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EdWebet60 - Reading. Tech Tips / TCI Tech Tips- iPod, iPad, & iPhone Apps to support students with autism. Families and Adults/Resource Library. TeachingStudentswithAutismSpectrumDisorders.pdf. ColAR Mix - 3D Coloring App. Classroom Catalysts: Inventive Teachers Ignite Self-Guided Learning. You've heard the old chestnut: "Those who can, do.

Classroom Catalysts: Inventive Teachers Ignite Self-Guided Learning

Those who can't, teach. " It's catchy, but like so many popular notions about teaching and learning, it's wrong. The best teachers are also doers, and they help their students become doers, too. Most teachers bring a wealth of practical experience with them to the classroom, serving as role models of what can be achieved and mentoring students through the steps to success. Like a wise parent or a supportive boss, a versatile teacher who is both mentor and role model can inspire, coach, and motivate the next generation. Everything Is Interesting. Slim Goodbody : Kids Health Tour, School Assemblies, Educational Supplements & Teacher Resources. Game-based blended learning & classroom response system. Tabletop Moviemaking. A Problem-Solving Game For Teachers and Administrators.

iStock By Gayle Allen Earlier, I wrote about four activities teachers and school leaders can use to jump-start creative problem-solving in teams.

A Problem-Solving Game For Teachers and Administrators

Given the increased pressure on educators to innovate, the goals for each activity were to build or deepen skills associated with that work. Readers expressed particular interest in one of these activities, so I wanted to do a deep dive and provide additional information. This activity grew out of my work with teachers and school leaders to identify effective solutions to school problems. Game Objective. Five Great 'Teacher Tips' Sites on the Web. Education World introduces you to a few of the best "teacher tips" sites on the Web.

Five Great 'Teacher Tips' Sites on the Web

In these sites you'll find hundreds of practical tips -- tried and tested tips from teachers willing to share. So sit back, get ready for a sampling of tips from these sites. (But remember, this sampling is just the "tip" of the iceberg.) Then explore the sites in more depth and find tips to motivate your students, organize your classroom, and much, much more! Nothing is more conducive to a peaceful and productive year for you and your students than successful classroom management. No one knows more about successful classroom management than teachers who struggle with it on a daily basis. Games in Education: Gamification - Games in Education: Gamification - OpenLearning.

GiverCraft - Home. Code.org. Differentiated Instruction Resources. Resources. Is not available. Www.pps.k12.or.us/depts/tag/instruction/diff_intro.pdf. Technology for Tiny Fingers.pdf. Elaine Roberts, Ph.D. Store.scholastic.com/content/stores/media/products/samples/21/9780545087421.pdf. Student Fishbowl. Student Fishbowl This activity requires 60-90 minutes.

Student Fishbowl

Purpose: Fishbowl activities force participants to listen actively to the experiences and perspectives of a specific group of people. A student fishbowl gives pre-service and in-service educators an opportunity to hear the experiences, ideas, and feedback of current students while giving the students an opportunity to be active in the dialogue on educational equity. Preparation: The only major resources needed for this activity are current K-12 students. Web.cn.edu/tedu/New Website Docs/DifferentiatedInstructionStrategiesKit.pdf. 8 Lessons Learned on Differentiating Instruction. My differentiation journey began in 2004 when my principal asked me to attend a weeklong summer conference on differentiated instruction.

8 Lessons Learned on Differentiating Instruction

I was eager to please my principal so I quickly accepted her offer. I was also extremely curious about how I, one person, could possibly address the individual needs of 100 students. By the end of the conference, I was totally overwhelmed with information: flexible grouping, assessment, inventories, tiered lessons, Carol Ann Tomlinson. My real work, though, didn't begin until after the conference, when I was expected to start using the training I'd received. StrategiesThatDifferentiateInstruction4.12.pdf. Www.edugains.ca/resourcesDI/Brochures/DIBrochureOct08.pdf. Differentiating_Strategies.pdf.

DelawareSuccess.pdf. Diff_intro.pdf. Differentiated Teaching and Learning Support. A current major priority and buzz word in education is differentiated instruction.

Differentiated Teaching and Learning Support

Ongoing scientific research on learning demonstrates that students achieve at higher levels when teachers and students have daily access to these elements of differentiated instruction: Quick and easy access to a wide variety of relevant learning resources for both historic and current topics that students can read, view, and understand (lexiles) Learning assignment formats that focus on topics/issues that are relevant to students' lives and interests Tools that help student organize, analyze, and synthesize information quickly for problem solving and critical thinking A variety of models, strategies, and assessments that students can use to demonstrate what they have learned to a variety of audiences Differentiated instruction is not new.

The best example of its effective utilization in traditional education is tutoring. Unfortunately, this is not replicable in classroom teaching. PBL Recipe Cards - LifePractice PBL. Www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/DIFFK5-excerpt.pdf. 10 Examples & Non-Examples Of Differentiated Instruction - What Is Differentiated Instruction?

10 Examples & Non-Examples Of Differentiated Instruction -

By Christina Yu, Knewton.com Differentiated instruction, the tailoring of educational experiences to meet individual learner needs, is nothing new. Hardworking teachers have always recognized the diverse needs of students and adjusted their instruction to account for them. Differentiated_Classroom.pdf. Personalized Learning Experiences. Free Family Websites, Create a Family Website, Share Family Photos, Free Family Sites. Create a photo book.

