Best K12online Podcasts (2024)

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Inside the Global Collaborative Debate: Eracism by Vicki Davis, Bernajean Porter, Julie Lindsay, Kim Caise 20:01

14+ y ago20:01

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This presentation will center around the Eracism Project (the newest Flat Classroom Project), which was proposed by students at the 2009 Conference and will be an international middle school debate project held in September – December 2009, planned and conducted entirely by students. This presentation will have two phases: 1) An enhanced podcast or…

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Steal This Preso! Copyrights, Fair Use, and Pirates in the Classroom by Mathew Needleman 15:39

14+ y ago15:39

15:39

Myths and realities of copyrights as they relate to multimedia projects in the classroom with Mathew Needleman.

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Googlios: A 21st – Century Approach to Teaching, Learning, & Assessment by G. Alex Ambrose 19:08

14+ y ago19:08

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As the first decade of the 21st century comes to end and blogs, wikis, and podcasts have become more mainstream, it is important that educators step back to see how we, as professionals, are best using these tools to serve our students’ learning needs. If these modern technologies are going to be sustained in contemporary pedagogy, it is time that …

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Remixing History: The Cigar Box Project by Neil Stephenson 20:08

14+ y ago20:08

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Neil Stephenson believes in the power of technology to bring the past into the future. Empowered with 21st century tools, Stephenson’s Grade 7 students reinterpret events from five periods that have shaped Canada’s current historical landscape. Called the Cigar Box Project, Stephenson’s students collect and analyze historical images and artifacts, …

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Ways of Working by Chris Betcher 23:35

14+ y ago23:35

23:35

This presentation explores a range of ideas that teachers could use to make a real-world task richer and more meaningful for their students. Using a large public art event as the focus, it looks at a number of ideas for enriching student learning with technology… ideas that could be modified and applied to nearly any learning context.…

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Thinking Outside the Box – Skateboard by Keith Kelley 19:19

14+ y ago19:19

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How do you build a hands on program that students like? I explain the process and steps to my skateboard program. I show actually video and pictures of students using the tools, designing, painting and building their skateboard.

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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO (16 years) by Josu Garro 22:00

14+ y ago22:00

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Creative competitions In Plastica and Lenguajes visual of 4 ESO ( 16 years ) Competencias creativas de Plastica y Lenguaje visual con alumnos de 16 años, todo un proceso de aprendizaje/enseñanza utilizando una Wiki como esqueleto del curso. Buscar la implicación y creatividad del alumno y alumna de 16 años con problemas de autoestima y trabajo de a…

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Using computer games as a context for learning and social interaction by Ollie Bray 23:18

14+ y ago23:18

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After a brief introduction Ollie Bray describes the use of commercially available computer games in the classroom. In particular he focuses on why the use of games are appropriate for learning and teaching. He then goes on to describe an innovative project that was piloted in is own schools learning community that uses the game Guitar Hero as a con…

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Richard Beach's keynote presentation in the KICKING IT UP A NOTCH strand of the 2009 K-12 Online Conference 19:19

14+ y ago19:19

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This presentation describes the use of a free video annotation tool, VideoAnt, for providing specific, targeted feedback to students’ video productions. It contains a tutorial on using VideoAnt and then illustrates the use of VideoAnt to make comments on some high school students’ video production, followed by a teacher and student discussing the v…

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Alrededor del Mundo con Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano 25:25

14+ y ago25:25

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¿Listos para empezar a usar Skype en las escuelas? – ¿Qué clase de hardware y software van a necesitar? Instrucciones, paso a paso, como preparar su primera llamada. ¿Cómo encontrar proyectos para participar, enlaces y recursos. ¿Cómo encontrar y conectar con más aulas? En esta presentación van a escuchar consejos en cómo preparar a sus estudiantes…

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Around the World with Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano 20:50

14+ y ago20:50

20:50

Are you ready to get started with Skype? In this presentation you will see and hear what kind of hardware and software you will need, get step by step instructions to set up for your first call. Find out strategies and discover projects to join as well as links and resources how to find and contact more partners. You will hear advice from real teac…

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Living History – Authentic Learning Empowered By Digital Technology by Jane Ross 23:13

14+ y ago23:13

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Jane Ross is an Apple Distinguished Educator and has recently graduated from a Masters in Education (Ed Tech) which she did entirely online from Australia. Jane is the Digital Technologies Specialist for Sinarmas World Academy in Indonesia. She is a regular presenter in Indonesia, often presenting in Indonesian which is her second language.…

