Via RSSheasulli’s daily diigo bookmarks 04/29/2008
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A Google Prototype for a Precision Image Search - New York Times
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Google researchers say they have a software technology intended to do for digital images on the Web what the company’s original PageRank software did for searches of Web pages.
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VisualRank, an algorithm for blending image-recognition software methods with techniques for weighting and ranking images that look most similar.
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When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web - washingtonpost.com
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But the crudeness of some Facebook or MySpace teacher profiles, which are far, far away from sanitized Web sites ending in “.edu,” prompts questions emblematic of our times: Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don’t see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for public officials?
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Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices - New York Times
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That idea may be wrong, if researchers at Ohio State University are correct. An experiment by the researchers suggests that it might be better to let the apples, oranges and locomotives stay in the real world and, in the classroom, to focus on abstract equations, in this case 40 (t + 1) = 400 - 50t, where t is the travel time in hours of the second train. (The answer is below.)
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“Crab? Does anyone have any crab?”
The following post is from one of our new STAR members, Stacy Kasse
That was the question of the night posed by Captain Sig Hansen, one of the captains of the popular Discovery Network show, “Deadliest Catch” Tuesday night at the Sampson Street Oyster House.
CAPTAIN Andy Hillstrand
The captains mixed and mingled with guests from Comcast, Discovery Network and this lucky educator from Medford, NJ…ME! The captains signed autographs, answered questions, and were very congenial with the many fans who were asking for autographs and photos.
The drinks and food were wonderful! Tons of crab and shrimp and appetizers passed around all night long. For an educator who is thrilled to get just twenty minutes for lunch some days, this was true STAR treatment.
Goodie boxes
Each guest also received a good box filled with gifts: a boxed DVD set of season 3, a t-shirt, and a book about the Deadliest Catch.
Thanks so much for selecting me to go to this great event!
-Stacy Kasse
CAPTAIN Hillstrand
The Illustrious Scott Kinney
Constructivist Consortium Reading List
The Constructivist Consortium was formed in 2007 by leading educational technology publishers, and is committed to student empowerment, creative applications of computers, and the availability of high-quality open-ended materials.
Gary Stager, Executive Director of the Consortium, has put together a recommended reading list. Check out his picks at:
International Student Media Festival
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The International Student Media Festival celebrates outstanding classroom media projects. Students and teachers from kindergarten through college are honored in a three-day event that includes workshops, screenings of winning entries, and an awards ceremony. This festival has now grown to be one of the oldest and largest events of its kind. Sponsored by the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT), the ISMF has been recognizing great student work since 1974. Since so many of you have been creating fantastic student projects, I thought I should give you a little nudge toward taking the plunge and submitting your students’ work! To find out more about the Awards and Festival, visit: Entries will be accepted from March 1, 2008 to May 15, 2008. For more information on how to enter, visit: |
A Dynamite DEN Drive-In!
post copied from Matt Monjan’s BlogJoin us on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 6:00pm EST for the first ever Mid-Atlantic DEN STAR Drive-in.
What will the drive in feature be you ask? The DEN of course!
We’ll have our DEN Stars take you behind the scenes and explain why they joined and discuss what they feel are the most important reasons for joining. We’ll also explore the DEN website, walk through the Star application process, and, of course, give out prizes!
Now what would a good Drive-in be without Popcorn? Well you’ll get that too - but to do so you’ll need to go to and fill out the registration form by Wednesday, April 24, 2008 - so that I can send it to you!
This session will be delivered over Webex in a Webinar format. To join the Webinar on April 28, 2008 at 6pm please do the following:
1. Go to https://discoveryed.webex.com/discoveryed/j.php?ED=96399582&UID=0
2. Enter your name and email address.
(This meeting does not require a password.)
3. Click “Join Now”.
4. Then call 866-469-3239
5. Dial in the meeting number 559 413 441 and press the # sign
6. Then press the number 3 and the # sign
And of course - there will be prizes:
The first 5 people (Stars to-be) to fill out their applications and record an event (become a Star) will receive a DEN baseball cap.
And the first DEN Star to recruit 5 or more new stars (they have to complete the entire application including recording an event) will receive a Planet Earth DVD Box set.
So don’t delay fill visit and fill out the registration form today!