We’re going to show you how to create a Shutterfly photo book.

Create a photo book

It’s fun, easy, and can be completed in just a few steps. To begin, sign in to your Shutterfly account. (If you don’t already have one, click “Sign up” at the top of the page.) Click the “Store” tab and select the “Photo Books” link in the middle of the page. Get started by choosing a book size. Shop by book size. LessonplanTemplate.pdf. 3_SCI_Minibeasts.pdf. Win Shutterfly Photo Books for the Whole Classroom. Add photos, text, Doodles and more to your photo book.

Win Shutterfly Photo Books for the Whole Classroom

A digital version of the book can easily be shared, so parents can see students’ progress from home. High-quality printed photo books are an affordable way to remember a class project.

Having a School Backyard Orchard

Fruit Tree Program. TreePeople has a long history of connecting communities with trees.

Fruit Tree Program

In 1984, distributing fruit trees to low-income communities in Los Angeles became an important part of this mission. Since then, we've distributed tens of thousands of fruit trees to be planted in back yards as well as in public orchards on school campuses and community gardens throughout L.A. County. Why Fruit Trees? Fruit is an essential part of a healthy diet, but for residents of low-income neighborhoods, fresh produce is often difficult to access and can be prohibitively expensive.

How Does The Program Work? Generous donations from TreePeople sponsors make the purchase and distribution of these trees possible. Welcome to Makespace. Classroom/3to5/personal/growing/empathy.pdf. Engaging Students, Transforming Schools. Inventive Games That Teach Kids About Empathy and Social Skills. By Tanner Higgin, Graphite Play is nothing if not social. Games organize play, allowing us to wrangle and experiment with the world. When we play games, more often than not, it’s us under the microscope.

Video games, however, have been a bit of an aberration in the history of play and games. Teaching empathy: Evidence-based tips. Teaching empathy: Evidence-based tips for fostering empathy in children © 2009 - 2014 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved Teaching empathy? This might sound strange if you think of empathy as a talent--something we either have or lack. But research also suggests that empathy is a complex phenomenon involving several component skills: A sense of self-awareness and the ability to distinguish one's own feelings from the feelings of others.

Start Empathy. Benefits_of_PBE-PEEC_2008_web.pdf. Our Curriculum Matters, VT, Title Here. Citizen Science. What is citizen science? Science is our most reliable system of gaining new knowledge and citizen science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. Typically, public involvement is in data collection, analysis, or reporting.

The fields that citizen science advances are diverse: ecology, astronomy, medicine, computer science, statistics, psychology, genetics, engineering and many more. The massive collaborations that can occur through citizen science allow investigations at continental and global scales and across decades--leading to discovery that a single scientist could never achieve on their own.

Citizen Science Blog - Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "I have 144 sixth grade students who FeederWatch. They are thrilled that scientists really use their data! " Bob Welch, 6-th grade teacherGreenville, Ohio. Citizen Science Alliance. The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. IOP_QDesignPack_SystemsThinking_1.0.pdf.

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Emerging Technologies

5 Ways to Use Integrated Google Drive Apps for Group Projects. Google Drive empowers teachers as they use Google Docs to provide real time feedback. It also helps students engage in discourse via Google Moderator, and provides project participants a platform for brainstorming remotely on Google Hangouts.

But Google Drive’s power doesn’t lie solely in its own features. In fact, it is Drive’s integration with third party apps that really empower student collaboration. Family_school_community_partnerships.pdf. Learn. Tips & Hints. Curriculum. Elementary School. Four Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Programming. In the past few years programming has become very popular — moving out from the narrow domain of the “geek” to the broader world, including the K-12 education space.

Earlier this year, President Obama asserted and endorsed that requiring computer programming education in schools made sense. PYP for Schools. How is the Primary Years Programme different from other elementary school. DevTech Research Group at Tufts University. Great Links - Practical Autism Resources. Nasguide.pdf. S Resources on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger's. Learn with Homer.

Teacher Forums

Fundamentals_of_Blended_Learning.pdf. Walker_rubric_2012.pdf. Paper.li – Be a publisher. Remind101 is now Remind. Music Together. 25 Teaching Tools To Organize, Innovate, & Manage Your Classroom. 25 Teaching Tools For The Digital Classroom: Tools To Organize, Innovate, & Manage What You Do by Mike Acedo Over the years, many of us have personally experienced the growth of technology in today’s classrooms.

EdWebet51 - RU Ready 2 Trust'em? Assessment to find out what everybody in class knows. Decide where you are going to take the lesson? Do they understand this well enough to move on? Introducing hinge questions. What happens when you use hinge questions to check student understanding? Www.aft.org/pdfs/teachers/teach11materials/t11_providingh3.pdf.

Assessment Platforms

Stoodle. Blubbr - Play & create video trivia games. Welcome to Flubaroo. K-12 Resources. Digital Portfolios. Math Benchmark Tracking. Best free sites for learning how to write code. Computer Lessons 1st to 8th Grade. Education Place® Record and share video live from your mobile phone.

Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Games. Art Projects for Core Curriculum. Middleschool.net - Ultimate Middle School, Home School and Lesson Plan Resource. Home keys and the home row - lesson one. Technology - Tech Literacy K-2. English/Language Arts Common Core. Excel Help. Autism Apps.