How To Make an App With No Programming Experience (Updated Guide) by Chris Ching Today I’m going to show you how to make an app even if you don’t have any coding experience. Introduction Thousands of people have gone through this guide on how to make an app and given me praise for publishing it! You’ll learn the core skills and foundation that you need in order to create any app. I don’t care what your app idea is; I know you’ll need to do the following 5 basic things at the very least: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In the following lessons, you’re going to learn these 5 things and more! Learn how to build your own apps Instead of paying freelancers and contractors to build your app for you, once you learn this skill, you’ll be able to create your own apps for free! It’s really not that far fetched as long as you have the desire to learn and the persistence to keep at it and get better. Programming can be self-taught and yes, you can start your own career in iOS development even if you don’t have a formal background. Many of my students have done exactly this! Handy Resources
Free Technology for Teachers 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything | Rated Colleges Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math S.O.S. Science Creativity
Free Is Good Open educational resources (OER) are found in the public domain and can be used for free for teaching, learning, research, and other educational purposes. These materials can be retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed. These “5R permissions” of OER allow you to not only access the materials and resources free of charge, but also to make them even better. Sounds good, right? There are several examples of OER available, including image and audio resources, books in the public domain, video and audio lectures, interactive simulations, game-based learning programs, lesson plans, textbooks, online course curricula, professional learning programs, and online learning platforms. Why You Should Use OER OER allow educators to adapt instructional materials to the individual needs of their students. OER also guarantee that cost is not a barrier to accessing high-quality, standards-aligned resources. Where to Look So how do you find free, high-quality resources?
Best Websites for Teaching & Learning 2017 The 2017 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. Gone but Not Forgotten The following sites have closed, reorganized, or become pay-based since being recognized as an AASL Best Website: The Learnia (Digital Storytelling)
4 New "Effective Teaching" Methods To WOW Your Students by PowToon! Effective Teaching: Hold Your Students’ Attention So Powerfully They’ll Beg You To Stay Longer In Class (Hey Awesome educators! Don’t forget to COMMENT below and let us know which of our 4 tips you’ll use in your classrooms this week. The whole tribe would love to hear your insights!) Imagine the following 2 scenarios: 1. 2. At the end of the post you’ll learn exactly what these 2 actions were, but I have to warn you: They’ll only work if you use these 4 quick effective teaching tips of a new method we discovered. Click here to make a PowToon to WOW your class now » 1. The reason it’s so hard for teachers to grab their students attention is because most teachers make the classic’About A Topic’ mistake. The solution is not to teach’About A Topic’ but instead to teach’For The Student’. Here’s a quick start to use the Desire Method. A Headline is a short sentence that boils down the core benefit of being part of the class. A Headline is a Promise. 2. The pain is always the emphasis of lack.
Beautiful, Decorative, and Sometimes Crude: Illuminated Manuscripts and Marginalia Illuminated manuscripts are manuscripts that are covered with painted ornaments presented under several forms. These documents are perhaps most commonly associated with the European Middle Ages. Nevertheless, the concept of, and the techniques used for, the production of the illuminations were introduced at a much earlier period of time. In addition, there are a few surviving manuscripts from the Late Antique period which have illuminations in them. Early Examples of Illuminated Manuscripts Painted ornaments found in the illuminated manuscripts were first introduced as miniatures in Rome as early as the 1st century BC. Thus, the earliest samples of illuminated manuscripts are from the 4th and 5th centuries AD. (Top left) A page form the Vatican’s ‘Virgil’ ( Public Domain ). Some scholars believe that the origins of this art can be traced back to Egypt. This technique, and the concept of miniatures, can be seen in the medieval illuminated manuscripts as well.
Effective Teaching Strategies: Six Keys to Classroom Excellence What are makes an effective teacher? This particular list of teaching characteristics appears in an excellent book that is all but unknown in the states, Learning to Teach in Higher Education, by noted scholar Paul Ramsden. In the case of what makes teaching effective, he writes, “…a great deal is known about the characteristics of effective university teaching. It is undoubtedly a complicated matter; there is no indication of one ‘best way,’ but our understanding of its essential nature is both broad and deep.” (p. 88-89). He organizes that essential knowledge into these six principles, unique for the way he relates them to students’ experiences. 1: Interest and explanation – “When our interest is aroused in something, whether it is an academic subject or a hobby, we enjoy working hard at it. 2: Concern and respect for students and student learning – Ramsden starts with the negative about which he is assertive and unequivocal. Reference: Ramsden, P. (1992).
Cool Websites | The Coolest Sites on the Web 5 Highly Effective Teaching Practices I remember how, as a new teacher, I would attend a professional development and feel inundated with new strategies. (I wanted to get back to the classroom and try them all!) After the magic of that day wore off, I reflected on the many strategies and would often think, "Lots of great stuff, but I'm not sure it's worth the time it would take to implement it all." We teachers are always looking to innovate, so, yes, it's essential that we try new things to add to our pedagogical bag of tricks. What Research Says This leads me to educational researcher John Hattie, who wrote Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. Hattie has spent more than 15 years researching the influences on achievement of K-12 children. 1. When a teacher begins a new unit of study or project with students, she clarifies the purpose and learning goals, and provides explicit criteria on how students can be successful. 2. 3. 4. 5. Collaborating with Colleagues Great teachers are earnest learners.
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Effective Teaching Strategies: Advice for Teachers (Grades K-12) Use a list that provides a quick reference to the methodology of effective teachers. Strategies for Direct Instruction Specify clear lesson objectives Teach directly to those objectives Make learning as concrete and meaningful as possible Provide relevant guided practice Provide independent practice Provide transfer practice activities Strategies for Students with Disabilities * Sequence – Break down the task, step by step prompts.
Name Every Shade of the Rainbow With This 'Color Thesaurus' Driving along the highway in Didcot, England, you may notice something strange: the road signs point the way to places like Neverland and Middle-earth. The names of these and other fictional locales from literature were seamlessly added to road signs by an artist/prankster using Transport Medium, the official font of British road signs. After some sleuthing, BBC News found the man responsible, who spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity. Oxfordshire County Council isn't laughing; it told the BBC that although the signs were "on the surface amusing," they were "vandalism" and potentially dangerous, since it would be hard for a driver who spotted one not to do a double take while their eyes were supposed to be on the road. Jackie Billington, Didcot's mayor, recognizes that the signs have an upside. There are five altered signs in total. See the signs here and in the video below. [h/t BBC News]