Thoughts, ideas, and resources that I deem worthy of sharing from the passing educational scene.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 12/19/2013 (p.m.)
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Free Technology for Teachers: Biology Pop - Videos, Articles, and Apps About Biology
"seems to be focused on current news and topics in biology rather than trying to be a reference site. If you're looking to bring some current news into your biology lessons, Biology Pop might be a good site to bookmark."
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Education World: Top Educator Blogs for 2013
tags: blogs topblogs whotofollow pln post2blog
Monday, December 16, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 12/16/2013 (p.m.)
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Wisdom from the Middle (7th English)
Jessica Herring is a 7th grade English teacher at Benton Middle School in Benton, Arkansas. Last year, Jessica piloted a BYOD program in her classroom, helping students use their personal technology devices to enhance English/language arts instruction and to engage reluctant learners in her classroom. Jessica has earned a Masters in Teacher Leadership and Instructional Facilitation and was recognized as Kappa Delta Pi student teacher of the semester, UCA Dept. of Teaching and Learning Student of the Year, and UCA College of Education Student of the Year in 2010-11.
tags: blogs languagearts blogexamples pln whotofollow post2blog
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helpful guidelines on how to use Google products
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 12/11/2013 (p.m.)
Monday, December 9, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 12/02/2013 (p.m.)
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Doctopus to Manage Students' Google Docs
"a Google script that allows teachers to pre-generate and share template documents. They can then manage grading and provide feedback to individual students or groups via email. Teachers simply use a Google Spreadsheet to upload the student information, connect to the Doctopus script and set up the sharing."
tags: doctopus googledocs googledrive teacherproductivity post2blog
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tags: math relevance realworldmath post2blog
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tags: assessment post2blog
Monday, November 25, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/21/2013 (p.m.)
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9 Outstanding iPhone Photography Projects to Try With Your Students -- THE Journal
tags: photography projectideas cellphones post2blog images video
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PresentationTube Offers New Options for Recording and Sharing Presentations
"Applications for Education Dedicated PowerPoint and Windows users may find PresentationTube to be a good tool to use in the creation of flipped lessons. You could have students use Presentation Tube to practice speaking on camera about a topic that they're going to present to their classmates."
tags: presentationtube presentations teacherproductivity flippedclassroom oralcommunication post2blog
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/19/2013 (p.m.)
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Illuminations: Trigonometry for Solving Problems | Tech Learning
"Help your students understand the broad uses of trigonometry as a tool in problem solving. With this lesson students will reinforce their understanding of identifying equivalent trigonometric expressions while also working in small groups that help work on communication skills."
tags: trironometry math post2blog problemsolving lessonplans*
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Free Technology for Teachers: ReadWorks Adds More Science Passages Aligned to Common Core Standards
Monday, November 18, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/15/2013 (p.m.)
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/08/2013 (p.m.)
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Free Technology for Teachers: eQuizShow Makes It Easy to Create Jeopardy-style Games
"Applications for Education eQuizShow works well on interactive whiteboards. If you have an interactive whiteboard, using eQuizShow could be a good way to display questions and answers to students during a review session."
tags: equizshow jeopardy jeopardy* jeopardytemplate projectideas post2blog
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/06/2013 (p.m.)
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3 Strategies to Improve Student Writing Instantly | Edutopia
tags: writing literacyspecialist languagearts projectideas post2blog
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tags: science projectideas webquests webadventures post2blog
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Game Leaderboard Templates in Google Docs
tags: templates googledocs games leaderboard teacherproductivity post2blog
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Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte: 5 ways to make your classroom more student-centered
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Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school
tags: engagement post2blog
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11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia
tags: math projectideas post2blog
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Teach with Movies is now free! — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
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What most schools don't teach - YouTube
why computer code?
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"Once again, it all circles back around to this: How are we helping kids develop into the powerful, self-directed, self-organized, transparent, connected learners they need to be to solve any problem with any one and create meaningful, beautiful, important work that lives in the world and changes the world for the better? Hint: It ain’t worksheets."
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Education World: Student Feedback: Six Questions Teachers Should Ask
tags: feedback assessment post2blog
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Making Instagram Videos With English Language Learners | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
tags: esl video projectideas instagram post2blog
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Ways to use technology in math class by David Wees
tags: math technologyintegration projectideas projectideas* math* post2blog
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Bullying Prevention Programs May Have Negative Impact: Study
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Tips for Using Google Drive in the Classroom
tags: googledrive 1:1 post2blog
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Ideas for supporting #TeacherEffectiveness with #EdTech - Domain 4
tags: tess teacherevaluation technologyintegration post2blog adminblog
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Free Technology for Teachers: Display Your Instagram Account or a Hashtag on Your Blog
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/06/2013 (a.m.)
