April 2012
27 posts
What do you love? from Google (Search Engine)
Try Google’s What do you love? search engine and view your search results graphically that include results from Groups, News, Books, Chrome, Google Earth, Maps, etc. Pretty cool.
I Am So Stressed!
I am so stressed right now. Due in the next two weeks:
- 10 page Public School Law paper
- 5-10 minute presentation on that paper
- Interview a principal or superintendent
- 10 page Critical Assignment paper on that interview
- Final for two of the three courses I am taking.
Not to mention that I was offered the Director of Technology position for my district. This makes me both happy and stressed as the school district technology was left in shambles from the three previous directors who didn’t seem to know what they were doing. Just some of the projects at work:
- Move district to Google Apps for Education
- Move district from Groupwise email to Google Email
- Host a summer Educational Technology Conference in June
- Move district to Eduphoria Suite
- Create new District Technology Plan
- Rewrite the District Technology Responsible Use Policy
- Create a District Technology Obsolescence Plan
- Finish my courses for my Director of Technology Certification
So, any suggestions on how I can relieve some of this stress in between all of this?
Dear Tumblr: This is bullshit. →
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You’ve ignored all but one of my support ticket requests, and for the one reply I did receive there was no follow-up.
Please let me ask here:
Who is this magical person with special powers that you acquiesce to? Who is this person with the power to not only remove OhMuffins as an Education…
Yeah, this totally blows. Bring OhMuffins back!
10 Things We Should No Longer Tolerate in Ed Tech from Fellow Educators →
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It is frikkin’ 2012.
12 years into the new century. Yet, there are STILL educators out there that just don’t get the whole ed tech thing.
I was reminded of this when I was reading someone’s blog ( I forgot who sorry) and that person took a picture of his professor trying desperately to…
Tim is very blunt in a good way.
21 Time-Saving Chrome Extensions for Students | Online Universities
Google Chrome is such a great resource for students. First things first, the browser allows users to sign in to Chrome anywhere and bring up bookmarks, history, and settings, an incredible feature for students on-the-go who are using multiple computers. In addition to this useful feature are a wealth of awesome extensions that students can use to save time and concentrate their efforts. We’ve found 21 time-saving Chrome extensions that students can put to use, from note-taking apps to books, citations, and reminders.
- Note Anywhere
Find something interesting on Wikipedia? You can scribble notes online with the help of this Chrome extension.
- Google Books
Use Google Books to read just about any book anywhere, from any device you access on or off campus. You can even highlight text and make notes, turning this extension into a highly valuable reading tool.
- RemindMe
It can be difficult to keep up with every little thing you have to do for school, but this extension makes it easier, sharing reminders, tasks, and more.
- myHomework
Stay on top of classes, homework, and projects so that you don’t forget any important assignments. This extension is available on Chrome, as well as Android and iPhone.
- Cacoo
Use Cacoo for diagramming and real-time collaboration with project partners, classmates, and more. All diagrams can be edited by multiple people at the same time, so it’s a great tool even for remote online students.
- Split Screen
Split your Chrome screen and compare sites while you’re working on research. This is also helpful if you like to watch online videos while you’re working.
- Sticky Notes
This Chrome extension offers a great way to store all of your little sticky notes, so you’ll never forget to take care of small tasks and reminders.
- Copy Without Formatting
Using this Chrome extension, you can copy text without having to deal with document-wrecking formatting. This is perfect for quotations, gathering research, and more.
- Desmos Graphing Calculator
Searching for your graphing calculator is a real time killer. Instead of going on the hunt, fire up this one right in your browser instead.
- Snippy
Snip out little bits of web content to save for later in your Google Docs account with this Chrome extension.
- Box
Store your documents in the cloud with this Chrome extension. You’ll be able to access papers, research, and more wherever you are, and not have to worry about crashed hard drives.
- Read Later Fast
If you need to save quick links to check out and research later, this is a great tool. Use this extension to save tabs to quickly access once you have more time, and they’ll be there waiting for you.
- Quotes Book
Save yourself some time when finding the perfect quote for your next essay or presentation. Use this extension, and you’ll get access to some of the greatest quotes in history in a searchable, saveable format.
