The Galileo Innovation Approach. Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School. Sir Ken Robinson On Schools Killing Creativity. YouTube Launches Site Specifically for Teachers. Digital Tools Teaching Strategies YouTube.com/teachers Educators who’ve been wanting to use YouTube videos in class can now find an easy way in. Today, YouTube launched its own teacher’s channel: YouTube.com/Teachers, a guide to using videos in class. Teachers can follow tips that show everything from organizing videos to sparking lively discussions to help struggling students through videos. Teachers can also sign up to become part of the YouTube Teachers Community, a mailing list that allows them to share ideas and best practices.
The new teachers site is part one of two big initiatives on the part of YouTube geared towards educators. Until then, check out some of the new features on the teachers site, like this one, a rap video about the infamously dry subject of the Krebs cycle (that’s biochemistry, for those of us unfamiliar with the term). Related Explore: videos, YouTube, YouTube.com/teachers. Text Connections by PCI Education. Text Connections - The intervention course that gives reading a whole new meaning! TextConnections is a full-year course specifically designed for adolescents who have mastered basic phonics and decoding skills, but lack solid comprehension and critical-thinking skills.
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Comprehension Because comprehension is the end goal of reading, TextConnections focuses instruction on the cognitive and metacognitive strategies proven to help students become successful, independent readers and critical thinkers. Vocabulary Fluency Writing. Free Classroom Guides and Educational Downloads for 2011.
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Immerse.