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Jawbone’s UP Release

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I follow Fast Company and this is one of those things that is just so fabulous, I wished I had thought of it.  UP by Jawbone is a really revolutionary invention. You put on the wristband and then check in with your smartphone to check on: eating patterns, sleep cycles and exercise.  It costs $100 and will be available at Apple, Target, AT&T stores, and Best Buy.

Travis Bogard, Jawbone’s VP of product development sums it up perfectly, “Health isn’t about going to the gym three times a week. It’s about the thousands of little decisions that you make during the day. It’s about what you do in between those ‘healthy times.'”

Vintage PinUp Cothing Holiday Wish List 2011

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Looking around for some vintage pinup clothing I started to pull together some ideas for the upcoming holidays and then created this Wish List. I hope you enjoy turning the pages and exploring some fashionable ideas as much as I did creating this magazine.

 

eLearning Coach Training Video

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Nellie and I met at a local cafe to do this interview on what self-directed learning skills meant to her and how this training has impacted her thinking and teaching. With a simple background videos like these can impact others.

Steve Jobs Quote

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Watched a documentary on Steve Jobs and want to remember this:

“When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life. Have fun, save a little money. Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is everything around that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you.”  – Steve Jobs

Cloud Based Information Management Tool

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Now here’s a tool that any educator would be happy using. Diigo, is a cloud based personal information management tool that allows you to collect and access a variety of digital information. You install Diigo and then go about using the bookmarking, highlighting, and sticky notes. Capture, annotate, and share your notes all inside a cloud.

You can access your information on the go. Try the free plan first and also check out the Educator’s upgrades.

Training the Hybrid Educator

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Next Wednesday, November 2, 2pm [EST] Education Week is hosting a free webinar called: Training the Hybrid Educator. Katie Ash is moderating the webinar. I heard her speak last Spring and she’s fabulous, smart and I’m sure will provide great questions for the guest speakers. Register here.

Other details.

Hybrid learning, which blends face-to-face teaching techniques with online instructional aspects, is a rapidly growing sector of K-12 education. Although each hybrid, or blended, program varies on the spectrum of face-to-face vs. online elements, it is always important to properly train hybrid educators to meet student needs effectively. This chat will address what kinds of professional development are available to hybrid educators, as well as the key factors they need to know to be successful in the classroom. Our guests will share their experiences as hybrid and virtual instructors and talk about the role that hybrid education is playing in K-12 today.

Guests:
Erik Toman, middle school teacher, Chicago Virtual Charter School
Tracy Sheehan, manager of instructional development, Virtual High School Global Consortium
Katie Ash, staff writer, Education Week and Education Week Digital Directions, will moderate this chat.