Professional Development Guide A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Audience: K-12 & higher ed educators, researchers, institutions, and organizations globally. Form: An index of learning models, theories, forms, terminology, technology, and research to help you keep up with the latest trends in 21st century learning. Revisions: Persistently updated. Ed note: As stated, this is an ambitious work in progress that we’re choosing to share as we proof, revise, iterate, and generally improve for wider dissemination. Ed note 2: If you’d like to help update and improve this page, and have the background, curiosity, and/or expertise to contribute, email me. A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology Activity-Based Learning
Presentation Software Features for iPad | Flowboard Flowboard is the perfect presentation software for the modern world. Create stunning presentations from your Mac or on your iPad, using just a few simple gestures. Bring words, images, documents, and videos together to tell a compelling story that will captivate your viewers. Templates Choose from our gallery of hand crafted and beautifully designed templates. Some Priceless Topic-Based Videos to Help Students Prepare for the Speaking Test Hi, hey! How are things? Have you read my last post?? It’s all about first-day activities to get to know my new students. Are you going to be one of them? For each topic I will show you: • From my own website: some questions you could be asked • From Marek Connell ‘s website, his own videos showing how a native speaker (himself) would answer some of these questions. So, pen and paper at the ready? ♥Questions about Friendship, ♥Questions about your dream partner ♥ Vocabulary and Questions ♥ Questions about the weather ♥Questions about the environment ♥Vocabulary and Questions about Education ♥Questions about Fashion and Trends ♥Questions about Going Shopping ♥Questions about Money 1 ♥Questions about Money 2 ♥ Questions about Pets ♥Questions about Sports ♥Questions about Violent Sports ♥ Lesson Plan about National Stereotypes with Vocabulary and Questions You’ll find more topic -based questions on my website Blog de Cristina.
The 88 Best iOS Apps For Mobile Learning Mobile learning is here to stay. Students and teachers alike can build entire libraries of apps and web tools that let them learn and do, well, anything. We’ve covered this just about every day and love finding new resources to share. So, if you haven’t yet, follow @edudemic on Twitter! Our friends at Online Universities took a recent list of top iOS apps that ran on Edudemic and turned it into a handy visualization that any teacher could refer back to in a time of need. Brain Exercises Take advantage of these games, puzzles, and other brain teasers to build general cognitive skills needed to process and retain necessary information. Quizzes and Flashcards Whether cramming for a class, heading down the self-taught route, or playing simple games with friends, the following resources bring familiar study strategies into the digital age. Math Overcome math anxiety — or indulge the love — through some of the iPhone’s diverse selection of tools to help that mind crunch some tasty, tasty numbers.
BOSTES Teacher Accreditation - News 22 Jan 2015 Over Term 1 a number of BOSTES endorsed providers will be running registered professional development across a variety of focus areas. As these activities are QTC registered, accredited teachers will be able to use this professional learning towards their maintenance of accreditation. Listing as of 19 January 2015 4MATS System Australia 4MAT Basic Training Ascham School Apply First Aid (refresher course) Association of Independent Schools Chemical Safely in Primary Schools 2015 NSW and ACT 2015 Experienced Teacher Professional Support Session Steiner Education Australia Conference 2015 Thinking of a Leadership Role? Work Health and Safety Consultation Australian Communications and Media Authority Connect.ed - Online Learning Course Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd (AITSL) Supervising Preservice Teachers – Effective Partnerships (Highly Accomplished) Supervising Preservice Teachers – Making Judgements (Highly Accomplished) Myths About Spelling K-6 Maths Curriculum
A Thousand Mile Journey Begins with a Single Tweet EdSurge Newsletters Receive weekly emails on edtech products, companies, and events that matter. Siddhartha Guatama, Indian religious leader, and founder of Buddhism eloquently said, “ A thousand mile journey begins with one step.” Getting Started Embarking on a venture to become connected could challenge the establishment that has been in place for hundreds of years. Signing up for Twitter is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes. After developing your handle and a description of who you are, there a few items to consider in the first few days: Follow as many educators as possible; Have a secure password with numbers, characters, and a combination of capital and lowercase letters; and Download the Twitter app, if you have a smart phone, in order to have the learning opportunities at your fingertips. Lurking and Learning In the beginning, adapting to social networking can be daunting. New users to social media must take time to lurk and learn.
Past Continuous Tense vs. Past Simple: Mysterious Stalker (ESL Video) Synopsis of English / ESL Video Watch the suspense thriller short about Elissa and the mysterious stalker & present the past continuous tense vs. past simple to students in a pre-intermediate level lesson. Title of English / ESL Video Elissa and the Mysterious Stalker Target English Grammar Past Continuous Tense vs. Student Proficiency Level Pre-intermediate level grammar Suggested Courses General English. Instructions – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. Summary of English Grammar: Past Continuous Tense vs. Approximate chronological order: Storyline: – Starts at 0:00. English Grammar Rules and Explanations: Function: – To talk about an action still in progress in the past. Timeline: – Someone was chasing her. – Someone started chasing her in the past, but we don’t know when. – That person stopped chasing her some time in the past. Specific Uses: Simple Past: Form: Statements:
Mobile Learning in Action: Our 101 Favorite Apps | Best Online Universities Mobile platforms have opened the door to a whole new level of accessibility for educational materials. There are educational apps covering any subject matter imaginable, and the self-motivated learner has never had better options for learning on the go. Some of the best educational apps have been created to serve as an additional resource for students participating in more structured education programs. Students in traditional education programs or taking online classes can access a bevy of mobile supplements to their education, including: Plenty of apps also cater to independent learners who are not taking structured courses. From pocket atlases to games for learning a second language, there are educational apps for every conceivable subject. Calculators, unit converters, and self-contained Algebra courses are just the tip of the iceberg. Return to Top
60 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Category Communication Twitter makes staying in touch and sharing announcements super simple and even fun. These ideas offer a great way to put the tool to good use. Organization Twitter’s hashtags and other tools share a great way to organize information for your classroom. Twitter recaps: At the end of the day, teachers can summarize what has been learned in the classroom, encouraging reflection and discussion between students.Classroom connections: Classrooms around the world can collaborate using Twitter as a communication tool.Collating classroom views: Students can share their opinions on issues or any open questions, and they can be organized using Twitter.Corraling comments in class: Monica Rankin at the University of Texas at Dallas uses weekly hashtags to organize comments, questions and feedback that students have used in class, while also projecting live tweets in class for discussion. Resources Use these ideas to take advantage of the vast resources that Twitter has to offer.
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