Comp+Tech+Link

Hello Everyone, this is Michelle - I wasn't sure where to post the links we were adding for this week, so I'm posting mine here ... at least my first one. This site is the Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercise site - created to help trauma victims release the pain they store in their bodies, it can also be a wonderful release for students and teachers who have sat at a computer too long or had a hard day and whose bodies are tense!!! I figured every technology class should have its release ... I don't know about you, but I can get pretty tense sitting at the computer for too long.

There are podcasts, links, and videos you can follow embedded in the site - if you are going to attempt the exercises please use caution and attempt at your own risk. Just a disclaimer, yes this is my Uncle, and yes, he does use these exercises to help our traumatized soldiers (as well as people all over the world,) but I did not post this here politically. I simply find the exercises helpful in restoring the balance to my body after a hard day at the office, a full day at the computer, and many other more traumatic things I've gone through - and thought you might find them helpful as well:

[|http://traumaprevention.com]

Just in case someone besides me is scared of trying to utilize the technology of any SMART boards in their classroom! If so, this is the link to the SMART site in which they (trying to sell their technology!) get you excited about it. The site motivated me to try to begin understanding how to use the SMART board, so I thought it may motivate someone else as well....

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This is Emily Dunn So I found this GREAT new google thing that I absolutely love!

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Elizabeth Floyd I posted on my individual wiki page and here. This was really awesome because it involves students and technology within the classroom! http://teacher.scholastic.com/whiteboards/languagearts.htm?lnkid=TNav:SA:Interactive%20Whiteboard&ESP=SA/ib//acq/interactive_WB_tnav_SA///nav/txtl

Hi, this is Tara Valentine I am posting a link from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. It is a program for students to create their own story books by selecting characters and setting etc. Kids can actually print the books out after they create their stories. It's great for promoting literacy and to help children learn about parts of text. http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/

Hi, this is Laura Plocido I am a huge fan of Jeopardy and this week (2-14- 2-16) there will be a computer, built by IBM, named Watson competing along with two of the best contestants the show has ever had, one being the infamous Ken Jennings. To most this probably seems boring or mundane, but I watched a documentary on PBS (the NOVA series) about the computer and it is amazing what the creators had to go through to allow Watson to compete free of of the internet and to have the ability to understand the little puns, jokes, and word play that is associated with the popular game show. I suggest that anyone who has the chance to watch the show and documentary do so, for it is so very interesting. I know this has little to do with education, but I think it actually has a lot to do with the technology that is involved in understanding artificial intelligence and the differences between a machine and the human ability to decipher information. Much of what is discussed in November's book is sort of intertwined with an undertaking such as Watson. [|WATSON] - this link will take you to the website where it makes the case for spending millions of dollars and hours on a computer in order to compete on Jeopardy. I think students would also find this interesting, as this computer is doing remarkable things, much of which we take for granted as something a computer should just do. [|Washington Post article] ~ Laura Plocido

Hi everyone, Brenda here! Super late, but I wanted to share this awesome site: [|RSAanimate] I think we may have seen some of RSAnimate's work in this class, but its such a fantastic way to summarize information and get students thinking about different ideas. I have been a big fan for a while, because they are very prevalent in the design world. Enjoy browsing!