Notes from Millie D

• Seth’s Blog: What is school for?

  An interesting list that educators should take a look at and continue the debate. Taxpayers deserve it.

  tags: school, purpose

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• Download :: TuxGuitar

  Here is a mini version of Garageband (making music with a guitar) but with the twist of producing musical notations and watching it play on a fret board.

  tags: tuxguitar, opensource

• OpenDisc | Programs

  OpenDisc allows you to create a CD full of open source programs that can be used in a windows environment. Program categories range from design, games, internet, mulitmedia, productivity, and utilities. Lots to choose from for people.

  tags: software, opendisc, freeware

• thirddimension » Multiplication

  An interesting use of Glogster. The wiki allows you to practice your multiplication skills.

  tags: math, wiki, glogster, multiplication

• Main Page – Horizon.K12

  Here is a history of Horizon reports since 2004. The wiki also address the k12 side of the reports.

  tags: horizon.k12, k12, horizon, wiki

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25 Random Things

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1.   I have 9 and 3/4 toes thanks to a lawnmower in Camden.
2.   I have to thank my Uncle Jim (god bless his soul) for my love of Dr. Pepper.
3.   After my accident I now have a new appreciation for the little things that life gives us on a daily basis.
4.   Even though I didn’t end up in a business career I don’t regret going to business school.
5.   I really am grateful for a wonderful family and an awesome extended family.
6.   I love what I do, teaching is not for everyone but it is for me!
7.   My first experience on a computer was 7th Grade Math Class when Mrs. Petras started a fortran group based on a class she was taking at USM.
8.   I love how diverse and extended my personal learning network is in my growth as an educator.  THANK YOU!
9.   Buzz driving is still dangerous to everyone else on the road with you!
10. I don’t like to dwell in the negative as it doesn’t help me move forward.
11. I don’t have an iPhone (even though I really want one). 
12. I treasure my relationship with my children.
13. My wife helps to keep me as balance as I can be.
14. I attended the World Series bloody sock game in 2004.
15. Thankful that my wife allows me to indulge in my being a New England Patriots fan.
16. Love taking pictures but don’t like to have my picture taken.
17. I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made that forced my separation from my dad, I am a much happier person without him in my life.
18. Sleep is overrated
19. If I ever won the Powerball Lottery, I would take a year or more off and follow U2 on one of their tours.
20. One of the coolest projects I’ve ever worked on was my school’s art teacher’s journey to Japan in 2007.
21. I wish I could invent a remote control that can be useful under a blanket.
22. If I had to give up teaching I would love to become a brewmaster.
23. People need to mean what they say and say what they mean.
24. I like to golf but unfortunately I’ll never be able to fill that passion.
25.  I don’t like being tagged by a meme but I don’t mind sharing the info.  I just don’t like having to keep the chain going.

I would love to read about other people’s 25 Random Things but I will not tag people and make them feel obligated in completing it.

• 150 Virtual Worlds Live or In Development

  Who knew there were that many of them…

  tags: virtualworlds

• spreeder.com – Free online speed reading application

  To use this site you paste in text and it will show it to you one word at a time in a teleprompter style. The intent is to help people become speed readers I see this as a great Assistive Technology tool because you can increase or decrease the rate at which the words appear on your screen as well as change colors.

  tags: reading, speedreading, tools, productivity, speed, webapp

• SpellJax » Free Online AJAX Spell Check

  Here is a site that does just one thing, check the spelling of your text online. This could be a useful tool for students when they are working on blogs or wikis.

  tags: spellcheck, tools, web2.0

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• Networked Learning Manifesto – Shifted Learning – Annotated

  There is a lot of truth in this list.

  tags: manifesto, networked, shifted, PLN, learning

• Fullscreen Gigapan Viewer

  Here is the full version of the picture that captured the inauguration.

  tags: inauguration, obama, gigapan, photography, Politics, panorama

• How I Made a 1,474-Megapixel Photo During President Obama’s Inaugural Address | David Bergman — ALL ACCESS — sports, concert, and music photographer

  What a great way to capture this monumental event in US History.

  tags: photography, inauguration, 474-megapixel, gigapan, obama

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• 21 Ways to Use a Flip in the Classroom

  This is a nice Google Presentation showcasing the different ways the Flip can be used in the classroom.

  tags: flip, ideas, classroom, flipvideo, collaborative, instructional technology

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• Listen to Fables, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Lullabies, and More! | Speakaboos

  I found this excellent reading resource for students in the younger grades but I never got around to tagging it. Good sites have a way of coming back to you.

  tags: audiobooks, nurseryrhymes, literature, audio, children, reading, speakaboos, elementary

• Myths and Legends Story Creator 2 : Editor

  This is a nice resource to use with kids having them use their storytelling skills around myths and legends.

  tags: animation, education, myths, legends, writing, web2.0, digitalstorytelling, storytelling

• Grammar Ninja

  The site is an interactive game where you are a ninja identifying different parts of speech out of sentences. Nice and simple interface.

  tags: grammar, interactive, game, languagearts, smartboard, english, literacy, tool

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