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Diigo Links 06/20/2009

John Martin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:27:58 +0000

compfight + a flickr™ search tool

Creative Commons search tool for Flickr

tags: course, design, curriculum, cc, creative commons, flickr, search, photos, creativecommons, tools, photography, copyright
Free Technology for Teachers: Creative Commons Animal Photos

Animal Photos is a great source of Creative Commons licensed photos of animals. All of the photos are categorized by animal. Each image indicates the type of Creative Commons license associated with the picture. Animal Photos also offers advice on giving attribution for each photo.

tags: course, design, curriculum, lesson, creative commons, cc, photos, images
- Animal Photos is a great source of Creative Commons licensed photos of animals. All of the photos are categorized by animal. Each image indicates the type of Creative Commons license associated with the picture. Animal Photos also offers advice on giving attribution for each photo.
13 More Tips to Help You Record Narration Like the Pros – The Rapid eLearning Blog

tags: course, design, lesson, audio, podcasting, curriculum, recording, narration
CyberSmart Curriculum

21st Century skills for education

tags: course, design, curriculum, lesson, technology, education
Computer Science Teachers Association – ACM K-12 CS Model Curriculum

tags: course, design, curriculum, csta
- The second edition of the ACM Model Curriculum sets the context for computer science within K-12 education today and provides a framework for state departments of education and school districts to address the educational needs of young people and prepare them for personal and professional opportunities in the 21st century.
Intro to Web Design Using MS Expression Studio

Microsoft Faculty Resource Center – Content

tags: course, design, curriculum, web, microsoft
- This curriculum is a complete, standards-based, single semester course on Web Design. The curriculum provides an extensive collection of creative teaching and learning materials that thoroughly span Web Design knowledge and skills and promote meaningful, real-world learning experiences. The modular design makes is adaptable to a wide variety of teaching scenarios.
Digital Media Curriculum Materials – Listed by Modules and Chapters

tags: new media, course, design, curriculum, digital, media
A Curriculum for Digital Media Creation (pdf)

Marco Torres and Ross Kallen

tags: new media, course, design, digital, media, creation, lessons, curriculum
Welcome to the New Media Curriculum Web Page

tags: new media, course, design, curriculum
Curricular Change Website: Creating a New Program

tags: new media, course, design, curriculum
New Media on the Web: Course Syllabi

tags: new media, course, design, curriculum, syllabus
Investigating Systems: Investigating Systems – A Course of Study

The program’s overarching aim is expanding learner ability to “make sense” of reality, an aim we consider essential to the achievement of all other legitimate aims of a general education.

tags: system, study, course, curriculum, investigation, learning, experience
PortableApps.com – Portable software for USB drives

tags: portable, software, usb, applications, opensource, tools, apps, wamp, lamp
xampp

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use – just download, extract and start.

tags: apache, php, mysql, xampp, server, software, web, wamp, lamp

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Diigo Links 06/10/2009

John Martin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:28:08 +0000

WampServer

Install PHP 5 Apache MySQL on Windows :

tags: wamp, lamp, server, development, apache, php, mysql, windows, software, opensource

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Diigo Links 06/08/2009

John Martin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:28:12 +0000

Building Digital Discourse: Telling Academic Stories | EDUCAUSE

An EDUCAUSE Live presentation on Digital Storytelling

tags: digital storytelling, storytelling, digital, academic, story, stories, discourse
A critical examination of Blackboard’s e-learning environment: Stephanie J. Coopman

Blackboard’s e–learning system dominates the online learning software market. In this essay I critically examine the structure of Blackboard’s two online learning delivery systems, Blackboard 8.0 and Blackboard CE6. I identify ways in which the platforms both constrain and facilitate instructor–student and student–student interaction. I addition, I delineate features that sustain and challenge traditional power relationships in the classroom. I conclude with implications for online pedagogy and practical applications for instructors and students.

tags: lms, vle, ple, learning, management, system, virtual, blackboard
Designing Learning Spaces for Instruction, not Control : June 2009 : THE Journal

