April 2012
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Classroom Treasures: gracelandmomma: The teaching... →
gracelandmomma:
The teaching community on tumblr puts into action everyday what it means to give of yourself. There is a wide range of age, experience and it all ends up representing wonderful points of views and ideas. The following quote is taken from a Tim Keller book, “A Reason for God,”…
Loved this.
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Google Now Translates As Much Text in a Day As... →
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A Faster, More Efficient Way to Grade Papers →
The author proposing this idea points out how rubrics have expedited the grading process for many faculty and also clarified expectations for students, but when the paper is returned, the student gets the rubric with a check next to quality level attained and maybe a few brief remarks squeezed into a small space provided for comments. What this assumes is that students will look at their paper...
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“Facebook has close to a billion active users, but it makes a remarkably tiny...”
– What if Facebook isn’t so special after all? (via courtenaybird)
This surprises me.
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All I know is that next week...
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EssayTyper →
This is creepy.
Ninja Update: Apparently people don’t read the tags, or the About page. This pulls text from Wikipedia. It’s clearly cheating, and I don’t endorse plagiarism. If you cheat, you don’t just deserve an F. You deserve a special mark that will always appear on your transcript letting people know you cheated.
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Pressure release
gjmueller:
Do I miss the stars? Nah, didn’t have them long enough to get attached. Wishing the best to the new #education editors! :)
What is going on with the Editors nonsense? You were a great editor! Why is Tumblr so haphazard when it comes to #education now?
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The Best Computer Illiteracy Analogy I've Seen →
Also: This is why I no longer help friends or family members with computer issues if I can help it.
I’ve actually been using the cars analogy for a couple months now and I think it’s very fitting. Imagine if you were a mechanic who owned an auto shop and your average customer call went something like this:
Customer: My car isn’t working and I need you to fix it immediately,...
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The No Pie Rule for Dropbox Services
This post on Google Drive’s Terms of Service caused a bit of a stir yesterday, as well as some thoughtful replies. The best reply (in my mind) came from tiffanyb. I’ve quoted her response below because it was that good:
These two quotes actually say the same thing. It’s just that the part where Dropbox enumerates what rights they need to provide the service is cut out of the quote,...
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Who owns your files on Google Drive? →
The most damning information here:
Dropbox — terms can be found here:
“Your Stuff & Your Privacy: By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together, “your stuff”). You retain full ownership to your stuff. We don’t claim any ownership to any of it. These Terms do not grant us any rights to your stuff...
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WatchHow to Use Twitter for Teaching and Learning
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A (Very) Short Guide to Purchasing New Technology →
Just two questions. Two very valuable questions. Here’s the first one:
1) Does It Enhance Curriculum?
When looking at a new piece of technology ask yourself this question, “Does it enhance my current curriculum?” if the answer is no, stop looking at the tool. You’re done. No matter how fancy the tool is, if it doesn’t fit into the curriculum, you don’t need...
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Can we keep foul language off promoted posts...
lhuddles:
#Education editors, some of us read Tumblr at work (5 points if you can guess the setting where most of us work!). While I can pretty much guarantee that the people I follow won’t post inappropriate things, I’m beginning to feel that I can’t trust the promoted posts.
Seconded, and I know exactly which post you’re talking about. It may have 75,000+ notes, but it has absolutely...
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Wake Up Call
willrichardson:
I think this series of Tweets by Chris Lehmann from the Education Innovation Summit at Arizona State University yesterday pretty much speaks for itself. Read from the bottom up:
I know I’m not the only one who has been suggesting for some time now that we’re at a critical moment in the education conversation in terms of the future of public schooling as we know it, but if...
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Squeeze the Most Juice Out of Your iPhone or iPad... →
An outstanding article sharing common myths and practical advice for getting the most from your iPhone or iPad battery. Definitely recommend a read.
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Malware Infects One In Five Mac Devices: REPORT →
Sensationalistic Headline of the Day.
The Reality: According to Sophos, one in five Macs currently harbor malware made for Windows.
Either way: Install some virus scanning software, people. It doesn’t matter what system you’re running.
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“At this point, it is important to note that throughout the day it was recognised...”
– My complaint with most 1:1 programs is they are implemented by administrators who don’t seem to realize this.
Learning with iPad - ALEX GINGELL
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Today's Google Doodle may just be the coolest...
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frankiv asked: Less muffins more education, por please.
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New editors and not a one of them is ohmuffins.
girlwithalessonplan:
I mean, congrats ya’ll, but I want my muffins.
Me too.
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I love edshelf.com
I work in edtech, and definitely know my way around an iPad better than most. This means I field a lot of questions about not just what apps or services might be interesting for the classroom, but also how to find these things and judge whether or not they’re even worth the time.
Enter edshelf.
The ambitious goal of this (free) site is to help educators find new, quality apps and services...
