Nine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of…
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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/16/2012
Cool Cat Teacher Blog16 May 2012 | 12:30 pmResource Room: Reading Comprehension Video Guide: Glory The movie Glory is such a great one. Here's a set of comprehension questions to accompany the movie that will engage students in some interesting topics of conversation. tags: education teaching lessonplans blackhistory Resource Room: Reading Comprehension This website has a treasure trove of reading comprehension resources that you can download and use including a chapter by chapter comprehension guide to accompany Harry Potter. tags: education engchat reading reading_teacher teaching Acid Rain Storyboard - Resources - TES Acid rain… -
Mark Bauerlein on Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking
Steve Hargadon14 May 2012 | 2:35 pmJoin me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking, and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning.This is an incredible compilation of essays by significant thinkers--ten of whom, including Mark, have been guests on the Future of Education show--on the "perils and promise of the social- media revolution," and frames the important discussions about the development of our digital… -
Please Don’t Learn To Code
Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson15 May 2012 | 10:42 amI am a late convert to the idea of computer science education for everyone. Or pretty close to everyone. A lot of people still don’t see it as valuable for more than a few people with some sort of natural predisposition for programming. I think there are many reasons for this. One is that they equate computer science with programming. And that’s not quite right. Second is that they see the only reason to learn computer science is to do it professionally. Inspired by Jeff Atwood’s Please Don’t Learn to Code I did a search on Bing for “don’t learn to code.” Bing came back with… -
Interactive Animated Explanation of Body Mass
Free Technology for Teachers16 May 2012 | 9:40 amAs I've mentioned in the past, my school district recently received a grant for programs to address the rate of childhood obesity in our schools. Therefore, I always take note of things like Explania's interactive, animated explanation of body mass index. The animation includes two interactive breaks during which viewers can calculate their body mass indexes and their ideal weights. The narrator uses metric units in the explanation, but the interactive elements can be used in metric or imperial units. Try it out as embedded below. Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) - Explania On a related…
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Mammals may not get to cool climates in time
16 May 2012 | 12:09 pmNine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of… -
Time of year matters for vitamin D risk
16 May 2012 | 12:08 pmWhen considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life
16 May 2012 | 11:52 amMarine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The mechanics of eclipses [infographic]
16 May 2012 | 9:11 amWhen the moon passes in front of sun, as viewed from Earth, the eclipse that occurs is visible from a narrow path on Earth that corresponds to the location of the moon's shadow. During a total solar eclipse, this path is known as the path of totality. WARNING: Never look directly at the sun during an eclipse with a telescope or your unaided eye. Severe eye damage can result and scientists use special filters to safely view the sun. Via Space. The view from space. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show
16 May 2012 | 8:39 amUsing the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health. “Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang. “We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink |…
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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/16/2012
16 May 2012 | 12:30 pmResource Room: Reading Comprehension Video Guide: Glory The movie Glory is such a great one. Here's a set of comprehension questions to accompany the movie that will engage students in some interesting topics of conversation. tags: education teaching lessonplans blackhistory Resource Room: Reading Comprehension This website has a treasure trove of reading comprehension resources that you can download and use including a chapter by chapter comprehension guide to accompany Harry Potter. tags: education engchat reading reading_teacher teaching Acid Rain Storyboard - Resources - TES Acid rain… -
Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock #teaching 05/13/2012
