Dr. Scott A. Warner (Millersville Univerisity)
PAGE Conference April 14, 2011
Get book, by Florida (2007) good to read.
Bronson and Merryman (2010) Online for free What should I do with my life also good.
Brooks (2011) The Social Animal NYT
TED Talk Sugata (teachers can be replaced by a machine)
Design is the Catalyst of learning book, check this out
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
CFF Meeting - February 28, 2011
CFF Meeting February 28, 2011
Photo peach
Voki
Renee’ Hobbs – Check this out for copyright facts
PISA – testing for the 21st Century teaching
2011 PDE conference – Tony Wagner
To create digital stories with the iPad:
· Storyrobe
· SonicPicsLite
· Comic Touch
· PS Express
· Doodle Buddy
· StoryKit
· Dropbox
Public domain – Great place for free photos
SAS to teacher tools to my communities, go to instructional coaching
DefinedSTEM – Free until end of June 2012.
Library, Tech directors have already seen this
PETE&C
Zoho.com – Account, free app for Like google Docs, on business end. Good to create forms, but only 2 forms
QR codes
Edmoto: Facebook without email accounts. Can unfriend or delete the work. Regenerate code after all students are in.
Lite.textmarks.com 41411 Text: nwlsdtechnology
Does had adds, will be charged.
Augmented Reality: check out Hershey before Hershey Digital with reality in real time.
History Quest – Check this out!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
DEN Pre-PETE&C Conference
First, have students write what they like about online learning
Put words in Wordle
Then photo booth
Then have a student talk about it
Smarter not Harder
Summative vs. Formative
BUT data "informed" assessment, not data driven...it is old information
Hal Davidson:
Web 2.0 sties and media library, Download them screen capture, then mash together.
Use a screen capture Snapz, Jing, (PC-Camstudio)
In Quicktime, File, new screen recording
jamendo.com for free music can be easily shared
freeplaymusic.com only for classroom
Tech4learning
April
Put words in Wordle
Then photo booth
Then have a student talk about it
Smarter not Harder
Summative vs. Formative
BUT data "informed" assessment, not data driven...it is old information
Hal Davidson:
Web 2.0 sties and media library, Download them screen capture, then mash together.
Use a screen capture Snapz, Jing, (PC-Camstudio)
In Quicktime, File, new screen recording
jamendo.com for free music can be easily shared
freeplaymusic.com only for classroom
Tech4learning
April
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
December CFF Meeting @IU
Good sites for creating classroom blogs: (blogs are great for creating a classroom journal)
class chatter - http://www.classchatter.com/
wordpress- wordpress.org
Teacher collaboration:
Keystone Commons- to learn together (must have user name and password) - http://keystonecommons.
SAS (Standards Aligned System) http://www.pdesas.org/
Zooburst.com - http://www.zooburst.com/ is good for Digital Storytelling
mixbook.com. - You can publish a book but embed the code for your website, instead of purchasing book!.
Linoit.com is a tool that creates stickies for on a wall or message board. Messages can be posted and aggregated for classroom discussion.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Martin Luther, Part 3!
Moral Purpose
Although Martin Luther felt he must expose incorrect teachings of the Catholic church, he clearly did not set out to alter the course of Christianity by splitting the church. He knew he could not endorse indulgences, yet he was loathe to hurt the church. Once his course was set, however, he continued to follow his morals and what he truly believed was morally upright for all humanity. This led to the Protestant movement in Christianity and the Peasant Wars in Germany. Both of these events caused Martin Luther great anguish. By doing what he thought was right, he brought harm to others.
The Change Process and Building Relationships
It did not take long for Martin Luther to gather followers, both peasants and priests who wanted reform in the church. Because he was trusted and courageous, many followers helped make the changes that Martin Luther wanted to make. If fact, he did have a group of friends that faithfully guarded him from both the peril of the stake and prison. He would "vanish"by his friends kidnapping him and no one would know where he was being held. Usually he would be in the safety and comfort of a Prince's castle who was sympathetic to his teachings. Luther connected with the common man and held their respect and love, until the end of the Peasant Wars when Luther criticized the followers that went to extremes. At this point, Luther's friends still guarded him but he had many enemies.
Knowledge Building and Coherence Making
Clearly, because of the knowledge Martin Luther learned through his reading of the Bible, men of the time saw him as an intelligent leader. He had his doctorate in theology and was a professor of Biblical studies. His passion of sharing his learning with others was infectious. He would debate, write pamphlets, give sermons and share discourse with anyone willing to converse with him. He was a great communicator. He wrote in the German language that was known by all Germans, not in the Latin language used by the church and her priests. He married and had children. His life in some ways was like everyone else, yet he was eloquent in speech and writing. This was one of his greatest strengths because he could touch the hearts of others by his words. He translated the Bible into German for all Germans to read.
Although Martin Luther felt he must expose incorrect teachings of the Catholic church, he clearly did not set out to alter the course of Christianity by splitting the church. He knew he could not endorse indulgences, yet he was loathe to hurt the church. Once his course was set, however, he continued to follow his morals and what he truly believed was morally upright for all humanity. This led to the Protestant movement in Christianity and the Peasant Wars in Germany. Both of these events caused Martin Luther great anguish. By doing what he thought was right, he brought harm to others.
