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About busuu.com, the free online community for learning languages - 1 views

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    "busuu.com is an innovative online community for learning languages. Learn from native speakers: Learn directly from native speakers of the busuu.com community via our integrated video-chat application! By doing so you can practice your language skills in a live conversation. Learn with our material: We have prepared over 150 learning units covering diverse topic areas and grammar units covering the most important grammar points! The content is image and sound-based. Learn for free: busuu.com can be used completely for free!"
valerie taylor

4 Phases of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers - 1 views

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    "Inquiry-based learning is an approach that can easily accommodate project-based learning, challenge-based learning, place-based education, blended learning, and other trends in education."
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History | SMALLab Learning - 0 views

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    "the embodied experiences can lead to more effective learning - learning that is kinesthetic, collaborative, and multimodal. SMALLab Learning is at the forefront of this exciting new field of embodied learning."
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From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics - 0 views

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    How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching -- two innovative techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching, which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching, visit http://bokcenter.harvard.edu
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Computer simulations can be as effective as direct observation at teaching students - 0 views

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    "Students can learn some science concepts just as well from computers simulations as they do from direct observation, new research suggests. See Also: Mind & Brain Educational Psychology Language Acquisition Space & Time Moon Pluto Computers & Math Computer Modeling Computer Science Reference Computer simulation Instructional design Computing power everywhere Local area network A study found that people who used computer simulations to learn about moon phases understood the concepts just as well -- and in some cases better -- than did those who learned from collecting data from viewing the moon."
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15 Free Learning Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of - 1 views

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    "some seriously helpful free learning sites. Here we highlight just a few of these under-the-radar free learning sites, that run the gamut from providing full degree programs to simple job-skill training tools, offering a little something for every kind of learner."
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Assessment in Game-Based Learning « Game-Based Learning Talk - 0 views

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    "Assessment in game-based learning (GBL) programs can be far superior to your typical weekly multiple-choice test. Games are all about constant assessment. Games do not actively "teach" - they don't say "here is some knowledge for you to remember" - but rather they provide constant challenges and then give you feedback on your decisions, and that is how you learn."
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Project-Based Learning: An Overview | Edutopia - 1 views

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    "Project-Based Learning: An Overview Seymour Papert, a distinguished professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is among a growing group of scholars who support project-based learning. Read a short introductory article or watch a brief introductory video."
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The eLearning Guild : 61 Tips on mLearning: Making Learning Mobile : Publications Library - 0 views

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    "adoption and use of mobile technologies opens up a new world and opportunity for learning at the moment of need anytime, anywhere. If you are just looking into mobile learning for your organization or you have already launched an mLearning initiative in your organization, this eBook provides 61 ideas to help you maximize the effectiveness of your mLearning. "
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Welcome Educators! | CFY's PowerMyLearning.com | Educational Games | Videos | Activitie... - 0 views

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    "PowerMyLearning.com is a groundbreaking learning platform that makes the best free digital learning activities on the web easily accessible and usable to meet the full range of K-12 learning needs."
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10 Apps For More Organized Project-Based Learning - 0 views

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    "Project-Based Learning, by definition, is flexible. It encourages learner-centeredness, provides the possibility of more authentic work, and allows learners to self-manage and self-direct in places they used to have their hands held. But this has its drawbacks. Learning is a capacity-building endeavor that seeks to, well, build capacity will ironically depending on that same capacity to progress,"
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Science Instruction Lesson Design "The Exploratory Learning Model" - Doug Geis - Teache... - 0 views

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    "for teaching science. Students will apply the skills and concepts they are learning. This lesson design is based on the constructivist approach and 5E Learning Cycle."
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Self Directed Learning: 15 Ways of the Successful Self-Directed Learner - 0 views

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    "The "why" of self-directed learning is survival-your own survival as an individual, and also the survival of the human race.  Clearly, we are not talking here about something that would be nice or desirable….We are talking about a basic human competence-the ability to learn on one's own-that has suddenly become a prerequisite for living in this new world. - Malcom Knowles, 1975"
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Project-Based Inquiry Learning: Science Teaching & Learning for the 21st Century - 0 views

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    Develop your skills in designing and using project-based inquiry learning, or PBIL, to enhance conceptual understanding, critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving in standards-based classrooms. Experience and analyze two NASA-oriented PBIL projects firsthand; learn PBIL curriculum design strategies and methods; and design a PBIL unit for use in your classroom. Use e-PDN's suite of online tools to collaborate, connect and create with other course participants."
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Classroom Guide: Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning. The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage."
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Youth Aviation Adventure > Home - 0 views

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    "Youth Aviation Adventure (YAA) is a fast paced single day event, held at an airport near you, for kids age 12 to 18. At a YAA program you will visit 10 different stations to learn about different facets of aviation. Watch the video to learn more. Then, click here to learn when and where the next program near you will be held. "
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Challenging the Model of 1:1 with BYOD | Edutopia - 0 views

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    "Why Mixed Devices? Our aim for using mixed devices was to challenge teachers and students to really integrate technology into their instruction and learning. By having multiple devices available, users are challenged to determine which device best suits their learning purpose, and teachers are also challenged to rethink how they are using technology. "
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Gooru | About - 0 views

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    "At Gooru, we envision a world in which the best education content, experts and community come together to provide personalized learning experiences and positive learning outcomes for all students."
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eGFI - For Teachers » Lesson: Learn about Torque - 0 views

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    "concept of torque through a short NBC Learn video on the science of the NFL, demonstrations, and a lab activity. Students learn how to calculate torque and determine how it is used in simple machines, everyday life, and in sports."
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Project Based Learning | BIE - 0 views

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    "In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. Rigorous projects help students learn key academic content and practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking). "
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