Our aim is to help students learn to be smart consumers of these messages, not to accept them at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases.
The materials on this site, then, are meant to help students acquire the skills to see through the spin. Under the heading Tools of the Trade we’ve outlined a five-step framework for analyzing information and avoiding deception. That process is the essence of what we do at FactCheck.org, where we have been debunking false and misleading claims in politics since 2003.
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FactCheckED.org - Lesson Plans - 5 views
Link Checker - free online link test. Check your web pages with LinkChecker. - 5 views
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Enter the URL to the page you want checked and we'll instantly test the links on your page to see if they're working! It's a simple 3 step process that takes only seconds. No signup, no login required.
(Linda Stone's Thoughts on Attention and Specifically, Continuous Partial Attention ) - 4 views
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We're often doing things that are automatic, that require very little cognitive processing
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It is an always-on, anywhere, anytime, any place behavior that involves an artificial sense of constant crisis. We are always in high alert when we pay continuous partial attention.
Un-Google Yourself - Wired How-To Wiki - 3 views
Learning to Learn - Tools and Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning - 12 views
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Inquiry based learning originates with John Dewey's philosophy that education begins with curiousity. It focuses on guiding students through a process of finding answers to questions.
On Ed Tech, We're Asking the Wrong Question | The Committed Sardine - 7 views
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In the end, that’s all technology is, too—a resource. In the hands of talented and well-trained teachers, it can facilitate high-quality teaching and learning; when used by average teachers, it most likely will lead to average results. And in either case, it’s not entirely clear whether test scores would rise, anyway—for reasons I’ll discuss later.
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There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that, when used wisely, technology is a powerful resource that can help boost achievement.
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I would argue that’s the point: You can’t separate the technology from the rest of the learning process, because they are inextricably bound.
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How YouTube Is Changing The Classroom| The Committed Sardine - 3 views
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instructing students on how to write five-paragraph essays, identify parts of speech, and use punctuation. Cockrum says the videos have enabled the dynamics of his class to change in several ways: He says his students can work at their own pace on writing projects during class, and he’s available to help them individually as they have questions or ask for an edit. Cockrum says he anticipates this will let him cover a lot more curricular material over the year, as well as immerse students in the writing process.
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He says if teachers want to engage kids in class, they should be thinking of activities to eliminate traditional classroom lectures altogether. Noschese also worries the model poses an “equity issue,” as not every student has the internet at home.
The 4Ss of Note Taking With Technology | Edutopia - 0 views
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Whether students work in cloud-based platforms or take pictures of analog notes, technology lets them save their work indefinitely. I once had a wonderful advisee. Every afternoon, we repeated this routine. Find his planner. Find his notebooks. Make sure that he could find his notes in said notebooks. Put the notebooks into his backpack. When we finally got this child a laptop, everything changed. He typed all of his notes in Google Docs so that he could access them from any device and from anywhere. Suddenly, everything was truly saved.
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note taking is an activity where the note taker needs to process information and reframe, reorganize, and work with the data to make note taking useful.
Why students using laptops learn less in class even when they really are taking notes -... - 3 views
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Even when students paid attention and took copious notes on their laptops, they still didn’t learn as well. In fact, the copiousness of their notes may be part of the problem, the study found. Laptop users are inclined to use long verbatim quotes, which they type somewhat mindlessly. The handwriters are more selective. They “wrote significantly fewer words than those who typed.” It may be, the researchers reported, “that longhand note takers engage in more processing than laptop note takers, thus selecting more important information to include in their notes, which enables them to study” more efficiently.
EdTechnocation: 4 Reasons to Teach Students the Research Process with Google Drive! - 0 views
'MCA21′ for companies extended till July 2021 | eGov Magazine - 0 views
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The government has approved the continuation of e-Governance initiative MCA21, related to compliance of companies with various laws, till July 2021.An initiative of the Corporate Affairs Ministry, MCA21 is designed to fully automate all processes related to enforcement and compliance of the legal requirements under the Companies Act. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved continuation of MCA21 project for its second cycle from January, 2013 to July, 2021. It will be implemented as a non-plan scheme with an outlay of Rs 357.81 crore, including Rs 54.42 crore for independent project management and certification over the eight-and-a-half year period, according to an official release.
BSNL landlines will soon have Video chat facility | eGov Magazine - 0 views
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Soon,old BSNL land phone connection will provide video calls, chats/conferencing facility, a feature which will be facilitated after C-DoT upgrades BSNL's existing telecom infrastructure to the Next Generation Network (NGN) - a process which has started & expected to complete within a year and a half.
The Dry Erase Board: A Cool Tool For Learning - 0 views
The dry erase board or whiteboards as some know it has been a great help in providing knowledge to the youth today. It has many sizes to choose from and has always been the best tool for many mento...
Homeschooling Tips That Will Really Help You Out - 0 views
Kids in public schools face many hurdles today, the bulk of which we never had to deal with when we were young. The best way to help your kids avoid these pitfalls is to homeschool them, and the he...
The Brutal Authenticity Of BYOD - 1 views
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“This change in practice (adopting a BYOD program) can evolve as the teachers allow themselves to become collaborators with their students in the learning process.
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