The Techy Teacher Librarian Reviews. What You Can Do. Are you being bullied? Do you see bullying at your school? There are things you can do to keep yourself and the kids you know safe from bullying. Treat Everyone with Respect Nobody should be mean to others. Stop and think before you say or do something that could hurt someone.If you feel like being mean to someone, find something else to do. Play a game, watch TV, or talk to a friend.Talk to an adult you trust. What to Do If You’re Bullied There are things you can do if you are being bullied: Look at the kid bullying you and tell him or her to stop in a calm, clear voice. There are things you can do to stay safe in the future, too. Talk to an adult you trust. Protect Yourself from Cyberbullying Bullying does not always happen in person. Always think about what you post. Stand Up for Others When you see bullying, there are safe things you can do to make it stop. Talk to a parent, teacher, or another adult you trust.
Not saying anything could make it worse for everyone. Get Involved. How to Use Twitter to Build Your Students’ Personal Learning Networks. Licensed Under CCSA/stevegarfield You may be familiar with the Toyota Venza commercial where a young woman expresses concern over her parents’ 19 Facebook friends compared to her own 687 friends; all the while, her parents are out mountain biking. To many students, puppy videos and amassing a ridiculously large circle of “friends” is the epitome of social networking. Unbeknownst to them, another kind of network exists within their favorite social networks: the personal learning network (PLN). It’s up to savvy professors to direct students’ attention away from the puppy videos and toward conversations about research, trends and resources within their fields of study. Dr. Transforming Twitter From a Social Network to a PLN Drawing on social-constructivist pedagogy, Rhode knew he wanted his graduate students, who were in-service teachers, to engage with the subject matter and each other.
So, what makes Twitter the perfect tool for building a robust PLN? Create hashtags for the course. Digitize Student Work With the Three Ring App. Save Favorite Tweets. The 2012 A-Z List Of Educational Twitter Hashtags. We got so many additions and updates to our 2011 list we thought it was time to bring you the most up-to-date list for 2012. So, without further ado, here’s the 2012 A-Z list of educational Twitter hashtags. We went through all the comments on the 2011 version , wrote down all the Twitter and Facebook updates, and compiled this list over the course of several months.
What follows is our best effort to bring you the biggest and baddest list of hashtags. I’m sure we still missed some as new hashtags seemingly pop up every day. First, some background to get you up to speed on what the heck a hashtag is. First, What’s A Hashtag? Whether you’re a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense. The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. For example, the popular #edchat hashtag is used by thousands of users every Tuesday. How To Hide Your Hashtag Chat From Followers Sources Technology. 10 Great Free Google Forms Every Teacher Should Be Using. Today's post is about a great work that has been done by our colleague Tom Barret. He has created awesome example forms for different topics. He has also made all these forms available for us to download and use with our students. To download any of the forms below, make sure to visit Tom's original post. 1- Get to Know your Class Use this form to collect information about your students such as their likes, dislikes, club affiliations, and many more. 2- Emotion Graph This is a form ideal for use by students when studying linear narrative both written or visual. 3- Spelling Test As its name suggests , this form is great for use inside the classroom to test students spelling. 4- Comprehension Questions This is a form that test students understanding of a text or anything thing else you want to test. 5- Weekly Reading Record This is a form where students can provide data about their reading. 6- Maths Data Handling 7- Guided Reading Record 8- Prior Learning Assessment 9- Library Book Review.
A List of Free Must Have PDF Tools for Educators. 1- PDF Aid PDF Aid is a cool web tool that allows users to easily extract images from PDF files. The tool is completely free and very simple to use. If you have a PDF containing several images and wondered how to extract all these images with a single click then PDF Aid will definitely be your solution. 2- PDF Reader PDF Reader is an amazing free tool that you can use to annotate your PDFs just as if you are editing a word document. 3- PDF to Excel Converter PDF to Excel Converter is a cool web tool that allows users to turn any PDF to Excel for easy editing. 4- PDF Converter PDF Converter is a great tool that allows its users to create PDFs from virtually any document format or convert PDF documents to Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 5- Web2PDF This service is particularly useful for those who have already set up a classroom blog or website or even a personal blog. 6- Booklet Creator As its name entails , it enables users to easily and quickly convert any PDF document to a printable booklet.