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Nurturing the 21st Century History Teacher by Tom Daccord 18:47

14+ y ago18:47

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Emerging technologies, a globalized world, and fiscal restraints demand innovative approaches to education. This session explores new research about 21st century teaching strategies and professional development and shares models, resources, and examples to help social studies teachers effectively integrate technology and address needed skills.…

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Parallel Play or Collaboration–Leveraging the Wiki Platform for High Quality Work by Paula White 21:22

14+ y ago21:22

21:22

This presentation will help participants think about the differences between a project that is a glorified drop box or parallel play and one that truly involves students in authentic work which is purposeful, personally meaningful and engaging and that meets a need in the world today.

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Thriving in a Collaborative Web 2.0 Classroom: The “Great Debate” and “Student News Action Network” by Tom Daccord 19:23

14+ y ago19:23

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This video highlights innovative educational uses of the “Read-Write” Web and shows how humanities teachers use Web 2.0 to empower students and facilitate creative and meaningful learning opportunities. The session includes a conceptual framework for “e-learning 2.0,” and showcases existing classroom projects that incorporate Web 2.0 in learning.…

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Engaging Our Youngest Minds by Angela Maiers 11:23

14+ y ago11:23

11:23

Do you recognize the “wow” of your students? Are we cultivating such passion? Angela shares a story of a young learner and the habits necessary to ignite such a wow in students.

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Digital Writers’ Workshop by Jackie Gerstein 22:36

14+ y ago22:36

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This K12 Online Conference presentation describes the writers’ workshop conducted with a group of upper elementary students. The focus was on the process of writing combining hands-on and technology activities with a special focus on the engagement of multiple intelligences.

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Show and Tell: Exhibit, Reflect, Critique with Blogs by Sarah Sutter 17:03

14+ y ago17:03

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Explore the evolution of blogs in a high school art program, from a class blog to individual blogs to working in a drupal environment with other students. Students used blogs to exhibit work, reflect on their creative process and engage in meaningful critique with their peers. What were the hurdles? How were they addressed? What worked well? What n…

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Blogging and Communicative competences in the EFL by Cristina Arnau Vilà 16:54

14+ y ago16:54

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I am a foreign language teacher in a high school in Berga (Spain). We are using blogs as a tool to learn a foreign language. Here you will find three experiences I have used. I hope you enjoy it.

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OpenSim - OpenLearning by Timothy Hart 25:56

14+ y ago25:56

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Opensimulator is open source software for creating 3D virtual worlds. OpenLearning is learning without artificial restrictions. This presentation is about jumping on the open virtual worlds for learning bandwagon and about giving you a start on using them in your classroom. For more information, resources, classroom examples and links, check out my…

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Unlikely Coordinates? Geocaching Across the Curriculum by Beth Ritter-Guth 30:34

14+ y ago30:34

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Can a worldwide scavenger hunt and a GPSr change the way we teach? ABSOLUTELY! This presentation will introduce geocaching and educaching and provide examples and resources to those interested in getting students out of the classroom!

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The Heroic Journey Project by Kevin Hodgson 5:05

14+ y ago5:05

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This presentation highlights the use of Google Maps and Google Earth (and Picasa photo)to create a fictional “Heroic Journey” story. The unit is tied to literature (The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief), writing (creating an original story with episodes of adventure) and technology (integrating online tools into the classroom). The presentation include…

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Comunicacion 2.0 en el aula por Pilar Soro 9:10

14+ y ago9:10

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En el aula de segundo de primaria utilizamos algunos recursos de la web 2.0 para mejorar nuestra comunicación oral y escrita. El microblogging, mensajes con webcam y grabación de audios son alguno de los ejemplos que presento.

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For Those Who Want to Rock, Don’t Suppose, Compose! by Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny 21:03

14+ y ago21:03

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Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny, two music teachers discuss the creative process of composing music in the digital age. All links can be found at http://musictechie.pbworks.com

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A Peek for a Week – Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom by Rachel Boyd 20:59

14+ y ago20:59

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Rachel Boyd’s keynote presentation for the “Week in the Classroom” strand of the K12 Online conference. A peek for a week inside a kiwi junior classroom of 6 year olds. Come and see what we get up to in our classroom learning during a week using a variety of online and web2 tools. Please note that due to this presentation also being visual it is be…

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Telling the World: Flat Classroom Student Summit by Julie Lindsay 17:38

