The Black Mirror Project – Envisioning The Future of Media memory experiments Memory Experiments Here are some experiments and games to test your memory. Also, don't forget that there are some memory tricks and techniques at the end of this section! On-line Short Term Memory Games Grades K-12 Think you have a good memory? On-line "Simon Says" Memory Games Simon says, "Play These Games!" Try Game 1 with and without sound. Face Memory Test How good is your memory for faces? There are two versions of the test: Now You See It, Now You Don't Grades K-6 Let's test short term memory. Materials: Tray or plate10-20 small items (like an eraser, pencil, coin, marble, etc.)Cloth or towel to cover the trayPaper and pencils for your subjects to write down what they remember What's Missing This experiment is a variation of the previous experiment to test short term memory. Try it again giving the subjects more time to view all the items.Try it with less time. Tray or plate10-20 small items (like an eraser, pencil, coin, marble, etc.)Cloth or towel to cover the tray Who's Missing None
Google Slides: Choose Your Own Adventure - Teacher Tech Eric Curts posted directions for using Google Slides to create a choose your own adventure style activity. Using hyperlinks within a Google Slides presentation, build a story or tutorial that asks the viewer to make decisions. Google Slides is probably my favorite collaboration tool. See what your students can collaborate on and create! My students created an awesome adventure story using collaboration tools. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2016
Uppsatser och källhänvisningar Ju längre elever kommer i sina studier desto större blir deras behov av att ange källor i sina arbeten. Det kan vara till exempel uppsatser och gymnasiearbeten. Några bibliotek ger råd om källhänvisningar. Lathund för yngre elevers uppsatsarbete Att planera Vad vill jag veta? Att tänka kritiskt Vem står bakom den här informationen/Vem är författaren? Att sammanställa materialet Vad har jag fått veta? Att skriva enkla källhänvisningar Böcker: författare, titel. Lathund för äldre elevers uppsatsarbete Biblioteksgruppen på Celsiusskolan i Uppsala har sammanställt en checklista för elever som ska skriva en uppsats. Checklista - hur du enkelt skriver din uppsats (511 kB) Källhänvisningar Det finns olika system för att ange källor. Kortfattade instruktioner till hur du citerar, skriver fotnoter och refererar hittar du i ”Att skriva källförteckning” från Celsiusskolans biblioteksgrupp. Att skriva källförteckning ( (Celsiusskolans biblioteksgrupp, Uppsala) (549 kB)
The Seven Best Short Films to Promote Empathy in ELT - Kieran Donaghy Empathy, which has been beautifully defined by Roman Krznaric as “the art of stepping imaginatively into the shoes of another person, understanding their feelings and perspectives, and using that understanding to guide your actions”, may be one of the qualities which distinguishes an average teacher from an excellent teacher in the eyes of the student. I think that empathy is increasingly important in language education as communication requires a sophisticated degree of empathy, in order to communicate effectively, language teachers, teacher trainers and learners needs to be able to understand the other person’s affective and cognitive states. My interest in empathy was sparked by Jill Hadfield’s classic Classroom Dynamics and Earl Stevik’s 1980 masterpiece Teaching Languages: A Way and Ways in which Stevick argues for the importance of affective factors in language teaching and learning. We’ve All Been There We’ve All been There is a a moving short film by Nicholas Clifford. Moments
How to adapt and modify your sport activities to include all | Inclusive Sport Design One of the most important contributors to successful inclusion in sport activities is adapting things to suit the needs of individual participants. In particular this applies to disability, where, adaptations are applied so that participation in activities or development of sport-based skills can occur effectively. This is where having a simple and repeatable process can come in handy. We will cover four different methods here. So lets start with the simplest and work our way towards some more advanced approaches. I also provide a set of handy worksheets for you to download at the end of the post. TREE Method As you will find with each of these methods the name is an acronym. You can also check out our TREE video here. STEP Method As with TREE the letters of STEP represent the areas of focus, which can be modified to cater for the skills, abilities and needs of your group. CHANGE IT Method This approach has a few more letters to remember but works along the same lines as TREE and STEP. Rules
CristinaSkyBox: In A Nutshell - An Activity for Business English Students How many educators really know their students? Perhaps when you are teaching classes of 20+ learners, are swamped with administrative duties which eat away at the time that could be spent preparing lessons, when teachers are demanded to be everything to all, it's not realistically possible to really know one's students beyond their names and perhaps, their grades. So let me start again, how well do your students know each other? A regular activity when teaching Business English is to ask students to write out their CV for a possible role play (a role play focusing on interview skills, for instance, or writing application/covering letters for a job). These tools not only offer a real world practice to learners but also help them to learn about each other, thus opening opportunities of better class dynamics and ways of collaboration with each other. Me in a Nutshell brings together one's contributions in social networks. their own page and connect the social networks they want to. Images
