Day 2 - End of Day Posting

Viewing more of the links Todd provided on the class plan.


TED -  This is an easy to use site.  Many ways to search for videos on numerous topics.  Includes bio on speaker and summary of the speech topic.  Subtitles provided in various languages.  Watched Michelle Obama's talk at a girls' school in London.  "As is" and "should be" message remains powerful and reminds us that we have the responsibility to reflect on where we are and where we need to move to.  This is a message for all areas of our lives.  This was a good 12 minute video.

edutopia -  This site is packed with information.  Strong focus on project-based learning.  Covers K-12 lessons and has a variety of blogs to follow.  I watched the following:

Replicating Another School's Success: One Teacher's Story

Science teacher Michelle Underwood once described herself as a "death-by-PowerPoint" lecturer. Today her classroom hums with the energy of students absorbed in collaborative learning projects. Her personal transformation helped change her school.

This video was a great reminder of hands on learning.

THE journal - Amazing amount of information.  Read an article for the "Most emailed articles" section about "The Disruption of Blended Learning"  This is another point of view as to how we must just start making changes within our classrooms and schools.  We cannot wait for the "system" to make the change.



iste - Interesting section on National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators.  http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-administrators.aspx  Additionally, there is a section for Professional Development for teachers and a great section on Project-Based Learning and the pod cast of Arnie Duncan's "Harness the Power of Technology" another 11 minutes well spent.  Five goals were identified and at the end of the article it was interesting to hear about the investments helping move to a digital-learning environment verses a print-based environment.

One becomes easily overloaded with all of the resources, but I am finding the time to discover what each site provides another valuable tool in my technology toolbox.