Free Online OCR That Works

Free OCR

Higher Education and the Future

"How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education

Crowdsourcing at Duke University

Credentials: Western Governors University

Wikipedia: Credentialing


Questions:

• Does the Maine Department of Education recognize degrees from places such as Western Governors University?

• Should traditional colleges/universities have a monopoly on credentialing?

Learning Statistics

Gapminder

Video Instruction at Khan Academy
StatTrek: Teach Yourself Statistics
MITOpenCourseware: Introducation to Probability and Statistics
SOCR Statistics Online Computational Resources
OER: Collaborative Statistics
WikiBooks: Statistics
Open Learning Initiative: Statistics

More Cuts for Maine Schools?

Appropriations Committee Weighs More Cuts to Balance State Budget

Virtual Math Manipulatives

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

eNVLM

Math Manipulatives at CTME

Math Playground

Virtual Math Manipulatives at eMINTS eTHEMES

About the MLTI MacBook

Podcasts: What's On Your MLTI MacBook?

MacBook at LIM Resources

Earlier Post: PC to Mac Transition Resources

Featuring the Work of Gregory Landry

Mr. Landry's Online Math Learning Center at Deering High School

GeoGebra in Algebra 1

Maine OER Moodle: Using GeoGebra to Teach Algebra (Login as Guest)

More Information on GeoGebra (earlier post)

iTunes U Videocasts - GeoGebra: Do the Math with David Bowie

GeoGebra Manual Online

PDF Manual

Deering High Mathematics - GeoGebra Online

GeoGebra Forum

Geogebra eBooks

Did I mention that it is all free? Download GeoGebra

Evaluating Information Workshop at SAD37

Who(m) Do You Trust?

Open Educational Resources Workshop at MSAD 37

Link

Organizing, Manipulating and Sharing Images

MSAD 37 Workshop

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Google

starfall

Sharing Resources at Learning in Maine

MSAD 37 Workshop

Learn how to find and share resources at LIM

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Blasting Awaying with Blogs at MSAD 37

Workshop Link

MSAD 37

Complete 2-day Agenda



Photo Credit

Discipline and Freedom

“Discipline without freedom is tyranny; freedom without discipline is chaos.” ~ Cullen Hightower

Jim Moulton's Edutopia Blog Post: "It's Time to Get Serious about Creativity in the Classroom

Dewey, Discipline, and Democracy

Bertrand Russell: Education and Discipline

Buddhist View: Discipline vs. Freedom

Education Is an Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life

Discipline in the Montessori Classroom

Play

Play = Learning
The Playful Learning Wiki

Apple iWork Pages Tutorials

NeoOffice Tutorials

Featuring Herbert Kohl

(Not to be confused with the U.S. Senator)

An Open Letter to Arne Duncan on Rethinking Schools Online
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Misread My Book
An Interview with Herb Kohl
The Discipline of Hope: Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching
Wikipedia: Herbert Kohl

Community Schools and Declining Enrollments

Enrollments are decreasing in many Maine schools. In most areas, the community school is very important to the citizens living close to it. The Town of Harpswell is part of MSAD#75 and has two elementary schools, the West Harpswell School and Harpswell Islands School. Enrollments are down, which means something has to give in order to keep costs down. One of the buildings has been selected to close next year, and this has been a very controversial and emotional time for many living in this beautiful coastal town with a diverse population .

Signs along the road voice this concern and disappointment.

























Wikipedia: Harpswell, Maine

A Former Harpswell Controversy:

Cribstone Bridge Spans History and Culture
Wikipedia: The Bailey Island Bridge
Explore Maine: The Cribstone Bridge
Cribstone Bridge Undergoing Repairs

Photo Credit: Pam Kenney, Cribstone Educational Services

"Maine Laptop Expansion Moves Forward"

Article at Education Week's Digital Directions