MailChimp

Just created an account for MailChimp.  It allows to create newsletters, invitations, announcements and more for multiple email lists up to 2,000 subscribers.  MailChimp also keeps track of how many open the email and which links are clicked in the email if you wish.  Create your email using pre-made templates or make one from scratch where you can add images, captions, footer, and text.  This might be a way for teachers to communicate with parents.

Tips for CyberSafety

The Australian Federal Police came up with a top 10 tips for youth on cyber safety..  These tips would be a great addition to your beginning of the school year folder and to have students add to their planner.  Click here to access the poster.

Plagiarising Letter

Love this letter from Edna Sackson, http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/

Dear Blogger,

I’m flattered that you found my post interesting.

It took me a while to process the conference about which I wrote in that post, as there was so much to take away. I find that blogging helps me unpack the big ideas, don’t you? The process of thinking and writing, rethinking and rewriting, helps me distil the essence and express it clearly and concisely. It’s rewarding to know that others appreciate my posts and it’s great when people comment, whether they agree with or challenge me. It’s pleasing to see my ideas shared and even re-blogged by other bloggers, adding their critiques or commentaries. I love the way social media affords the sharing and growing of ideas.

It was by chance that I came across your version of my post. At first I thought you had simply copied mine without acknowledgement. Then I noticed that you had in fact made a few tweaks, changed the title, removed the links back to my blog and passed the post off as your own.

Many people think what’s on the internet is free for the taking. It’s an easy mistake to make if you’re unaware of copyright. So I left you a comment explaining that my blog is licensed underCreative Commons, and that anyone is free to use and adapt my posts as long as there is attribution. I thought you’d simply realise your error and add the acknowledgement to your post, with a link back to mine. Instead you removed the post entirely. I wonder why.

Hope things are clearer now. If you’re still unsure, here’s a super post entitled ‘No, You Can’t Just Take It’ by Sylvia Tolisano on a similar theme.

Don’t worry about my cartoon, which you’ve used in another post. But do add a link to where you found it…

Regards,
Edna

PS Don’t you think, as educators, we need to model what we expect of our students?

The Good Egg Project Education Station

Discovery Education added new 6-8 grade lesson plans!  Last spring Discovery hosted a virtual field trips to Willamett Egg Farms in Canby, OR and Hickman Family Farms in Buckeye, AZ.  These trips are now archived and accessible at http://educationstation.discoveryeducation.com/liveevent/index.cfm  When you arrive at the site you can view a video of the virtual field trip, access activities and lesson plans for grades kindergarten through eighth grades.  The field trip can be viewed all at once or you can break it down and view sections.

iPads in the Classroom

This year Gesu will have two mobile iPad carts for classrooms to use.  As we prepare to use these devices we need to prepare.  Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand has a good article - The Single Most Important Factor for iPad Success in Schools.  Click here to read article. 

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Search Engine - Gooru

If you are a math or science teacher you might want to check out gooru search engine.  Just head over to www.goorulearning.org