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0982. Nazzarett. 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers. Although YouTube has been blocked from many/most schools, for obvious reasons and not so obvious ones.

100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers

YouTube does provide great resources and content for teachers and students. View the list of the Top 100 Videos for Teachers. This list is provided by SmartTeaching.org, a leading online resource for current teachers, and aspiring education students and student teachers. YouTube's 100 Best Teacher Videos: History These videos can give your students a better insight into historical events. Science Make science more fun and interactive by using these videos in class. Language Get advice on improving your language class or use these videos as classroom supplements. Arts These videos provide great information on art and art education programs for you and your students. ARTSplash! Inspiration Everyone has a hard day sometimes, and you can remind yourself why you became a teacher by checking out these videos. Classroom Management How-Tos and Guides Technology Humor. Lesson plans and resources for your SMART Board - SMART Exchange.

About MakeBeliefComix.com and Apple Devices. Showcase of Student Work. Bloom's Apps - Technology for Teaching and Learning. iPads in the Classroom. Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Home Page. TeachThought - Learn better. Audience Response Systems. Geometry. Geometry is all about shapes and their properties.

Geometry

If you like playing with objects, or like drawing, then geometry is for you! Geometry can be divided into: Plane Geometry is about flat shapes like lines, circles and triangles ... shapes that can be drawn on a piece of paper Solid Geometry is about three dimensional objects like cubes, prisms, cylinders and spheres. Point, Line, Plane and Solid A Point has no dimensions, only position A Line is one-dimensional A Plane is two dimensional (2D) A Solid is three-dimensional (3D) Why? Why do we do Geometry? Plane Geometry Plane Geometry is all about shapes on a flat surface (like on an endless piece of paper). Perimeter General Drawing Tool Polygons A Polygon is a 2-dimensional shape made of straight lines.

Here are some more: The Circle Circle Theorems (Advanced Topic) Symbols There are many special symbols used in Geometry. Geometric Symbols Congruent and Similar Angles Types of Angles Transformations and Symmetry Transformations: Symmetry: Symmetry Artist. Flipped Learning Network / Homepage. Where Learning Happens. Technology Usage Policy. 10 + 1 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging. By Pernille Ripp Three years ago I started blogging with my 4th grade students on a whim.

10 + 1 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging

I knew three things at the start: I wanted to get them connected with each other; I wanted to give them a voice, and I knew I had to change the way they wrote. So I started blogging with them – fumbling my way through the how to and the when to. What I had no way of knowing was how blogging would change the way I taught, how blogging would give my students a way to speak to the world, and how blogs would make it possible for them to create lasting global connections with other children. Blogging has since become an integral part of my classroom. So when I meet with any teacher who wonders how to lower the walls of their classroom and create more authentic learning opportunities, my first advice is to get students blogging. If they’re interested, I share these steps. 10 + 1 Steps to Meaningful Student Blogging 1. You have to reflect on why it is you want to have students blog. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Education. “When are we ever going to use this?”

When I was a teacher, this was a question I heard almost daily. I would imagine that has not changed much since I left the classroom five years ago, particularly when it comes to math. Students are naturally inquisitive about what they are learning and why, as they should be. However, as teachers continually make a concerted effort to connect mathematics and common, everyday occurrences in students’ lives outside of the classroom, this question will go the way of the chalkboard. So, to answer a question with a question: What are students doing when not at school? Game-based learning Students don’t just play board games like they used to, instead they look to find those same “board” game in Web-based or app format to download to a phone, tablet, etc.

At the end of a long day, a tired first grade student lifts her chair, flips it over and lays the seat down on the top of her desk. (read more…) STEAM: A Framework for Teaching Across the Disciplines.