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Born to Learn

I like this video. Its a great summary of many of the things I talk about when I am working with groups and talking about students and change.

In class today I had my students work through a process where they watch the video and then when through and identified what were the key points for them. Then they pared the list down to the 2-3 most important points. Once they refined the list down they choose their most important point and had to defend their decision to the class. Their peers then supported or debates their points.

Interestingly, the two key elements they brought out where the importance of play and the value of risk. isn’t it interesting that in many classes these are the two things that are scrupulously avoided.
Source; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falHoOEUFz0&sns=em

On the wire – Digital citizen, 7 things and more

In this update of on the wire we have a variety of resources including some brilliant digital citizenship videos.

1. Exposed – CEOP -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovR3FF_6us Exposed is the latest release from the CEOP, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. This video examines  sexting from the perspective of a young person. This 10 minute videofor 14 to 18 year olds.

Also produced by CEOP is concequenceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK5OeGeudBM&feature=relmfu

Check out the CEOP websitehttp://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/

this is an issues facing schools around the world – here are some current articles

2. 7 things you should know – ipad apps for learning - http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutiPadA/223289 This is one of the ongoing series of resources for educators. it focuses on the variety of applications available for the iPad. Recent briefs include:

3. Divided attention disorderhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12406677 – This article examines Divided Attention Disorder or DAD – it looks at the effect of technology on attention and concentration. This is worth reading. Other recent articles include

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On the wire – Math, science, biology, health and more

In this update of on the wire we have a number of useful sites for you viewing pleasure – these include sites for science, the environment, videos, chemistry, health & biology, mathematics and humanities

1. ChemEd DL – Chemistry Education Digital Library - http://www.chemeddl.org/ This is a digital repository for chemistry education resources. This is another site funded in part by the National Science Foundation. A useful resource for science and particularly chemistry.

2. Medical Animation Libraryhttp://www.pennmedicine.org/health_info/animationplayer/ This site has a wealth of medical animations that are very useful to the biology and health classes. Most are suited to the senior end of the school given the depth of information and the topics covered.

3. Yummy Mathshttp://www.yummymath.com/index.php This site is about making Mathematics relevant. It has resources for Algebra, Geometry, probability and much more.

4. Conceptua Mathhttp://www.conceptuamath.com/fractions.html – this site has some useful resources for teaching fractions. Also worth looking at is http://algebra.mrmeyer.com/ dy/dan – Algebra supplement – this is brilliant.

5. When the water endshttp://www.mediastorm.com/clients/when-the-water-ends-for-yale360 A media storm production for Yale Environment 360. A powerful video on climate change in East Africa

and finally  another from MediaStorm http://www.mediastorm.com/ a 12 minute video – UNDESIRED -  that examines and discusses the cultural pressure to have a son in India – moving, scary and frightening – http://www.mediastorm.com/publication/undesired

In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/undesired

on the wire – Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy – digital citizenship and creativity, professional developments and twitter

In this on the wire update we are looking at a range of interesting websites for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy – digital citizenship and creativity, professional developments and twitter

1. Sixty Symbolshttp://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html this is a physics and astronomy, plus a little bit of mathematics site. In the site are a collection of videos that explain the symbols of of physics etc. Here is an example video – Pi – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V–pS7Is4P8&feature=player_embedded

2. Fotopediahttp://www.fotopedia.com/ Fotopedia is a collaborative photo encyclopedia. This is an interesting site with some brilliant photography. You are asked to (as a member) vote on images. The materials uploaded and placed on the site is licienced according to the owners wishes, so please check out if its in creative commons or all rights reserved, and respect this. http://www.fotopedia.com/help/guidelines

3. Ask Sir Ken Robinson - This is a sereis of short video clips from Sir ken Robinson in responce to a series of questions posed to him via twitter.

4. The complete list of iPad Tips, Tricks and tutorialshttp://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14529/the-complete-list-of-ipad-tips-tricks-and-tutorials This is a good post and well worth reading, given that you have an iPad.

