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Online Diagram Software and Flow Chart Software - Gliffy. Guide to Student-to-Student Teaching With Online Video. You may already be using video to support your lessons, but have you considered encouraging your students to create them?

Guide to Student-to-Student Teaching With Online Video

Student-to-student videos enhance student understanding of a subject as well as student creativity and critical thinking skills. In a recent KQED MindShift article, Katrina Schwartz lauds peer-created videos for their ability to reach struggling students in ways that you as a teacher cannot. No longer are videos a distraction or a tool used only by teachers; videos can create a richer learning experience. As teachers, we often adopt the “sage on the stage” attitude, in which we project knowledge onto our students. After all, we’re older than they are, we’ve been teaching for years, so it should follow that we know more than they do.

Free STEM Resources. Girl Power: 10 female superheroes who deserve their own movie. Admittedly, comic-books don't have the greatest track record when it comes to representations of female characters, with even the fiercest and most powerful of superheroines depicted as busty, scantily-clad sexpots blessed with the proportions of a Victoria's Secret model.

Girl Power: 10 female superheroes who deserve their own movie

Given the predominantly-male fanbase of the medium, there are also very few female crime-fighters who boast the kind of name value that would make them an obvious fit for a standalone movie - though it bears pointing out that not even Wonder Woman, arguably the most famous of all female superheroes, has become the subject of a feature film despite numerous aborted attempts.

Instead the Amazonian warrior princess has been relegated to the small-screen, where budgets are smaller and production values inevitably chintzier. So what will it take to get a solo female superhero movie greenlit in this town that isn't either unbearably cheesy ("Supergirl") or just plain bad ("Elektra")? Online Diagram Software and Flow Chart Software - Gliffy. Cornerstone Community Outreach - Helping the Homeless in Chicago. Educurious. Global Community. Twenty Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning. In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, we're producing a series of Top 20 lists, from the practical to the sublime. 20 Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning 1.

Twenty Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning

Use Social Media One of the best ways to document collaboration and engage students with technology is use social media platforms like Edmodo. Students can use it to share ideas, you as the teacher can use it to formatively assess where students are in terms of products and content knowledge, and it is a great way to have real evidence of collaboration. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. CASES Online: Creating Active Student Engagement in the Sciences. CASES Online is a collection of investigative lessons, or "cases," for K-12 and undergraduate science education.

CASES Online: Creating Active Student Engagement in the Sciences

Using principles of Problem-Based Learning and Investigative Case-Based Learning (and related student-centered pedagogies), our cases are designed to engage students in exploring the science behind real-world problems. Our cases address a variety of learning objectives across the sciences and mathematics. Although our K-12 cases were designed for use in Georgia and meet our state education standards, we have also included the relevant National Science Education Standards.

CASES Online is designed to be used by K-12 and undergraduate science educators. By searching our collection, educators can find cases appropriate to their grade levels, subjects, and topics of interest. Database/Interface/Application Design and Development by: Lee Clontz, Lead Multimedia Developer, Academic and Administrative Information Technology.

CASES Online: Creating Active Student Engagement in the Sciences. High Tech High - Project Based Learning. Seven Successful PBL Projects In March 2005 High Tech High received a $250,000 grant from the California Department of Education to disseminate project-based learning methods to teachers in non-charter public schools.

High Tech High - Project Based Learning

As part of the project, High Tech High teachers have documented successful projects to share with collaborating teachers from local districts and across the HTH network. The current volume presents the fruits of these labors. The aim is simple: to offer practitioners useful, easily adaptable models of real projects. Read more... This New House How does human habitation affect the environment? Learn more » Millionaire How can an idea be transformed into a product that could make us millions? Learn more » San Diego Field Guide.

Ideas for PBL. A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning At TeachThought, we’re huge fans of project-based learning.

Ideas for PBL

While there is no magic bullet of practice, program, or framework that automatically produces progressive and effective learning, what makes project-based learning exceptional is its flexibility. Free Online Course Materials. Aprende a codificar. Transforming Thinkers Into Creators. Girl Develop It.

ALISON: Free Online Courses. Your Brain Map: 84 Strategies for Accelerated Learning. Learning resources. Advice and resources on the subject of critical thinking.

Learning resources

Why is being critical important? It affects your academic success: if you wish to achieve higher grades, being able to take an informed and analytical approach to your studies is very important. Simply memorising and explaining concepts and ideas will not be sufficient for a strong pass at masters level. You need to be able to demonstrate knowledge of your subject and give your opinion(s) supported by evidence that you have judged to be appropriate. It affects your employability: one of the main reasons students undertake postgraduate study is to improve their employment prospects. What do we mean by ‘critical’? Being ‘critical’ does not mean just being negative, or pointing out what is wrong about something. You can find out more about the framework at : SCQF level descriptors (PDF) Taking a critical approach in your studies and professional development can include behaviours such as: Critical thinking ‘stairway’ Further reading.

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000) The Basics of Nonviolent Communication with Marshall Rosenberg, Phd, is a recorded presentation of a 1-day workshop held in San Francisco, CA in April 2000.

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)

"The purpose of Nonviolent Communication is to help you learn what you already know how to do... but forget ... because we've been educated to forget. " In this video, Marshall Rosenberg shares a philosophy that challenges the current paradigm of war that contributes to violence in relationships, society, and to our planet. "Even though we could be playing the game, 'Make Life Wonderful,' we have been educated to play another game: 'Who's Right? '" Marshall presents ways of interacting with each other in authentic, effective, and powerful ways so that the way we interact in our most personal relationships is aligned with our values for the change we want to see in the world.

[watch video below] Learn. iKnow! - Learn faster and remember longer - iKnow! - iKnow! Free Online Courses From Top Universities. Open Learning Initiative. Coursera. How to Empower Students to Create Change. It is a great misconception to assume that social change can only be implemented by those who have already reached adulthood.

How to Empower Students to Create Change

In fact, many young people are transforming their world in ways that put adults to shame. As an educator, you can be the catalyst to help our youth continue to change the world for the better. Examples of Social Change Abound Image via Flickr by upsuportsmouth A recent Edutopia blog post highlights kids who are challenging social convention, raising money for people whom they have never encountered, and speaking out about atrocities that they may never experience. The Edutopia post offers several inspiring examples, one of which is that of Rhode Island high school student Grace Miner, who formed Real Girls Matter to discuss how the media negatively portrays girls.

It’s not just older students who are making a difference. Clearly, students are capable of social change. Offer Them a Choice and a Voice. Awesome Tools & Apps for Student Projects. Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning.