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Episode 15 – June 24, 2010

• (Episode Length: 11 minutes, 04 seconds)
• Special Guest: Laura Ketcham (@techsavvylaura)
• Previous episode - Students Must Own Their Learning

School of the Week

• Pioneer Education Center

• Serves students ages 5-21 with severe physical and mental disabilities

• Focuses on the extended school year, which goes through summer

• Sensory garden uses different senses to learn

• Offers a different place for students to enjoy and learn

#Hashtag Talk

• #edchat – How should new teachers be prepared to enter the classroom?

• Seek mentorship
• Become a learner first and a teacher second
• Observe and reflect
• Speak up
• Take time for you, find a balance

Watch and Learn

• Special Needs Salutatorian
  • Video highlighting accomplishments of an autistic student
  • Proved doctors wrong by attending school and continuing to learn
  • Student became salutatorian of high school class and accepted to every college applied to

Teach This

• Kid-Friendly Search Engines

• Ask Kids
• Yahoo Kids
• Ipl2 for Kids

• The Beginner’s Guide to 21st Century Teaching and Learning

• Why should you integrate the internet into your curriculum? How do you plan meaningful web-based activities? How do you build a Professional Learning Community? What free tech tools are available for teachers and students?

E-Freebies

• Educational Games for Students
  • Fun4TheBrain
  • Jimmi Rocks, Under the Sea Adventure
  • Learning Media
  • EdHeads
  • KidsKnowIt Network
  • Moppet Games

So, What Do You Know

• A Chinese martial artist Dong Changsheng pulled a 1200-pound airplane 16 feet WITH HIS EYELIDS
• The Pizza Planet trucks from Toy Story has appeared in nearly every Pixar/Disney movie. Can you find which movie it doesn’t appear in? I’ll tell you next week
• The winners of the World Cup have only come from 2 continents, Europe and South America.

e-Learning Today TV – View in iTunes