http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/ljsylvan Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/business/31virtual.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Trying to duplicate the success of blockbuster Web sites like Club Penguin and Webkinz, children’s entertainment companies are greatly accelerating efforts to build virtual worlds for children. Media conglomerates in particular think these sites — part online role-playing game and part social scene — can deliver quick growth, help keep movie franchises alive and instill brand loyalty in a generation of new customers. ljsylvan Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:30:21 +0000 everyday technologies learning technology t529 young children webkinz http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?ex=1355720400&en=78ff7cfea904d7b1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Professor Lewin’s videotaped physics lectures, free online on the OpenCourseWare of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have won him devotees across the country and beyond who stuff his e-mail in-box with praise. ljsylvan Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:58:43 +0000 higher education learning technology t529 distance learning http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/fashion/16meangirls.html?em&ex=1197867600&en=11e4957c08dfa364&ei=5087%0A Megan Meier’s suicide made headlines because she was the victim of a hoax. Lori Drew, another mother in the neighborhood, said in a police report that she had created a MySpace profile of a boy, an invention named “Josh Evans,” and that she and her daughter had manipulated Megan into thinking that this fabricated person liked her. ljsylvan Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:59:37 +0000 everyday technologies t529 cyberbullying social networking adolescence http://www.instituteofplay.com/ Gamelab Institute of Play promotes GAMING LITERACY--the play, analysis, and creation of games--as a foundation for learning, innovation, and change in the 21st century. Through a variety of programs centered on game design, the Institute of Play engages audiences of all ages, exploring new ways to think, act, and speak through gaming in a social world. Participants call themselves writers, designers, readers, performers, teachers, and students. We just call them gamers. ljsylvan Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:13:14 +0000 t529 katie salen games education http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/07/game_school Don't use the word "fun" to describe what will go on in the Game School, a proposed New York City public school that will use "game design and game-inspired methods" to educate sixth through 12th graders. ljsylvan Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:11:27 +0000 learning technology t529 games katie salen http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/education/14recess.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin In the face of this, a national campaign called Rescuing Recess, sponsored by such organizations as the Cartoon Network, the National Parent Teacher Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Education Association, has taken hold at many schools where parents and children fear that recess will go the way of the one-room schoolhouse. ljsylvan Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:00:47 +0000 t529 elementary education recess competition http://wise.berkeley.edu/ Harness the power of the Internet... wisely. WISE is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine realworld evidence and analyze current scientific controversies. Our curriculum projects are designed to meet standards and complement your current science curriculum, and your grade 5-12 students will find them exciting and engaging. ljsylvan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:50:18 +0000 learning technology t529 science education web based teaching tools wise http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/nyregion/09council.html?ref=education long with their children, many parents oppose the ban, saying the students need to be able to call home quickly in case of an emergency. The mayor argues that the phones are a distraction and could facilitate cheating on tests. ljsylvan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:45:55 +0000 everyday technologies t529 cell phones http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/business/09novel.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin t least two companies now sell software to universities and other institutions that captures the words of classroom lectures and syncs them with the digital images used during the talk — usually PowerPoint slides and animations. The illustrated lectures are stored on a server so that students can retrieve them and replay the content on the bus ride home, clicking along to the exact section they need to review. ljsylvan Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:44:02 +0000 higher education learning technology t529 ipods http://www.homeschoolmath.net/ HomeschoolMath.net is a comprehensive math resource site for homeschooling parents and teachers: find free worksheets, math ebooks for elementary grades, extensive link list of games, interactive tutorials & quizzes, curriculum guide, and teaching tips articles. The resources emphasize understanding of concepts instead of mechanical memorization of rules. ljsylvan Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:22:42 +0000 learning technology t529 mathematics education online learning virtual community http://www.apple.com/education/products/ipod/ Apple enables educators to expand their curriculum to meet the mobile and media-rich learning styles of today’s students. iPod extends teaching and learning beyond the normal classroom hours, allowing students to easily and continuously learn. iTunes and iLife let them access, create, share, and communicate knowledge, and iPod provides students the ability to learn as they live — on the go. ljsylvan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:58:21 +0000 education everyday technologies t529 ipods http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-5978556-7.html Although few college students actually take cell phone calls in class, sending and receiving text messages during a lecture has become an acceptable part of cell phone culture, according to research from James Katz, professor of communications at Rutgers University and director of the Center for Mobile Communications Studies, and Jing Wang, a professor of Chinese language and culture at MIT. ljsylvan Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:31:08 +0000 everyday technologies higher education t529 cell phones http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/technology/18ping.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref=slogin MORE than a decade ago, after George Cachianes, a former researcher at Genentech, decided to become a teacher, he started a biotechnology course at Lincoln High School in San Francisco. He saw the class as way of marrying basic biotechnology principles with modern lab practices — and insights into how business harvests biotech innovations for profit. ljsylvan Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:27:11 +0000 learning technology t529 science education high school biotechnology http://mathforum.org/ the leading online resource for improving math learning, teaching, and communication since 1992. _We are teachers, mathematicians, researchers, students, and parents using the power of the Web to learn math and improve math education. ljsylvan Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:33:50 +0000 learning technology t529 online resource virtual community mathematics education http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/health/27well.html My conversion from video game critic to buyer is due in large part to some recent research showing that so-called active video games, like those played on the Wii, aren’t like the sedentary games played by the Atari generation. Far from creating couch potatoes, these games compel players to dance, jump and sweat. ljsylvan Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:11:20 +0000 education t529 video games