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80 Excellent Podcasts for Every Kind of Classroom
Podcasts offer a great way to learn and stay on top of just about any topic. In the classroom , students can listen to podcasts as a group and add their own comments and questions to the program. Make podcasts an integral part of your classroom experience with the help of this collection of podcasts. History, Politics & Current Events
Facebook for Education
Facebook (fb) was created for social networking and unfortunately is often known more for its negative connotations than it is for the good things that can come from it. There is also a huge debate over whether employers should be allowed to view the profiles of job applicants and current employees. I will not discuss the ethics of this discussion here, as this is about the good things facebook CAN be used for. As a future teacher, I see the potential uses for fb. It can help me increase my involvement as a member of the educational online community (defined below) as well as communicate with students and their parents. Educational Online Community Teaching is said to be a lonely job.
There are alternatives to Blackboard and Moodle: Instructure Canvas goes open source
Instructure , creator of the Canvas learning management system (LMS), took an incredibly bold step to disrupt the LMS market today when they open sourced the code for Canvas. In a market dominated by Blackboard and the companies it buys, it's sometimes hard to look elsewhere. However, many schools, students, and teachers end up using Blackboard because either that's what's installed or because everyone else is using it.Our Sumdog games website is designed to help you practice your numeracy skills - in an enjoyable way. All of Sumdog's games are free to use at home or in school. Each one covers over 100 mathematics topics, and most are multiplayer - letting you play with other students around the world. Sign up for a free student login
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So…. I use it, ish. Foursquare in my life has come and gone for the most part. I used it when it first launched and was mayor of everything!
More people are using foursquare (just not me) « SocialSelf.Ca
65 Terrific Social Media Infographics
As you know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge.
Grants and Funding
The Grants and Funding team assists educators throughout the school funding/grant process from start to submission. We can help to identify an appropriate grant opportunity, consult on an overall program design, work collaboratively with the local grant contact, and assist with writing and reviewing completed proposals prior to submission. We’re able to help districts secure: