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“It’s not about the Tools…It’s about the Skills” Downloads  21st Century Learning Visible Thinking in Math- Part 1 The conversation about visible thinking in Math started with one of our teachers at Graded, The American School of São Paulo, Adam Hancock, wanting to know how he could incorporate having students’ use their blogfolios in Math class.

“It’s not about the Tools…It’s about the Skills” Downloads 

It seemed natural to have students write for Humanities (Language Arts and … Redefining My Learning Silvana Meneghini and I work as Academic Technology Coordinators at Graded, the American School of São Paulo. ” A flashlight in the fog of technology integration“, initially the title of a conference workshop proposal, quickly developed into the desire of creating a framework to guide and coach teachers based on … Reflection in the Learning Process, Not As An Add On Is it personality? The Digital Learning Farm in Action Student Tutorials- MineCraft, How to Ride a Horse, iMovie and more It is no secret, that I am a big fan of Alan November‘s Digital Learning Farm concept.

Global Education Selfies Around the World. Making Assessment Personally Relevant. In my previous entry, I wrote, I want my students to realize that learning is not about making your work conform to some standard imposed by the teacher.

Making Assessment Personally Relevant

Learning is about creating your own standards and adjusting them based on your goals. Learning is about setting your own goals and monitoring your own progress. It is about having conversations with yourself and others. My students have been very productive in the last couple of weeks and many of them seemed to have grasped the fact that learning is about conversations. My biggest challenge at this point is evaluation. So, how do I make them see that their ability to direct their own learning and engage in conversations with their peers is much more important than a formal grade? Before I proceed, I should explain that my grade eight students are currently engaged in personal research projects on human rights and social justice. Their first step involved locating appropriate resources and collecting information. Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students.

Glogster EDU: A complete educational solution for digital and mobile teaching and learning. Safe and simple blogs for your students. Wikispaces. Patrick Woessner's Presentations - Wikis in the Classroom. Presentation Slides Why Use Wikis?

Patrick Woessner's Presentations - Wikis in the Classroom

Wikis are online spaces ideally suited for collaborative work. Though they vary slightly in form and function, wikis are beneficial in the classroom because they foster cooperative learning, project based learning, and authentic assessment.Cooperative Learning The Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota defines cooperative learning as a "relationship in a group of students that requires positive interdependence (a sense of sink or swim together), individual accountability (each of us has to contribute and learn), interpersonal skills (communication, trust, leadership, decision making, and conflict resolution), face-to-face promotive interaction, and processing (reflecting on how well the team is functioning and how to function even better).

" Wikis in Plain English Although a wiki is conceptually a collaborative workspace, this video from Common Craft provides a nice overview of how wikis work: Wiki Examples Additional Wiki Examples. Educationalwikis - Examples of educational wikis. 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum.

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom

They’re often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom. Resource Creation Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables. Student Participation These projects are sure to get your students involved.

Group Projects Allow wikis to facilitate group work by using these ideas. Student Interaction Get your students to work together on these projects. Help - faq wiki. Wsiwikihelp - home. About. Introduction Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education.

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We make it incredibly easy to create a classroom workspace where you and your students can communicate and work on writing projects alone or in teams. Rich assessment tools give you the power to measure student contribution and engagement in real-time. Wikispaces Classroom works great on modern browsers, tablets, and phones. Wikispaces Classroom is free for teachers and students. Learn more about Wikispaces Campus, our Wikispaces Classroom solution for entire schools, school districts and universities. Why Wikispaces Classroom? Our mission is to help teachers help students. Wikispaces has been adopted and loved by so many teachers and students precisely because it has done these things implicitly. Read more below about how Wikispaces Classroom delivers on this promise.

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