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Rheingold continues…
And don’t swallow the myth of the digital native. Just because your teens Facebook, IM, and Youtube, don’t assume they know the rhetoric of blogging, collective knowledge gathering techniques of taggers and social bookmarkers, collaborative norms of wiki work, how to tune and feed a Twitter network, the art of multimedia argumentation - and, by far most importantly, online crap detection. (Rheingold)
Our children know how to play the information. They still desperately need us to teach them how to work the information.
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But what was different in my reading of the Johnson essay as opposed to the Kelly essay was my ability to interact with it through Diigo. Over the last few months, I’ve become more and more enamored with Diigo as a tool for notetaking and bookmarking, sure, but as a platform for some interesting conversations. And, while I’m not sure Johnson even knows of its existence, it’s already bringing to fruition many of the social reading potentials we’ve been thinking of as futuristic. The idea that I can not just annotate a paragraph or a sentence or one idea on a webpage but that I can engage with others in sharing our thinking about that particular sentence or idea is at once powerful and daunting. I mean, imagine the meta conversations we might be able to have over different passages in the classics once they all get scanned and put online by Google (or someone else.) As Johnson writes:
As you read, you will know that at any given moment, a conversation is available about the paragraph or even sentence you are reading. Nobody will read alone anymore. Reading books will go from being a fundamentally private activity — a direct exchange between author and reader — to a community event, with every isolated paragraph the launching pad for a conversation with strangers around the world.
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Blogging as Connective Writing Continuum:
- Posting assignments. (Not blogging)
- Journaling, i.e. “This is what I did today.” (Not blogging)
- Posting links (Not blogging)
- Links with descriptive annotation, i.e. “This site is about…” (Not really blogging either, but getting close depending on the depth of the description.)
- Links with analysis that gets into the meaning of the content being linked. (A simple form of blogging.)
- Reflective, meta-cognitive writing on practice without links. (Complex writing, but simple blogging, I think. Commenting would probably fall in here somewhere.)
- Links with analysis and synthesis that articulates a deeper understanding or relationship to the content being linked and written with potential audience response in mind. (Real blogging)
- Extended analysis and synthesis over a longer period of time that builds on previous posts, links and comments. (Complex blogging)
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5 IDEAS FOR IMPROVING TECH FORUM
1-Start 1 hour later and I'll yawn much less. We boarded a bus at 6 a.m. and arrived before 7.
2-Presenters: Use real examples.
3-Vendors: if you talk about your great product you should figure out how to incorporate and/or demonstrate it in your presentation. No excuses. If you can't bother to figure out how to do this, I can't be bothered to listen to you.
4-Please, please stop talking at us. Use innovative tools to make your presentation interactive.
5-Don't talk about differentiation and think you do not have to differentiate. You do!
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It’s Official: Peggy Hamburg Will Lead FDA
Those keeping score at home can cross one more job off the list of long-unfilled federal health positions: By a voice vote, the Senate yesterday confirmed Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg to lead the FDA.
It’s been pretty clear for a while that the Senate would greenlight Hamburg for the job; some key Republicans piped up in her favor earlier this month.
The Associated Press says her first priority will be to help oversee development of a vaccine for swine flu. But she’s also talked about increasing the agency’s focus on food safety, among other subjects.
Hamburg, who is 53 years old, is a former New York City Health Commissioner (just like Thomas Frieden, who is leaving the NYC job to run the CDC). We wrote more about Hamburg’s background in this post.
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Anti-gay US sect threatens to picket UK school
Kansas fundamentalists plan protest against lessons about homosexual relationships
A group of American Christian fundamentalists whose slogan is "God hates fags" is threatening to picket an east London primary school over its anti-homophobia work.
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Homophobia Damages Lives
Homophobia is damaging people's health and careers across Europe and the problem may be worse than reported because victims are scared to draw attention to themselves for fear of a backlash, an EU study said.
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights said police in most countries were incapable of dealing with homophobic crime -- ranging from verbal abuse to deadly attacks --
and said many governments and schools failed to take it seriously enough.
This creates a vicious circle, with victims preferring to remain "invisible" rather than being open about their sexual orientation or reporting abuse to authorities, the study showed.
The report, which brought together research from 27 countries, said over half of EU citizens thought discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was widespread in their country.
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania were singled out for being hostile towards "gay pride" rallies and people from countries in the region were generally less comfortable with having a homosexual as a neighbour, for example.
Only three EU states -- Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain -- gave full marriage rights to lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transsexuals and transgender people, while most of the other countries do not award any rights at all.
In the Netherlands 82 percent were in favour of same-sex marriage versus 11 percent in Romania and 12 percent in Latvia.
Just like in the United States, our European GLBT friends (in most nations) still have a long road ahead to reach equality.
