site that is designed
for writing a biography or an autobiography.? It has
kids reviewing the information they learn after reading a biography or
interviewing a person.? When kids print it out, the information is in an
outline of a cube that kids can cut and glue to make a 3D cube.
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The URL: http://readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/
