posted Jan 31, 2012 5:09 PM by Bonnie Thurber
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Put on your 3D Glasses, here it comes. |
posted Dec 29, 2011 12:51 PM by Bonnie Thurber
Images from the Moon Over Us project by Sam, age 10, from Beiging
We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a Wonderful New Year!
Winter Holidays in the Northern Hemisphere are a busy time for remembering those we love by sending gifts. Many people are doing Holiday shopping for those gifts. Please remember to put the iCollaboratory on your list! Consider making a tax deductible donation! By making a donation, you will help the iCollaboratory continue to develop. To make a tax deductible donation, click the Log In botton at http://www.icollaboratory.org then click the Donate button on the right hand side of the webpage.
Participating in the iCollaboratory gives you and your students a chance to share stories, essays, poetry and research with other students in the USA and internationally. As educators, you have the opportunity to create projects and become an iCollaboratory Board Member, iCollaboratory Associate or iCollaboatory volunteer.
We have many projects taking place in the iCollaboratory this Winter and Spring.
The Activity Wizard is supporting teachers as they create standards-aligned lesson plans. The next planned updates include being able to save and edit your lesson plans online and share them with colleagues in the iCollaboratory. More information about the Activity Wizard can be found at http://www.icollaboratory.org/activitywizard
We are currently running Rebecca Caudill Internet Book Club for grades 4-8 Please don't wait. Join and pick a book to read and discus in the iCollaboratory!
The iCollaboratory Sponsors many teacher created projects. The following projects are found under Sponsored Projects in the iCollaboratory:
Shared Any Time projects:
---When will I ever Use This? Career Exploration (6-12)
---Field Trips - Awesome! is a project where students talk, write essays, share media about school field trips (K-12).
---A Day in Our Neighborhood (K-12)
---Songs My Family Sang When I was Young (K-12)
---A Starry Sky in Our Neighborhood (Middle School)
Shared Seasonal projects:
---Scariest Stories and Fall Poetry (K-12) October 1-31
---What I am Most Thankful For (K-12) November 1-30
---The Iditarod (3-8) January 2 - March 31
---National Poetry Monty (K-12) April 1-30
---2012 Summer Olympics: Your Ticket to London, Englandet to London, England (K-12) August 1-31
Shared Science projects
---Moon Over Us (5-12) 7-9 weeks, seven times a year and is an exchange with students from Beijing, China.
---Solar Eclipse (5-12) May 2012
Teacher projects
We invite all teachers to create their own projects for their students. If the projects work well, they may be repeated the following year as shared projects.
Online video workshop for teachers:
Each iCollaboratory user now has 10 gigabytes of space to upload video in almost any format. We will be running a special member Webinar at noon on March 10 to show attendees how to use the new tool.
National Poetry Month will begin April 1. Please send email to icollaboratory@northwestern.edu by the end of March if you will be participating in the project.
National Poetry month participants
1) take a survey and view results between April 1 and 11.
2) They research poetry types between April 5 and 18.
3) They write, illustrate and publish poetry between April 12 and 24.
4) The last week of April participants will comment on at least two poems, one from their classroom and one from another classroom, take a final survey and write a reflection including two or more facts about what they have learned.
April 20: SAVE the DATE! The iCollaboratory Symposium will be held April 20, 2012. We will be in Northwestern University's Harden Hall, Rebecca Crown Center for the morning and have hands-on workshops in the afternoon.
We look forward to seeing you in the iCollaboratory!
Thank you,
Bonnie Thurber and the iCollabotatory Team
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posted Dec 15, 2011 4:22 PM by Bonnie Thurber
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Hello All,
If you have not looked in on the What I am Most Thankful For project recently, you should! There are some wonderful essays and pictures from participants letting us know what they are most thankful for.
Please log in to the iCollaboratory and take a look! Please make commets on your favorite essays.