14+ y ago17:38

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The world is their audience, literally, when high school students embark on a Flat Classroom Project. As a culmination to the 12-14 week global collaborative project students have the opportunity to present their research and findings in real time through a virtual classroom. Guests internationally are invited to attend and ask questions and intera…

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BRINGing it OUT a notch by Diego Leal 24:21

14+ y ago24:21

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The amazing innovation we are seeing in many classrooms around the world still has a small impact, when compared to the size of our educational systems. How do we bridge the divides to go bigger? This presentation will explore some divides, from a Colombian perspective, and will propose some ideas that could help in bridging them. La fabulosa innov…

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21st Century Learning Plato’s Way by Gail Dyer 20:01

14+ y ago20:01

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This presentation provides a snapshot of web 2.0 and games based learning which have been implemented in our school and how we have managed to achieve this across all grades Kindergarten to Year 6. We have been using these technologies for several years but it has only been in this last year that there has been a wholesale uptake of these learning …

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Building a Web 2.0 Culture by Paul Curtis 15:13

14+ y ago15:13

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Web 2.0 is more than a set of technology tools. It reflects the democratization of information, the power of collaboration and the personalization we hope to find in any school. Taking full advantage of Web 2.0 technology requires more than hardware and software, it requires adopting a Web 2.0 culture. In 1996, New Technology High School in Napa, C…

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Using Web 2.0 Tools to Teach The Outsiders by Drew Buddie 16:35

14+ y ago16:35

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Having been asked to deliver truly cross-curricular ICT to support the Extra English lessons provided for a small group of students, I decioded to use a range of Web 2.0 tools to asist with this. Inspired by the work of Tom Barrett and ‘We Tell Stories’ I decided to create an immersive experience that would help the students have a better understan…

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Building on Analog Success with 2.0 Technology by Kelley Connolly & Jon Greenberg 20:17

14+ y ago20:17

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This presentation will focus on an established successful 6th grade capstone project called “The Biggest Dig.” In the 5th year of this research project, myself and Jon Greenberg, the Humanities teacher, collaborated to modernize the project using web 2.0 technologies such as wikis and online note taking software. This video includes an overview of …

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Probing the Prospects of Paperless Pedagogy by Jason Neiffer 22:39

14+ y ago22:39

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After years of lobbying, my high school World Cultures course is now assigned to a computer lab each day during my school year. In this proto-one-to-one environment, I am attempting a largely paperless classroom. Using Moodle, Web 2.0 tools and a mix of liberal computer lab hours and checkout laptops, I have eliminated the paper shuffle from my Wor…

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Embracing Web 2.0 for the Administrator by Bill Carozza 18:09

14+ y ago18:09

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This workshop is part of the K12 Online Conference and is designed for the K-12 administrator looking to dip their toe into Web 2.0.

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Moogpal in Action by Chris Fitzgerald Walsh 22:48

14+ y ago22:48

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What do you get when you cross Moodle with Google Apps with Drupal? Moogpal! This presentation provides a preview of the development work currently underway by New Tech Network of high schools to integrate these free and open source tools to personalize learning, improve communication, and spur collaboration. The video includes an overview of why w…

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Slippery Rocks & Hard Places: Twelve Bridges and Learning Matters by Dennis Richards 19:46

14+ y ago19:46

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To begin, I want you to know I created a wiki that expands upon the notions I discuss in this presentation/video. If you find what I say worthy of further reflection, carry your learning beyond the boundaries of the .mov and visit tr.im/bridginggaps. If you wonder what a “well-educated” student will look like in our constantly shifting, interconnec…

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Bridging History Using Web 2.0 Tools by Robin Beaver and Jean Moore 11:42

14+ y ago11:42

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This presentation is a joint venture between a classroom teacher, Jean Moore and instructional tech specialist, Robin Beaver. Jean’s 7th grade students study Asia as part of their Social Studies/Literature curriculum. Over the past several years Jean has developed a number of projects involving technology to enrich these units of study. These activ…

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Keeping Literacy in 21st Century Literacy by Drew Schrader 16:53

14+ y ago16:53

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In this session I outline the movement towards multiple literacies and 21st century literacies. Within this framework I present concrete strategies and methods for pursing the traditional notion of literacy – reading and writing fluency – in an online context. In particular I hope to show how “think alouds” and other literacy modeling strategies ca…

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Google SketchUp Unleashed by Joseph J. Bires 19:07

14+ y ago19:07

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Learn how to empower students through the use of Google SketchUp.

