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		<title>Remember what timelines used to be?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the typical method of timeline creation in schools. &#8220;Draw a line, add some dates and document events in chronological order&#8221;.  Students will typically use poster boards, markers and possibly cut out images. The students in Mr. Papa&#8217;s grade 8 social studies class in our district are putting a new spin on the age old practice of timeline creation! They are utilizing a website called Capzles( www.capzles.com) . Capzles is a web 2.0 site built around a social networking framework. Users are provided with the ability to tell a story using pictures, video clips, audio tracks and text. Capzles refers to these items as &#8220;moments&#8221;. The &#8216;moments&#8221; are able to be placed together chronologically to develop an interactive timeline. The end result is what is referred to as a &#8220;Capzle&#8221;.   Capzles can be viewed online using a computer or on an Apple mobile device such as an Iphone or Ipad using their free app. Capzles replaces the age old practice of organizing timeline&#8217;s on paper. It provides an interactive and engaging opportunity for students to organize content. Each multimedia file supplies an area for students to provide descriptions and further information. Information can be organized in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily News Site for Teens and Tweens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tween Tribune and Teen Tribune are bringing the worlds news and events to the classroom.  Every day they post the most compelling, relevant and interesting news for teens and tweens.  The stories are selected by teens and tweens working closely with professional journalists. Students are provided with the opportunity to comment on these stories. They can also submit their own stories and photos.  Teachers have the ability to create a class account. Once the class account is created the students can register with the site and join the class. Safety Concerns The site is fully compliant with COPPA. See Below &#8220;TweenTribune and TeenTribune are in full compliance with COPPA &#8211; the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act – as outlined by the Federal Trade Commission. This means that: Students may not use their last names. Students may not use their email address anywhere on the site. We do not gather or store student email addresses. Teachers can moderate students&#8217; comments before they’re published. We only uses news stories from reputable news organizations, such as the Associated Press, and local newspapers and TV stations. Teachers&#8217; identities are independently verified before they are granted administrative privileges.&#8221; Teacher Pages &#8211; What does a class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Documentary Resource for the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/05/31/documentary-resource-for-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snag Films is website that provides free access to thousands of documentaries and independent films. Some of the films are published by well-known documentary makers and others are first timers. Snag allows for free viewing and sharing of all of their published videos. The videos can be saved to a widget that can be published on your blog, website or wiki. Snag recently released an additional site called Snag Learning. Here is a snippet from their site: &#8220;SnagLearning features carefully selected films from SnagFilms’ award-winning library of over 1,600 documentaries that are appropriate for students from middle school and up. Our titles cover nearly every classroom subject and many are produced by well-known educational sources, including PBS and National Geographic. The goal of this site is to highlight documentaries that make for engaging educational tools. We will also feature guest teacher bloggers as well as special programming stunts like Q&#38;As with the filmmakers. Teachers can submit and share their own lesson plans, quizzes and homework ideas with fellow educators. The commenting area on each film page functions as public forum to share and discuss.&#8221; Snag Films and Snag Learning are both excellent resources for the classroom. They are great conversation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary Source Documents in Social Studies</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/05/04/primary-source-documents-in-social-studies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Primary sources are the building blocks of history. They are not limited to printed documents. They may also be artifacts, places, sounds and images. When primary source documents are used in instruction they expose students to various perspectives on issues from the past. They promote inquiry. Students engage in question asking, critical thinking, inferencing and interpretation. In many instances classes that utilize primary source documents create an environment where students engage in debates about interpretations. They will challenge each others conclusions and engage in a rich dialogue. Instructional Value Students who analyze and discuss primary source documents will soon realize that almost all recorded events are subjective. They will be empowered to research and defend or disprove their findings. Primary source documents are supportive of the first framework of universal design for learning as well as differentiation. By providing multiple representations of content we can individualize the learning experience of our students. A quote from Docs Teach Primary sources encourage higher order thinking. As historians, students can link documents to see cause and effect relationships, fit historical pieces together to understand a whole story, understand historical events in context by relating primary sources to mathematical data or geographic locations, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flip and Manage the Classroom with Khan Academy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written about the Khan Academy many times in my blog postings. It is a tremendous resource and  one that I believe can greatly impact student achievement.  The &#8220;flip the classroom&#8221; model of instruction involves having students review teacher or student made tutorials at home for homework. They then work on applying problems in the classroom. The benefits of this method of instruction are discussed in one of my previous posting &#8220;Are you ready to flip the classroom&#8220;. If you are planning on testing this method of instruction, the Khan Academy is a great place to start.  