Thanks! The iCollaboratory Team |
posted Oct 31, 2011 12:42 PM by Bonnie Thurber
MEMO To: ISTE’s SIGML’ers aka Mobilists aka members of the Mobilist Nation Subject: FREE* SIGML Mobile Learning Kick-Off Webinar, November 3rd, 2011, 7pm EST. *FREE From: ISTE’s SIGML Steering Committee Date: October 31, 2011 Mobile technologies have ramped faster than ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY in the history of computing… and by ISTE 2012 in San Diego, more than half the mobile phones purchased in the U.S. will be smartphones. Millions and millions of people – short ones, absolutely included – will be moving from feature phones to smartphones over the next 12-24 months. MILLIONS. And MILLIONS. This has nothing to do with me, with you, with SIGML, with ISTE; this will happen whether superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, Grand PoohBahs, etc. like it or not; THIS IS HAPPENNING – NOW. Feature phones are out; smartphones (aka COMPUTERS) are in. It’s done; the battle is over. · The Age of Mobilism is full upon us and thus it is absolutely inevitable that the aluminum-encased glass slab nestled in the palm of your hand will engender a fundamental change in K-12 classrooms. · Whether we want it or not; whether we are ready or not; whether you or I or anyone believes it or not… K-12 is on the verge of a major transformation brought about in large measure by that almost weightless computing device previously known as a phone. · Time to take advantages of the affordances of 1:1 smartphones (aka computers) in the K-12 classroom. To prepare ISTE educators for the coming transformation by providing thoughtful and thought-provoking information, ISTE’s SIGML is launching a **FREE** webinar series on mobile learning. As described more fully below, mobilists Cathie Norris and Elliot “SIGML Grand Poobah” Soloway, will kick off the series followed by webinars from mobilists George Engel (Classroom issues), Karen Sorensen (BYOD financing). And that’s just for starters!! The **FREE** kick-off webinar will be November 3rd, 2011 at 7pm. · Cathie Norris and Elliot Soloway will present: Education in the Age of Mobilism: The Inevitable Transformation of the K-12 Classroom. Please, GO TO STEP 1 below to attend! · Step 3: Join in the conversation starting on November 3rd, 2011; add your voice to fellow SIGML’ers, fellow mobilists, exploring mobile learning in this Age of Mobilism. Thank you! Elliot, Grand Poohbah and Chair, ISTE’s SIGML Elliot Soloway Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Intergalactic Mobile Learning Center (iMLC) College of Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering School of Information, School of Education 2260 Hayward, Room 3629, CSE Building University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Co-Founder, GoKnow, Inc. |
posted Oct 29, 2011 11:19 AM by Bonnie Thurber
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There are some wonderful webpages in the Songs My Family Taught Me for this year created by 7th graders. If you have an iCollaboratory account, you should take a look and make some comments!
https://sites.google.com/a/collaboratory.northwestern.edu/2011-schools-sharing-songs-my-family-taught-me/
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posted Oct 7, 2011 11:11 AM by Bonnie Thurber
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updated Oct 21, 2011 7:40 PM
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The moon is so bright it lights up the sky at night Along with the stars The sky shines From earth it looks like a dot But near the moon you see it takes up a lot To me it looks like a gem KaylinJ
Navigating the "The Moon Over Us iCollaboratory Project", one realizes that this project is a real successful Global Dialog with students participating from China, USA and Brasil. A huge amount of student participate with pages and comments about the Moon and the significance of this companion.
Image from Honfeng Guo
"The moon has been the most significant part of Chinese culture for a long time. The ancient Chinese established the precise lunar calendar according to the moon’s revolution. On 15th August (lunar calendar), there is the mid-autumn festival, which is one of the most important festival in China and whose popularity just behind the Spring Festival." -Yang L
The Moon Over Us project has been so successful that we will be stating another round starting November 1. If you were interested in joining the project but, the beginning of the school year was just too soon, please join us in November. Students who started the project will be continuing and new students will also be starting. :) The conversations about the moon keep going on. To register as a teacher please send email to icollaboratory@gmail.com with the number of students, your fill name and contact information! |
posted Oct 7, 2011 11:05 AM by Bonnie Thurber
Hello everyone!
ICE call for proposals is still open! If you have time to write something up and submit it that would be wonderful!
http://www.iceberg.org and click on conference.
It would be great if you picked something you have done in the iCollaboratory and submit it as a proposal for this conference. :) or another ICE chapter conference..
Here is the notice for NICE>
Thanks, BonnieT
Are you ready to present at the 2012 NICE Mini Conference? or other ICE Chapter conferences?
Do YOU (or someone you know):
• have an innovative/engaging technology-integrated unit or project that really works for your students? • use STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) realworld projects with your students? • have a creative/collaborative project for Gifted or Special Education? for English as a Second Language, or for Foreign Language?
• have an idea for a session that shows best practices, innovation, or student engagement using technology for teaching and learning? If so....
PLEASE SHARE your experience and expertise with your friends and colleagues! Share your experiences and expertise with your friends and colleagues
WHERE?
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL
WHEN?
Saturday, January 28, 2012, from 8:00 am-1:30 pm
The NICE Mini-Conference consists of 15-20 concurrent sessions. Sessions are 45 minutes long.
