21st century teaching. Sessions. 100 Teaching Tools You Should Know About. 5 Ways To Be A Better Public Speaker 7.15K Views 0 Likes If you've been asked to speak at a conference or host a seminar, you may be shaking in your boots. Not only is the thought of speaking in public nerve-wracking, but being in charge of a seminar that no one wants to at... Edudemic Is Giving Away 30 Free Citelighter Pro Accounts! Clearinghouse. E-Newsletter SignUp Show all resources.
Symbaloo, a tool for differentiated instruction. The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators. Design Your Digital Classroom. 7 Good Screen Capture Tools for Teachers. Free Apps to Create Digital Portfolios for Students and Teachers. Have you or your students ever considered creating digital portfolios on the go?
Well now with the new mobile technology everything is possbile. There are a variety of apps that can help you create and organize portfolios and sketchbooks and some don't cost you even a penny. Apps in Education has compiled an awesome list of such apps though they are not 100% perfect but they can help you alot. Collecting student work using Dropbox. Most of us have heard of DropBox, the great service that gives you 2 GB of free storage space in the “cloud.”
If you do not already have a DropBox account, you can easily sign up for one HERE. Did you also know that DropBox can be a great way to collect students’ digital work? This post will focus on 3 great tools that will make collecting student work a breeze. All three of these services are free (as of this writing) and all are dead simple to use. Ever wish you could easily receive big files from anyone? Ever wish you could email files to your Dropbox? Free File Conversions.
10 ways to eliminate the distractions around YouTube videos. Posted by admin | Posted in Character Education, Middle/High School, Primary Elementary, Secondary Elementary, Teacher Resources, video | Posted on 13-06-2012 Tags: classroom, clea.nr, clean video search, distractions, dragontape, education, kick youtube, learning, movavi, safeshare tv, saveyoutube, videos, viewpure, youtube, youtube for schools, youtubexl, zamzar What it is: YouTube is a truly wonderful learning resource.
What isn’t so great: all of the garbage that can come along with it (i.e. advertising, comments, related videos…in short-distractions). Luckily, schools have some great options for using YouTube differently. Cyberman Tech Pages. 10 Things You Can Do To Make Yourself an Ed Tech Star This Summer. As I watch Twitter at this time of year I see a mix of sadness, relief, and excitement that the school year is ending for many teachers.
The summer is a great time to tackle some of that personal learning that got pushed to the back burner during the school year. If one of your goals for the summer is to improve your knowledge and skills in educational technology, here are ten things that you can do to work toward that goal. 5 Ways Apps Fit Into Curriculum and Learning Strategies. As the recently released "2012 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition" suggests, mobile devices and apps will become mainstream in a year or less.
But apps aren't all about playing games. Converge asked three instructional technology coordinators and teachers to share how they're using apps to help students achieve learning goals. 1. Meeting state standards With the Common Core State Standards making their way into most U.S. states, educators are lining up their instruction with the standards their students are supposed to meet. Ladue School District in Missouri chooses apps that support learning and introduce new concepts, said Carol Kliesen, elementary instructional technology coordinator. Flipped Classroom. The Foundations of Flipping.
Best Practices for Teaching Today "Kids don't show up to learn new stuff.
They show up to apply the things they've learned at home. " Aaron Sams As a new teacher, I often seek advice from other mentors. Because of the strong mentors I've been fortunate to have, I feel like I've grown so much over the past few years. Research indicates that students learn best by doing (the higher levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating). Become the Guide on the Side - not the Sage on the Stage. Some help to get you started flipping your classroom #flipclass #edchat #mathchat « techieMusings. After Valerie Strauss’ article in The Washington Post featuring my class: “The Flip: Turning a classroom upside down”, I got a lot of positive tweets, emails, facebook messages, etc!
And I also got quite a few questions from interested teachers who weren’t quite sure where to begin… I wanted to share a bit of an email exchange with a fellow AP Calculus teacher (her blog has some really nice reflections) because her questions were spot-on and I thought our exchange might be helpful to others. Her questions are in red and my response in blue: Flipped learning: A response to five common criticisms.
One of the reasons this debate exists is because there is no true definition of what “flipped learning” is.
Over the past few years, the Flipped Learning method has created quite a stir. Some argue that this teaching method will completely transform education, while others say it is simply an opportunity for boring lectures to be viewed in new locations. While the debate goes on, the concept of Flipped Learning is not entirely new. Dr. UDL and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture. In response to all of the attention given to the flipped classroom, I proposed The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture and The Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture for Higher Education in which the viewing of videos (often discussed on the primary focus of the flipped classroom) becomes a part of a larger cycle of learning based on an experiential cycle of learning.
Universal Design for Learning has also been in the news lately as a new report Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Initiatives on the Move was released by the National Center on UDL, May, 2012. Why Flipped Classrooms Are Here to Stay. Published Online: June 12, 2012 First Person By Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.
Podcasts - Flipped Learning Network Podcast by Unknown. Flipped Classroom Model. Blended Learning. Wordle - educational uses. 7 Tips For Using Social Media in Your Classroom. Cyberman Blended Learning. Classifying K-12 blended learning. Web 2.0 Resources. 10 Great Tools for Tech Savvy Teachers.
Technology to Promote Thinking. 19Pencils - Quick and Easy Tools for Learning. Quizzes, Games, Websites and More! 8 Great Sites for Reluctant Writers. 8 Great Sites for Reluctant Writers 1. Storyjumper Storyjumper allows you to create online books using a plethora of characters, scenes, and props. Failure 101. Today I heard the story of golf player and how he completely came apart in the final hole of the 1999 British Open. He went from having a 3 stroke lead going into the 18th hole to losing the championship because it took him 7 shots to get the ball in the hole. Free Tech 4 Teachers. Storify · Create engaging social stories. Storify your English classroom. Google docs. Google Drive and Docs for Teachers 2012.
Google Apps Training. Making the Most of Google Docs: Tips & Lesson Ideas. Since attending the Google Teacher Academy in April, I have been trying to learn as. Working eLearning A-Z List. Online Education Technology for Teachers and Students. Cyberman's Google Docs page. Five handy Google Docs tools you’re not using.