Start thinking about back-to-school

Sorry, but tomorrow is August 1... time to start thinking about going back into your classroom... here are some ideas for making this more engaging for you and your students:

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/10-ways-to-boost-your-game-for-back-to-school/

blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/10-ways-to-boost-your-game-for-back-to-school

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Text a Librarian: Text Messaging Software for Libraries | SMS Mobile Reference Technology | SMS Text Messaging in Libraries | Mobile Software for Public | Academic | Medical | Corporate | Law and Special Libraries | Mobile Lib | Mosio | Answers

A colleague showed me this recently... looks like a "must-have" for every library (or school).

http://www.textalibrarian.com/


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Duz Txting Hurt Yr Kidz Gramr? Absolutely, a New Study Says - Inside School Research - Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2012/07/duz_txting_hurt_yr_kidz_gramr_.html


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Can Creativity be Automated?

I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com:

"Can Creativity be Automated?"
Computer algorithms have started to write news stories, compose music, and pick hits.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428437/can-creativity-be-automated/

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Kickoff Keynote: Douglas Rushkoff

Rushkoff has great ideas about technology.... don't expect practical classroom ideas, expect to think deeply about why we use technology...

August 2, 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM webinar.

Kickoff Keynote: Douglas Rushkoff

Teaching teachers

www.edutopia.org/blog/teaching-teachers-technology-monique-flickinger

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

The Novice BrainThe eLearning Coach: Instructional Design and eLearning

Sometimes we forget...

http://theelearningcoach.com/learning/the-novice-brain/


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

First Class Ice Breakers Using Mobile Devices | User Generated Education

A FaceBook friend posted this... Great idea for modernizing what middle school educators have been doing for more than a generation.


http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/first-class-ice-breakers-using-mobile-devices/


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Minimize damage from Common Core

Wonderful advice for making sure that we are mindful with our work to implement the Common Core. If we follow this advice, we will be putting students and their teachers at the focus of schooling... Probably too radical an idea to gain any support. 

zhaolearning.com/2012/06/17/common-sense-vs-common-core-how-to-minimize-the-damages-of-the-common-core

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

Copyrights

I found this interesting article on my Twitter feed. I wonder why the author made no mention of creative Commons and how that license is changing the nature of information sharing today. 

www.kdreeves.com/teachers-intellectual-property-rights

- Dr. Gary Ackerman

‘No Child Left Behind’ Whittled Down Under Obama - NYTimes.com

I have been thinking a lot about the insanity of using standardized tests as the sole measure of "academic achievement" this summer. Perhaps our society is beginning to realize that as well...


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/education/no-child-left-behind-whittled-down-under-obama.html?ref=education


- Dr. Gary Ackerman

When Machines Do Your Job

A chilly, but I think accurate, assessment of the world for which we are preparing our students.

I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com:

"When Machines Do Your Job"
Researcher Andrew McAfee says advances in computing and artificial intelligence could create a more unequal society.

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=40758&a=f

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

A Phone that Knows Where You're Going

So using this app, my phone will predict I am going to Providence next April for the Annual Conference?


I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com:

"A Phone that Knows Where You're Going"
An algorithm can better predict your future movements by getting a little help from your friends.

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=40769&a=f

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman

No Web for Hundreds of Thousands on Monday

Monday is the DNS Changer day,Tech Reviews piece explains and points to tools to fix infected computers.


I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com:

"No Web for Hundreds of Thousands on Monday"
Starting that day, computers still infected with the notorious DNSChanger malware will be unable to connect to websites.

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=40734&a=f

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- Dr. Gary Ackerman