16 May 2012 | 6:02 amSoftware, prizes for pirate animations | eSchool News You can download a 30 day free trial of Stop Motion Pro and have students create pirate videos to enter in this competition. Your kids could win a free trip (and learn about video.) What a great way to end the school year as the deadline is May 29. tags: video teaching digital storytelling Teachers are Heroes (Infographic) | Teaching in the Middle I wish everyone would look at this infographic about the hours, time, and tasks of teachers. Did you know that 51% of us work on Sundays versus less than 20% in other professions? How about the… -
Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 05/16/2012
16 May 2012 | 3:31 amIntroducing: TeacherView Report Cards | ClassroomWindow - Where the best solutions win Calling all math teachers - take a few minutes to evaluate your math textbook and get a $10 gift card for Amazon and start your summer reading early.http://bit.ly/KcfLbu (Full disclosure: I really like what this company Classroom Window is doing and how they want to aggregate teacher opinions into something that can make a difference and am in negotiations to have a (very small) stake in this company. As always I follow the blogger's code of ethics and my own and let you know if there is any other… -
10 Terrible Traits of Lousy Leaders
16 May 2012 | 3:16 amThere is a short, three letter hop from leading to misleading. Having a position of leadership is a very important calling in life. You have a lot of responsibility. It is hard to be a leader but the truth is,as flawed humans, most of us who lead in anything have a very short step to being a misleader. Here's how. You become a misleader when you mistake popularity for an inability to make mistakes. No leader is always right. Yesterday someone pointed out to a critic of mine on Twitter that I was better because I had more followers and he had 6. No! Never do this. Everyone is important as a… -
Elearning and global competency #flatclass #globaled 05/16/2012
15 May 2012 | 6:31 pmFlat Classroom® Conference - About One of the great pleasures of my life is working with the Flat Classroom project but now, we have these incredible conferences -- capped at around 250 people students and educators come together to envision the future of education and understand 21st century learning environments by experience. We flatten the conference as students pitch ideas to teachers and vice versa. Our goal is you leave the conference ready to collaborate. It is intense but it is life changing and fun. Hope you can join us - here are the dates - go to our website to find out more.
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Mark Bauerlein on Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking
14 May 2012 | 2:35 pmJoin me Tuesday, May 15th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Mark Bauerlein to talk about his new book, The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking, and how this reflects our perspectives on teaching and learning.This is an incredible compilation of essays by significant thinkers--ten of whom, including Mark, have been guests on the Future of Education show--on the "perils and promise of the social- media revolution," and frames the important discussions about the development of our digital… -
Schedule of May PBS/WNET Webinars on Finding Your Roots, Starting Tonight
9 May 2012 | 2:43 pmWNET is hosting free webinars for educators focusing on the new PBS 10-part series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., which explores the family histories and genetics of famous Americans. The next session will take place today, Wednesday, May 9, from 8-9 pm Eastern Standard Time and will include highlights from Finding Your Roots Episode 7 (featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons) and Episode 8 (featuring Sanjay Gupta, Margaret Cho, and Martha Stewart).This workshop will feature behind-the-scenes insights from… -
Keith Devlin from Stanford: Talking Media, Math, MOOCs, and Silicon Valley Money in Education
8 May 2012 | 6:36 amJoin me Tuesday, May 8th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Stanford Mathematician Keith Devlin, co-founder and Executive Director of the university's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network, a Senior Researcher at CSLI, and "the Math Guy" on National Public Radio. In addition to talking about the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics, we're going to dive into some deeper conversations about the recent move toward massive(ly) open online courses (MOOCs, one of which he is starting for free this… -
Live Thursday, May 3rd - School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come
3 May 2012 | 6:47 amJoin me Thursday, May 3rd, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Buffy Hamilton and Kristin Fontichiaro, editors of School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. Their crowdsourced eBook, which is available for free download, is a collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors.In the book's foreward, Dr. R. David Lankes laments that the "future of school libraries and school librarians hangs in the balance," and… -
Help Save PicLits - Wednesday, May 2nd