Great Video On Imagination For TOK Classes: “Yuval Noah Harari: The Rise of Humans” This new video is a great one for showing IB Theory of Knowledge classes when discussing Imagination as a Way of Knowing. In it, Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian, talks about imagination being the key to the success of humanity: Related Video: Wow, It Looks Like Pixar's 'Inside Out' Movie Will Be Perfect For IB TOK Classes! As International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge teachers know, emotion and imagination are two "Ways Of Knowing" (for people unfamiliar with TOK, the curriculum defines a number of qualities as ways we acquire knowledge, and then divides that knowledge into "Areas Of Knowing" like history, math, etc.). April 10, 2015 In "TOK" The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2015 – So Far As regular readers know, I teach an International Baccalaureate “Theory of Knowledge” class (in fact, this year I teach two of them!). June 13, 2015 In "best of the year" The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2016 – Part Two
Pre-Assessment Strategies | Principal Kendrick KWL Charts – K-what do the students already know? W-what do the students need and want to know? L-what did the students learn? An effective pre-assessment tool and summative evaluation tool to measure the level of understanding at the end of unit. Yes/No Cards – Students make a card with Yes (or Got It) on one side, No (No clue) on the opposite side. SA/A/D/SD – Students are given to opportunity to formulate their own views and opinions along a continuum rather than dialectically. Squaring Off – Place a card in each corner of the room with the following phrases: Dirt Road, Paved Road, Highway and Yellow Brick Road. Turn & Talk- During a lesson, there may be opportunities to have the students do a turn & talk activity for a few minutes. Source:
Speaking For An Audience These new kids need more public speaking skills than us. They will work on projects in teams, they will present their projects and they will need to be more confident in front of an audience. Thus, as teachers we can encourage our students to speak in front of an audience by assigning weekly projects. Friday afternoons can be a great time for doing this as on the last day of the week they feel tired and demotivated. You can find a lovely box, or a jar and put the project ideas in and ask them to choose the one for the next week. Here are some suggestions but we can add more, Every week students choose a song which tell a story and prepare a 3-minute presentation about the song. 6 iconic moments of Shakespeare you should hear Three classic radio productions from the BBC archives starring Nigel Hawthorne, Miriam Margolyes, Geraldine McEwan and a host of celebrated acting talent. These three legendary plays, performed by some of the best-known theatrical actors of the 20th Century, are the perfect way to commemorate England's greatestdramatist. The Taming of the Shrew: The controversial comedy about the battle of the sexes and a very unconventional marriage, starring Fenella Fielding as Katherine, with Miriam Margolyes as Bianca and Paul Daneman as Petruchio. A Midsummer Night's Dream: One of Shakespeare'sbest-loved plays, this tale of warring fairies, eloping lovers and the magic and madness of love has bewitched audiences since its very first performance. Starring Nigel Hawthorne as Oberon with Maureen O'Brien as Titania. Twelfth Night: Mistaken identity and a tangled love triangle lead to confusion and, ultimately, happiness in this comic masterpiece.
Differentiated programming Students are individuals who learn at different rates and in different ways. These individual differences may influence how students respond to instruction and how they demonstrate what they know, understand and can do. Individual differences may include: cognitive abilities, including students’ current level of understanding and ability in relation to a particular topic or skill prior learning experiences learning styles and preferences motivation and engagement with learning interests and talents. Through differentiated planning and programming, teachers can consider students’ varying abilities, learning styles, interests and needs. What is differentiation? Differentiation is a targeted process that involves forward planning, programming and instruction. Differentiated programming: Differentiated programming provides students with opportunities to: The diversity of learners The K–10 syllabuses are inclusive of the learning needs of all students. How can teachers differentiate?
Learn English Paraphrase Writing Paraphrase writing means you take a sentence and change some words but keep the same idea. It’s a good skill for ESL students because it helps them learn English words and different ways to write a sentence. These ESL teaching materials provide writing students with 4 strategies to paraphrase sentences. What is Paraphrasing? Paraphrase writing is actually quite difficult. It involves several tasks. find and keep the main ideachange the key wordschange sentence order Paraphrase Practice Questions Here are 4 sets of paraphrase practice questions. Part 1. Isolate key words and phrases and replace them with words that express a similar idea. For example: Several high school students are taking pictures of themselves in front of a coffee shop.Quite a few high school students are taking selfies in front of a cafe. Practice Writing Questions Part 2. Change a sentence written on the passive form and make it active. Many buildings were destroyed by the earthquake.The earthquake destroyed many buildings.