True Grit: The Best Measure of Success and How to Teach It Can you predict academic success or whether a child will graduate? You can, but not how you might think. When psychologist Angela Duckworth studied people in various challenging situations, including National Spelling Bee participants, rookie teachers in tough neighborhoods, and West Point cadets, she found: One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. Why is Grit So Important? Using the Grit Scale that Duckworth developed with Chris Peterson, they found that grit is a better indicator of GPA and graduation rates. Add to this the findings (from Bowen, Chingos and McPherson's Crossing the Finish Line) that high school grades have a more predictive value of college success than standardized tests, and you may just see a shift from standardized test scores to high school GPA by some college admissions officers. What is Grit? Some would argue that grit is inherent in Albert Bandura’s research on self-efficacy, and that resilience is also part of it. Can Grit be Taught? 1.
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom Many critics of Twitter believe that the 140-character microblog offered by the ubiquitous social network can do little for the education industry. They are wrong. K-12 teachers have taken advantage of Twitter’s format to keep their classes engaged and up-to-date on the latest technologies. The following projects provide you and your students with 50 ways to Twitter in the classroom to create important and lasting lessons. 1. Tweet about upcoming due dates or assignments. One of the simplest ways that teachers can use Twitter in the classroom involves setting up a feed dedicated exclusively to due dates, tests or quizzes. 2. Subscribe to different mainstream and independent news feeds with different biases as a way to compare and contrast how different perspectives interpret current events and issues. 3. The modern-day classroom has to account for a variety of learning styles in... Making ESL students feel welcome at their new school is vital to their success... 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Eight reasons I rejected your article A journal editor reveals the top reasons so many manuscripts don’t make it to the peer review process By Peter Thrower, PhD Posted on 12 September 2012 The Author Peter Thrower, PhD When a manuscript is submitted to a high-quality scholarly journal, it goes through intense scrutiny — even before it's seen by the editor-in-chief and selected for peer review. As Editor-in-Chief of Carbon, the international journal of the American Carbon Society, Dr. 1. Before they even go to the editor-in-chief, articles are checked for technical elements. Peter Thrower, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of Carbon, the international journal of the American Carbon Society, and Professor Emeritus of Material Sciences and Engineering at Penn State University. The article contains elements that are suspected to be plagiarized, or it is currently under review at another journal. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The language, structure, or figures are so poor that the merit can't be assessed. 8.
Control Alt Achieve: Resources Over time I have created quite a few help guides, presentations, and other training resources for Google-related topics and other educational technology topics. Although these resources can be found elsewhere on this site and other locations, I have pulled them all together in one place to make it easy for people to find a needed resource, as well as to be sure you are accessing the most recent version (rather than an older copy made by someone else). All of these resources are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. For more information about this license see In short, you can copy, distribute, and adapt these resources as long as you give proper attribution and do not charge for them. Google Resources Subject Resources
6 Easy Steps for Getting Started Using Free Plickers for Assessment Data is an essential component in education, yet sometimes it can be viewed as a necessary evil for educators. In the past, a teacher may teach a lesson and require students to complete an exit ticket assessment activity to show mastery of the concept(s) reviewed over a certain time frame. Passing out the materials and grading individual student responses can be a time consuming task. As the year goes on a teacher’s attitude toward data collection may change and decline as assessment becomes more overwhelming. What is a Plicker? In my classroom, students’ desks are grouped in pods to allow collaboration during activities. First, here is the website for downloading this must-have app to your device: Steps For Integrating Plickers: Go on the website and create a teacher account on plickers.com.Choose the tab labeled classes at the top of the page and type in your class roster. Overall, I have had a wonderful experience using this app in my classroom.
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Microsoft Educator Network - Educator Programs : Overview At Microsoft, we believe that technology alone cannot build 21st century skills in students. Technology is an accelerator, but alone it does not enable change. We believe in the power of the educator, and the impact educators can have when they are brought together and recognized for their achievements. Nominate yourself now! To fill out a nomination form to join the MIE Expert Program, go to Accepting nominations between June 30 and October 30, 2015 The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Expert program is an exclusive program created to recognize global educator visionaries who are using technology to pave the way for their peers in the effective use of technology for better learning and student outcomes. MIE Experts work closely with Microsoft to lead innovation in education. When educators become MIE Experts, they have the following opportunities: Who is an MIE Expert?