30 Apr 2012 | 8:34 amJoin me Wednesday, May 2nd, for a unique community brainstorming session on PicLits.com, the "creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture."PicLits was conceived by Terry Friedlander in 2002:"I read an article from USA TODAY which talked about the most often searched words and listed in the top ten was writing/poetry. The numbers that I read were staggering. Add that to my…
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Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson
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Please Don’t Learn To Code
15 May 2012 | 10:42 amI am a late convert to the idea of computer science education for everyone. Or pretty close to everyone. A lot of people still don’t see it as valuable for more than a few people with some sort of natural predisposition for programming. I think there are many reasons for this. One is that they equate computer science with programming. And that’s not quite right. Second is that they see the only reason to learn computer science is to do it professionally. Inspired by Jeff Atwood’s Please Don’t Learn to Code I did a search on Bing for “don’t learn to code.” Bing came back with… -
Student Implemented SharePoint Solutions
15 May 2012 | 2:55 amI hear a lot of questions about SharePoint. Things like what can I do with it? How hard is it to use? That question usually is code for “do I need to hire a high priced professional to use it?” And occasionally can I fit it into the curriculum? Well there is a great webcast coming up that answers all of these questions and more. At the Center for Advanced Technologies at Lakewood High School in Florida students are doing really great things using SharePoint. Things that help the school out on a daily basis. Read more about this webcast below. Real World K-12 Student Solutions using… -
Interesting Links 14 May 2012
14 May 2012 | 12:44 pmA late blog post on a Monday is a sure sign I had a busy weekend. Not work this time – Mother’s Day and a bunch of other things with family and work around the house. I hope your weekend was as good as mine was. Here now some links that I collected to share. Andrew Parsons MrAndyPuppy has put all of the Imagine Cup Game Design Semi-finalist videos in one place Xbox/Windows: Phone Games Share innovative project ideas & collaborate w/ colleagues @ Microsoft’s Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum Tomorrow April 15th is the last day to apply. -
Learning Should Be Fun
11 May 2012 | 9:01 amYears ago I was sitting the the front of church and via a fluke of acoustics I heard a little girl in the back of the church tell someone “Stop laughing! It’s Sunday!” Apparently she thought that because Sunday, especially at church, was serious business it should not be fun or happy. Not quite my view of things but common enough. It seems to be even more common with education though. Recently on the CSTA blog Pat Philips wrote a post titled Video Games where she says “administrators and colleagues […] sometimes think that if you are teaching something that much fun, it can't be… -
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
11 May 2012 | 3:09 amReceived this from the CSTA Mailing list yesterday and thought it worth sharing. Do you know someone who is doing an outstanding job of mentoring or a mentoring program that is doing a great job with bringing underrepresented minorities into STEM fields? If so you may want to nominate them for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. INVITATION FOR NOMINATIONS Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring PAESMEM recognizes outstanding mentors and mentoring programs that enhance the participation of…
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Free Technology for Teachers
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Interactive Animated Explanation of Body Mass
16 May 2012 | 9:40 amAs I've mentioned in the past, my school district recently received a grant for programs to address the rate of childhood obesity in our schools. Therefore, I always take note of things like Explania's interactive, animated explanation of body mass index. The animation includes two interactive breaks during which viewers can calculate their body mass indexes and their ideal weights. The narrator uses metric units in the explanation, but the interactive elements can be used in metric or imperial units. Try it out as embedded below. Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) - Explania On a related… -
7 Great Note-taking Tools for Teachers and Students
16 May 2012 | 9:11 amThis is another post that was prompted by a reader's email. The email was looking for a list of recommended note-taking tools. I've reviewed a lot of note-taking tools over the last five years, but I have never made a list. So here's my list of seven great note-taking tools for students and teachers. InClass is a free iPhone and iPad app that could be a very useful tool for students carrying those devices. InClass provides students with tools for taking text, audio, and video notes. Students can also use the app to take pictures of hand-outs, slides, and other valuable information that they… -
Video Explanations of IPOs
16 May 2012 | 5:30 amYour students may have heard that Facebook is going to make an IPO sometime soon. If they haven't heard that or if you haven't heard that, check out today's episode of CNN Student News. Your students might be wonder, what is an IPO? Here are a couple of videos explaining the answer to that question. The YouTube channel Investopedia has a bunch of videos explaining financial topics. Included in their list of videos is a one minute explanation of IPOs. Another YouTube channel offering simple explanations of financial topics is Finance Guy Video. Finance Guy Video uses the iPad app Show Me to… -
Moodle Tutorial Videos
16 May 2012 | 5:00 amThis morning I received an email informing me that a source of Moodle tutorial videos that I featured three years ago has gone offline. That prompted me to search for some new Moodle tutorial videos. There are four sources that I found and think can be helpful for teachers getting started using Moodle. Russell Stannard offers two sets of Moodle training videos. The first twenty-two part series can be accessed here. Click here to access the second fourteen part series. MoodleRooms, recently acquired by Black Board, has a YouTube channel in which you can find tutorial videos created by… -
Try GmapGIS to Draw on Google Maps
16 May 2012 | 4:30 amGmapGIS is a free tool for marking and drawing on maps without having to create or use a Google account. GmapGIS provides tools for drawing lines and shapes, adding markers, adding labels, and measuring distances. To get started just visit GmapGIS and select the drawing or labeling tools that you want to use. When you are finished drawing on and labeling you can share your map by sending the link that is automatically generated for your map. You can also save a KML file for your map and view it in Google Earth. Applications for Education GmapGIS could be used by students to identify and label…
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Bible Gateway's Verse of the Day
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Zephaniah 3:17
15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm“The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.””
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MIT Names Its Provost, Who Led Online-Education Efforts, as New President
15 May 2012 | 10:00 pmL. Rafael Reif, a faculty member for 32 years, has played a lead role in the creation of MITx and edX. -
Publishers and Georgia State See Broad Implications in Copyright Ruling
14 May 2012 | 5:00 pmThe university called the decision significant "for all educational fair use." A plaintiff said the ruling, though flawed, was a step toward setting practical guidelines. -
Illinois Bill Would Ban Use of Search Firms in Hiring at Public Universities
14 May 2012 | 5:00 pmLawmakers are questioning the cost of the growing use of outside consultants. Universities say they would be at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting without them. -
Florida A&M President Suspends Band Through Next Year
14 May 2012 | 1:00 pmThe Marching 100, embroiled in a hazing scandal since last fall, will not play in 2012-13. -
Long-Awaited Ruling in Copyright Case Mostly Favors Georgia State U.
13 May 2012 | 6:00 pmThe judge found violations in only five of 99 instances where publishers said the university went beyond fair use in posting copyrighted materials online.
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Mobile in Higher Ed - RESS: An Evolution of Responsive Web Design
16 May 2012 | 9:49 amI gave a talk at RefreshPittsburgh (@refreshpitt) last night that hopefully served as an introduction to RESS and Detector. I believe RESS can help developers address some of the realities of deploying Responsive Web Design-based sites so it was awesome ... -
Susan Talbert Evans Blog - There?s a lot of great content at Confab 2012.
16 May 2012 | 8:11 amI am at Confab and loving it. This conference has a singular focus: content strategy. What’s cool is that everyone here is from everywhere – corporate, government, agency, higher ed, non-profits, and more. We all come together around content r... -
.eduGuru - New Class of 2016 Facebook Page and Group Analysis
16 May 2012 | 8:06 amThe following is a guest post by Gabe Sanchez at Inigral. If you would like to go deeper into this Facebook data be sure to check out the upcoming webinar the State of Facebook in Admissions Tuesday May 22nd. –Kyle James Over the last 8 years, Faceb... -
Link: The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals - Workplaces Revealed: Jaime Hunt
15 May 2012 | 1:00 pmIf I am going to spend 40 (or, lets face it, close to 50) hour a week in a space, I want it to feel like home. -
Link: The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals - Foursquare @ WKU: Using 4sqonCampus for event promotion
15 May 2012 | 1:00 pmWhen we got to thinking about cool, new, free things we could do on campus for our students, Foursquare made a lot of sense.
