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Kiwi Commons

We need input for our New Internet Safety Reviews Resource

Hey everyone!

We will be launching our upcoming web safety resource on KiwiCommons.com called Kiwi Reviews this July.

Kiwi Reviews was created to provide our readers with in-depth product, software and book reviews in the interest of internet safety, in addition to the editorials, late-breaking news and resources available on the site. It will be useful for tech users, parents, and educators.

To… Continue

Posted by Kiwi Commons on July 1, 2009 at 9:00pm

Saumil Shrivastava

Online CAT 2009 Path to Get in to Top Indian B Schools

Path to top Indian B Schools has never been easy. Every year lakhs of graduate students (B.E, B.Tech, B.Com, B.A etc) and working professionals appear for CAT chasing their dreams of making it to top Indian B schools such as IIM Ahemdabad (IIMA), IIM Bangalore (IIMB), IIM Calcutta (IIMC); NITIE, Mumbai; SP Jain, Mumbai; FMS and MDI, Gurgaon. Competition has been rising every year. In between the talks of new IIMs being opened this year another news came that CAT will be Online in 2009.

A… Continue

Posted by Saumil Shrivastava on June 25, 2009 at 6:30am

Shai Reshef

World’s first tuition-free online university opens-Article from FutureGov.net

World’s first tuition-free online university opens
By Kelly Ng | 8 June 2009


NEWS
The Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID), a UN department that aims to reduce poverty by promoting the use of information and communications technology (ICT), wants to make higher education available more accessible to people who cannot afford rising tuition fees, or have problems travelling to the nearest college.

To date, US$1 million has been invested in the la… Continue

Posted by Shai Reshef on June 22, 2009 at 3:21am

Shai Reshef

Chief Learning Officer- Power to the People

http://www.clomedia.com/executive-briefings/2009/June/2663/index.php

Posted by Shai Reshef on June 17, 2009 at 1:27am

Durff

The Gala Masquerade Ball awaits you!

On June 13th 1:00pm - 3:00pmSLT at… Continue

Posted by Durff on June 13, 2009 at 11:31am

 

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Future of Education Interview Series

Upcoming:
Links: Google Calendar link (be sure to check the time zone) and sponsor recognition.

  • July 8th, Wednesday: (5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT)
    "Where is Math 2.0?" with Maria Droujkova
  • July 16th, Thursday: (5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT)
    "Liberating Learning" with Terry Moe and John Chubb
  • TBD: John Seely Brown
  • TBD: David Thornburg
  • TBD: "School 2.0"
  • TBD: "Homeschool 2.0"
  • TBD: Self-Generated Student E-Portfolios
  • TBD:The EU eTwinning Program
  • TBD:Educational Town Hall Meetings
  • Postponed: "Virtual School Models That Really Work" with Liz Pape and John Watson, hosted by Chris Walsh

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Forum

Steve Hargadon

"Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education"

Date: Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Length: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tinyurl.com/futureofed. The...

Started by Steve Hargadon 1 hour ago.

Steve Hargadon

Where is Math 2.0? 3 Replies

Date: Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Duration: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tinyurl.com/futureofed. ...

Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Jason Spivey 1 day ago.

Kiwi Commons

The Web's Most Dangerous Search Terms (Malware Prevention)

It's hard to manage thousands of student computers and monitor the online activities of students. Downloads, website visits, and installations can make your computers vulnerable to security breache...

Tagged: security, infection, virus, safety, internet

Started by Kiwi Commons 1 day ago.

Kiwi Commons

Should ipods in schools be banned? 4 Replies

First some schools started to ban cell phones after discovering students could cheat by text messaging answers to each other. Now, schools are banning digital media players, realizing they too are...

Tagged: cheating, ban, technology, ipod

Started by Kiwi Commons. Last reply by Dale Wade Jul 3.

Nick Hutchings

New collaborative homework help site called Dweeber

Hi my name is Nick, I am passionate about using technology to help students. I am a partner with a team who developed Dweeber- a new collaborative learning site. We recently launched our beta site ...

Tagged: learning, based, Project, Homework, Collaboration

Started by Nick Hutchings Jul 1.

Kiwi Commons

We welcome all input for our New Internet Safety Reviews Resource

Hey everyone! We will be launching our upcoming web safety resource on KiwiCommons.com called Kiwi Reviews this JULY. Kiwi Reviews was created to provide our readers with in-depth product, softwa...

Tagged: reviews, technology, online, safety, internet

Started by Kiwi Commons Jun 27.

Dale Wade

Supreme Court Decision

If you strip search a 13-year old girl, that's wrong. But, that's a ruling on individual rights, not education. What did the Court decide about education? Go to my blog at http://texasteachertalk.b...

