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Recording (video):  http://blip.tv/file/4409408

Topic: Connecting with Parents Using Technology

Special Guest:  Lorna Costantini

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 11/20/2010:
  http://gl.am/GCNT5

http://www.ourschool.ca (Lorna Costantini-Parents as Partners Blog-Connecting Parents and Schools Using Technology)
http://www.education.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RW004.pdf
(Engaging Parents in Raising Achievement Do Parents Know They Matter? Anne Harris, Dr. Janet Goodall, Warwick University)
http://debbiepushor.com  (Dr. Debbie Pushor’s web site)
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/  (National Network of Partnership Schools)
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/tips/index.htm (Teachers Involving Parents in School Work)
http://ncrsc.niagaracatholic.ca/Pro/index.html  (Niagara Catholic District School Board Parent Reaching Out Project)
http://ncrsc.niagaracatholic.ca/Pro/handbook.shtml  (Parent Reaching Out Handbook)
http://www.southwestiowanews.com/articles/2010/11/07/council_bluffs/doc4cd61de0eceb2779388716.txt  (First graders Use Facebook)
http://www.ourschool.ca/?p=3433  (Toronto District School Board using social media)
http://blog.parentella.com/2010/how-to-engage-parents-at-a-title-i-school/
(Parentella: How to Engage Parents at a Title I School blog post)
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/edutopia-home-to-school-guide.pdf  (Edutopia: Home to School Connections Guide Tip List-#1 Go where parents are)
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_brad_flickinger/creating_facebook_page_your_school  (Creating a Facebook page for your school)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/6-ways-to-use-cell-phones-to-strengthen.html (Lisa Nielsen: 6 Ways to Use Cell Phones to Strengthen the Home-School Connection)
http://www.ourschool.ca/NiagaraCatholic/sylphonecall.shtml    (A Simple Phone Call-The Best Way to Ask for Help)
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=628   (Digital Parent Engagement - Lorna Costantini Presentation for K12 Online Conference 2010)
http://www.elearningcenter.ca/course/view.php?id=9  (Digital Parent Engagement course)
http://digitalparent.wikispaces.com  (Digital Parent Project)
http://www.connectedprincipals.com/archives/727  (Larry Fliegelman’s post “Inform, Invite, Perform (and Feed): A Plan to Increase Parental Involvement”)
http://mstechnology.wikispaces.com/Parent+Ed  (Matt Montagne Parent Education wiki)
http://voicethread.com/share/346039/  (Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences)
http://www.curriculum.org/secretariat/studentled/index.shtml  (Canadian Curriculum services Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences)
http://kidblog.org/missdunsigersclass  (Student/teacher blogs kid blogs-Class Kidblog  for Aviva Dunsiger, Grade 1)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/resources/parents/#t2  (PBS Frontline Digital Nation Parent Survey)
http://twitter.com/liveclass20 (Classroom 2.0 LIVE on Twitter)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share your links with everyone)

 
 
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Recording (video):  http://blip.tv/file/4379270

Topic: Teaching Generation Text: Harnessing the Power of Cell Phones in Education