Resources A – Z | The Best Of Web 2.0. 21st Century Learning. Apps for Education. Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts. Flat Classroom® Projects - Home. Flipping The Classroom… A Goldmine of Research and Resources To Keep You On Your Feet | The Flipped Classroom. Project-based learning: FREE WEBINAR. The Learning Project. It's been said and discussed often here and many places that a real shift for educators is moving from teacher to learner. Not so much moving, we still need teachers, expertise matters but until we see ourselves as learners and intentionally show are students we can't be the educator our students need us to be. Last week I began my ECMP 355 course with largely freshman pre-service teachers.
My usual introduction to my course reminds them that they are the winners of education. They were successful students because they were largely compliant and knew how to survive and thrive in a system that values a "mind your own business" style of learning. Do what you're told, when you're told to, and you'll be fine. Learning isn't very self directed in this system. Students wait to be told what to learn. I'm trying to get them to consider something new. Last year i read Ewan's post about a 100 hour challenge. 1. 2. 3. 4. That's it. Photo: The Flipped Classroom: Pro and Con.
In 2012, I attended the ISTE conference in San Diego, CA. While I was only there for about 36 hours, it was easy for me to pick up on one of the hottest topics for the three-day event. The "flipped classroom" was being discussed in social lounges, in conference sessions, on the exhibit floor, on the hashtag and even at dinner. People wanted to know what it was, what it wasn't, how it's done and why it works. Others wanted to sing its praises and often included a vignette about how it works in their classroom and how it transformed learning for their students. What It Is According to the description on ASCD's page for the newly released book, Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day, by flipped-classroom pioneers Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann, "In this model of instruction, students watch recorded lectures for homework and complete their assignments, labs, and tests in class.
" What It Isn't Why It Works Why It Doesn't Work Why It's Nothing New Why It Matters. Technology with Intention. Pinterest Resources for Educators. There is a lot of interest in pinterest from educators this summer. I pulled together a collection of all my pinterest resources to help you get started. This is my blog post on how to get started with Pinterest, including tips to easily score an invite (It isn't that hard.) This is a great thing to do over the summer. ERic has moved to pinterest and has a set of pinboards that any Administrator will learn from. Lots of free resources for teachers. Follow the board for your grade level and find a lot of great ideas. Very Pinteresting!: The hot social network is taking educators by storm. By Kate Messner Everyone’s buzzing about Pinterest, a new social media tool that connects people through the things they like—but for a growing number of users in classrooms and media centers, it’s fast becoming a powerful resource where teachers and students share images, store lesson plans, read about current events, watch video clips, and collect their favorite apps.
Pinterest bills itself as a virtual pinboard that helps users “organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.” Although still in beta phase, the site has grown astronomically—faster than even Facebook and Twitter—reaching 10 million visitors each month. Getting started is easy: an existing member can send you an invitation or you can click “Request an Invite” on the main page and start creating boards where you can collect photos, articles, and other clippings on just about any topic.
“I use it to mostly promote books and reading,” says Ludwig. A portion of Sarah Ludwig's "research" board More on Pinterest. Four Ways to Use Pinterest in Education. It seems as though when one technology tool for the classroom is introduced, another one is waiting to make its debut! We’ve shared several 21st century tools with our readers; however, we have not acquainted you with a recent tool, Pinterest. Pinterest is an electronic bulletin board where users can “pin” images from around the web.
These images are then categorized into various boards on the users’ profile. Pins are also shared and searchable, which makes Pinterest a wonderful resource for visual information. So what are these pin boards good for with regards to integrating them into the classroom? We’ve come up with a list of four ways for teachers to use Pinterest: Lesson Plans- As briefly mentioned above, Pinterest is a superb visual resource full of pictures, videos, and website links. Pinterest can be a fun and exciting tool inside and outside the classroom. Is there a fifth way in which you would incorporate Pinterest into the classroom?
