Bring your textbook, lesson plans, etc. and work on your Blackboard class in the latest version of Blackboard! Have a look at the new StudyMate feature. We’ll be here to help, answer questions, and get you up to speed!
If you’re attending the Mobile Summit on Friday, you’ll love the presentation from Katie Siers and Darren Plessenger, Pickaway Ross CTC teachers. Recently, ONN was at Pickaway Ross and they aired this story:
“The Flipped Classroom,” it’s the new buzz word in education. Does it work? Is it effective? Is it a passing fad? I still have a lot of questions, but the more I look at it, the more I think this is what our young learners have been waiting for. This is how they live (on demand, personal choice, delivered in the palm of their hand, etc.), and we need to move to a more modern method of delivery. They will not sit still for a 1940′s model employed in 2012…. This will require using the technological advances of the modern world, but we can do it. It’s time.
There’s no excuse. Teachers do not have to “record all their lectures,” - the stuff is already out there! You may have to supplement what already exists in order to personalize your lessons, but there is so much that already exists that we can no longer say we “just don’t have time.”
I love the TED Talk above from Sal Khan… We gotta get there SOON!
You can start right now by signing up (with your Google or Facebook account) at khanacademy.org. Then have your kids sign up and add you as their coach. Bingo! You have “flipped” your classroom!
Date: Friday March 2nd, 2012 Time: 09:00 am – 03:00 pm Location: Pickaway Ross CTC
This full day session is intended to help Districts plan for Mobile Computing. We are suggesting that districts send a team of 2-3 people (Superintendent, Curriculum Coordinator, Technology Coordinator, Lead Teachers, etc.). Topics for the day will include:
Attend the next session in the free Learn With INFOhio! webinar series and learn how you can create Information- rich and Technology-rich Teaching and Learning Environments. Register soon!
Ban the Bird Reports (Enhancing Assignments with Inquiry and Best Practice 21st Century Strategies)
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WVIZ ideastream and NOTA in collaboration with the Great Lakes Science Center, and the Cleveland Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative present the BioMedTech: Students Translating and Exploring Medicine 2012 Distance Learning Program Series.
This four-part series engages students (grades 7-12) in exploring how diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease (DOC) discoveries go from the bench (the laboratory) to the bedside (patient care at the doctor’s office or hospital). Learn how local medical researchers and experts use laboratory, clinical, population, and community research to advance prevention strategies and treatments for DOC.
This program is FREE to all participating schools through a Science Education Partnership Award with the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the National Institute of Health.
Dates and Times
Tuesday, January 24 at 10:00 AM Laboratory Research
Learn how local diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease researchers utilize laboratory science to understand these diseases at the molecular and cellular level.
Wednesday, March 7 at 10:00 AM Population Research
Learn how local researchers investigate populations of individuals, using the tools of genetics and epidemiology, to identify linkages between diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Thursday, February 23 at 10:00 AM Clinical Research
Understand how clinical research and trialsinvolving patients lead to new treatments and for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Tuesday, April 24 at 10:00 AM Community Research
Discover how local experts are engaging in community research to better understand risks for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease and to improve health within neighborhoods.
Schools interested in participating in the January 24th program “Laboratory Research” should let me know by January 19th.
South Central Ohio Computer Association has obtained a license for StudyMate Class, which is now available from within the Blackboard Learning System. StudyMate Class helps students “master the basics” of course material through the use of learning activities within Blackboard courses.
Simple templates are used to create facts or sample questions that are based on course materials. The data is then transformed into interactive activities and self-assessments ranging from flash cards to game shows. Depending on the editing rights set by the instructor, students can edit entries by classmates. Instructors can also grade students on participation and select student-created questions for use in Blackboard assessments.
StudyMate Class also allows you to access specially-formatted publisher test banks for textbooks that have been adopted in your classes (at no charge). Information about the Respondus Test Bank Network — and the StudyMate Class software application — is available at www.respondus.com.
If you have questions or problems using StudyMate Class, direct your questions to the following person(s) here at South Central Ohio Computer Association:
Our StudyMate Class license does NOT permit instructors or students to obtain support directly from Respondus, Inc. If our staff is unable to solve a particular question or problem, we will contact Respondus, Inc. on your behalf.
We hope you will take advantage of this powerful instructional tool. StudyMate Class is easy to use and creates a social learning environment that is fun and engaging for students.
The application deadline for participating in the Blended Learning Pilot is today (December 20th). We will be contacting participants in January to get things moving. We are very excited about this program and look forward to working with Math and Science teachers from across our Appalachian region. The map below shows the high schools we will be working with – many of them will have 2 participating teachers. For more information about the pilot, click here.
Over the weekend, submissions to the SafeAssign service have started to decline, which coincides with the end of the semester at many institutions. Delays will continue to be felt over the next few days, but we have seen a significant reduction to the number of papers waiting to be processed by SafeAssign. The expected time to process papers is still 3-5 days, but as the week progresses, we expect the time to decrease. As before, the plagiarism detection service continues to function normally, and has not been impacted by the number of submissions.
We have identified a number of papers that encountered problems during processing, and added them to the queue as of this morning. As the week continues, we will know more about the state of these papers, and we ask that you do not resubmit papers at this time.
Date: Monday June 4th, 2012
Date: Friday March 2nd, 2012