Classpress.net - 8 views
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David Hilton on 23 Dec 09Headlines and links to sites with stories about newsworthy topics in a wide variety of subjects.
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Learning Styles Re-evaluated | Psych Central News - 12 views
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A long-standing educational philosophy is under attack as a new research report downplays the importance of different learning styles.
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An interesting contribution by psychologists to a field usually left to educational researchers. Given how dominant the belief in 'learning styles' has become in education it is quite troubling.
Unit 1 (AP World History) - 5 views
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Interesting example of using a class LMS.
Motivational gimmicks 'undermine intellectual content of lessons' - Telegraph - 12 views
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A position which is bound to fire up educators, yet upon reading it I wondered if part of what they're saying isn't true? Perhaps it just sets up a simplistic binary that blinds teachers to the truth that we can be both interesting and effective as educators. Hard to tell.
YouTube - Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age - Session II. Literacy 2.0 - 16 views
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Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age
Groups in Education & Schools - Shelfari - 8 views
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Looks like a useful tool to motivate students to read.
Informationsplattform Open Access: Homepage - 4 views
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Collections of open access articles, sources and information organised by topics. Useful for research.
AP Courses - Advanced Placement Course Descriptions - 9 views
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Has descriptions of the United States AP courses. Even if you don't teach AP in the US they might be useful for you in course and assessment item design.
DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 15 views
In Defense of Lecturing in the Social Studies Classroom - 8 views
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A timely defense of teacher-centred instruction. Surely the quality of instruction is more important than a fixation on its method? After having tried student-centred and me-centred teaching styles I have found overwhelmingly that the latter is more effective. I'm pretty entertaining though...
Our Courts - Homepage - 7 views
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aimed at middle school aged students
School One - 8 views
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School One is an independent high school where students are active collaborators in designing their education
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School One is an independent high school where students are active collaborators in designing their education
National School Reform Faculty - 5 views
Vermilion Parish 18 Literacy Strategy Links - 11 views
changED - 14 views
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A very useful list of online applications and tools available to teachers. Worth checking out.