Submit your proposal online today! Proposals due by end of day, Friday, November 4th, 2011
Please share the call for proposal link with teachers you know. If you have questions, please contact one of the Co-Chairs: Helen Lazzaro |
posted Sep 21, 2011 12:05 PM by Bonnie Thurber
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updated Sep 21, 2011 12:07 PM
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https://sites.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=1387383&topic=1387643
Example of page-level permissions in actionLet's say you are the owner of a website with a Home page at the top and two pages -- called Private Page and Public Page -- underneath it. You want
to share this site with your coworkers and allow them to edit both the Home and Public Page. However, your interns aren't allowed to see the financial
data you keep on Private Page, and only accountants are allowed to edit that data. Everyone else can only view the Private Page. To set this up: - From the More actions menu, select Sharing and Permissions.
- In the top right, click Enable page-level permissions.
- In the dialog box, click Turn on page-level permissions.
- Once you have page-level permissions on, you'll see the hierarchy of your site on the left side of the "Sharing and Permissions" page. At the
top, click on the name of your site to set your site's permissions. - In the dialog box that appears for your site, add everyone in your company and set their access level to Can edit.
- Find your Private page in your site's hierarchy and click on it.
- In the dialog box that appears for your Private Page, select either
 Start with the list below and include any future changes to Name of
page above or  Start with the list below but ignore any future changes to Name of page above. - While in the dialog box for your Private Page, delete your interns from your page.
- While in the dialog box for your Private Page, set everyone who isn't an accountant or an intern to Can view.
This will make your Private page editable by accountants, restricted for interns, and viewable by everyone else. In addition, everyone will be able to
edit the rest of your site. |
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posted Sep 12, 2011 5:21 PM by Bonnie Thurber
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updated Sep 12, 2011 5:26 PM
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Hello Friends,
I know that most of you have started school! I hope your days continue to be very successful! The iCollaboratory Team is also working on a number of fun standards-aligned projects this fall! This Fall the iCollaboratory will be supporting
The Moon Over Us with students from the USA, China, Brazil and Spain is a study of Moon phases that started September 4 and ends October 11. Ages 10-16. Watch for a special report about the moon.
Rebecca Caudill Internet Book Club, September 4 - February 28 (flexible dates), contains a list of 20 books for grades 5-9. Students take a survey about their reading, select a book from the list, read, write a review, and comment on the reviews of others. Students who read 4-6 books will vote for their favorite book at the end of the project, February 28. The book list is from the Rebecca Caudill book list but, our project is not the official book project sponsored by ILS. At the end of the project students will take a survey and write a reflection.
Every Soul a Star Internet Book Discussion, September 4 - April 28 (flexible dates), is a special book discussion that follows the theme of the Moon Over Us project for students in grades 5-9 who read English. Any class may join, read and discuss the book. Students very interested in the topics are welcome to join our Solar Eclipse project May 1 - 28. At the end of the project students will take a survey and write a reflection.
Scariest Stories and Fall Poetry, October 1 - November 1. Students grades K-12 take a survey and review the data, share web links about their communities in the fall, write scary stories or fall poetry, and comment on each others work. At the end of the project students will take a survey and write a reflection.
What I am Most Thankful For, November 1 - December 8. Students in grades K-12 take a survey about holiday activities and foods and analyze the data. After finishing the survey, they write an essay about what they are most thankful for and post it in the iCollaboratory to share with other students. At the end of the project students will take a survey and write a reflection.
Songs My Family Sang to Me When I Was Young September 4 - May 28 (flexible dates, six weeksduration). Students grades K-12 listen to songs they heard before they started school. They select a song they remember from their preschool days and study the history of that song. They write the lyrics, create images or a video about the song and post the information on a web page for others to view and share. At the end of the project students will take a survey and write a reflection.
Thank you, Bonnie Thurber -- iCollaboratory Team |
posted Sep 1, 2011 7:06 PM by Bonnie Thurber
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Plan now to present your iCollaboratory work at the ICE Conference 2012 to be held February 28 to March 2, 2012. This annual event drew 3,000 educators to Pheasant Run in St. Charles last February 2011, and the 2012 Conference promises to be even better! Watch the ICE Website for updates on Keynote and Featured Speakers, announcements about special events and more. Call for Presenters is Out! Presenting iCollaboratory projects at the ICE Conference is a wonderful way to share your passion and expertise for engaging students with technology. ICE Conference 2012 offers three presentation options - please note varying deadlines for each option: - The deadline for submitting a proposal to present full-day or half-day workshops is September 7 SUBMIT ASAP!
- The deadline for submitting general breakout session proposals is October 1
- The deadline to submit poster sessions is November 1
All proposals must be submitted through the ICE online proposal system. If you have any difficulties submitting a proposal, please call the ICE office for assistance at 630-628-1088 or email info@iceberg.org.
When you submit iCollaboratory work at a conference, please let the iCollaboratory Team know by sending email to icollaboratory@gmail.com . They will be glad to help you with anything you need. |
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