The Change Process and Building Relationships
It did not take long for Martin Luther to gather followers, both peasants and priests who wanted reform in the church. Because he was trusted and courageous, many followers helped make the changes that Martin Luther wanted to make. If fact, he did have a group of friends that faithfully guarded him from both the peril of the stake and prison. He would "vanish"by his friends kidnapping him and no one would know where he was being held. Usually he would be in the safety and comfort of a Prince's castle who was sympathetic to his teachings. Luther connected with the common man and held their respect and love, until the end of the Peasant Wars when Luther criticized the followers that went to extremes. At this point, Luther's friends still guarded him but he had many enemies.
Knowledge Building and Coherence Making
Clearly, because of the knowledge Martin Luther learned through his reading of the Bible, men of the time saw him as an intelligent leader. He had his doctorate in theology and was a professor of Biblical studies. His passion of sharing his learning with others was infectious. He would debate, write pamphlets, give sermons and share discourse with anyone willing to converse with him. He was a great communicator. He wrote in the German language that was known by all Germans, not in the Latin language used by the church and her priests. He married and had children. His life in some ways was like everyone else, yet he was eloquent in speech and writing. This was one of his greatest strengths because he could touch the hearts of others by his words. He translated the Bible into German for all Germans to read.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Martin Luther, Part 2!
Qualities for Leadership
Martin Luther has been described as strong and massive. He could not be diverted from his purpose. One of his most famous quotes, "Here stand I. I can do no other. So help me God." (Funk and Wagnalls, p. 337) has been quoted in many of the references about him. He felt strongly about his view of God and salvation through faith alone, yet he worried and questioned how he could be right when men for fifteen hundred years had a different view. This is one of his greatest strengths in that he held strong on his views, but was not foolish to believe everyone else is wrong. He sincerely strove to find answers to the questions he sought. He could inspire the common man and give him a voice. He helped strengthen German language and culture, and was seen as a hero by priests looking to reform the church, merchants, peasants, humanists and German naturalist.
Turning Points
When Martin Luther was a young man, he was riding his horse home when a bolt of lightning struck very close to him. He prayed to St. Anne, asking for safety, and in return he would become a monk. Keeping his word, he did become a monk, then a doctor of theology and professor of Biblical Studies. While studying in the monastery, he did not feel the deep comfort from God that he sought, and proclaimed that he hated God. He thought God was asking too much to get rid of his sins. But by reading Paul's writing in the Bible, he became convinced that he does not have to do anything for forgiveness of sin, except to have faith. This led to his abhorrence of the Catholic church selling indulgences for the forgiveness of sin. Another turning point was posting the 95 Theses of Catholic heresies on the castle door in Wittenburg. He would not retract his writing and became an outlaw of the King and excommunicated from the church.
Role of Failure
Because he could not find comfort in his religious study, he kept reading and studying until he could find the answers that he sought. Once he realized how much his belief would affect the church, he did only what his conscience would allow and that was to criticize the church he loved. He tirelessly debated and wrote pamphlets about his belief, yet he could not change the mind of the Pope and the church. He could, however, change the minds of the peasants, merchants and other priests interested in reform. Reaching out to those who would listen, he developed a great following. When he realized some of his followers were taking his words to the extreme and becoming violent, he was horrified. He quickly denounced the violence but then realized that the church and government were retaliating mercilessly on the peasants. He could inspire the masses, but he could not control them. He would struggle with this for the rest of his life.
Martin Luther has been described as strong and massive. He could not be diverted from his purpose. One of his most famous quotes, "Here stand I. I can do no other. So help me God." (Funk and Wagnalls, p. 337) has been quoted in many of the references about him. He felt strongly about his view of God and salvation through faith alone, yet he worried and questioned how he could be right when men for fifteen hundred years had a different view. This is one of his greatest strengths in that he held strong on his views, but was not foolish to believe everyone else is wrong. He sincerely strove to find answers to the questions he sought. He could inspire the common man and give him a voice. He helped strengthen German language and culture, and was seen as a hero by priests looking to reform the church, merchants, peasants, humanists and German naturalist.
Turning Points
When Martin Luther was a young man, he was riding his horse home when a bolt of lightning struck very close to him. He prayed to St. Anne, asking for safety, and in return he would become a monk. Keeping his word, he did become a monk, then a doctor of theology and professor of Biblical Studies. While studying in the monastery, he did not feel the deep comfort from God that he sought, and proclaimed that he hated God. He thought God was asking too much to get rid of his sins. But by reading Paul's writing in the Bible, he became convinced that he does not have to do anything for forgiveness of sin, except to have faith. This led to his abhorrence of the Catholic church selling indulgences for the forgiveness of sin. Another turning point was posting the 95 Theses of Catholic heresies on the castle door in Wittenburg. He would not retract his writing and became an outlaw of the King and excommunicated from the church.
Role of Failure
Because he could not find comfort in his religious study, he kept reading and studying until he could find the answers that he sought. Once he realized how much his belief would affect the church, he did only what his conscience would allow and that was to criticize the church he loved. He tirelessly debated and wrote pamphlets about his belief, yet he could not change the mind of the Pope and the church. He could, however, change the minds of the peasants, merchants and other priests interested in reform. Reaching out to those who would listen, he developed a great following. When he realized some of his followers were taking his words to the extreme and becoming violent, he was horrified. He quickly denounced the violence but then realized that the church and government were retaliating mercilessly on the peasants. He could inspire the masses, but he could not control them. He would struggle with this for the rest of his life.
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