Here is a brief overview of the site from the publisher: &#8220;Our library of videos covers K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer. &#8220;I teach the way that I wish I was taught. The lectures are coming from me, an actual human being who is fascinated by the world around him.&#8221; —Sal&#8221; The site now offers new features as well as integration with our Google Apps for Education Accounts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add a Back Channel to Your Classroom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/03/22/add-a-back-channel-to-your-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new phenomenon occurring in classrooms, workshops and meetings. It is called back channeling. This refers to participants in a event communicating and collaborating with technology to take notes, ask questions and reflect in real-time. A great tool to accomplish this is the website Today’s Meet. In order to get started you visit the site, create a room and send the link to the room to the other participants. The link to the meeting room can be posted on the board, linked to a teacher website or emailed to a group. The participants can immediately start a live chat. The results of the chat stay online  for the period of time specified. They can also be copied to a Google Doc and shared with the rest of the class. This technology could be very useful as a way for a class to take collaborative notes and pose questions  while viewing a media clip, a speaker or a class lecture. Instead of having students sit and watch a media clip or longer video they can be engaged and interact with it. The teacher may post a couple of thought provoking questions for the students. While watching the video the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook in the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/03/01/facebook-in-the-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been to the Google Docs template gallery lately. If you have, you will notice that the available templates are continuing to grow. I recently searched for a template that could be  used to create a fictitious Facebook Profile. The first returned result ended up being exactly what I was looking for.  Take a look at this Google Presentation template below. Creating a Facebook profile is a great project idea for all grades and subjects. Students may create a profile for a historical figure, a scientist, philosopher, mathematician, or any other person of interest. You can start creating a Facebook profile using this template by accessing the Google Docs template gallery or by clicking here. Enjoy! Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>Writing to Reflect, Engage, Learn, Publish and Connect</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/02/23/writing-to-reflect-engage-learn-publish-and-connect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the 21st century has gone digital.  We are keyboarding instead of applying penmanship. We post to message boards, blogs, emails, twitter accounts, corporate intranets, Facebook and various other web-based sites and services. Writing has also become 3 dimensional. You don&#8217;t need the latest pair of 3D glasses to experience three dimensional writing. Just open up any webpage and you will find text that contains hyper-links to additional content, embedded videos, embedded documents and audio streams. Students, teachers, and our 21st century workforce must posses the skills to navigate, consume, analyze, organize and apply information that is written in this format. In order to be successful in the 21st century we also need to learn how to write three dimensionally.  For our students, this requires opportunities to write for an audience by utilizing a web-based publishing platform.   The recent edition of Educational Leadership, published by ASCD, focussed on the topic &#8220;Teaching Screenagers&#8220;.  One particular article written by Will Richardson discussed the importance of student publishing their work online. The article quoted a recent study by the Pew Research Center&#8217;s Internet  and American Life Project.  This study showed that 75% of teens regularly use social-networking sites and the vast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Blogging Grades 2-12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my most recent newsletter I wrote an article about the benefits of students blogging. In that newsletter I mentioned a number of web-based tools that we have available in our district to support this initiative. One of the sites I discussed is Kid Blog. I have found Kid Blog to be a very easy to use tool for creating blogs for your students. All of the student accounts and blogs are created by the teacher. A teacher can select different levels of moderation for the blog. Unlike other blogging platforms where a teacher would have to organize various website addresses to view student blogs, kid blog displays all of the student blogs on one screen. The features available with Kid Blog simplify the process of blogging with students. When students publish blog postings it is up to the teacher to decide if the postings remain private between the teacher and student or can be viewed and commented on by the entire class. There is also options to make the blog postings public for the world to see. Enjoy! Tweet This Post]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Writing &#8211; Start with a Purpose and Audience &#8211; RAFT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.jefftwp.org/wordpress/walker/2011/02/07/digital-writing-start-with-a-purpose-and-audience-raft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to work on digital stories with your students or would like to engage your students in the writing process the following will be helpful. In our district we incorporate the writer&#8217;s workshop framework. We are also looking for innovative ways to implement writing across the curriculum. The RAFT STRATEGY is one of the strategies that we have been exploring. The document below provides some great examples of how writing can be implemented in various subjects. Each example provides examples of non-traditional purposes for writing. You will see a variety of audiences that students may write for. My Digital Writing Wiki provides resources that can be used to create and publish these writings and stories. Click here for the complete document Tweet This Post]]></description>
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