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Lumosity - Brain Games & Brain Training Edgalaxy - Cool stuff for nerdy teachers 21 Literacy Resources For The Digital Teacher by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D., learningunlimitedllc.com Update: This post was originally published in February, 2013 If you follow this blog, you know that I believe effective vocabulary instruction is just about the most important instructional activity for teachers to get right. For lots of reasons. In addition, a broad vocabulary is important for effective speaking, listening, reading and writing.Vocabulary is a foundational component of an effective K-12 comprehensive literacy framework. I’ve posted previously about the importance of effective vocabulary instruction and developed a popular Infographic featuring the “Top 10 Characteristics of Effective Vocabulary Instruction.” In today’s 21st century classrooms, digital tools should coexist alongside more traditional tools. The following digital tools show promise to support word learning, review, and play with language. 21 Literacy Resources For The Digital Teacher Reference Tools 1. 2. Looking for a visual thesaurus? 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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Study finds homework has limited value Updated Wed 26 Jun 2013, 10:38am AEST New research has found that homework is of little value to primary school children, and students are regularly given too much. Australian academics Richard Walker and Mike Horsley's new book Reforming Homework says homework for young primary school children is of little or no value when it comes to academic achievement. The book reviews international research on the subject and concludes that the quality of the homework that is set is more important than the quantity. Associate Professor Walker, of the University of Sydney, admits that homework can be a touchy subject. "There's a lot of disagreement, I have to say. He says another point that emerged from the research was the effect of the involvement of parents in homework. "Where parents are over-controlling or interfering in their student's homework activities, then that's been shown pretty clearly to not be beneficial," he said. "Homework is often an add-on.

Excellence in Maths Our aims The aims of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) are to raise levels of achievement in maths, and to increase appreciation of the power and wonder of maths, across the school, sixth form college and further education system. In this context, our specific task is to try to ensure that all teachers of maths—and this includes all primary school teachers, and non-specialist maths teachers—have easy access to high quality, evidence-based maths-specific continuing professional development (CPD) at every point of their careers. Put another way, we want to help raise the professional status, and the professionalism, of all those engaged in the teaching of maths. Our activities Collaborating with Government and its agencies, higher education institutions, research bodies, maths subject associations and other bodies devoted to maths education, we operate in three main ways: Our work in more detail

Kangaroo Maths - Kenny's Pouch Assessment resources linked to National Curriculum levels ¿Convinced? | Levelopaedia | Level Ladders | Tracking Sheets | Level Descriptors | Assessing Pupils' Progress ¿Convinced? A resource package based on the assessment criteria from Levels 3 to 8, as coded and paraphrased below. Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Levelopaedia Okay, so it's a silly made up word, but we hope that these might prove useful. Level Ladders Written from a teacher's perspective to give a sense of progression through the National Curriculum levels in each of the topic areas below. Tracking Sheets To be used in conjunction with the interactive schemes of work, these sheets allow pupils to record their success level against specified assessment criteria and track their own progress. Level Descriptors APP assessment criteria: The nationally agreed assessment criteria for assessing pupils' progress (A3 format)Level descriptor sheets: The above assessment criteria in a single level to a page format.

StickySorter Teach students how to facilitate brainstorming and organize information visually. StickySorter takes this process to a whole new level by letting you create simple screen notes and organize them into themes, allowing you to track and make sense of all kinds of questions or problems. StickySorter is especially useful for students working collaboratively to identify common themes in their research. And when you have big volumes of data, you can easily import and export the information into other programs to assist you in making sense of it all. Organize lots of information easily StickySorter brings affinity diagramming—and information organization—into the digital age. StickySorter takes the complexity out of large amounts of data: Stores group information for other tasks Notes can have multiple fields Imports from Excel and Access are possible Define multiple fields and choose what is displayed Pan and zoom on the data to work on a large visual space System requirements:

Math Worksheet Generator Need a faster way to create math practice problem worksheets for your students? Microsoft's Math Worksheet Generator is your answer. It creates multiple math practice problems, from basic math to algebra, in seconds. You provide a sample math problem and the Math Worksheet Generator does the rest. Create practice problems for a variety of needs - quickly and easily The Math Worksheet Generator analyzes the math problem you provide, or uses the built-in sample that you select. Creating math practice is simple: Tailor math worksheets by class or by individual students quickly Stop searching for and photocopying printable worksheets Simplify the creation of practice math problems System requirements: Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP SP2 (32-bit only), .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.0 or 3.5 Microsoft Office Word 2007 or Word 2003 Windows Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 7, or the latest version of Firefox or Safari

Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide Storytelling is an ancient art that is undergoing a renaissance with modern technology. By incorporating digital storytelling projects into classroom learning you can reach today’s students and at the same time help them develop the skills needed to be successful in our complex, technology rich world. Creating digital stories engages and inspires students, ignites a love for learning, and creates more teaching stories for others to share and enjoy. Learning becomes personal when students tell the story Microsoft's Digital Storytelling Teaching Guide offers countless ideas on digital storytelling techniques for teachers, points to valuable digital storytelling resources for educators, and tips on using the Microsoft software products most commonly found in digital storytelling projects. Digital storytelling can help students: System requirements: Get the system requirements by visiting the individual Microsoft product pages for the products you wish to use.

NALDIC | Home Learning Logs Online -- Sharing Good Practice in Personalised Learning Learning Logs are a unique personalised learning resource for children. In the learning Logs, the children record their responses to learning challenges set by their teachers. Each log is a unique record of the child's thinking and learning. Inglehurst Junior School in Leicester has been developing a unique learning log for several years now. There is ample published research to support the model. The importance of learners becoming aware of their own thought processes and gaining insights into the strategies they use to resolve problems, or overcome difficulties, is discussed by Blagg (1991). Piaget's view that development, and transition between stages, occurs as a consequence of a change in basic logic, precipitated by interactions which are at odds with the existent paradigm, would seem to support the notion that a programme of sustained interventions aimed at achieving such discord might also promote some change in learning strategies. [Link to Learning Journals research page]