Websites I Need - 30 views
It could have been the video that Rod showed. It was a commercial with a professor talking about how he had let his students down, right? If so, Rod Hikida would know. Devon Grewal wrote: > Hi Ma...
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Learning Styles - 30 views
Hi Lindsey. I just posted a link to an Education World site that contains a few kid-friendly assessment tools and explanations. It's tagged "learning styles" and assessment. Lindsey Hamilton wro...
15 free SB activities - 5 views
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Mallory Burton on 17 Dec 09This UK site has 400 activities available for purchase (99pence each) and 15 sample activities. Tried several and they were excellent!
Science.gc.ca - Science and Technology for Canadians - 5 views
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Excellent Resource for classroom science programs. Includes videos, interactives, and a section where students can email their questions about science to scientists!
Punctuation Campground - 4 views
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Harcourt site doesn't require keyboard to use punctuation. Recommended by James Hollis for use with the SB.
Graphic Novel Creator - 4 views
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Recommended by Kelley Tenkley as free and intuitive with embedded music player...haven't tried it yet.
imaginative education - 4 views
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Looking for an exciting and imaginative way to plan lessons that fit with the ways kids already think? Our school district is involved in Kieran Egan's Learning in Depth program which is a great fit with the udl principle Multiple Means of Engagement. Examples of lessons and downloadable lesson planning frameworks for imaginative education at this site.
Visual Dictionary Online - StumbleUpon - 6 views
SMARTBoard Wiki (Cowichan) - 4 views
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This wiki was created by a Cowichan teacher, Elaine Nessman, to host primary resources for the SMARTBoards. Includes Notebook lessons and links to her Delicious site.
Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover | Video on TED.com - 4 views
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Awesome TED Talk about a different way to teach math. Are we making things too simple? TED Talks Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect -- and excel at -- paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. At TEDxNYED, Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.
iepssn.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 4 views
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The BC Ministry of Education has included UDL as a strategy for designing learning materials that meet the needs of diverse learners.
StudyBuzz: Why study what you already know? - 4 views
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StudyBUZZ is a test preparation tool for grades 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. StudyBUZZ gives students personalized study guides that are directly aligned to BC, Alberta, Florida and Wahington Curriculum. The free tool helps them figure out what they do and don't know so they can use their study time more wisely.
HIAT - UDL Resources - 4 views
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On the left hand side, click the links for UDL resources or examples. They have some great strategies posted for assisting with curriculum elements such as printed text, lecture, etc.
Hardcore AT - 4 views
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Wow. Tauscher blogs about Dragon and other AT software/hardware but her latest post is everything you ever wanted to know about using JAWS with a variety of social networking applications. Not for the faint-hearted.
Librarian Chick / FrontPage - 4 views
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Unbelievable collection of resources...audio books, etext, and subject related categories such as graphing tools, classroom organizers, etc.
Read The Words - Member Login - 3 views
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Text to speech site that accepts typed text, uploaded Word and .pdf files and creates an audio with a talking avatar. You can then download as mp3, podcast, email. Free account is limited to 30 second recordings but special teacher package is available.
YouTube- Hyperwords 5.5 with Twitter & Facebook support. - 3 views
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Very cool Firefox extension lets you select a word and perform a multitude of actions including reference to dictionaries or wikipedia, convert, translate, shop, share, etc. Check out the popular Firefox Add-On Hyperwords.Updated to version 5.5 and now supports Twitter and Facebook. Available for free from http://www.hyperwords.n...
embedit.in - Any file, in your website - 3 views
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Awesome free site creates embed code that you can use to embed documents or videos on your wiki or website. Very cool because once embedded you can scroll or enlarge sections of the document.
Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On - 3 views
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Canada's most prominent cyber presence? He likes to write 1/2 an hour a day online! He puts technology in perspective...does it help us communicate? Does it promote learning growth?
adaptations_and_modifications_guide.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 3 views
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The BC Ministry of Education has included UDL as a strategy for designing learning materials that meet the needs of diverse learners.