Digital Citizenship. Reading& writing about poetry. - Top 10 Sites for Creating a Chart or Graph. 10 Tech Skills Every Student Should Have. U.S. Department of Education Study Finds that Good Teaching can be Enhanced with New Technology. Providing further evidence of the tremendous opportunity to use technology to improve teaching and learning, the U.S.
Department of Education today released an analysis of controlled studies comparing online and face-to-face instruction. A systematic search of the research literature from 1996 through July 2008 identified over 1,000 empirical studies of online learning. Of these, 46 met the high bar for quality that was required for the studies to be included in the analysis. The meta analysis showed that “blended” instruction – combining elements of online and face-to-face instruction – had a larger advantage relative to purely face to face instruction or instruction conducted wholly online. The analysis also showed that the instruction conducted wholly on line was more effective in improving student achievement than the purely face to face instruction. - Apps for Common Core Math Standards, Grades 6-8. 11 Resources for Teaching & Learning Web Safety.
Over the last three plus years I've reviewed a lot of resources related to web safety.
Here are some of my favorite resources for teaching web safety. Welcome to the Web is a series of lessons for teaching young students how to navigate the Internet. There are seven lessons in the series although the first lesson is really just an introduction to the site. The other lessons in the series teach kids the basic vocabulary of the web, online safety, and search techniques. The series concludes with a challenge exercise in which students test their new knowledge and skills. Poetry resources. Writing. Project Gutenberg - free ebooks. Khan Academy. Msconley. TED talks.
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