iPads in Education - Exploring the use of iPads and mobile devices in education. Educator's Essential iPad Toolkit. Lesson Ideas - iPad Resources - CampusGuides at Madison Metropolitan School District. A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change. This self-directed website is designed primarily for middle school students in both formal and informal educational contexts, including classrooms, camps, and after-school programs.
Educators can use this website: As a companion to climate change lesson plans. EPA has compiled a suite of hands-on, interactive lesson plans that complement and make use of the material on this website. The plans, aimed primarily at middle school students, work systematically and individually to reinforce students’ knowledge of climate change, as well as enhance skills across multiple disciplines. The lessons are correlated to national science standards. Top of page. Green Cup Challenge - Energy & Recycling Challenges for Schools. Green Schools Alliance. Eco-Schools USA. PLT Greenschools. Education Week Teacher Book Club.
The Educator's Best Friend. Learning Styles. The term “learning styles” refers to the concept that individuals differ in regard to what mode of instruction or study is most effective for them.
Proponents of learning-style assessment contend that optimal instruction requires diagnosing individuals' learning style and tailoring instruction accordingly. Assessments of learning style typically ask people to evaluate what sort of information presentation they prefer (e.g., words versus pictures versus speech) and/or what kind of mental activity they find most engaging or congenial (e.g., analysis versus listening), although assessment instruments are extremely diverse. The most common—but not the only—hypothesis about the instructional relevance of learning styles is the meshing hypothesis, according to which instruction is best provided in a format that matches the preferences of the learner (e.g., for a “visual learner,” emphasizing visual presentation of information). Curiosity as a Learning Outcome. Viewpoint Curiosity as a Learning Outcome Can we update our learning-assessment systems?
By W. Gardner Campbell12/28/11 When we speak of learning outcomes, we typically mean either skill mastery or successful recall of information. While techniques such as portfolio-based assessment and problem-based learning have attempted to go well beyond measuring mere recall, our education systems continue to use industrial-era strategies to increase access and cut costs. The French have a poignant term for the kind of learner such schooling tends to produce: the bon élève, which the great mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot once defined as "a student with good grades, no depth, and no vision.
" Our world is too complex, our problems too intricate, our opportunities too vast to settle for such narrow aspirations. What if we took another tack, specifying that students should not only remember information but also demonstrate increased curiosity? Lesson Planning Workshop. This month's topic Teaching Teachers Thanks to widely available technology, near-nationwide adoption of the Common Core State Standards and a push for more critical thinking and less rote learning in the classroom, the roles of teachers and students are changing.
Find out how in our special report.Explore Topic » View All Special Reports » Quote of the Day Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.Edwin Hubbel Chapin. 2.KSD_Standards. Free Teaching Resources.