Those of you that know me well know how much I love my dog. He’s been with me throughout all sorts of major life events, steadfast and loyal. So when I saw the Man’s Best Friend video on the CBS Fast Draw Blog, I had to share it. And yes, Macduff has trained me well.
http://www.cbs.com/thunder/swf/rcpHolderCbs.swf?partner=userembed&vert=News&autoPlayVid=false&releaseURL=http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=FOyVVIw_y3NM4FPRxMcuw9wCJVSSqk97If you have not seen the Fast Draw Blog, it’s worth checking out. I was first turned on to it when Carolyn Pillis mentioned the Super Delegates video shown on CBS News. The blog shows all the segments the Fast Draw Team has done for CBS, including the latest one explaining Daylights Saving Time.
Category: Food for Thought
Do ITRTs Make a Difference?
A recent report from SETDA (State Educational Technology Directors Association) found that we do!
“In 2006, the Virginia Department of Education commissioned a study that examined the relationship between the instructional technology resource teacher program and levels of technology practiced in schools, impact of the instructional technology resource teacher program on classrooms and teachers, and impact of the instructional technology resource teacher program on students. The results indicate major improvements occurred in 32 % of the subject areas tested by the Standards of Learning tests, most dramatically in English reading. “
If you’d like to see a summary of the report for yourself (which also shows programs other states are implementing), click here.
A big, “Thanks!” to Brian McKee in Portsmouth for sharing the info on his blog.
Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things
Wow…when I see things like this, it always makes me wonder about the current group of students at our schools. Which “ordinary” child in your class will do something “extraordinary” when they grow up? Will it be who you expect?
Download Video: Posted by MissB924 at TeacherTube.com.
Jill Bolte Taylor’s Ted Talks Presentation
Garr Reynolds, a self-described design evangelist, has a very interesting blog called Presentation Zen. He also has written a book by the same name that I just started reading. Today I noticed his most frequent blog post: an 18 minute video of Jill Bolte Taylor’s presentation at TED Talks. It floored me. She describes her experience of surviving a stroke, with a Neuroanatomist viewpoint, and how the stroke really clarified for her “how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.” It’s totally worth the watch!!![kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UyyjU8fzEYU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
People in Order (1-100)
I ran across this video posted on the ICT U Can! blog and I just had to share it! Too bad we’ve already passed the 100th day of school…this would be perfect to show! Remind me, and I’ll send it out next year around that time.
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Teaching with Technology 