A recent study by Scholastic and the Gates Foundation found that teachers spend only about 3 percent of
their teaching day collaborating with colleagues. The majority of American teachers plan, teach, and examine their practice alone
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50 QR code resources for the classroom | ZDNet - 131 views
Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Creating Social Media Guidelines...The ... - 3 views
Alone in the Classroom: Why Teachers Are Too Isolated - Jeffrey Mirel & Simona Goldin -... - 6 views
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With a common curriculum there is agreement about what students are expected to learn, what teachers are to teach, what teacher educators are to instill in potential teachers, and what tests of student learning should measure.
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Time and money need to be invested to support teachers' understanding of the curriculum and to develop an ethos of collaboration within schools. Also needed are ongoing professional development programs to support teachers' substantive work together.
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"Educators spend most of their time distanced from their colleagues. Instead of forcing them to compete with each other, we should help them find new ways to work together."
Five Best Practices for the Flipped Classroom | Edutopia - 175 views
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It doesn't solve anything. It is a great first step in reframing the role of the teacher in the classroom. It fosters the "guide on the side" mentality and role, rather than that of the "sage of the stage." It helps move a classroom culture towards student construction of knowledge rather than the teacher having to tell the knowledge to students.
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We must first focus on creating the engagement and then look at structures, like the flipped classroom, that can support.
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If the flipped classroom is truly to become innovative, then it must be paired with transparent and/or embedded reason to know the content.
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House Afire: PBL Diary - T minus One week - Lego City and Beyond - 22 views
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Project based learning in the technology classroom diary: T minus one week After spending 3 weeks teaching my grade 9's project management using Scrum, we finally moved on to Alexey Krivitsky's terrific and well-known Lego City simulation.
Tech Talk for Teachers: PowerPoints with Personality - 179 views
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Add narration to PowerPoint presentations with Present.me, mybrainshark.com and helloslide.com
Using Twitter to Transform Classroom Learning - 2 views
Scholastic: Tools - 10 views
8 Tips For Blogging With Students | Edudemic - 93 views
Technology in the Classroom - 164 views
Using technology in the classroom requires experience and guidance, report finds - The ... - 97 views
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interesting article about a small study on using tech in the classroom.
Floor PlanR - 5 views
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Design and plan your classroom layout without lifting a thing with this easy to use, drag and drop classroom designer.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Creativity Games - Brain Training for Creativity and Creative Thinking - 11 views
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A blog full of classroom ideas that encourage creative thinking.
iPads in the Classroom - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - 226 views
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from the guide to everything, the guide to iPads in the classroom. seriously overwhelming!
The Classroom Evolved: Creating an Active Learning Environment -- THE Journal - 6 views
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the first of a new series of articles focused on classroom design, we take a look at a private high school in Florida that's borrowed ideas from two major universities to create classrooms that support interactive, hands-on learning.