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Whither ePortfolios by Drew Buddie 33:53

14+ y ago33:53

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A somewhat provocative viewpoint of what constitutes an ‘ePortfolio’ and a very brief cursory overview of the use of one ePortfolio tool that can be integrated within a VLE. The presentation will suggest that ePortfolios are ubiquitous, its just that they are not seen as such. How can non-traditional ePortfolio formats be formalised, accepted and g…

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You Might Be a 21st Century Leader if… by David Wells 14:43

14+ y ago14:43

14:43

21st Century School Leaders are critical to the success of students and the advancement of technology integration in our schools. But would you know a 21st Century Leader if you saw one? My presentation describes how the standards for good leadership match up with the standards for being a 21st Century Leader.…

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Digiteens: Digital Citizenship by Digital Teenagers by Vicki Davis and Westwood Schools Students 15:25

14+ y ago15:25

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Much of digital citizenship education focuses on adults compiling information to share with students, this method provides a framework for students to conduct authentic research with global partners on the aspects of digital citizenship and creation of action projects at their schools. This presentation’s goal is to: 1) demonstrate the efficacy of …

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Orientation in Second Life by Alan Hudson, Deborah Butler, Lawal Mohamed 18:10

14+ y ago18:10

18:10

New users of virtual worlds can find the interfaces and controls of 3D platforms difficult and confusing. Currently in Second life new users initially find their avatars in a space for orientation with other new users and possibly with helpers and guides to assist them. This video looks at different approaches to the design of these areas.…

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Options for Building Your Teacher Website and Why YOU Should by Cyndi Danner-Kuhn 20:45

14+ y ago20:45

20:45

Every educator needs to build and maintain his or her own teacher Website. Technology provides teachers with more effective ways to communicate with students, their families, and the community than ever before. This session will help you learn how to use technology to communicate with different audiences through your classroom website. There are en…

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If You Host It, They Will Come by Jennifer Wagner 18:08

14+ y ago18:08

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A chat with Jen Wagner about Online Projects. Ideas of how to start planning your own project. Several projects will be highlighted as “examples” and “possibilities”.

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Just a “touch” of leadership – Using the iPod Touch/IPhone in Administration by Andy Crozier & Mike Amante 16:06

14+ y ago16:06

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Are you using your iPod Touch/iPhone to simply check your email or answer your phone? Did you know that there many other uses of the iPod Touch that can help with some of your professional responsibilities? This presentation will show you apps and success stories from administrators in the field that are using the iPod Touch/iPhone for data collect…

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LAN: Learning Is Social by Bryan Hughes 15:16

14+ y ago15:16

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Bored by status quo professional development and stale in service workshops? Why not throw a party! LAN: Learning Is Social is the story of how North Vancouver School District used the presentations of the K12 Online Conference to breathe new life into professional development. LAN parties can be a powerful vehicle for professional development and …

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Learning Confluence: Where Philosophy Meets Practice in the 21st Century by Julie Lindsay 16:42

14+ y ago16:42

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Current accepted forms of professional development provide opportunities for small bites and quick-fix solutions but do not encourage immersion, ongoing conversations and collaborative sharing of experiences. Adoption of a learning confluence amongst educators can and will make a difference within a school and extend the learning beyond the immedia…

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Instructional Strategies That Work with Videoconferencing: Increasing Interactivity by Janine Lim 15:51

14+ y ago15:51

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Videoconferencing can bring the world to your classroom. It allows educators to bridge the divide by bringing experiences to rural students; by engaging conversations and interactions between urban and rural students and by connecting students globally. Whether using desktop videoconferencing or room based videoconferencing, educators can bridge th…

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Using E-Books to Motivate Pupils Writing by Colin Hill 15:33

14+ y ago15:33

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Rather than sending all pupils work home at the end of the school year, E-books allow teachers to compile collections of work to be displayed on the WWW quite soon after it is completed. Colin Hill presents how he creates E-books, proving to eb a motivation for writing, as learners know that their work is going to be on display.…

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The iPod Touch in the Classroom by Kern Kelly 16:10

14+ y ago16:10

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The iPod Touch can function as an important educational tool inside and outside the classroom. With the increased purchases of netbooks this last year, there seems to be a push for schools to put more machines into students hands. At a price point even lower than current netbooks the iPod Touch is a great compliment to any classroom. While many sch…

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