5. Teacher training Videoshttp://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/twitter1/index.html this is a training guide for that ubiquitous tool twitter. Developed using camtasia (this is a great tool – http:/www.techsmith.com) this is a useful and appropriate training resource for teachers and students alike.

and finally from my Friend Doug Johnson – A dozen ways to teach ethical and safe technology use – http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2010/12/26/a-dozen-ways-to-teach-ethical-and-safe-technology-use.html I am looking forward to the Book Doug.

1. Articulate personal values when using technology.

2. Stress the consideration and application of principles rather than relying on a detailed set of rules.

3. Model ethical behaviors.

4. Build student trust.

5. Encourage discussion of ethical issues.

6. Accept the fact students will make mistakes.

7. Allow students personal use of the Internet.

8. Reinforce ethical behaviors and react to the misuse of technology.

9. Create environments that help students avoid temptations.

10. Assess children’s understanding of ethical concepts.

11. Educate our students and ourselves.

12. Educate your parents about ethical technology use.

source: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/25-funny-t-shirts-for-designers-and-developers/

source: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/25-funny-t-shirts-for-designers-and-developers/

Christmas Story – The Digital Story of the Nativity

Merry Christmas. I hope you are all having a great time with your family and enjoying the festive season. I am.

I have a video to share with you, its been doing the rounds, but I thought I would save it for a special day, the most appropriate day. Please enjoy the digital story of the nativity. A clever and thoroughly web 2.0 version of the christmas story.

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA

Enjoy, share and have fun. – Andrew

On the wire – Videos to watch, ponder and consider

On this on the wire update we are looking at a couple of videos that worth watching. Here is the first:

1. Next is Now – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvad4B0lCdk in the same vein as the famous almost cult (well in educational circles) video Shift happens this is an excellent video with a catchy sound track too.

2.The commoncraft Show – project based learning explained – http://www.commoncraft.com/project-based-learning-explained-custom-video-project-bie This is a great overview to PBL or project based learning. This video was commissioned by the Buck Institute, a leader in PBL.

Also by the commoncraft show are:

3. Hans Rosling – 200 years in 4 minutes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo This is brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Health vs wealth. this video looks at the last 200 years of statistics in a brilliant and awe inspiring animation.

4. RSA Animate – Changing education paradigms – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U This is a brilliant video based on a Sir Ken Robinson talk given to the RSA.

And finally Infowhelm and Information Fluency – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ECAVxbfsfc

About 1/2 an hour of video that will change your world.

On the Wire – Building apps

In this installment we have a number of interesting sites to look at including some brilliant resources for building applications for Apple iOS

1. Developing apps for iOS - http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/developing-apps-for-ios-sd/id395631522 This is a series of 23 podcasts that cover the basics of developing applications for iOS the operating system for the iPad, iPhone etc. They are a free download/subscribe from iTunes. Nice.

2. MammalsRus - http://mammalsrus.com/index.html The name isn’t the best and does make it sound like a shoe or toy store, but its a nice clean straight forward site that is a good reference for science and biology. A good selection of video are posted/linked to the site too. I would also recommend my favourite camera site  - http://africam.com for live video of waterholes etc.

3. NuVu Studio – Innovation Center for Young MInds - http://nuvustudio.org/ This is a site to watch, its a joint project between MIT and Harvard, students work on a theme or as they describe it a specific studio and work in small teams with access to professors, experts, practitioners etc. Each of the studios is about 2 weeks long and has a review process and exhibition. worth looking into and would be great fun to play in. This reminds me a lot of the excellent work done by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis in the Flat classroom project- http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/ and the exciting flat classroom conference next year in Beijing - http://www.flatclassroomconference.com/

4.Real time collaboration tools – text editing - http://open-tube.com/real-time-collaborative-text-editing-software this is an interesting post which details a series of collaborative text editing tools. Some like etherpad I have seen before but other are quite new to me. Here is the ones reviewed here:

  • Etherpad – Browser  based
  • Doing text – browser based
  • SynchroEdit – Browser based
  • Collabedit – Browser based

and finally I would like to end with a quote from American educator Derek Bok

If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.

On the wire – Tools and videos

In this one the wire update I have found some great tools and tool sites to look at

1. Directory of e-learning tools – http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/instructional.html – This list comes from the scenter for learning and performance technologies – Well structured, detailed and very useful.

