Helping others discover and use technology both in and out of the classroom
I am an instructional technologist working at a 4 year university in the NYC area. After teaching high school math for 8 years, I wanted to spend more time developing technology resources for faculty and teaching them how to use various technologies.
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It's been a while since I've added a new tab....
I was closing down tabs in my browser and took a quick glance at one of those pages-- that glance was all it took, before I knew it, it was over an hour later. In that tweet, I clicked a
link, and as they say, that was that! To be honest, that tends to happen to me... a lot... but it hasn't happened in a while about math. Usually, I hyperlink my way across the internet on other topics and while I do appreciate it when I come across the odd math tidbit, I rarely spend that amount of time reading about math anymore.
I don't teach math anymore, but I do still love it and I miss getting to share that. While this tab can not possibly hold everything that I love or would want to share about mathematics, it's a start ;)
My bookmarks
Some of the tags of my delicious bookmarks related to mathematics:
As it's been years since I've been a math teacher, some of these links might be out of date and I'm sure I'm missing some great sites, but there are still some gems to be found here!
Before I start to go off on a tangent.... I should share a link or two about Darren and why I follow him on Twitter (besides the fact that he has great tweets!). I came across Darren's blog, "A Difference", back in the day when I was starting to realize the power of the internet in terms of connecting educators. Connecting to other educators to help us become better teachers by learning from each other and our students. Teachers were doing amazing things in their classes with this 'new technology' and they were sharing about them on their blogs!
So, take a look at an example of why I thought Darren's blog and his ideas were so awesome: The Scribe Post! Genius idea really. And, it can be adapted very easily for a variety of types of subjects and levels of students both at the K-12 and higher ed level.
I highly recommend you follow him on Twitter- he's definitely in my top 10 (I should put that list together!). He's truly one of the most inspirational people I follow ;)
Back to getting to those links.... As I started reading the article from the archive of Devlin's Angle I realized- woah, this is the guy that wrote the Math Gene! How could I have not come across this archive of wonders before? How could I have missed "The Math Guy"? And he tweets!! Not to mention, this is an article that every math teacher should read. And then it was on, I was off, clicking on hyperlinks, looking things up and then clicking some more. Here's some of what I found (including some old favorites!):
This is a collection of resources for teachers interested in using Twitter, but not sure where to start! Take a look at section to the right with some of the blog posts on why teachers are tweeting, there are some excellent ideas on how you can be using it too!
Once you're ready to get started, check out the Twitter Cheat sheet and Top Easy Steps for Twitter Beginners in the "Twitter Resources" section on the far right of the page.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or would like to share your twitter tips- I'd love to hear from you, tweet me! My username is kris10_
Read the "Kristen Daily" (newspaper like format of the content I get via the people I follow on Twitter updated daily)
Why teachers are tweeting (and why you should too!)
I’d like to tell you about how I use it, but first take a quick look at this short 2 minute video so I can tell you a little bit about what it is…
If it looked like I had a lot of bookmarks, that’s because I do!! I’ve been using del.icio.us for about 3 years now and have collected over 1300 links. Math, Technology, and Education are three of my most frequent tags because for the last 8 years I’ve taught mathematics on the high school level. I’ve learned to save everything I find useful or interesting and label them liberally with tags so that way I can find what I need when I need it.
It’s been an invaluable resource and a huge timesaver— not only do I have access to my bookmarks online and can use it like a search engine, but del.icio.us also allows me to search links that other people have saved. And it’s easy to add an RSS feed of my links to keep up-to-date with my bookmarks! (hmmm… if you don’t know what RSS is, don’t worry–we’ll talk about that soon!).
There are of course many more features, and ways to use it, but hopefully you’ve heard enough to want to get started! Take a look at the links I’ve posted on this page for more information or you can go directly to del.icio.usand register for your own account!
Mashable's Delicious Toolbox: "Here are over 80 tools for everything from your mobile device to yourblog, and more, that can help you view your bookmarks in new and uniqueways, backup your bookmarks in a secure location, take your bookmarkswith you on the go, blog about your most recent saves, and then some..."
Packrat.ius- tool that automatically saves your tweets on Delicious (and more!)
This is a modified version of the slides I used during the presentation I gave at Faculty Technology Day at Fordham on 5/16/11 (view the comments by clicking on the "View on Slideshare" button for a short transcript)
These are slides from a presentation given at an IT Brown Bag on 6/23/11.
Slides 1-54: A discussion on not only how modes and methods of communication have changed but also the types and amount of information that is available.
Fordham IT’s ’Brown Bag’ program began in June 2008. This program was designed specifically to spend time with fellow colleagues getting to know what they do on a daily basis. It has evolved into presentations on current projects, lesson learned from conferences, etc.
Flickr Creative Commons: I like to use the creative commons search on Flickr to find photos for a couple of very simple reasons- easy, free, the copyright issue is hassle-free. All you have to do is give attribution or credit to the author.
If you decide to create an account so you can save your favorites or upload your own photos, here's a great presentation ongetting started with Flickr.
TED.com: Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.
Their Mission: "We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other."
Watch any of the 500+ videos of the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers as they give the talk of their life!
My Delicious Links on TED
Take a look at my delicious links on TED for some of my favorite videos along with links to more pages for ideas on using them in the classroom.
I am using this tab on my Protopage to collect resources and information from the Educause 2010 conference I attended this past October.
About Educause: EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. DSC_0142 by jsutka via Flickr
I recently received an iPad and have been exploring ways that they are being used by educators and students.
If you have an iPad, or looking into getting an iPad, I hope you find this collection of ideas and suggestions helpful!
iPad 101
Not sure about whether an iPad is right for you? Or have an iPad and don't know where to start? Take a look at this excellent set of slides by Mark Baggett.IPAD 101: UTK LIBRARIES
Anthologize: free open source plugin that allows you to publish a Wordpress blog into an e-book. This tool was developed through the "One Week, One Tool" program, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Issuu: read/publish digital magazines and documents either with free or paid subscriptions.
