Thoughts, ideas, and resources that I deem worthy of sharing from the passing educational scene.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
The Best of What Tim Found This Afternoon #edtech 12/12/2014
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Google Forms: Create a Quiz From a Question Bank | Teacher Tech
tags: googleforms onlinequiz post2blog
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Create Tweets from Historical Characters with Twister
tags: twitter projectideas post2blog
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A Good YouTube Channel for History Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
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Free Technology for Teachers: Get the Math - Multimedia Math Challenges About Careers
tags: post2blog math careerorientation
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The History 2.0 Classroom: Publishing to YouTube - Two Classroom Solutions
tags: video publishing youtube post2blog
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The Best of What Tim Found This Afternoon #edtech 12/10/2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The Best of What Tim Found This Afternoon #edtech 12/09/2014
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Golden Rules for Engaging Students in Learning Activities | Edutopia
tags: engagement post2blog
- it is essential that students perceive activities as being meaningful.
- when and how it is used in real life
- only slightly beyond students' current levels of proficiency
- Regularly demonstrate students’ understanding throughout the activity
- peer modelling
- eedback that helps students make progress.
- Collaborative
- When students work effectively with others, their engagement is consequently amplified
- Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
- enthusiasm
- When students pursue an activity because they want to learn and understand (i.e. mastery orientations), rather than simply to obtain a good grade, look smart, please parents, or outperform peers (i.e. performance orientations), their engagement is more likely to be full
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