2. Encyclo-MEDIA http://www.encyclomedia.com/ This is a free online reference encyclopedia for media. This is a great site for media studies, english, film studies, performing & language arts and more. Well worth a visit. Try this one – “I have a dream” http://www.encyclomedia.com/video-i_have_a_dream.html

3. Create your own comic -  Superhero Squad – http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic – This is another useful free site. This one from Marvel, allows you to create your own superhero comic strip. Anotehr option well worth considering is Comic life by plasq – http://plasq.com Once a mac only product its been available for Windows for quite a while – very economical on a school wide basis.

4. Changing Paradigms Video – http://www.thersa.org/events/vision/archive/sir-ken-robinson - This is a Video from a lecture given by Sir Ken Robinson to the RSA – Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) Worth watching. This is the RSA’s video blog – http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/

5. Clam Anti-virus for Mac – http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=v2beta Don’t say mac’s don’t get viruses, they can and do, just not with the same frequency as a PC. Here is a solution. Still in Beta, but worth a look

and finally – http://prezi.com/gb4mbz9vg7hg/blooms/ - This is a great presentation put together by Joshua Coupal about Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy – very cool and great use of prezi

On the wire – Commoncraft and more

This update has a number of interesting resources and some brilliant professional development/student learning videos. Stuff here for technology, digital citizenship and more. Most of this update is video based.

1. The commoncraft show - http://www.commoncraft.com/ This is one of my all ourite website and Lee LeFevers’s work is stunning. Here are the latest video clips from them

Secure passwords in plain englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/secure-passwords-video

Wikipedia in plain englishhttp://www.commoncraft.com/wikipedia-video

Please buy them, they are reasonably priced, I would like to see these guys make more of them.

2. Seven things you should knowhttp://www.educause.edu/7Things This is a regular briefing paper, focused entirely on education, looking at new or emerging technologies and what we as educators whould know about them. Here are the latest three:

Assessing online team based learning http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutAsses/210831

LMS alternatives - http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutLMSAl/207429

Open Education resources - http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutOpenE/205913

3. Animated explanations – http://animatedexplanations.com/ This is similar to the commoncraft show in that it gives you access to tutorials but does not have the tight focus and contains interactive applets which you can download, at a cost.

4. INSIDE ITGS - http://www.insideitgs.net/ This is a blog started by ITGS gurus and colleagues Julie Lindsay and Madeliene Brookes. Nice work ladies, tick subscribed!

and finally, have you ever wondered how the students get around you web filtering,? Well this lifehacker article will show you SOME of the ways – http://lifehacker.com/5605161/five-common-web-filter-work+arounds-explained-in-two-minutes

http://www.commoncraft.com/secure-passwords-video

Digital Citizen resources

At the ISTE conference in Denver I was asked where I found the videos and other resources that I used in the presentation. Here is a list of the materials I used and also some of the other ones I didn’t use but are worthwhile looking at depending on your audience.

Videos

CEOP – Child Exploitation and online protection Centre

Clare thought she knew - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WEnqnq1Hk

Jigsaw: Assembly for 8 10 year olds- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8auwnJtqE

Consequences: Assembly for 11 16 year olds - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK5OeGeudBM

Where’s Klaus- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IOOn2wR8bU

PSA videos

Cyberbullying Kitchen – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmD8OKl8vVM

Cyberbullying Talent Show – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdQBurXQOeQ

Think before you post 1  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOwpGF1SOQM

Think before you post 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhBknvwgfmk

Other Videos

Commoncraft show – Phishing scams in plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/phishing

Commoncraft show – Protecting reputations online in plain english - http://www.commoncraft.com/protecting-reputations-video

Teacher.TV online safety – http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ks3-ks4-ict-online-safety

Teacher TV – Teaching e-safety - http://www.teachers.tv/videos/teaching-e-safety

Teacher.TV – 5 whole school tips – http://www.teachers.tv/videos/e-safety-five-whole-school-tips

Websites

Netsafe - http://www.netsafe.org.nz/

Cyberbullying  - http://www.cyberbullying.org.nz/

Thinkuknow.co.uk

Don’t believe the type - http://tcs.cybertipline.com/

Cybertipline – www.cybertipline.com

Digital Citizenship agreements

Educational Origami http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizen+AUA