- Google Dictionary
Take care of spelling, definitions, and more just by highlighting words and looking them up in Google Dictionary on Chrome.
- Session Buddy
If you’re researching in the library, but need to pack up and head to class, you don’t have to lose all of the tabs you have open. Using Session Buddy, you can save your current session and export it to work on later.
- Thesaurus
Use the Thesaurus extension to find the synonyms and antonyms of words almost instantly.
- Stay Focusd
If you find yourself wasting hours on Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter, cut yourself off with this extension that will block out the websites that kill your productivity.
- Rescue Time
Find out which sites you waste your time on the most with Rescue Time, and identify where you have a productivity problem.
- Evernote Web Clipper
Create a virtual clip book using the Evernote Web Clipper, which will allow you to save important online information and access it later.
- GradeGuru Citation Manager
Be sure that you’ve got your references, citations, and more correctly handled by using GradeGuru’s chrome extension.
- Incredible StartPage
If you tend to use the same pages for research on a regular basis, save them all on this start page and get your work fired up in a hurry.
QUESTION? How is it that fellow educators don't follow back...are we not scrutinized enough that we can't at least show... →
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DANG…I hope that I never get to big for my bridges!!!! ;-)
Because there are over 1,000 educators on Tumblr. Following all of them, and being a follower that interacts, and reads the majority of one’s dashboard would be impossible time…
I’m not sure if GWALP or PPT follow me or not (should have probably checked before posting) but I know that on several occasions I have asked them questions and they have responded. So, they may or may not follow but if you really need them they are there as much as they can be at least from my experience.
Do Not Tell Me: A Poem for Frustrated Staff Developers →
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Do not tell me
You do not have time
You don’t have time
You do not have time
You cannot complete the assignment
Or come to the training
Or take a course
Or read a blog
Or expand your learning
Because
You are a parent
You are sick
You have a soccer game
Or a hot date
You are…
Educated to Death: 0144: #Classroom Management in Contexts of Affluence and #Poverty →
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#education #SOSchat #k12chat
Classroom management styles vary from teacher to teacher, school to school, and often from socio-economic class to class. Before delving a little more into that, I think we make a grave mistake if we try to segment “classroom management” from “learning” or how the…
I don’t really like posts like this because they are guilty of two things: blanket accusations and lack of specificity.
You speak of harsh practices as if EVERY high poverty school is guilty of this. I teach in a mostly white, rural, low-middle class, high poverty area in Southern Indiana. If clickers were used on children, there would be hell to pay. You’re not specific as to WHERE you’re seeing these practices; even then, if you’ve seen it in ONE school, that doesn’t mean ALL poverty schools are dank hell-holes lacking creativity.
And what’s wrong with motivational meetings, parent contracts, newspaper reports? Those are not fear mongering. Those are working with the parents and community to show how the school is trying to meet the needs of its students.
My school is a “struggling” school. We’ve been labeled a “D” under Indiana’s new A-F system, (for the second year in a row, despite improvements in test scores and graduation rate). And you make it sound like it’s 1984 up in there, and it’s not. We have passionate teachers who manage their classrooms with grace and aplomb, and there is time on task—even if it is student directed—and as we cover the content I see my coworkers allowing student choice, independent work, and creative options to those who want them.
The behaviorist approach is NOT just skill and drill. You’re just wrong on that point. One type of behaviorist approach is positive behavior support, which I use in my classroom. It’s essentially proactive on recognizing expected behaviors. And yes, it’s a form classroom management, but for some reason, there are edreform tumblrs who hate that phrase. Semantics.
I have taught honors students and far-below level students. You HAVE to have classroom management, and it may not be the same for each ability level, but that’s simply fact. I have techniques for 1st hour speech that won’t work for 7th period speech, but that doesn’t mean I still don’t manage them.
“I dare say, this is not the norm,” you said of learning and management working in harmony together, and I think you’ve dared wrong. I don’t think you have enough credibility to a statement like that.
What she said.
Ditto
The Inconvenient Truths of TFA →
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Pretty good read despite the fact that its in all caps.
