The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
“Foldables” are basically 3 D graphic organizers. Graphic organizers are great tools to help English Language Learners (and all students) categorize content in a way to make it more accessible to them (you might also want to check-out Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Mindmapping, Flow Chart Tools, & Graphic Organizers). I’ve found them particularly helpful in Social Studies classes, but they’re useful in all subjects. ”One-dimensional” graphic organizers are equally useful. Here are my choices for The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”: The Catawba County Schools have a great Foldables Page that includes many examples. ELL Classroom has several blog posts describing their use of foldables with English Language Learners. United States History has a number of examples of how foldables can be used to review…United States History. Social Studies Foldables has a ton of templates that can be downloaded. Here’s a simple Slideshare presentation that describes the use of foldables.
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Differentiation: The Dirtiest Word In Education Today
Be Different It’s like a few people sat around a table, steaming mad at their own opposing views on the direction of education, and said, “What’s a good word that we can all hold our hands around?” The minute they spread the word around, it became the go-to word for evaluators and validators across the country. But don’t be afraid because it’s not the first nor will it be the last time we’ve been thrown a quasi-scientific / pedagogical term that has been called a “best practice” without proper training or clear-cut examples of what that looks like. As “differentiation” suggests, no one ought to be against differentiation. That sounds great … except for the following contradictions: According to Dan Willingham, different learning styles don’t really exist. I don’t mean to destroy our perceptions of the word “differentiation” so emphatically; I just have a core belief that we ought to be clear with what we think are best practices. There, I’m differentiating, too. Mr. Related
My Favorite @Livebinders
'Round these parts lately, Livebinders have been all the rage. Well, actually they have been with me for a while now. I use the for everything. Oh wait... Do you not know what Livebinders are? Well you should read this post I did a while back about them. I want to highlight a few of my favorite binders to give you a taste of what you can do with them: STEM Engineering Resources-This binder is full of some amazing STEM resources for understanding and learning about what STEM means for kids. Edmodo – Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom-Are you using Edmodo? Using Dropbox in the Classroom-I can't live without my Dropbox. An Educators Guide To Twitter-Ok, so yes, this is mine but its got a ton of resources learning about Twitter and how to use it both in the classroom and for your own professional growth. These are just a few of my favorites. Your mission...read the 2 posts from above. Now, go forth and great some Livebinders!
20 Amazing iPad Apps for Educators
When one looks at how technology has changed education over the past decade, one can’t help but be blown away by the sheer number of iPad apps for educators that have absolutely flooded the electronic marketplace. There are so many iPad apps for teachers released every month that even the most plugged-in educator would have a difficult time processing and utilizing them all. Luckily, when teachers are looking to learn how to use iPads in the classroom, they need to look no further than TeachHUB magazine and TeachHUB.com -- an educator’s primary go-to resource when researching iPad apps for teachers and iPads in the classroom. Read on to learn about TeachHUB magazine and TeachHUB.com’s updated list of the hottest iPad apps for teachers and iPad apps for education, destined to forever alter your curriculum landscape, organized here by subject. Scroll down for an index of many of TeachHUB's helpful iPads in the classroom app reviews and more of the best usage of iPads in the classroom. Trello
Reading Lessons: 12 Ways to Scaffold Texts for Students
Would you dump a load of building supplies on a lot and tell a random person to "build a house"? Hopefully not! For the same reason, it is unwise to deposit an academic novel and some study guide questions on a student’s desk and say, “read it.” Student readers, like builders, need a foundation and a blueprint to be successful. Getting students to read academic novels can be difficult. 1. they lack prior knowledge to support their comprehension,2. they don’t know the words on the page and3. they don’t understand the format of the particular genre. If we are going to really teach, and not just assign, we have to do some prep work. Let’s face it, interested readers are better readers.Students of all levels need some scaffolding; they need a plan and some knowledge in order to build a foundation for deeper understanding. According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, educators should... How do Asian nations make it to the top educational spots, and how does the U.S... Read Aloud
77 Educational Games and Game Builders
I'm often asked if I know of any games for subject "x," "y," or "z" for a particular grade level or age group. My answer is usually yes, but I need to search my archives. Therefore, I've gone through my archives and dug up many of games that I've mentioned over the last four years that are still active online. 1. 2.Spin and Spell has been featured on a number of blogs over the last year. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. the World Food Programme's website offers students a large selection of educational online games and activities. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56.
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Best of the web: 19 sites you shouldn't be without
Groundbreaking websites are all around us, and if you believed every company that positioned itself as the latest, greatest thing, you'd have an awful lot of bookmarks in your browser. Sites come and sites go, but it's rare that one makes enough of an impact on your life to revolutionise how you use the internet. But occasionally sites come along that offer a genuinely new way of finding, storing or curating stuff on the web. We've found new sites that offer functionalities not found elsewhere, but we've also included a few that have been around for a while, but have really come into their own in recent years. What we do on our PCs is moving increasingly to the cloud, with free storage and utilities becoming the norm. The breadth of services online means you really can change your life using the internet. 1. The whole point of computers when they were first introduced to the workplace was to automate tasks to make humans' lives easier. 'Ifttt' stands for 'if this, then that'. 2. 3. 4.
