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10 Great Apps for a Teacher’s New iPad | iPad Apps for School
10 free apps for teachers or others with new iPads.
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15 Questions to Ask Your Students About Social Media (Worksheet) | edSocialMedia
Looking for a GREAT #socialmedia activity with your students! Here it is! Awareness, bullying & more. http://t.co/ooqw8HpY #edchat #isedchat
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Learn Copyright in a Free Harvard Law School Course – EdTech Researcher – Education Week
Blog: Learn Copyright in a Free Harvard Law School Course http://t.co/OBqj6PVY #EWopinion #edtech
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How social networking in school can drive innovation | eSchool News
How social networking in school can drive innovation http://t.co/DoizEZaD
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How an iPad is a More Powerful Content-Creation Device Than a Laptop. « Douchy's Blog
Why an iPad is a More Powerful Content-Creation Device Than a Laptop. http://t.co/63qpCFng #edtech
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19 iPads in the Classroom1 7–1 25UW Bothell Learning Technologies Blog2a
iPads in the Classroom http://t.co/IZCF9BbC #aurorahuskies #ipaded
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TED | TED Playlists | All kinds of minds
#TED playlist: All kinds of minds. 11 powerful stories shatter preconceived notions about mental illness: http://t.co/ZWPLeqyq
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Dylan Hockley died in Anne Marie Murphy's arms – New Canaan News
Autistic Dylan Hockley, 6, died in the arms of his special-needs aide in Newtown. http://t.co/Izsb470M
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iPad Apps for School | The Best iOS Apps for Students and Teachers
Richard Byrne collects, shares, and reviews apps for education.
In the Wake of Tragedy
Like every other educator in America (probably most of the world, too), I’ve been trying to process the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, CT. It’s not very far from where I live—a few hours’ drive at most. I cannot comprehend the mind of someone who would murder young children, who would even come into a school bent on that kind of violence. I am humbled by the heroism shown by the teachers at Sandy Hook.
I am disturbed by some of the backlash I am seeing towards people with autism. We don’t really even know for sure if Adam Lanza was autistic, and as often as we hear news reporters and talking heads assert that autistic individuals are not violent, the possibility that Lanza was autistic is still continuously brought up. And then you see things like this (follow the link to see the Facebook screen cap).
The resulting response by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is an exercise in restraint and compassion.
As the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, I can tell you my children are amazing, loving, intelligent, beautiful children. Sometimes they have a little bit of trouble with social skills, and empathy is among them. They have difficulty reading emotion. They would never hurt anyone on purpose. I cannot envision a world in which they would they hurt anyone. My children are not monsters. And they do not need to be locked up. They need understanding and compassion.
I fear very much that the next time my son has a minor meltdown in a public place, and as the people around us stare and we explain, “I apologize; he’s autistic,” we will see the people around us recoil—”You mean like that guy who killed all those kids.”
No, not like that guy. Nothing like that guy. Because that kind of violence has nothing to do with autism. I don’t know what causes it. I don’t know if it’s a gun culture, or lack of care for the mentally ill, or lax security in schools, or just plain evil, or all of them and none of them. I really don’t. But I live with autism every day, and I know that it isn’t autism. My children are not violent “ppl,” they are not “monsters,” and they are not (pardon the language, but it’s hers not mine) “sick fucks.” No, it’s people like you that spread misinformation, hatred, and fear who are truly monsters. It is people like you I would want to protect my children from—actually, who I’d like to protect all of society from. The fact that someone, anyone, would say something like this about people, children, they don’t even know, makes me feel sick to my stomach and scared for my children. I pray more than anything else that people like this are able to see the error in their thinking and get help.
The only thing I have to say in closing is that my heart is broken for the children and adults in Newtown, and I hope we have what it takes to be reflective and change. But pointing fingers at individuals with autism, who face enough challenges in life, is not the answer.
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You can build a Collaborize site for lessons, but this is also a good repository for ideas for Socratic seminars and class discussions.
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12 moments from ‘Macbeth’ annotated and analysed:
12 moments from ‘Macbeth’ annotated and analysed: http://t.co/8xm8hJXj #engchat [continuing series]
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Macbeth 13: Act 3 scene 4 – ‘cabined, cribbed, confined’ | ShowMe
Macbeth 13: Act 3 scene 4 – ‘cabined, cribbed, confined’ http://t.co/TycqgmUT via @showmeapp #engchat
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Wrath of the Math: Obama Wins Nerdiest Election Ever | Danger Room | Wired.com
Wrath of the Math: Obama wins nerdiest election ever. http://t.co/L1LzeEHD (via @dangerroom)
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ReadWrite – Instagram Finally Breaks Free Of Its Mobile-Only Confines
Instagram users get web profiles. http://t.co/1WBlfn5x
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A Really Useful Online Graphing Calculator | FracTad's Fractopia
“A Really Useful Online Graphing Calculator” – http://t.co/jmI07RQy thanks @fractad!
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Bookry – Welcome | Interactive widgets, reader analytics & templates that work with iBooks Author
“Bookry is a complimentary service for iBooks Author that lets you add amazing widgets to your books and share them with readers. “
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MacHeist has Evernote Premium, Scrivener and 19 other awesome Mac Apps for just $29 in the MacHeist 4 Bundle http://t.co/O6U0CiBc
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Interesting collection of images and tools that go beyond the traditional pyramid for Bloom’s Taxonomy.
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Wouldn’t You Like to Know . . . John Green | VOYA
Excellent interview w/ @realjohngreen http://t.co/d1F9NGGm
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CHOPSTICKS by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral – YouTube
An interesting YA Book- “Chopsticks” by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral http://t.co/RpZRXlgg
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Guess who’s winning the brains race, with 100% of first graders learning to code? | VentureBeat
New bookmark: 100% of first graders in Estonia are learning to code http://t.co/1WxPaC2K
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Twins …Ms. Cottonfox http://t.co/VGRl2EBI
Twins #4…Ms. Cottonfox http://t.co/VGRl2EBI
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When schools can demonstrate the teaching value in using copyrighted materials, the Fair Use Doctrine applies. Period.
http://t.co/S23e5uvk
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Letters of Note: Book-banners are invariably idiots
Pat Conroy responds to a censorship attempt in Charleston, WV.
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Sean Connery Reads C.P. Cavafy’s Epic Poem “Ithaca,”; Set to the Music of Vangelis | Open Culture
Sean Connery Reads C.P. Cavafy’s Epic Poem “Ithaca,” Set to the Music of Vangelis | Open Culture http://t.co/FY1OYJTH
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Poisoned Pen Press Seeks Submissions for New YA Imprint – GalleyCat
Got a YA manuscript? Poisoned Pen Press seeks submissions http://t.co/4rBqnJzo So does Carolrhoda Books: http://t.co/t8liyHRp