For instruction to move front and center of the process, teachers should walk into (physically and virtually) any learning space as a collaborator in that environment, aware that learning must take place, and thinking about connection and networking rather than lecture and silence. Additionally, if instruction were really to become front and center of learning space design, students would be as responsible as the instructor or the school janitor for how the room is set up based on the work that is to take place

tags: learning, spaces, learning spaces, classrooms, instruction

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Diigo Links 04/15/2009

John Martin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:29:16 +0000

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills – Framework for 21st Century Learning – Annotated

tags: 21stcenturyskills, technology, information_literacy, learning, framework, education, 21stcentury, curriculum, standards

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Diigo Links 04/12/2009

John Martin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:29:13 +0000

Successful Teaching: The “Assembly Line” Classroom

A great post that ties in with the book I was reading for my EP7040: Planning in Education & Health Services class called Influencer. It had a number of parallels to chapter 9, Change the Environment.

tags: ep7040, leadership, management, change, environment
- I began to think of the assembly lines our students go through. In each grade, we put another little part on our students and move them on their way the next year. Each year we add more pieces until we think they are completely “built” at the end of 12th grade
- The education system expects that all students are made the same way and need the same parts, which are all added the same way. Then it hopes to get the same exact product at the end of 12 years. It doesn’t work that way! Our classrooms should not just be assembly lines. We should be looking at the whole student and not just the parts.
- I also saw that office work stations were right there next to the plane. The tour guide told me that all of the people involved with that project worked right there instead of going back to far away offices. Then if there was a concern, it was easy to go up to that person and say, “hey, I need for us to look at this” and they both could walk right up to the plane and check it out.
Amazon.com: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: Books

Text for EP7040 – Planning in Education & Health Services

tags: ep7040, influencer, influence, leadership, change, power
Amazon.com: Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner: Books

Text for EP7040 – Planning in Education & Health Services

tags: ep7040, credibility, leadership
Amazon.com: The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management: Stephen Haines: Books

Text for EP7040 – Planning in Education & Health Services

tags: ep7040, haines, systems, thinking, strategic, planning, management, strategy, approach
Amazon.com: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness: Stephen R. Covey: Books

Text for EP7040 – Planning in Education & Health Services

tags: ep7040, covey
Amazon.com: Hot, Flat, and Crowded (Why We Need A Green Revolution – And How It Can Renew America): Thomas L. Friedman: Books

Text for EP7040 – Planning in Education & Health Services

tags: ep7040, text, friedman

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Diigo Links 04/10/2009

John Martin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:29:14 +0000

Turn that org chart upside-down! | Information Wants To Be Free

In the post, Swartz also talks about learning about your employees (what motivates them, what their strengths/weaknesses are), delegating responsibilities, prioritizing, and offering feedback. There’s a lot of really great insight in this post (which is more like an instruction manual than a simple blog post), so if you’re a manager or an aspiring manager, it’s definitely worth reading.

tags: ep7040, leadership, management, organization, hierarchy, hierarchical, org-chart
- Instead of the standard “org chart” with a CEO at the top and employees growing down like roots, turn the whole thing upside down. Employees are at the top — they’re the ones who actually get stuff done — and managers are underneath them, helping them to be more effective.
Paradox of success: the Stockdale Paradox — Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

tags: ep7040, leadership, stockdale, paradox
Amazon.com: The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield: John McPhee: Books

Recommended by my professor, he wanted us to focus on where Frank Boyden placed his desk. Think accessibility, communication and removing barriers.

tags: ep7040, leadership, proximity, environment, The Influencer

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Diigo Links 03/30/2009

John Martin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:29:24 +0000

Education, Leading and Learning

A forum to share ideas that will help transform the organizations we work in into constantly evolving communities capable of continually learning from the exciting challenges that lie ahead.

tags: ep7040, nz, education, leading, learning, change, leadership, inspiration
- If we are to realize the creativity and talents of all who work with us we will need inspired leadership at all levels. Leaders who can align the energy of all behind sense of direction provided by the creation of a shared vision, unifying values and common beliefs about how people learn.
Baldrige National Quality Program

To enhance the competitiveness, quality, and productivity of U.S. organizations for the benefit of all residents.

tags: ep7040, baldridge, NIST, quality
VitalSmarts – Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

David Maxfield’s web accompaniment to his book Influencer.

tags: change management, ep7040, david-maxfield, maxfield, vitalsmarts, influencer, change

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Diigo Links 03/21/2009

John Martin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:29:32 +0000

New Hampshire High School Redesign

Re-envisioning education at the high school level by supporting student ownership of their academic careers, goals and aspirations

tags: ep7040, nh, nhdoe, high-school, school, education, reform, redesign
Baldrige Press Release- Chugach School District – Voyage to Excellence

Chugach School District is committed to developing and supporting a partnership with parents, community and business which equally shares the responsibility of preparing students to meet the challenges of the ever changing world in which they live.”

