20 Awesome Web Tools For Teachers & Professors The arrival of internet has brought about significant changes in the way we work and live. That includes the way we teach and study. Classrooms today aren't just about teachers writing on blackboards and students scribbling on paper. Since the internet is now an integral part of teachers' lives, it's important that they are aware of the tools and resources available online that could help them impart education in an effective and efficient manner. 1. TeacherTube, as the name suggests, is YouTube for teachers. Hence the site can help make the learning interactive and fun while helping the teacher explain things in a better manner. 2. Google Docs is something which probably all the teachers and students are aware of at least if not using it. Teachers could especially make use of the online presentations tool in Google Docs in their lectures. 3. Classmarker is a pretty useful online quiz maker which makes preparing multiple choice quizzes and tests a breeze. 4. 5. 6. 7. 4Teachers 8. 9. 10.
Rant on putting your characters through absolute hell Well, this one was the winner by the most votes I’ve ever seen in a poll, so up it goes. You’ll probably note pretty quickly that all the items on this list are psychological/emotional. Well, yes. (And if I sound like a sadist, I swear I’m not. 1) Create a situation that punishes the character for using his best qualities. Now put that hero in a situation where he dashes into battle, trusting his soldiers to follow him, trusting the enemy to fall back before him…and have him lead all his soldiers straight into an ambush, while some of them have already betrayed him and joined the other side. The trick here is not to make the situation seem contrived. Fantasy authors create the most extraordinary people all the time. 2) Have him mistake a present threat or enemy for one from the past. Now seize that and turn it on its head. Put the hero in front of someone or something that resembles, superficially, something or someone from his past. No, make this something he wants. So, don’t.
Practice-based Professional Learning - PBPL - The Open Universit Open to people, places, methods and ideas The Open University's mission is to make university study available to anybody, everywhere and at any time. This aspiration has always shaped the strategic choices of the University and its teaching methods. The OU's four Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning reflected its commitment to be open to methods. Funded by HEFCE between 2005 and 2010 and drawn together into a collective known as the Open CETL, the Centres developed and strengthened methods of open learning in ways that reflect new social priorities and realities. The Open CETL provided insights into delivery of effective life-long learning at scale and free from constraints of time and place. Feedback from the 4th and final Open CETL Conference held on the 15 - 16 December 2009 With over 250 delegates, the Open CETL Conference once again proved to be an enormous success in 2009.
Samuel J. Seymour, Last Surviving Witness Of Lincoln Assassination, Appears... Thanks to YouTube, this gem in American history has been preserved. In February 1956, two months before his death, 96-year-old Samuel J. Seymour appeared on the CBS television show "I've Got A Secret." His secret: he witnessed Abraham Lincoln's assassination when he was five years old. Sure enough, Seymour has been widely recognized as the last surviving person in America who had been present at Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865. According to the Washington Times, Seymour attended the Ford's Theatre performance as a young boy with family friends. Seymour's recollection of the event includes a shot ringing out, someone in the President's box screaming and Lincoln slumping forward in his seat. A Maryland native who later lived in Arlington, Seymour died on April 12, 1956, three days before the anniversary of Lincoln's death. (Hat tip Holy Kaw)
6 Wordsmiths Who Couldn’t Spell This month marks my 6-year anniversary blogging for mental_floss. It also marks mentalfloss.com's 6-year anniversary in the blogosphere. To celebrate the more than 2,000 daily posts, I'll be republishing some of my favorite posts from these last half-dozen years, starting today, running to the end of the month. Hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane... (Originally published on Feb. 3, 2009)1. 2. Best known for: his stream of consciousness technique in such celebrated novels as his 1929 classic, The Sound and the Fury But did you know: the title of the novel comes from a Macbeth soliloquy? 3. Best known for: The Great GatsbyBut did you know: The novel didn't sell well during Fitzgerald's lifetime? 4. Best known for: those great stoic characters, like Robert Jordan in the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell TollsBut did you know: Hemingway was decorated as a hero after being injured during WWI? 5. 6. Check out all past Weekend Word Wraps>>
WYKAZ PUBLIKACJI Rok 1997 1. Technology of information versus education - an outline of problems. "Athenaeum" 1997, nr 1. 2. Potrzeby przemian w edukacji na rzecz rozwoju myślenia. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Rok 1998 9. 10. 11. Rok 1999 12. 13. 14. 15. Rok 2000 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Rok 2001 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Rok 2002 28. 29. 30. 31. Spis monografii oraz książek naukowych, pism naukowych 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. red "Komputer w Szkole" 1996 nr 4. 6. red. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. "Edukacja humanistyczna w dobie komputerów". "Hipertekst jako narzędzie poznawcze". "Kognitywistyka a media - obszary cywilizacyjnych zagrożeń i możliwości". "Komputery i wychowanie - podstawowe dylematy edukacji". "Komputer w rozwoju twórczym człowieka". "Koncepcja kształcenia informatycznego pedagogów". "Nowe myślenie z komputerem, nowa szkoła i jakość wrażliwości ludzkiej". "Potrzeby przemian w edukacji na rzecz rozwoju myślenia". "System kształcenia nauczycieli technologii informacyjnej i edukacji medialnej".
