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Professional Organizations. WebQuests, Are They Antiquated? Assessment. Teacher blogs. Allan's Blog. Powered by Traduttore When I received the invitation from the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, I decided to completely upgrade two seminar workshops. Dr Ian Green from the School of Education here at Adelaide and I have used Padagogy101 (introduction to iPad in HE) and Padagogy201 (more advanced use for L&T) to train over 600 faculty from universities in Australia. For Singapore, Ian wasn’t going to be with me and I was solo, as well I needed a better way to leave resources in place for people to revisit. It was a huge amount of work to meet the Singapore deadlines and involved quite a bit of lost sleep. With the action verbs. I have added 62 iPad apps to the wheel and put them where they could serve the pedagogy. When I first posted this blog entry I had the files and resources for the presentations in my Public folder of my dropbox.

Think outside the box and consider the possibilities! Jkylewood. Free Technology for Teachers. Kirsten Winkler | education.media.technology. Foreign language begins with T. Educational Technology Guy. Professional Development for Educators ~ November Learning. Interactive Portfolios - Presentation + Theory. Gooru | A Free Search Engine for Learning. Teacher, Parent and Other Educational Professional Resources | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Software Evaluation. PD. BenchPrep - Test Prep - Standardized Tests for LSAT, GRE, ACT, SAT, and AP Courses. Education | Open Access Articles | Digital Commons Network™ Teaching Statement, H Theixos 2015 University of Miami Teaching Statement, H Theixos H Theixos No abstract provided.

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Websites Of The Year. These “The Best…” lists highlight what I think are the best educational websites. This page provides a chronological list based on the date I posted them. Please note, though, that I continually update and revise them. The My Best Of page on this blog separates these posts by category (Social Studies, Science, etc.). All these sites can also be found on my website, along with thousands of other categorized links. You can also visit The Best Websites page on my website to see the growing number of student self-access versions that are available now. I also go back during the year to update each list with new sites I find that I think deserve to be on them. So far, I’ve compiled: The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007 The Best Web 2.0 Applications for ESL/EFL Learners — 2007 The Best Online Learning Games — 2007 The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2007 The Best Social Studies Websites — 2007 The Best Search Engines For ESL/EFL Learners — 2007 Best “Tweets” Of 2009.

Digital storytelling from soup to nuts. “Angie,” from Canada’s National Youth In Care Network. Storytelling can be used to showcase a cause & bring about change Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, change-makers, media organizations, journalists, educators, students. This is part of Creating Media, our ongoing series designed to help nonprofits and other organizations learn how to use and make media. Editor’s note: Digital storytelling is an amazing resource for change that’s too seldom used in the nonprofit sector.

This lengthy tutorial consists of four parts: 1. Finding your story2. By Denise Atchley Co-founder, Digital Storytelling Festival Digital storytelling can be used by nonprofits and cause organizations as a wonderful resource for social change. While many digital stories are personal narratives used for sharing with friends and family, others can be created to offer insight and knowledge about a cause, a topic or a memorable figure. Consider a cause you care about or a life-altering experience. Webinars. Teach on Livemocha. Welcome to the future, where language educators can reach every nook and cranny of the globe. The traditional one-size-fits-all textbook approach to learning a language is being quickly outpaced by an online world where interactive technology, fresh world-class content, and a multitude of ways to reach learners around the world makes a whole new way of teaching possible.

At Livemocha, we believe that providing opportunities for learners and instructors to share and connect is good for everyone. And so we’ve built a system in which teachers can expand their reach to the global stage. From tutoring individuals and teaching group lessons to creating instructional content or even using Livemocha in their own brick-and-mortar classrooms, teachers have the opportunity to bring their talents to learners worldwide. Learn more about the ways you can teach with Livemocha: