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Welcome Browse Resources Verizon Foundation proudly partners with some of the country’s top educational organizations to provide you with the latest topics, tools and trends in education. Created by the John F. Finally! An online quiz worth taking March 4, 2010 by Claire Knight Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Tech Trends Let’s be honest: Everyone loves online quizzes, but they’re just fun and games, right? Not necessarily — here’s one that can help prevent major mistakes with technology.
MOOCs: Top 10 Sites for Free Education With Elite Universities MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. Although there has been access to free online courses on the Internet for years, the quality and quantity of courses has changed. Access to free courses has allowed students to obtain a level of education that many only could dream of in the past. This has changed the face of education. In The New York Times article Instruction for Masses Knocked Down Campus Walls, author Tamar Lewin stated, “in the past few months hundreds of thousands of motivated students around the world who lack access to elite universities have been embracing them as a path toward sophisticated skills and high-paying jobs, without paying tuition or collecting a college degree.”
The Key to Keywords (3-5) Jump to navigation Educator Subnav The Key to Keywords (3-5) Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom's Taxonomy The internet has revolutionized information collection. The answer to virtually any question or problem is at our fingertips. Google has made this possible. While I am a great admirer of Google and an avid user of its products, in a way, Google has made my life as a teacher a LOT more difficult. Let me explain. In the "old days" (that would be pre-internet) when a teacher assigned a worksheet with a series of questions on it students had a few options to get the answers.
Welcome to CPALMS The website is not compatible for the version of the browser you are using. Not all the functionality may be available. Please upgrade your browser to the latest version. A toolkit of information, resources, and tools organized by grade level. New to CPALMS? helping teachers create paperless classrooms Common thinking about what kinds of folks make good 21st century teachers generally runs as follows: “They’re constantly in the process of being trained and being a lifelong learner,” he says. The 'he' saying this is Jeff Murphy, a director of instruction for the Florida Virtual School and he's being quoted in a recent article from Education Week. I cannot tell you how tired I am of hearing this sort of talk. The last thing I want is to be 'trained' more. And, I'm sorry, but 'lifelong learner' has just worn out its welcome as a catch phrase.
Building a Bridge to Summer with Projects Culture Teaching Strategies Marin Country Day As part of the school's Maker Lab, Marin Country Day students spend the last few weeks of school building projects. By Matt Levinson The month of May can be a tough time for schools. So...You Wanna Start Texting More and more students have access to mobile devices. In the last Pew Internet study, 77% of all teens have a cellphone. I wasn't able to find research on pre-teens but from the work I have done in my own district I would say almost 50% of them have cellphones as well. And these aren't smart phones. (Although, we know many have smart phones.) These are just plain, ol', regular cell phones.