Have Fun Teaching Search for 'jack kerouac' Estimated Total Results: 1280 The House That Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books [Illustration] FREDERICK WARNE & CO. Ltd. The-House-That-Jack-Built Happy Jack by Thornton Burgess Produced by Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Happy-Jack The Nest Egg by W.W. Produced by David Widger CAPTAINS ALL By W.W. The-Nest-Egg The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People THE PERSONS IN THE PLAY John Worthing, J.P. The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest The Hilltop Boys on the River by Cyril Burleigh Produced by Jim Ludwig THE HILLTOP BOYS ON THE RIVER by Cyril Burleigh CONTENTS CHAPTERS I. The-Hilltop-Boys-on-the-River The Machine by Upton Sinclair This etext was produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading team.
Histmag.org » historia od podszewki VUVOX - slideshows, photo, video and music sharing, Myspace codes 10 Gift Ideas No Book Lover Can Live Without This Holiday Season It’s the holiday season, which ideally means being thankful for your blessings and spending time with your loved ones. But more often than not it means spending a lot of money and eating a lot of food. And we’re here to help you with the first part! Here are ten items no self-respecting book-lover should do without this Christmas! The CIVIL WAR Trilogy Box Set Currently selling at a steal from Amazon, the Civil War trilogy box set is ideal for the history buff in your life. For Whom? Your dad. Buy The Civil War Trilogy Box Set: With American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic The Civil War: A Narrative (Modern Library) from Amazon.com Classic Novels Boxed Set This beautiful set of leatherbound, gold-leafed classics would look handsome on any shelf and warm the heart of any book nerd. For Whom? English majors, Anglophiles, Vic lit fiends, and anyone who curates an aesthetically pleasing bookshelf. Buy Classic Novels Boxed Set (6 Volume Set) from Amazon.com The DARK TOWER Omnibus
CogDogRoo 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (return) Note! 50+ Ways is no longer being updated here but over at the new site for 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story-- It has more organizational features and includes ways for you to add content to the site once you join the new wiki. Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something. Slideshow Tools Generates content that allows linear playback of a series of images, some with ability to add audio. 2. Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. 3. "...effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. 4. "RockYou! 5. 6. 8. 9. pictobrowser 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Timeline Tools 17. 18. xtimeline
Born to Learn ~ You are Born to Learn Large T-Shirt to Fitted Tee Tutorial | a.steed's.life I have these two t-shirts that I love. They're soft, comfortable, and have good worn (and sentimental) designs on them. But, I never wear them for anything other than around the house because they are large men's t-shirts and look completely shapeless on me. Then I found this great tutorial on YouTube for how to make a big t-shirt a fitted shirt! - T-Shirt Surgery: How to Make a Shirt Fit So, while I was staying with my mom at her camper this summer (she lives & travels in an RV), I asked her to help me try it out. First, a before & after look at the t-shirt we did. So, here's how it's done. Start with a t-shirt you love that's just too big Turn the shirt inside out and lay a shirt that DOES fit you on top of it, lining up the collars so that you can be sure it is centered over your large t-shirt. Thanks to brianagayle for the video tutorial & tips! No time to make your own?