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Google Plus Puts the Social in Learning with Google Apps for Education

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ted Curran

With the news that Google Apps for Education will be integrated with Google+ in a few days, it’s time to start thinking about how social media and collaboration can be a reality for schools.

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Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Ted Curran

Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more … Continue reading →

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Cultivate Your Personal Learning Network Part II: Showing What You Know

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Ted Curran

In Cultivate Your Personal Learning Network Part I, you learned to find and organize information that will teach you, challenge your ideas, and help you stay on top of interesting new developments in your areas of interest. The second part of … Continue reading →

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Search Large Creative Commons Images from the Chrome Omnibar

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Ted Curran

When I’m doing a creative project (or just working on a presentation) I am always looking for large, beautiful photos bearing a Creative Commons license. Works released in the Creative Commons can be reused, remixed, redistributed, and revised for free– … Continue reading →

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Take and Annotate Screenshots with Open Source Tools: ZScreen and Paint.net

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Ted Curran

Online teachers and instructional designers need access to good tools for capturing screenshots and annotating them. These tools are invaluable for giving step-by-step computer instructions to students and faculty, and can really help you communicate information visually. If you’re new … Continue reading →

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"Free" Points for Free Work? Incentivizing Students Giving and Receiving Help in an Online FAQ

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia Did you know you can save time and effort by starting a Frequently Asked Questions Discussion Board in your course? Do you get tired of answering the same student questions over and over? Save time and effort … Continue reading →

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Beast Bloggers Content Plan

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image by solbronumberone via Flickr This is a presentation I made to help my Beast Bloggers’ Support Group create a Content Plan for their blogs. I wanted them to take a broad view of their objectives and strengths as they … Continue reading →

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Podcast an Audiobook to Reach Struggling Readers

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Ted Curran

Image via Wikipedia Even in the upper grades, students are struggling to make the transition from “learning-to-read” to “reading-to-learn”. Give a struggling reader a context-reduced novel written in old, antiquated language and you will realize that students need as much … Continue reading →

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Have students RECORD key assignments as MP3s so you can listen, not read.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Ted Curran

As an English teacher, I always felt like I was drowning in a sea of papers. I needed to get the students to do high quality thinking, and the only way I knew how to evaluate that thinking was through … Continue reading →

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Icebreakers

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Ted Curran

Nothing keeps up class morale than silly games. Usually, I do these at the beginning of the year to help get to know the kids, but I’ve recently learned how valuable it can be to play a silly game when … Continue reading →

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