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3 Strategies to Improve Student Writing Instantly | Edutopia
tags: writing literacyspecialist languagearts projectideas post2blog
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tags: science projectideas webquests webadventures post2blog
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Game Leaderboard Templates in Google Docs
tags: templates googledocs games leaderboard teacherproductivity post2blog
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Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte: 5 ways to make your classroom more student-centered
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Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school
tags: engagement post2blog
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11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia
tags: math projectideas post2blog
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Teach with Movies is now free! — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
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What most schools don't teach - YouTube
why computer code?
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"Once again, it all circles back around to this: How are we helping kids develop into the powerful, self-directed, self-organized, transparent, connected learners they need to be to solve any problem with any one and create meaningful, beautiful, important work that lives in the world and changes the world for the better? Hint: It ain’t worksheets."
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Education World: Student Feedback: Six Questions Teachers Should Ask
tags: feedback assessment post2blog
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Making Instagram Videos With English Language Learners | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
tags: esl video projectideas instagram post2blog
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Ways to use technology in math class by David Wees
tags: math technologyintegration projectideas projectideas* math* post2blog
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Bullying Prevention Programs May Have Negative Impact: Study
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Tips for Using Google Drive in the Classroom
tags: googledrive 1:1 post2blog
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Ideas for supporting #TeacherEffectiveness with #EdTech - Domain 4
tags: tess teacherevaluation technologyintegration post2blog adminblog
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Free Technology for Teachers: Display Your Instagram Account or a Hashtag on Your Blog
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/05/2013 (p.m.)
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3 Strategies to Improve Student Writing Instantly | Edutopia
tags: writing literacyspecialist languagearts projectideas post2blog
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tags: science projectideas webquests webadventures post2blog
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Game Leaderboard Templates in Google Docs
tags: templates googledocs games leaderboard teacherproductivity post2blog
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Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte: 5 ways to make your classroom more student-centered
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Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school
tags: engagement post2blog
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11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia
tags: math projectideas post2blog
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Teach with Movies is now free! — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
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What most schools don't teach - YouTube
why computer code?
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"Once again, it all circles back around to this: How are we helping kids develop into the powerful, self-directed, self-organized, transparent, connected learners they need to be to solve any problem with any one and create meaningful, beautiful, important work that lives in the world and changes the world for the better? Hint: It ain’t worksheets."
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Education World: Student Feedback: Six Questions Teachers Should Ask
tags: feedback assessment post2blog
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Making Instagram Videos With English Language Learners | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
tags: esl video projectideas instagram post2blog
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Ways to use technology in math class by David Wees
tags: math technologyintegration projectideas projectideas* math* post2blog
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Bullying Prevention Programs May Have Negative Impact: Study
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Tips for Using Google Drive in the Classroom
tags: googledrive 1:1 post2blog
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Ideas for supporting #TeacherEffectiveness with #EdTech - Domain 4
tags: tess teacherevaluation technologyintegration post2blog adminblog
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Free Technology for Teachers: Display Your Instagram Account or a Hashtag on Your Blog
The Best of What Tim Found Today 11/05/2013 (a.m.)
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tags: science projectideas webquests webadventures post2blog
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Game Leaderboard Templates in Google Docs
tags: templates googledocs games leaderboard teacherproductivity post2blog
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Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte: 5 ways to make your classroom more student-centered
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Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school
tags: engagement post2blog
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11 Virtual Tools for the Math Classroom | Edutopia
tags: math projectideas post2blog
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Teach with Movies is now free! — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
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What most schools don't teach - YouTube
why computer code?
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"Once again, it all circles back around to this: How are we helping kids develop into the powerful, self-directed, self-organized, transparent, connected learners they need to be to solve any problem with any one and create meaningful, beautiful, important work that lives in the world and changes the world for the better? Hint: It ain’t worksheets."
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Education World: Student Feedback: Six Questions Teachers Should Ask
tags: feedback assessment post2blog
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Making Instagram Videos With English Language Learners | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
tags: esl video projectideas instagram post2blog
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Ways to use technology in math class by David Wees
tags: math technologyintegration projectideas projectideas* math* post2blog
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Bullying Prevention Programs May Have Negative Impact: Study
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Tips for Using Google Drive in the Classroom
tags: googledrive 1:1 post2blog
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Ideas for supporting #TeacherEffectiveness with #EdTech - Domain 4
tags: tess teacherevaluation technologyintegration post2blog adminblog
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Free Technology for Teachers: Display Your Instagram Account or a Hashtag on Your Blog
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SAMR Exemplars - Technology Is Learning
tags: projectideas* projectideas samr samrexemplars post2blog
Monday, November 4, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Best of What Tim Found Today 10/24/2013 (p.m.)
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Teach with Movies is now free! — @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch
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What most schools don't teach - YouTube
why computer code?
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"Once again, it all circles back around to this: How are we helping kids develop into the powerful, self-directed, self-organized, transparent, connected learners they need to be to solve any problem with any one and create meaningful, beautiful, important work that lives in the world and changes the world for the better? Hint: It ain’t worksheets."
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Education World: Student Feedback: Six Questions Teachers Should Ask
tags: feedback assessment post2blog