10 Ways Librarians Can be a Marketing Genius Like Lady Gaga. FindingDulcinea to do research. Being a school librarian, I am often asked by both students and teachers alike ways to find materials to use for papers, speeches or even extra credit. That is my job as a media specialist, to teach and help people sift through information and help people decide what is good and what is bad. I came across a site called findingDulcinea, which according to the site is the librarian of the Internet. It is used to teach people how to find good materials and information instead of having to sift and sort through thousands of websites. In today's age, people automatically go to google to get their information. Even I am guilty of googling something that I want to learn about fast, but, often, the information isn't always credible enough to use for research or an accurate paper.
Dulcinea offers viewers information about different search engines and alternative sites to use for accurate and relevant information. A database can cost a school district thousands of dollars. This is What a Librarian Looks Like • Our names are Tina Martínez, Julián Maria Guzmán... HHS Library. *NEW* Book Trailer Display. I Love My Librarian Award. Ten librarians were honored with a Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award in 2013. Each received a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and $500 travel stipend to attend an awards reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times, on December 17, 2013. Richard Ford, winner of the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for his novel Canada, will be the keynote speaker at the event. There are 166,305 certified librarians nationwide, and librarians touch the lives of the people they serve every day.
The award encourages library users like you to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians. We want to hear how you think your librarian is improving the lives of the people in your school, campus or community. Sign up here to be notified about 2013 winners and future I Love My Librarian Award activity. Questions? Front Page Slideshow Image: Why All Librarians Should be Vocal Advocates. Photo by Talk Radio News Service Today, I had the opportunity to attend “Women 2020: How Women Are Reshaping the Economy, Politics and the World,” an event hosted by the National Journal magazine focused on bringing influential women in Washington together to discuss the evolving role of women in the economy, policy and politics. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi headlined the event, and several women leaders spoke at the event, including Anu Bhagwati from the Service Women’s Action Network, Margaret Ann Hamburg from the Food and Drug Administration, and Rand Construction CEO Linda Rabbitt.
At one point during the event, Pelosi told the audience about the weekly Tuesday dinners that she would have with several Democratic Members of Congress, including Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Barbara Kennelly. At these dinners, they would meet to talk about different issues (with the men at the table dominating the conversation), she said. Like this: Like Loading... 74 Books to Read if You Love the Hunger Games. If you haven't read the Hunger Games you really should! They're pretty awesome. Check them out: If you're already a fan of the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins... You should add these books to your to be read pile!
(The recommendations are in no particular order.) Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie In a world where Officials pick your perfect mate, what happens when you’ve two choices? Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner A boy wakes up in a Glade with other boys knowing only his name, not how he got there, or how to escape the enclosed walls. Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry A young boy is given the job to retain the Community’s memories and to advise them using that knowledge, but he doesn’t like what he sees when he knows the past. Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau A city of light amidst the darkness begins to go black and survival means finding a way out by going through the unknown. Uglies Quartet by Scott Westerfeld Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass UPDATE: Novellas added to series: The Prince , The Guard.
Free Technology for Teachers. Create Videos Online with WeVideo in Google Drive. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 7 Excellent Tools to Publish Students Work. There is nothing much rewarding for students than to see their accomplished work being published and celebrated with others. This is very much motivating and is a strong impetus for them to achieve more and work harder. There are several online tools that you as a teacher can use to host your students work and share them with the whole class and as well as parents .Below are some tools that can help you do that. Check them out : 1- Flipsnack Fipsnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications ideal for publishing students work. 2- Issuu This is another popular website where you can upload and share your students work very easily and for free. 3- Tikatok Tikatok lets you easily create an unlimited books online . 4- Mixbook Mixbook lets you make completely customizable photo books, yearbooks, cards, and calendars and many more. 5- ePub Bud 6- Lulu Lulu is a website that lets you publish print books and ebooks for free.
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