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Penny for your thoughts: http://tinyurl.com/5x4u63

Posted by Allison Weiss on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:22pm — 1 Comment (Add)

student created materials

I want to know how to use technology to engage my students in creating material.

Posted by Mary Riser on April 6th, 2008 at 3:16pm — No Comments (Add)

Stories of Excellence

Several "Stories of Excellence" about teaching with technology have been added to this ning. Please visit the Stories of Excellence group to read them, and consider submitting your own stories!

Posted by NAIS on March 25th, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Bridging the Gap - Tim Fish

Tim Fish is giving a presentation (as I sit here blogging) about his teachers' creation of instructional videos that bridge the gap between home and school. The videos can be seen at http://video.mcdonogh.org. For example, take a look at this video that describes the process of finding the area of a circle. To produce the vide… Continue

Posted by Demetri Orlando on February 29th, 2008 at 11:00am — 7 Comments (Add)

Conference Bloggers

I've been having a great time at the conference. It was so inspiring to hear Sir Ken Robinson talk about the need to shift our metaphor of education away from an industrial-era model and towards an organic model that looks at teaching & learning as an art form. I posted my notes from this session inside of the "… Continue

Posted by Demetri Orlando on February 29th, 2008 at 7:00am — 1 Comment (Add)

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Benefit of Donor Perfect Online vs. Donor Perfect Version 9

We are currently trying to make the decision to go from our old version of Donor Perfect to either the onlne version or the new updated version. The problem we have is that the staff that use DP ar... Continue

Started by Connor Savage 9 hours ago

Student Run Technology Help Desks
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Does anyone have experience with student-run/student-staffed help desks? We are thinking about setting one up in our library. Thanks!

Tagged: technology_support, helpdesks

Started by Linda Mercer. Last reply by Dave Candelario May 1.

Introductions
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Please take a moment to introduce yourself by posting a "reply" to this message in the box below. We do ask each educator to identify him/herself on this site. This discussion forum is probably no... Continue

Started by NAIS. Last reply by Susanne Apr 23.

Class blogging
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Hi all, NAIS received this query from a concerned communications director and it would be great if you could assist her with best thinking on student blogging. Are there any good examples out ther... Continue

Started by Heather Hoerle. Last reply by Jennifer Clark Evans Apr 13.

Evaluating Persuasive Media Messages

As a high school librarian, I feel an important 21st Literacy skill is evaluation of information. Our freshman class reads Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, a nonfiction discussion of how ... Continue

Tagged: evaluation, information literacy, media messages

Started by Joan Lange Apr 6

The Model School of the Future- developmentally focused?
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Dear friends, I have been thinking quite a bit about Sir Ken Robinson's remarks at the NAIS conference and especially about words regarding age segregation in our school systems. Are any of you aw... Continue

Started by Heather Hoerle. Last reply by Scott Looney Mar 31.

Can I get a copy of the video?
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So there seemed to be lots of high-priced cameras and skilled technicians running around the conference this year. Does anyone know what is going to happen to the video they took?

Started by Jamie Britto. Last reply by Jamie Britto Mar 10.

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In your profile, please include: First & last name School or organization Valid email address so that accounts can be verified if necessary Photos are not required, but they add to the feeling ... Continue

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