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What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online
“…there exists today an underground, invisible network of children taking turns as teachers and students, sharing with each other the skills, ideas, secrets and technological breakthroughs they cherish. This university without walls or national boundaries is, without exaggeration, unparalleled in … Continue reading
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Tagged children, creativity, student, student voice, technology literacy, video
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“Don’t we need balance?” and other questions about Khan Academy
Note: this is Part 3 of a 4 part blog series on Khan Academy and math education. This post is an imaginary Q&A about what I’ve said in Part 1 about math myths and learning theories and Part 2 about algorithms, … Continue reading
Posted in constructivism, education reform, professional development
Tagged balance, education, Khan Academy, math, standards, video
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Xtranormal Film Festival Contest
Xtranormal is a cool online video creator. If you haven’t checked it out, give it a try. It’s a bit like a digital puppet theater, you write a script that includes stage directions for your characters, and then the characters … Continue reading
NCCE conference video - by students
For the second year in a row, Generation YES coordinated a student tech support team for NCCE. Some really talented students devoted untold hours to helping speakers and conference attendees, and doing their part to make schools a better place … Continue reading
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Project-based learning explained - video
Another video from the nice folks at Common Craft: Other project based learning resources: Buck Institute for Education (BIE) - mentioned in the video Edutopia Project-based Learning andDESIGN - online magazine for people interested in Design Education in K-12 schools … Continue reading
Back to school: Student-led conferences
OK, fall is officially here so I suppose it’s time to wrap up the “Back the School” set of blog posts I’ve been doing. Last but not least, Student-led Conferences. This is something that most schools do NOT do, but … Continue reading
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Tagged back to school, conferences, parent, reflection, student-led, teacher, video
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Student-created video for NCCE closing keynote
Last week over 70 GenYES students from all over Washington were part of the tech crew at NCCE, the Northwest Council of Computer Educators state conference. Students from grades 7-12 helped with video and audio production, technical support for attendees, … Continue reading
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Tagged GenYES, NCCE, NCCE10, NCCE2010, Seattle, student, student tech support, video
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This Wednesday: Science of the Winter Olympics Webinar
Sounds cool! From the Learning Games Network: As part of our Learning Games webinar series, we invite you to join us this Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 for Olympics Science: Online Resources for the Classroom from NBC Learn. Description: On February … Continue reading
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Tagged chemistry, Learning Games Network, lesson plans, lessons, NBC Learn, NSF, Olympics, physics, Science, sports, video
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Video contest - I Am What I Learn
On September 8, President Barack Obama called on the nation’s students to take greater responsibility for their education. Now, the U.S. Department of Education is asking students to respond by participating in a national video contest titled “I Am What … Continue reading
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Tagged Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, contest, DOE, I am what I learn, learning, students, US, video, YouTube
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Webinars and Screencasts
This year we have launched two new multimedia resources for our GenYES and TechYES schools — webinars and screencasts. The screencasts are short 1-2 minute help videos that quickly show students, teachers and advisors how to use the online tools … Continue reading
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