Watch how education can change the world.Pay Attention
Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
Please see http://t4.jordandistrict.org/payattention to learn how you can become a better teacher.
Duration : 0:7:42
iPad for the Classroom?
Let’s say your school offered a Kindle where you can have all of your textbooks on, and you can take it home. The other choice is an iPad with the same feature, but it stayed in class. Which would you choose and why?
Referenced Article Link: http://schooltechconsulting.com/the-apple-ipad-might-be-good-for-schools/
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Intro by Charlie Puth: http://www.youtube.com/CharliesVlogs
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Monster Promenade Kevin Macleod (Incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″
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Duration : 0:2:56
Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time
http://www.ted.com Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India’s slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
Duration : 0:16:54
AF Bushwick Elementary
Every year all of the AF staff throughout Brooklyn and Connecticut come together for a professional development day. It’s like a family reunion full of familiar faces and inspiring moments. The rigorous and engaging professional development sessions are sandwiched between the chants and cheers put together by the staff at each AF school. On this PD day only Brooklyn schools got to represent.
Recorded on March 12, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Duration : 0:4:53