Exploratorium: the museum of science Comic Master Room Escape Maker - Create Escape The Room Games For Free Basic information ROOM ESCAPE MAKER is a free online application to create Escape The Room games. Build challenging casual point and click games with puzzles, hidden objects, safes with combination locks, and much more. YOU are game designer. And for free :-) The community You are more than welcome to be a part of the project. Fan of Room Escape Games in general? Help creating games If you need to know more about how to create your games, we recommend you to watch this amazing tutorial created by PhantomDarkness135. Do you still have questions? Publishing conditions When you send a game to review, be sure you don't have anything else to change about it. While on review, these are the reasons that may prevent us from validating your game: Irrelevant title, keywords or description. Also, avoid having items to be added to the inventory during your game if these items are not going to be really useful. Application compatibility ROOM ESCAPE MAKER was tested on Bug report
Let’s Play! 20+ Sites for Young Learners Part of the Cool Sites series Sometimes, the teachers of young learners get a bad reputation for playing all day in their classes. Let me tell you a secret. Any great teacher of young learners is definitely playing a lot in and out of the classroom! problem solvingcompleting a small task before a larger taskpacingfollowing instructionscollaboratingdeveloping skills to accomplish tasks Play and Video Games Many more lessons are learned by today’s digital games which have the social component to them. 9 Digital Sites that Make English Fun for YLs Kindersite- The Kindersite spearheaded by Joel Josephson (@acerview54) has 1000s of educational and fun content specifically designed for preschool, kindergartens, elementary, primary schools and special needs students. ELT Digital Play- This blog lists reviews various games, describes their value and how to play them. Brainnook- a free online virtual world for kids to develop math and english skills with children worldwide. YL Curriculum Resources
Help Your Students Focus With These Brain Breaks The closer to the holiday break we get, the harder it is for our students to focus; they’re either falling asleep or climbing the walls! We’re not above admitting that we’re in countdown mode too, but there’s still much to be done! To help you refocus your students’ energy and get them back on track, we’d like to share our favorite brain breaks from Rachel Lynette’s blog, Minds in Bloom. Help Your Students Focus With These Brain Breaks Desk Switch Give your students 10 seconds to grab their materials and find another desk to sit in. Position Switch Many teachers are sticklers for good posture, but in our experience, one of the best ways to help students focus is by allowing them to turn their chairs around and sit straddling the chair so that their hands can rest on the back. Fidget Bucket If your students can’t sit still, put together a fidget bucket. Toss Them a Foam Ball Instead of calling on students, toss them a foam ball. “Wot dat yeh sey?”
How Improv Can Open Up the Mind to Learning in the Classroom and Beyond Long before Amy Poehler became famous for her comic roles as Hillary Clinton on “Saturday Night Live,” and as indefatigable bureaucrat Leslie Knope on “Parks and Recreation,” she was a college freshman looking for something to do outside class. During her first week on campus, she auditioned for the school’s improvisational theater group, “My Mother’s Fleabag,” and discovered a passion. “Everyone was getting to act and be funny and write and direct and edit all at the same time,” she writes in her memoir, Yes, Please. What Poehler found liberating as a performer — the free-wheeling, creative and judgment-free nature of improv — is what makes it an appealing way to learn. Improvisation is well-known as comedy and entertainment, but during the past decade it has grown as a method of teaching and learning as well, says Robert Kulhan, adjunct professor of business administration at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and CEO of Business Improvisations. A Student’s Perspective
Hack the Classroom Registration - Microsoft Education Register Now Online live event Saturday, September 24, 2016 8:00 AM-10:00 AM PST As the world changes and is moving more rapidly, it can feel overwhelming to know what and how to incorporate new technology into your classroom. By attending Hack the Classroom online event, you will: Hear from inspiring speakers and thought leading educators Learn from teachers by taking a glimpse into their classrooms to see how small changes, result in huge student impact Engage, interact, and pose questions with speakers and other educators Gain access to professional development resources and tools to get started Register today to reserve your spot
7 Ways to Hack Your Classroom to Include Student Choice For a long time, when educators discussed differentiating instruction and meeting students’ individual needs, they did so through the framework of Learning Styles. However, in the last few years the idea of student achievement being impacted by lessons taught to their particular learning style has been debunked. No scientific, educational research has proven the validity of teaching for student learning styles; in fact, this blog post collected 10 statements from educational researchers that actually disprove the use of such approaches. We covered the same topic in The Myth of Learning Styles, where we made the point that, “Instructors should not just take into consideration a learner’s style, but also their background and interests.” Teachers do a lot to maintain student interest. The psychological effects of feeling a sense of control are well-documented and include greater levels of happiness and activity and lower levels of stress and anxiety. In Short
17 Insanely Clever Hacks For Teachers, By Teachers Teacher HACKS: Innovative Teaching Tips And Strategies Teachers these days have a tough job (was it ever easy??). So we reached out to dozens of teachers and asked them for their favorite “hacks” that help make their lives easier and their jobs more manageable. So what’s a hack? A hack is an actionable tip or suggestion that doesn’t fit the norm for time and resource management skills. Behavior management Address the students who need more attention, and reward those who positively contribute. Stamps for behavior management: When the classroom gets too loud, go around to the students working quietly and give them a stamp. Attendance/time management Making sure time is on your side, around the clock. High school Spanish: Take attendance using a ball. Organization/grading Keeping your classwork, homework, and work-work on track and in the right place. Grading classwork: Require students to complete all work within a designated notebook, and grade it once every 2 weeks or so. Classroom tips User-provided hacks Share on Pinterest There are no images.
10 of Our Favorite Classroom Organization Hacks for Teachers We’ve always believed that the way our classrooms look and feel is a reflection of our personalities and teaching styles. Unlike cluttered classrooms, cheerful, well-organized learning spaces inspire us, keep us focused and—we happen to think—make us better teachers. Sprucing up your classroom can be costly, but we’ve found 10 creative classroom organization hacks to help teachers save money, space, and time! 10 of Our Favorite Classroom Organization Hacks for Teachers Classroom organization idea from: Leslie Carter Classroom organization idea from: Play-Based Classroom Classroom organization idea: Amy Oelschlager Classroom organization idea: Lauren from Life in Middle School Classroom organization idea: Christina Classroom organization idea: Maureen Wong
My Top 5 Organizational Hacks for Teaching High School I'm not a naturally organized person. In July before my first year of teaching, I remember being at the office supply store in the file/tray/organizer aisle, picking up a single black tray and thinking, "Hmm ... this should do it." Needless to say my first year was a mess both literally and figuratively. Like a lot of things in teaching, I learned how to be organized by trial and error. Lots and lots and lots of error. To save you some error, here are my top five organizational tricks! 1) The BGT The BGT in my class stands for Big Gray Thing because I don’t know what else to call this beautiful specimen. I teach three double-blocked class periods, so I have one “column” in the BGT for each class, with different tray labels for vocabulary, grammar, school forms/slips, absent/late work, tests, and then Assignments A through C for work that doesn’t fall under the other categories. I honestly don’t know how I survived without the BGT. Just keeping it real, y’all. 2) Black Binder I’m telling you.
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