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Product Samples as a PR Tactic
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In New York, the migration of the Irish middle class from the city to the suburbs contributed to the decline of the double-digit family, he said. “Their world was not defined by the parish as it once was, when they lived in the Bronx,” Professor Golway said. “They moved to the suburbs, where it really was a melting pot. Not everybody on your block was Irish anymore.”'
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As former Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) explained, “the co-ops are too small to compete with the big, private insurance companies. They will kill the co-ops completely by undercutting them, using their financial clout to do it…This is a compromise designed to deal with problems in the Senate. But it doesn’t deal with problems in America.”
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LED-backlit LCDs are where TV's future and present meet—they're the best LCDs you've ever seen, but they're not as stunning as OLED displays, which will one day dominate all. They're not cheap, but they're not ludicrous either. Most importantly, they're actually here.
I'll CC You in the FL
With LCDs, it's all about the backlighting. This defines contrast, brightness and other performance metrics. When you watch plasma TVs, OLED TVs or even old tube TVs, there's light emanating from each pixel like it was a teeny tiny bulb. Not so with LCD—when you watch traditional LCD TV, you're basically staring at one big lightbulb with a gel screen in front of it.
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Trustworthiness
Be honest • Don’t deceive, cheat or steal • Be reliable — do what you say you’ll do • Have the courage to do the right thing • Build a good reputation • Be loyal — stand by your family, friends and country
Respect
Treat others with respect; follow the Golden Rule • Be tolerant of differences • Use good manners, not bad language • Be considerate of the feelings of others • Don’t threaten, hit or hurt anyone • Deal peacefully with anger, insults and disagreements
Responsibility
Do what you are supposed to do • Persevere: keep on trying! • Always do your best • Use self-control • Be self-disciplined • Think before you act — consider the consequences • Be accountable for your choices
Fairness
Play by the rules • Take turns and share • Be open-minded; listen to others • Don’t take advantage of others • Don’t blame others carelessly
Caring
Be kind • Be compassionate and show you care • Express gratitude • Forgive others • Help people in need
Citizenship
Do your share to make your school and community better • Cooperate • Get involved in community affairs • Stay informed; vote • Be a good neighbor • Obey laws and rules • Respect authority • Protect the environment
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Phrase Net acts like a tag cloud, accenting words through size and color based on their frequency of use. But it also connects those word to each ot
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Today’s “cheating” is tomorrow’s collaboration.
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Mark Twain
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One of the high school honors students quotes that I captured was:
“There’s not really an avenue at
school for me to share, or publish my own stuff, or especially get feedback
from people all over — That’s really the only reason I rush home to do
MySpace so much.”
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The 5 key strands include:
- Visionary Leadership. Inspire and lead development and
implementation of a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology to
promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.
- Digital Age Learning Culture. Create and sustain a dynamic,
digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant education for
all students.
- Excellence in Professional Practice. Promote an environment
of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance
student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and digital
resources.
- Systemic Transformation. Provide leadership and management
to continuously improve the organization through the effective use of
information and technology resources.
- Digital Citizenship. Model and facilitate understanding of
social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities related to an evolving
digital culture.
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asked to silence their cellular phones while at the school. This ensures both compliance with the above guidelines and serves to set a positive example for students.
Communication regarding your child’s safety will in no way be hindered through these guidelines. Please be reminded that each school has intercoms and loudspeakers and the majority of our classrooms have hardwired telephones. Additionally, administrators and safety personnel are prepared with two-way radios and cell phones.
We understand how families have come to rely
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- Sharing: If you love something, set it free
- Integration: Don't try to do everything yourself
- People: People who know: ROFLCopter, LMAO, PWND, Noob
- Platform: One to one is now one to many
- Authenticity: Stay true to your core competency
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- Noel Tichy, Leading Professional Learning Communities
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The second photo shows what $17.00 and thirty minutes will buy in Abbot's Thrift Store where, last week, I walked around agog at all the interesting glassware and rolled them around on the floor whenever the clerk wasn't looking.

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What's exciting is that many teachers have already begun to venture to the far shore in order to build bridges with their students. They are using interactive Web tools such as blogs, podcasts, and wikis in an attempt to mirror the online social networks of youth culture. These teachers are finding that students respond enthusiastically to the opportunity to collaborate, the challenge of publishing for an audience, and the chance to contribute to a learning community, rather than just write for a teacher's binder. (The website Edublogawards.com showcases the best of these learning environments.)
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- Students amp up their preparation because mom and/or dad are going to be watching;
- Parents get a window into the classroom, with no special software required (they just need a URL);
- teachers get a recorded archive of student performances; and
- it’s all FREE.
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If you are teaching them about using a strategy in the classroom, teach them by doing the strategy, and then have them do the strategy in front of you.
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- Routine Assessments: used everyday
- Reflective Assessments: many days, deliberate ways
- Rigorous: some days, thought-provoking ways
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1- balance of formal and informal
2- positive interdependence which promotes personal responsibility
3- considerable promotive interaction
4- shared workspace
5- iterative group reflection and processing to improve effectiveness
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