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The Word According to TEDEd

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Image by Krossbow. Retrieved from Flickr. Used under Creative Commons’ licencing.

Just for fun, CMLE features a series by TEDEd called, Mysteries of Vernacular.  This original educator’s series, consists of more than 20 video lessons pertaining to popular words such as x-ray, fizzle, gorgeous, etc.  The origin of a word’s history, evolution, and application is tracked through a short, professionally animated, video.

Who is TEDEd?

“TED-Ed’s commitment is to creating lessons worth sharing as an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas…” Click here to read more.

Tip: Consider using these videos in a flipped classroom lesson.

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Justin Beiber’s Cat In the Hat

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Engage elementary students in your library with this resource-presenting a classic story in a contemporary format. The 19-year old Canadian pop musician, actor, and singer-songwriter, Justin Beiber posted a YouTube video reading the popular 1957 Dr. Suess book, The Cat in the Hat (8:28 Minutes).

Tip: Consider sharing this link with your teachers to recognize Children’s Day/Book Day! It would make an easy and flexible story time tool.

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Superhero 2012 Conference – Registration Information

Flipped Education invites you to the second annual Superhero Tech Camp at Madden’s Resort in Brainerd, MN October 19-20, 2012.

Superhero is geared for innovators and leaders in educational technologies and was created to move beyond how-to and focus on authentic application and integration.  Superhero is different by design.  The sessions are longer, faster paced and are more collaborative with a high value given to the informal networking and learning that happens outside of the conference rooms.

Flipped Education is proud to announce Ramsey Musallam, one of the leaders in implementing Flip Teaching into his classroom, will be our keynote speaker and lead workshops at Superhero 2012. Ramsey speaks on best practices of Flip Teaching and cycles of learning using video as an instructional device.

Ramsey teaches AP Chemistry in San Francisco, regularly works with YouTube EDU to develop educational content and leads workshops in their teacher’s studio. Ramsey recently presented at ISTE on how to become a flip teaching Jedi and is the new co-host of the the Infinite Thinking Machine.

Superhero Details
Superhero 2012
Date: October 19-21, 2012
Location: Madden’s Resort, Brainerd, MN
Cost: $250 (plus the cost of rooms)
To find out more and to register visit the Superhero Website

Registration includes…

  • 2 Hands-on sessions Friday + lunch
  • 2 Hands-on sessions Saturday + lunch
  • Networking Events
  • Superhero Surprises throughout the weekend

Learn from…Google Certified Teachers, Google Apps for Education Certified Teachers, Apple Distinguished Educators, YouTube Star Teachers, Midwest Superhero Teachers

If you’re interested in attending this conference, but need some financial assistance, consider applying for a CMLE scholarship!

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YouTube’s Copyright Workshop & Center

Struggling to explain copyright to your students, staff or faculty? You might try guiding them towards a host of resources on copyright available through YouTube. YouTube’s Copyright Workshop provides a great deal of information on copyright as it is used and applied on YouTube. If the patron’s need is more general, and not specific to YouTube, try directing them towards YouTube’s Copyright Center which is broader in focus and explains the basics of copyright.

Image: Copyright graffiti by opensourceway http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5537457973/

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An Overhaul of YouTube?

Sources “in the know” report that Google is planning a major overhaul of YouTube. Apparently to compete with companies like Hulu and Netflix, as well as cable and network television, Google hopes that an offering of “channels” and live streaming of original “professionally produced programming” will entice viewers to stay on the site for longer periods of time. They hope that people will “watch YouTube” just like they “watch TV”. These changes are expected to occur over an extended period of time, with the first steps starting before the end of the year. Read more here.