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The Daily Roundup - October 7th, 2013

10/7/2013

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Welcome back!  And hopefully everyone had a great weekend!  Up first, Grant Wiggins at Teach Thought has an excellent article / reminder that "Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology."  As much as I love edtech, and the potential it has to help improve learning, there is nothing that can beat a well-crafted lesson in the hands of a master teacher.  It's a wonderful article and worth taking a few minutes to read!


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And in the same vein, Dom Norrish has a new post entitled, "Why Technology Will Never Replace Teachers."  As Norrish puts in "Great technology can help put learners in the position to achieve... but without the input of others... technology is an echoing void."  Edtech can help, but without a great classroom leader, what's the point?


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Free Tech for Teachers has five new posts to explore:
  • How to Create & Edit Flexbooks Online
  • Five Visual Dictionaries and Thesauri for Students
  • Create Flashcards from Google Spreadsheets
  • Bill of Rights in 30 Seconds & an Asssignment
  • Hip Hughes Explains the Government Shutdown


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Jamie Forshey at EduTech for Teachers has her monthly "Geeky Girl's Greatest Hits Volume VIII."  In the post, she outlines her favorite apps, websites, and digital tools from the past month.  She talks about graphic organizers, Scholastic's Story Starters, new posters for digital citizenship and a whole lot more.  And, if you're not familiar with Thinglink, it's a great tool and what Forshey uses to build her monthly list.


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Next up, Beth Holland at Edutopia has a new post on some great ways to do "Note-Taking with iPads."  Holland discusses uses the iPad's camera, microphone, typing, and drawing to take digital notes.  She also discusses using apps like Evernote, AudioNote and SoundNote to support the note-taking process.  And if you're interested in visual note-taking on the iPad, here's another great presentation that's worth checking out!

Visual Note-taking on the iPad from Rachel Smith

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Educational Technology has five posts to check out:
  • Video Lessons on Art for Teachers & Students
  • 7 Ways to Use Videos with Students in Class
  • 10 Academic Twitter Hashtags for Teachers
  • Good Web Tools to Create Classroom Posters
  • Math Games for Teachers and Students


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And the EdReach Network has some great new podcasts:
  • Google Educast: Folders? Who needs Folders?
  • TheatreCast - Teaching Theatre at an IB School
  • Mission Monday: Is Bullying for Real?
  • ToolZeit - iMajicam Pro - Realtime Video Effects
  • EdAdmin Minute: How is Your School's Parental Involvement


The Lightning Round...

  • Getting Smart shares 5 Great Apps for Future Scientists
  • Edudemic covers 5 Battery Saving Tips for your Mobile Device
  • Edudemic also gives us 10 Web Resources for Digital Field Trips to Museums
  • Finally, a new infographic from Early Childhood Ed Degrees on What Tech Kids Should Know

And.... done!  Thanks for joining us today!  The Roundup will be back tomorrow with a normal post and then a brand new podcast on Wednesday.  For the rest of the week, I've got a 4-day weekend for fall break (where were all these breaks when I was back in school?) so after Wednesday, I'll be on a short leave.  We'll end today with a new infographic on What Teachers Really Think about EdTech from Edudemic and We Are Teachers.  See you tomorrow!

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Courtesy of: We Are Teachers
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