Special Guests:  Lisa Nielsen & Willyn Webb

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 11/13/2010:
http://gl.am/TZw3C
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/ (Lisa Nielsen's blog)
http://www.willynwebb.com/ (Willyn's website)
http://tinyurl.com/TGTclassroom20 (Wiki for Teaching Generation Text)
http://www.educatinginnovatively.com/in-the-news-1 (Innovative Educator In the News)
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/despite-school-cell-phone-ban-course-sees-them-as/76504/ (Despite School Cell Phone Ban, Course Sees Them as Aid)
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/05/16/New-York-teachers-learn-cell-phone-lessons/UPI-73241210967597/ (New York Teachers Learn Cell Phone Lessons)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/using-flickr-to-collect-images-captured.html (Using Flickr to Collect Images Captured on Cell Phones)http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/11/put-expert-in-every-students-pocket.html (Put an Expert in Every Student's Pocket with ChaCha)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/09/keep-education-conversation-going-on.html  (Keep the Education Conversation Going on Twitter with #EdChat)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-classroom-response-system-with.html (Free Classroom Response System with Poll Everywhere)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-what-and-how-of-getting-benefits-of.html  (The Why, What, and How of Getting the Benefits of Student Response Systems without the Cost or Equipment)
http://www.wetxt.com/  (WeTxt provides free Group Text messaging on your mobile phone, on the web, and more)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/6-ways-to-use-cell-phones-to-strengthen.html   (6 Ways Cell Phones Can Strengthen the Home-School Connection)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/follow-leader-whos-tweeter.html   (Follow the Leader Who's a Tweeter)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/08/bravo-to-lady-leaders-who-are-bloggers.html (Bravo to the Lady Leaders Who are Bloggers and Tweeters!)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/06/5-real-examples-of-using-twitter-for.html  (5 Real Examples of Using Twitter for Education)
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=19cGEk1JibHDBonJ5TghNCXoK6Ydo1nWQ9UZb98oMx0w  (Cell Phone Workshop for Parents)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/11/ten-building-blocks-to-break-ban-and.html  (10 Proven Strategies to Break the Ban and Build Opportunities for Student Learning with Cell Phones)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-google-as-educational-tool-right.html  (Using Google as an Educational Tool Right From Your Phone!)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2009/12/harnessing-power-of-cell-phones-in.html   (Harnessing the Power of Cell Phones in Class Lesson Plans)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/04/innovative-ideas-for-using-cell-phones_07.html  (Innovative Ideas for Using Cell Phones for Homweork and Practice)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/04/display-student-thoughts-ideas-with.html  (Display Student's Thoughts & Ideas with Cell Phones & Wiffiti)
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/10/give-students-voice-and-face-with-voki.html  (Give Students a Voice (and Face) with Voki)
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=766   (Mobile Learning Lesson Plans-Scholastic.com)
http://www.classroom20.com/group/CellPhonesinEducation   (Join our group: Classsroom 2.0 Cell Phones in Education where educators can discuss challenges and successes using cell phones in the classroom.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Let-Students-Use-Cell-Phones-to-Learn/311313147415   (Join our Facebook group: Let Students Use Cells to Learn)
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE51Nm9FSF9JLXFpZkFYMGxuYnJYcmc6MA  (Subscribe to our Teaching Generation Text mailing list for updates)
Contact us...
Email:  TeachingGenerationText@gmail.com
Twitter: Lisa Nielsen @InnovativeEdu and Willyn Webb @WillynWebbRead 
our book...
Teaching Generation Text, coming next Fall 2011
Take our online class...
http://www.mesastate.edu/online/gentext.html
Two semester credit hours or continuing ed credit: ISED 580
http://twitter.com/liveclass20 (Classroom 2.0 LIVE on Twitter)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share your links with everyone)
 
 
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Recording (video):  http://blip.tv/file/4347311

Topic: Math Class Needs a Makeover

Special Guest:  Dan Meyer

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

LiveBinder Link for 11/6/2010:
  http://livebinders.com/edit?id=73155

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html  (TED Talk: Math Curriculum Needs a Makeover)
http://www.ted.com/speakers/dan_meyer.html  (Dan Meyers profile on TED)http://blog.mrmeyer.com/  (Dan Meyer's blog)
http://geometry.mrmeyer.com/  (Dan Meyer's Geometry Curriculum-each week includes Keynote, PPT, PDF and Handouts)
http://algebra.mrmeyer.com/(Dan Meyer's Algebra Curriculum-each week includes Keynote, PPT, PDF and Handouts)
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?cat=70   (Dan Meyer's Archives for "What Can You Do with This?" Category)
http://mathcasts.org(Mathcasts Website)
http://www.tenmarks.com (math tutorial videos)

http://coachpate.wikispaces.com/Ideas (Clifford Pate Pirate math adventure inspired by Dan's post http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=6749 )http://live.classroom20.com/1/category/mathcasts/1.html (Tim Falhberg Classroom 20 Live "Mathcasts" presentation)
http://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html (Math Playground math tutorial videos)
http://cnx.org/content/m32291/latest/ (Using Math Apprentice in the Middle School Classroom-real-world math problem solving activities)
http://www.teachers.tv/subjects/secondary/mathshttp://www.mathcasts.org/index.html?macul2009_slides.htm  (Let's Make a Mathcast Video)
http://math247.pbworks.com/w/page/20517566/Mathcast-Tool-Options (Mathcast Tools)
http://live.classroom20.com/1/category/colleenking/1.html  (Classroom 2.0 LIVE show with Colleen King: Interactive Math Activities K-8 including Math Apprentice)

http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?cat=89 (Pseudocontext Saturdays)
http://www.mrmeyer.com/presentations/resources/archives/littlebigleague.mov (Little Big League)
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=49  (Bean Counting-NCLB)
http://mrmeyer.com/presentations/resources/archives/slowrunner.mp4  (The Slow Runner)

http://twitter.com/liveclass20 (Classroom 2.0 LIVE on Twitter)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)

http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share your links with everyone)