Create an Audio QR Code Follow the Steps Below These are the directions for creating a QR code that will allow the user to play audio upon scanning the code. This function would serve you well if you wanted to deliver instructions for learning centers (science investigations, for example), presentations, and in so many other ways. Enjoy! Step One - Create the Audio (MP3) I would complete this step with either Record MP3 or Vocaroo. Step Two - Make the QR Code Now that you used one of the sites mentioned above to create an audio recording, you may take the link to that recording, and create a QR code that students may scan to hear the audio file. A Second Option - Tellagami Learning How to Use Tellagami Tellagami is a fun iPad app that allows you thirty seconds to say what you need to say. Tellagami, Step Two So after you've made your "Gami," the best thing to do would be to upload it somewhere. Once you've uploaded to YouTube, you will then be able to get a link that will allow you to create a QR code with it.
شروحات IOS9 ✋□ الان اصبح تطبيق الملاحظات الرسمي رهيب □ وضع مجلدات وضع القوائم والكثير □□□ ▼ □□ http:/… لنعترف بهذا؛ حياتنا اليوم أقل بساطة وأكثر تعقيداً عن ذي قبل. أليس كذلك؟! كل شخص فينا لديه عدة اهتمامات أو واجبات أو كلاهما وفي وسط هذا البحر نحتاج إلى تدوين الملاحظات باستمرار وعلى مدى اليوم بالنسبة للمشغولين بشكل أكثر. هنا تأتي حاجتنا لتطبيق لتدوين الملاحظات لكي يلبي حاجاتنا ولكن تطبيق أبل مع أنه كان سيفي بالغرض للبعض كان بسيطاً جداً. الآن التطبيق يجاري تطبيقات كبيرة مثل إيفيرنوت وبشكل مجاني أيضاً. الرسم إن كنت من الذين يحبون الرسم السريع لأفكارهم أو من المصممين الذين يريدون رسم سكيتشات لتصميماتهم أو حتى تحب إضافة توقيعك إلى مذكراتك فيمكنك فعل ذلك من خلال التطبيق الجديد، إن كانت لوحة المفاتيح ظاهرة ستجد علامة (+) وسنسميها زر الاختصارات فوق لوحة المفاتيح من جهة اليسار إن كانت لغة جهازك العربية أو اليمين إن كانت الإنجليزية، ثم ستجد علامة تشبه خطوطاً متعرجة، عند الضغط عليها سيمكنك الوصول إلى ثلاثة أنواع من الأقلام متغيرة الألوان وممحاة، والمفاجأة هي أنه يوجد مسطرة عند استخدامها تساعدة على رسم خطوط مستقيمة بشكل آلي (يمكنك التحكم في في زاوية المسطرة). القوائم الملحقات
Home | Innovative Learning Environments Bubbl.us Mind Map Create a new Mind Map Once you are signed in, click the "New Mind Map" button. A tab titled "New Mind Map" will appear with the editor underneath. Click on the bubble's text to edit. Create new bubbles To create a 'child bubble', click the button on the bottom of the bubble. To create a 'sibling bubble', click the button on the right side of the bubble. Bubble Controls When you hover over a bubble, you will see a menu that lets you do the following: Text Formatting You can use pseudo tags to format the text in bubbles. For example: [b] will become bold [/b] = will become bold [i] will become italic [/i] = will become italic Note that the formatting is only visible when bubble text is not being edited. Saving Work To save a mind map, click on the "Save" button in the upper right-hand corner of the editor. The mind maps you save will show up in the Mind Map Browser panel. Share a link to your mind map Want to show off your work via Facebook, Google+, Twitter or e-mail? Save as an image
Browse by Projects Number of theses: 7246. ‘Alwash, Jawād A. (1967) The poet ‘Umāra al-Yamanl. Doctoral thesis, Durham University. Abada, Abdelfettah (1989) The 'Ulama' of Iran in the 19th century hagiographical literature. Abaza-Stauth, Mona (1985) Women between economic liberalization and social deprivation: a case study in rural Egypt. Abbara, Tariq Mustafa (1991) Testing English as a foreign language: a case study of classroom tests in Qatar. Abbas, Tariq Abdul Hameed (1984) Cosmic rays. Abbott, George Samuel (1985) Teachers' thinking about their relations with their pupils. Abbott, Heidi Jane (1995) The biogeography of the magnesian limestone grassland flora of east Durham and Tyne & Wear. Abbott, Richard Bruce (1983) Calculations in supersymmetric quantum theories. Abbott, Steven J. (1988) The immunocytochemical localization of transgenically-expressed proteins in plants. Abd Razak, Shamsul Bahri B. (2000) Development and distribution of laticifers in plants. Abdelhady, A. Abdullah, M. Able, G.
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