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'Big Picture': Free teaching resources exploring issues around biology and medicine. 12 Things Kids Want from Their Teachers. Whether we are a teacher, parent, relative, boss, or community member, each of us has a chance to make a positive and impactful difference in a child’s life. But in order to do this, we must carefully consider this question: What matters most to our children? For 20 years I have been posing this question to my students. At the beginning of every school year, I would ask my students to give me advice on how to be their best teacher. I asked them to think about the times they felt most successful and to consider what the adults in their lives did to make this success possible. The classroom would become immediately silent as the students wrote intensely for longer than they had ever written before. Surprisingly, many of the responses were the same. Here is a list of the 12 Most Important things that came out of these amazing conversations: 1. Wish me good morning, and send me off with a “see ya tomorrow.” 2.

When you look at me, let me see happiness in your eyes. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Great Blooms Taxonomy Apps for Both Android and Web 2.0. Just a few days ago I posted a comprehensive list of educational iPad apps organized into awesome charts that teachers can print out and use separately. Today, however, I will be sharing with you another set of great charts covering Bloom's Taxonomy apps for both Android and Web 2.0. This work was done by Kathy from Shrock Guide. She has gathered all of the Bloomin'Apps projects in one place. Each of the images has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for Google, Android, and Web 2.0 applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Check out the snapshots below and click on ' see original ' if you want to access the clickable version of the image.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has also posted some other resources about Bloom's Taxonomy that might interest you as well. 1- Bloomin' Apps for Android See origial Here ( once there scroll down to see it ) 2- Bloomin' Apps for Web 2.0 See original Here ( once there scroll down to see it ) QuestGarden.com. Create timelines, share them on the web | Timetoast timelines. Andrewstanton-ted_poster_translated_v21.jpg (JPEG Image, 1193x1571 pixels) - Scaled (40%)

26 Tips for Teaching with Google Apps. This guide will teach you to be as tech-savvy as your students. It is meant to acquaint you with Google Apps’ major features and is loaded with best practices and lots of helpful, actionable tips to optimize your investment in Google Apps and improve your students’ learning experience. It’s appropriate for school IT admins, teachers, principals, and anyone else interested in learning more about Google Apps for education.

Start implementing these tips today! Gmail Using Gmail, you can easily send messages to students & parents. But you can also combine other Google Apps tools with Gmail to get more out of it. Tip #1 – Use Google Translate to convert emails to & from non-English speaking parents or between your students and international pen pals *Google Translate is not a tool for learning another language, but can help cut the language barrier between people who speak different languages. Calendar Docs Tip #4 – Takes notes at your next school meeting and share them with the other attendees. Giftedguru.com. Learn more - Learning Technologies: Information for Teachers. Login - Register at ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! 50 Of The Best Resources For iPads In Education. Science in Society. Learning Materials. A collection of simulations and virtual labs focusing on first-year college physics.

An interview with the award winning... see more A collection of simulations and virtual labs focusing on first-year college physics. An interview with the award winning author can be found in About us at Phet VideoPhET provides fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena for free. We believe that our research-based approach- incorporating findings from prior research and our own testing- enables students to make connections between real-life phenomena and the underlying science, deepening their understanding and appreciation of the physical world. To help students visually comprehend concepts, PhET simulations animate what is invisible to the eye through the use of graphics and intuitive controls such as click-and-drag manipulation, sliders and radio buttons.

Peer Review for material titled "PhET - Physics Education Technology at the University of Colorado" About this material: Links4Learning: Science. Educational-origami - home. Home - Board of Studies NSW.