Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world. Games & Learning. Language Arts. Young, C.
A. & Bush, J. (2004). Teaching the English language arts with technology: A critical approach and pedagogical framework. 50 Must-Have Educational Apps. It’s time for holiday road trips and you know what that means: driving, flying, cranky kids, and… teaching opportunities!
What’s that, you say? Well, there is so much downtime during the holidays where kids and adults spend hours just passing the time… why not try out some new apps on your phone? Many of these apps were found by The Teaching Palette, be sure to check out their fantastic site for more helpful resources! From learning the ABCs to doodling, there’s plenty of terrific apps out there that will pass the time but also educate. If you have other apps you want added to this list, just add them in the comments.
*Most of the links below are to the iTunes store which will open another window and/or iTunes. Teacher Resume Tips. Whether you're a recent graduate pursuing your first full-time teaching job or a veteran educator, you can benefit from polishing your resume to attract the best job opportunities.
Make sure you display the following on your resume, and see our sample resume for a teacher: A Passion for Teaching "Showing passion for what you do is important in any field, but in education, this is doubly so," says Candace Davies, owner of A+ Resumes for Teachers. Davies has developed hundreds of resumes for K-12 and college educators. "Your resume needs to communicate your commitment to student success, teaching and learning,” she says. “It needs to show that you're in the classroom for the right reasons. " Kathycasey. Ipad Apps. iPads in education. IPAD information. Pearltrees videos. Does Windows 8 succeed as a true tablet operating system?
Among desktop users, Windows 8's user interface has been met with a lukewarm reception, inspiring a recurring refrain: "Why have they put a tablet interface on my desktop system?
" That Windows 8 is actually suitable for and effective on touch-driven tablets has been almost taken for granted. A successful entry into the tablet market demands a strong touch interface. The competition from the iPad is stiff, and the iPad's iOS has five years of user interface refinement under its belt. Has Microsoft really gotten it right with Windows 8 and touch? Kinda. Features - The Designer's Notebook: Difficulty Modes and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment. [In Ernest Adams' latest Gamasutra column, he digs into difficulty levels in games, interestingly suggesting that player-set difficulty can, in many cases, be preferable to dynamic difficulty settings.]
I just finished reading a book called Interactive Storytelling, by Andrew Glassner. While the first couple of hundred pages contain useful introductions to both storytelling and game design (for the novice, anyway), the book has some serious flaws and I can't really recommend it. But along the way, Glassner digresses into a variety of other subjects, and one of them is settable difficulty levels. He's against them. He thinks they ought to be banned. Z-Test for the Mean. Technology Timesavers for Teachers - myTeachersLounge. Teachers today are fortunate to have access to technological tools that make our jobs easier and minimize the paperwork involved in educating our students.
I didn’t grow up with computers like today’s students did, but I’m very much on board with becoming more tech savvy and, yes, even accepting help from my students when I have technical difficulties. SMART Boards Why are they so easy to use? Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world. iOSteacher. Blog. The iPads are finally set up and ready to go into the classrooms!
It happened to be our first graders who were the first ones to get their hands on them! A few days ago, I tested and reviewed a great new app: Book Creator. I felt it was a great opportunity for our first graders, who had just finished a unit on butterflies, to create a book about the different stages of a butterfly and their learning reflection as a culminating activity. Students wrote a story, as a class, about the different stages of the butterfly. We shared their words with our Art teacher who would be working with the students to create the illustrations for the book. The first time, I brought the iPads into the class, we spent time talking about the care and handle of the devices. When picking the iPad up from the teacher we reminding them to It was important to also introduce “iPad” vocabulary to our first graders, so we would all be able to use a common language when instructing or asking questions. Technology in Education.
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iPad App. The Best Free iPad Apps. The Wit of Steven Wright. iPads in Schools. Effects of Technology Integration. Google Docs Help. App Learning Tasks By Brad Wilson www.21innovate.com.