Find their planning timeline (hint: click the image/icon to download)

tags: ep7040, strategic, plan, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, education
Jenks Public Schools

Find their planning timeline

tags: ep7040, strategic, plan, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, education
Pearl River Schools – Quality in Education

Find their planning timeline

tags: ep7040, strategic, plan, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, education
Arthur M. Young: The Theory of Process

tags: ep7040, theory of process, theory, young
The Grove – Change Consultants

The Grove designs visually based tools and services that enable organizations, teams and individuals to successfully visualize and implement innovation and change.

Watch video and investigate how they relate to theory of process (law of 7) and the creation of their planning model based on The Reflexive Universe (Arthur M. Young)

tags: ep7040, planning, strategic, strategic plan, strategic planning, consultant
Myrna Associates, Inc. – Leading facilitator of strategic planning in the US

Identifies 10 secrets to successful planning – find out a secret, email to instructor\n\nExplore white papers

tags: ep7040, strategic, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, consultant
The World is Flat | MIT World

Chances are good that Bhavya in Bangalore will read your next x-ray, or as Thomas Friedman learned first hand, “Grandma Betty in her bathrobe” will make your Jet Blue plane reservation from her Salt Lake City home. In “Globalization 3.0,” Friedman contends, people from far-flung places will become principal players in the marketplace. In his latest book, The World is Flat, Friedman describes the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts that effectively leveled the economic world, and “accidentally made Beijing, Bangalore and Bethesda next-door neighbors.” Today, “individuals and small groups of every color of the rainbow will be able to plug and play.” Friedman’s list of “flatteners” includes the fall of the Berlin Wall; the rise of Netscape and the …

tags: ep7040, friedman, hot, flat and crowded, world is flat, mit, globalization, technology, books, globalisation, world, flat
Halladay Education Group: Expert Consultants

Start a school or improve your existing Private School with experienced consulting firm. Download our free eBook series on starting + improving your school.

tags: ep7040, strategic, plan, strategic plan, planning, strategic planning, consultant
Plymouth State University Strategic Plan: Plan2012 (pdf)

tags: ep7040, plan2012, plymouth state university, plymouth, plymouth-state, psu, strategic, plan, strageic plan
Vermont Department of Education

For class, we need to compare the NH to VT site for creating strategic plans.

tags: ep7040, VT, education, VTDOE, planning, strategic, plannning, vt, Education

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Diigo Links 03/20/2009

John Martin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:29:34 +0000

NH Department of Education

For class, we need to compare the NH to VT site for creating strategic plans.

tags: ep7040, NH, education, NHDOE, planning, strategic plannning, nh, Education
Psycho-Geometrics Personality Test by Susan Dellinger

Every shape tells a story about who we are

tags: ep7040, psychogeometrics, leadership, personality, personality styles
Simpler Work: Bill Jensen Speaks! The Jensen Group

Changing how we work in the information age. Simplicity, complexity in work design are driven by knowledge management, knowledge work, communication, learning, organizational change and transformation

tags: ep7040, jensen, km, knowledge, management, communication, learning, transformation

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Diigo Links 03/13/2009

John Martin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:29:41 +0000

New Media Technologies: Course Syllabus (pdf)

tags: new-media, technology, edtech, multimedia, rich media, digital storytelling

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Diigo Links 03/10/2009

John Martin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:29:43 +0000

Establishing a Quality Review for Online Courses (EQM0635) – PDF

A formal review of online courses measures their quality in key areas and reveals changes needed for improvement.

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, education, online-ed, online-education, course-review, assessment
The Value of Teaching and Learning Technology: Beyond ROI (EQM0625) – PDF

Measure the “Value” of your investment rather than the “Return” – EdTech does not lend itself well to the ROI model.

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, teaching, learning, technology, edtech, ROI
Reducing the Online Instructor’s Workload (EQM06311) – PDF

Tips on designing and administering online courses can save faculty valuable time while producing high-quality content.

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, education, online-ed, online-education, university
Online Education in a Traditional University (EQM06310) – PDF

A department’s successful online program ran into insurmountable barriers at the university level; from the ashes comes a proposal for developing a university-wide infrastructure.

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, education, online-ed, online-education, university
Are Your IT Staff Working Too Hard? (EQM0821) – PDF

Important aspects of IT management for leaders

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, it, management, leadership
Active Learning and Technology: Designing Change (ERM0752) – PDF

Embracing change in higher education – redesigning the paradigm

tags: educause, educause-review, design, change, learning, technology, active-learning
The Landscape of IT in Higher Ed in Brazil and Latin America (ERM0658) – PDF

Implications for the Chilean students we hope to host and information about what they have access to back home.

tags: educause, educause-review, latin-america, IT, brazil, education
The Psychology of Learning Environments (ERM0663) – PDF

Discussion of the psychological impact of the learning environment on the learner. Implications for design, impact and efficacy.

tags: educause, educause-review, psychology, learning, environment
How Students Develop Online Learning Skills (EQM07110) – PDF

Feedback from learners on getting the most out of the online experience

tags: educause, educause-quarterly, online, online-learning, online-ed

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Diigo Links 03/07/2009

John Martin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:29:44 +0000

WordPress › WassUp « WordPress Plugins

tags: wordpress, plugin, plug-in, blog
Kerry Webster » Branded Login Screen for WordPress 2.7

tags: wordpress, plugin, plug-in, blog
WordPress Plugin: Sliding Post

Slides latest posts with Carousel effect

tags: wordpress, plugin, plug-in, blog

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Diigo Links 02/24/2009

John Martin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:30:09 +0000

PodBean.com

Free Podcast Hosting, Podcast Social Subscribing

tags: podcast, podcasting, hosting

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Diigo Links 01/08/2009

John Martin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:10 +0000

Full HD D-ILA Front Projector – DLA-HD100 – Specifications

Hi-res projector – the HD100 is the only one that supports a VGA input which is important until the next gen video connector comes out.

tags: jvc, dla-hd100, projector, ngcproject
Three Hi-Def Projectors That Can Make Your Home Into A Theater — InformationWeek

tags: hidef, projector, ngcproject
LG Blu-ray players stream Netflix, CinemaNow, and YouTube | CES 2009 – CNET Blogs

A Blu-ray player that is networkable and can stream YouTube, Netflix and CinemaNow vids as well. Hmmm….

tags: psucts, bluray, ngcproject

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Diigo Links 12/30/2008

John Martin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:30:09 +0000

udutu | online learning simulations made easy

An interesting tool for creating online courses and sims

tags: udutu, online, learning, online-learning, elearning, multimedia, authoring, web2.0, e-learning, education

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Diigo Links 12/04/2008

John Martin — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:30:07 +0000

Measuring Up: 2008 National Report Card on Higher Education (PDF)

Recently released report on the current status of higher ed in the US

tags: college, university, report, report-card, higher-ed, education
Drape’s Takes: The Educator’s Guide to the Creative Commons

Nice resource list for understanding and employing Creative Commons in the classroom

tags: creative-commons, cc, creative commons, copyleft

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Diigo Links 11/27/2008

John Martin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:30:07 +0000

Meetsee – Connect your distributed workforce

A local virtual environment with levels of complexity ranging from a simple office, to an office building.

tags: meetsee, virtual-environment, vle, muve

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Diigo Links 11/26/2008

John Martin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:30:08 +0000

Sharepoint LMS Brochure (PDF)

Brochure describing a means to turn Microsoft Sharepoint into a Learning Management System

tags: lms, lms-project, sharepoint, microsoft, sharepointlms, learning, environment

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Diigo Links 10/01/2008

John Martin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:30:06 +0000

Effectiveness Of Traditional And Blended Learning Environments

Strickland compared the course delivery methods in two respiratory therapy courses taught by the same teacher. One group of students completed the course in a traditional environment, while the other group completed the course in a blended environment. The method of course delivery, the final examination grade and the course grade were recorded for each student. Strickland studied the students’ satisfaction with the course through the information provided by each student on a standardized student evaluation of the course.

tags: blended, blended learning, experiment, learning, teaching

Diigo Links 09/30/2008

John Martin — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:30:06 +0000