Are you using WordWall, Pat? I really like the interface for classroom discussion and as a powerpoint substitute. You can download for free I think. Would love to know what you think.
How are classes shaking out for you this semester? I am almost done. Whew! I am telling you right now that I am going to be calling on you for help next semester with my research class, but I guess a certain someone has already approached you about this. ;-)Quotes:
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Wolfram|Alpha Blog : Step-by-Step Math
I missed this alternate history book, but I am going to try to put it on my personal reading list for this Christmas. Thought you might be interested. Pavane by Keith Roberts. Check out the nice bibliography in one of the external links part of the Wikipedia entry.
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What an amazing story! I will never think of Picard the same way again.Quotes:
Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence | Society | The Guardian
A good deal.
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Very cool. Makes me want to relearn calc.
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The Manga Guide to Calculus (& Competition!) | GirlyGeekdom
Thanksgiving--giving thanks is fine, but giving is what's key. Bread on the waters is what electrifies the net. Charge it up, folks.
Below, a useful SL tool that you probably already know about. Happy Thanksgiving. I am very grateful for everything you and FACET have done for me, especially the past year. BTW, I am being interviewed on by Paul Allison on Teachers Teaching Teachers, a podcast by EdTechTalk about Zotero in December. That would not have happened without your help and FACET's generous help. Thanks again.
Terry
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Betsy,
I was messing about with one of my bibliographic tools, Zotero (a bibliographic references extension for use with the Firefox browser) and was able to create this incomplete references page for GLE #3 that you can access here or at the link below (including some extras I found). If anyone else uses Zotero, he or she can come to this page and automatically "pull off" the references included there. The capacity for collaborative research is really astonishing with this tool. For doc candidates this is equal to EndNote and it is free!
If you want to know more about this tool (or know of anyone else who might benefit from it) I will be giving a webinar on Zotero using Western's Adobe Connect software on December 1 at 4 p.m.
Click here to access the online, live webinar.
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Interesting to note. I might vote for Bonk or Will Richardson. Maybe others in class might be interested?
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Interesting to note that Schein has a newly revised version of this book available. You can preview it on Google books and looks to me he has taken a very practical bent in the revision. Just thought you might like to know if you didn't already.
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The corporate culture survival guide (Book, 2009) [WorldCat.org]
Thought of you as a budding power user.Quotes:
The Power User's Guide to Google Chrome, 2009 Edition - Chrome - Lifehacker
John,
I know you are beyond busy and may even be on top of this issue, but we are facing a real political problem with these new Common Core Standards Initiative and their Draft English Language Arts Standards. The "standards" are being written by The College Board and ACT!
The third link below is a FAQ by Tom Hoffman which describes the problem. Basically, federal money is being dangled in front of schools and to get it they have to adopt the standards. Kentucky has already done so. I think the upshot is that our discipline which is rich and full and interesting will be diminished. We will become 'literacy' instructors who will have their every move dictated by 'national' standards dictated by Educational Testing Services for the purpose of allowing them to create simple tests and improve their bottom line.
I am worried and just wanted to vent about this. The first link is from a blog colleague of mine, Will Richardson. He connects me with Tom Hoffman and the Core Standards webpage whose links are also below. Is this worthy of a post on the ning site?
http://weblogg-ed.com/2009/on-common-standards/
http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/index.htm
http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2009/09/10-reasons-why-you-should-care-about.html
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on 07-23-2008
