The buzz words are out there: flipped classroom, guide on the side vs. sage on the stage, or as Ian Jukes calls it, “full frontal”.
On January 12th, NPR’s “All Things Considered” aired a story on education titled Physicists Seek To
I am gradually building my personal learning network on the web. This funnel of perfectly important current information has me doing mental calisthenics whenever I have time to read/watch/write/participate. My Google Reader educators bundle, along with Twitter have been
Click here for Wolfram Alpha uses and examples..
From the Wolfram Alpha Blog:
We’re pleased to announce a series of free, live Wolfram|Alpha|Alpha Back-to-School Webinars that give K–12 educators and administrators an overview of the utility and features of
Richard Byrne posted this article on his blog.
This is a great explanation of each type of web document. There are some great examples at the bottom of the chart (Google Spreadsheet).
Here is a direct link to the chart:
Havelock and Zlotolow (1995) defined change agents as “solution giver,” “process helper,” and “resource linker” (pp. 9-10)
Solution Giver:
How do we collaborate with professionals and other classrooms in our schools and around the globe? How do we quickly facilitate
What do you think of this?
http://www.schooltechnology.org/2010/08/18/creating-facebook-page-school-edtech-elearning/
I don’t use Facebook, so I don’t know how this would work. Obviously personal information should not be shared over a social network, but everywhere I go people (or family, like my mom)
Here is a great article with links to iPhone apps for teachers:
http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-iphone-can-help-you-be-better.html
I especially like the Behavior Journal app and will be commenting on its effects this year in documenting student behavior and giving feedback to students.
Here is a quick tutorial on some of the functions of Google Reader. The video covers how to browse and add feeds to your subscription list, options for reading and how to share with friends and colleagues.
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