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Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Note taking skills for students

In a fast-paced world where information travels at the speed of light, note taking skills can make all the difference between effective and ineffective learning. Students can perform way better if they master the art of note taking. In this regard, I am sharing with you this wonderful note taking workshop prepared by Learning Commons which features the 6 important note taking skills students need to develop together with the different methods of taking notes and concluding with the five Rs.

Note taking skills summarised in the handy acronym LISTEN. Listen stands out for :

L:Lead
I: Ideas
S: Summarise
T: Talk
E: End
N: Notes

1- Lead:
Lead entails doing course reading ahead of time and being prepared for the lecture topic.

2- Ideas
Seize upon main ideas instead of writing everything down.

3- Summarise
Summarise the most important information and significant ideas in your own words within 24 hours of each lecture.

4- Talk
Talk to your teacher and classmates to discuss ideas.

5- End
End each lesson or lecture by reviewing and summarising notes, identifying any problems that you might need to ask about.

6- Notes
Take down only essential points and listen for signal words or important concepts.

Monday, 21 April 2014

Beginner’s Guide To The History Of The Internet

Have you ever wondered who actually invented the internet? I don’t think I know anyone anymore who doesn’t use it (even my Mom does, and so does my Grandma, so the numbers of non-users are seriously dwindling), and most people don’t give a whole lot of thought to who thought up this awesome information superhighway (bet you haven’t heard that term in awhile!).

Well, to start with, it wasn’t Al Gore. The handy video below takes a look at the history of the web – albeit fairly short and sweet. Who should get the credit? Is it a British geek in an underground Swiss lab? Clever Americans trying to help information survive a nuclear war? French Scientists? A big group of scientists who together brought us unlimited amounts of Cats and Wikipedia and Porn and YouTube and Business and Science? Maybe. Take a gander at the video below (its about 6 minutes long, so it won’t take up your whole evening and completely thwart your productivity like many of the shiny things on the ~~procrastinator machine~~ internet. It is funny, too, for those of you who spent too much time being serious today. Enjoy!

The History Of The Web In 6 Minutes

A few highlights…

The internet: a whole bunch of connected computers
The world wide web: a way of making it easier to share information using all of those aforementioned interconnected computers
The internet as we know it today was at least 40 years in the making
The first ‘internet’ wasn’t about sharing information, but more about optimizing processor usage. Computers were linked together so that multiple items could be processed at one time, instead of one at a time
Then, scientists began attacking the task of how to make communications between interconnected computers easier, and lots of different networks popped up
Getting these different types of networks to be able to talk to one another was the next challenge, addressed by TCP IP, which labels packets of data and ensures that they get put back together at the end regardless of what route they take to get there
Networks really began talking to one another in 1975
E-mail was developed for Arpanet (basically, the progenitor of the internet we know now) around 1972
By 1976, most internet traffic was e-mail
A Brit named Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first web client server in 1990 using URL, HTML, and HTTP. His goal? To help ensure progress was being made among a large group of scientists at CERN who were trying to figure out what the universe is made from
Around 1995 was when the internet became readily usable for the masses
So what did Al Gore do? He pushed legislation that enabled more widespread use of the internet
You could reasonably say that ‘communication’ quite generally was the goal of the internet

Post Source : http://www.edudemic.com/history-of-the-internet/

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Innovative EdTech Programs Happening In Schools

By Katie Lepi

This year marked the third year of the $200,000 Follett Challenge, which encourages K-12 schools around the US to share their innovative programs that have been put in place to prepare our modern students for the demands of the 21st century.Recently, the 4 semifinalists plus the “People’s Choice” winners —were announced. We thought that their programs were pretty cool and worth sharing. The winners were based on the number of votes they received from the public.

The grand prize winner (who will be announced in May) will earn a $60,000 prize in Follett products and services, while the other three semifinalists will each earn $30,000 in products and services.

The Semifinalists

Elementary School Category

Albert P. Terhune Elementary School; Wayne Township Public Schools; Wayne, N.J.; video: “Augmented Reality Book Trailer Program”

Middle School Category

Memorial Middle School and Thomas Jefferson Middle School; Fair Lawn Public Schools; Fair Lawn, N.J.; video: “Dynamic Math Connections”

High School Category

Belleville West High School; Belleville Township High School District 201; Belleville, Ill.; video: “A Community of Readers”

Magnet/Parochial/K12 Category

Wayland Union Schools; Wayland, Mich.; video: “Media and Technology at Wayland Union Schools”

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