Blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/blogging-unit.pdf. Wormworldsaga.com - An Online Graphic Novel by Daniel Lieske - Chapter 1 - The Last Day Of School. KB...Konnected. May 30 Insanely Useful Websites You Probably Don’t Know About See on Scoop.it - Education Matters - (tech and non-tech) There are nearly a billion websites out there.
The Curricular Potential of Integrated Digital Inquiry Resources. Recently I have been working on developing a series of integrated digital inquiry resources to support and enhance my grade 8 social studies and language arts programs.
Here is my first attempt at a resource like this: My vision for this resources was to bring together several innovations that digital publishing now makes possible. I think that developing digital inquiry resources would make use of three powerful ideas that have a significant impact on how students learn a topic such as the Italian Renaissance.
D.I.Y. teaching and learning. Drama Teacher's Network. Are badges an alternative for grading? When I share with others that I abolished grading from my classroom years ago, I often get two reactions.
The first looks something like stunned bewilderment; for these people, they can't even begin to conceive how school could function without grading. iFVHS - iLinks. Pearltrees - Visual Content Curating. Pecha Kucha in PDHPE – Part #1 « Clarinda's Connected Contemplations.
The Pecha Kucha concept is one which I have been keen to explore more and experiment with at school.
So the opportunity has presented itself with a short theory unit in one of our elective classes. Year 9 Physical Activity and Sport Studies (PASS) will be spending their next three theory lessons (one per fortnight) developing a Pecha Kucha presentation about the areas of the topic, Foundations of Physical Activity, which interest them the most. They will present them to the class in our final lesson of the term. First hurdle – explaining the concept wasn’t easy.
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science. ~ E.P. Hubble — Wisdom Begins with Wonder. iLearn Technology. Why educators should start a blog and join Twitter « The Principal's Principles. Tomorrow morning, I’ll make a presentation at 7:30 in the morning to get our district technology camp started.
My topic is “Building your Professional Learning Network,” and will focus on how professionals can use social media to enhance their skills. As I prepared, I thought a lot about my audience, some dedicated educators from our schools who are facing the constant challenge of doing more with less. My job is to convince those gathered that it is worth their valuable time to create their own digital footprint. After some reflection, here’s my 6 point argument: Twitter and blogs connect you with smart people from around the world. Thinking about my own PLN, there are classroom teachers, administrators, college professors, consultants, and others connected to education that have ideas that allow me to learn more. Twitter and blogs are always available. My schedule, like everyone else in our profession, is rather hectic. Whatever your passion, there is someone out there to learn with. Cnps2's Blog - Blogging Rules.
We are all really excited to have our class blog and share the story of our year.
Keeping the blog a safe a secure place to work is very important. Through the use of the blog the children have the opportunity to develop their understanding of online safety and how to behave when on the web. We have a few simple guidelines that we need to keep to in order to make the most of our class blog. Blogging Rules These are the blogging rules and guidelines I will reinforce in 2014. I discuss these rules and guidelines regularly with the students and include them on the blogging information /permission note that I send home to parents. *Blogs are in a public space - be proud of anything you write or post!
*Do not post information or pictures of others without their permission and never use full names. Digital Kindergarten. Things I Wish I Knew Earlier About Teaching Maths. Heyjude.wordpress. Literacy and Laughter - Celebrating Kindergarten children and the books they love. Education. L is for Learning - something to think about. Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog. ICT High - Home. Want to work in the Video Game Industry? Become a Game Tester! As part of MacICT’s Game Design bootcamps for students and workshops for teachers, we aim to shift people’s thinking from viewing themselves as a player to a designer. One of the activities participants complete in our workshops is a review of a game using a designer’s scoreboard (rubric). This scoreboard provides participants with criteria which addresses the basic principles of good game design to evaluate games.
Playtesting a real game, provides an authentic context for learning and gives students the opportunity to participate in the development of that game. Inspirations and Innovations in the world of Education. Into English. Anne Knock: Learning everywhere today. A View from the Middle. The Complete Educator’s Guide to Using Google Reader. Love it!?
Hate it!? Doesn’t really matter what you think of the new Google Reader interface….. What does matter is they’ve changed some of the Google Reader functionality educators like to use. Currents of my river... Live Binders « APS Library.