Tagged: IDEA, Court, Supreme

Started by Dale Wade Jun 26.

Steve Hargadon

Welcome! 114 Replies

Please introduce yourself and let us know a little about you!

Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Dale Wade Jun 24.

Sami Abdul-Aziz Mohammed

PEACE 1 Reply

Dear Colleagues, How can we all as educators use education to support peace and international understanding? Sami

Started by Sami Abdul-Aziz Mohammed. Last reply by MARTIN SEBULIBA Jun 23.

Isam AbdulAzeez Mohammed

How To Be aCreative Teacher please let us discuss this topic

the most important question that we must ask our selves as teachers is : how to be creative teachers ? there are 4 kinds of teachers : 1- abad teacher tells 2- an average teacher explains 3- agood ...

Started by Isam AbdulAzeez Mohammed Jun 21.

MARTIN SEBULIBA

A TEACHER’S VOICE AT SPACC

Hallo there, SPACC stands for Springs Alive Childen’s Centre.The Centre accomodates all sorts of children i.e. those with parents, orphans, disabled, deafs, dumb, some who can afford to pay and tho...

Started by MARTIN SEBULIBA Jun 20.

Darren Draper

Interview Transcriptions

It would sure be nice if the interviews here were transcribed so they would be fully search-able. Has this already been done and I'm missing it?

Started by Darren Draper Jun 20.

Heather Davis

Does Global Collaboration facilitate a student in changing their worldview or perspective?

I have been enamored with the possibilities in the classroom using Global Collaboration for the past 18 months when I first discovered this great 2.0 world so much so that I began a Master's progra...

Tagged: Conference, Classroom, Doha, Qatar, perspective

Started by Heather Davis Jun 20.

Steve Hargadon

Panel Discussion: "Is There a Place for Media Specialists Who Don't Know Social Media?" 1 Reply

RECORDINGS: Elluminate Full Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-06-18. Video: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/futureoflibrarians http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/futureoflibrarian...

Started by Steve Hargadon. Last reply by Kathy Lawrence Jun 19.

Poornima

21st century Strategies for ELL classrooms

We have students from different countries in our school, and we would like to know if you have any good strategies or url links for achieving academic success using web 2.0 tools. I would also like...

Tagged: EFL, ESOL, parental, involvement, ELL

Started by Poornima Jun 17.

Or-Tal Kiriati

Games are the new School 1 Reply

"Games development is slowly becoming a central and one of the largest global industries. Right after our basic human needs, where satisfaction and esteem start, and self-actualization follows, rig...

Tagged: learning, teaching, games, education

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati. Last reply by Or-Tal Kiriati Jun 16.

Steve Hargadon

Panel Discussion on The Future of Books and Reading

RECORDINGS: Full Elluminate Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-06-17. Video: http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/futureofbooks.mp4 http://audio.edtechlive.com/foe/futureofbooks.mp3...

Started by Steve Hargadon Jun 15.

Kiwi Commons

Online Social Networking: Is it becoming a disease? 3 Replies

Seems like kids these days are glued to their cell phones, and if they're not, they're preoccupied with online social networks. There is no actual medical diagnosis of "social network addiction", b...

Tagged: Facebook, Second, Life, life, addiction

Started by Kiwi Commons. Last reply by Kiwi Commons Jun 15.

Sebastian Alexandru

Teacher evaluation 8 Replies

In Romania there is an interesting discussion regarding the evaluation of teachers’activity. I would very much appreciate if some of you can share with us the experience in your countries. Maybe th...

Started by Sebastian Alexandru. Last reply by MARTIN SEBULIBA Jun 12.

KnowledgeWorks Foundation 2020 Forecast:

Listen to Chad Wick and Andrea Saveri discuss the new 2020 Forecast from KnowledgeWorks Foundation in a special Future of Education interview called "Creating the Future of Learning." It is a fascinating exploration of key forces of change that will shape the landscape of learning over the next decade, and how we are moving toward a culture of creation and innovation. There is also an interactive website for the Forecast, and an extended 2-hour "drill down" on the Forecast here.
 
 

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Date: Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12am GMT (next day) (international times here) Length: 1 hour Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tinyurl.com/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes bef...
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It's hard to manage thousands of student computers and monitor the online activities of students. Downloads, website visits, and installations can make your computers vulnerable to security breaches and malicious programming. That's why it is imp...
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Sure, I can't see why not. The more the merrier. ;-) Cheers, Darren
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Darren, Can we use tags on your http://groups.diigo.com/groups/math-links for Math 2.0 work? It came up at the discussion yesterday, and I'd rather we join an existing good group.
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