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50 Must-Download Apps For Lifelong Learners - Edudemic - Edudemic - 0 views

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apps learning

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    "life provides an overstuffed cornucopia of educational opportunities that don't necessarily require hefty loans and navigating different professorial strategies. Those with a lust for learning who happen to also enjoy testing the limits of what the iPad offers definitely don't have to worry about finding resources to pique their fancy. Hundreds, if not thousands, of apps are out there just twitching for users to fire them up and absorb a mental nugget or two."
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IMAGES | Visualization and Spatial Reasoning - 0 views

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k-8 engineering teaching learning lesson resources

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  • valerie taylor on 20 Sep 13
     
    "Instructional activities and lesson plans for visualization and spatial reasoning The activities and lesson plans listed here (by grade level) are described more extensively in Instructional Activities and Lesson Plans, where they are listed alphabetically."
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How Schools Design Classroom Games for Learning | MindShift - 0 views

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k-8 engineering healthykids learning games

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  • valerie taylor on 19 Sep 13
     
    "seven components to game-play that aptly fit curriculum design. Challenge is constant Everything is interconnected Failure is reframed as iteration Learning happens by doing Feedback is immediate and ongoing Everyone is a participant It feels like play"
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Engineering a Better Future for Girls - US News and World Report - 0 views

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k-8 engineering healthykids

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  • valerie taylor on 19 Sep 13
     
    "Although young women currently make up only 18 percent of engineering majors, there are many bright spots including such disciplines as biomedical and environmental engineering, where in 2011 these fields awarded 39 percent and 44 percent of their degrees, respectively, to women."
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Smartphones in the Classroom? Sure, With These Top Apps for Each Subject | Fluency21 - ... - 0 views

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k-8 apps mobile resources

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  • valerie taylor on 13 Sep 13
     
    "A report by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project indicated that 73 percent of teachers use cell phones for classroom activities. Educational apps open a world of possibilities for teachers and students. The growing pool of grade- and subject-specific apps can keep students engaged and make teachers' lives easier."
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Teaching Tweens & Young Teens NOW - 0 views

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k-8 teaching healthykids middleschool

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  • valerie taylor on 04 Sep 13
     
    "How to Teach Tweens & Young Teens - The first few weeks in the middle grades classroom can be all too real - even a little surreal at times. That's especially true for new teachers and those just beginning to teach at the middle level. "
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What Works Clearinghouse - 0 views

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k-8 teaching resources research

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  • valerie taylor on 04 Sep 13
     
    " focusing on the results from high-quality research, we try to answer the question "What works in education?" Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions."
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How to Get Your School Ready for STEM This Year | MindShift - 0 views

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k-8 teaching learning STEM

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "ramp up for great STEM learning by following some advice gathered from educators who've been teaching STEM classes successfully for several years. First things first: Prepare yourself for noisy, exuberant classrooms where multiple right answers abound and failure is regarded as a positive step toward discovery and a successful solution. Get ready for kids to work closely together, using hands-on methods to solve real-world problems."
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The Best Infographics About Parent Involvement In Schools | Engaging Parents ... - 0 views

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k-8 teaching learning healthykids

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "The Best Infographics About Parent Involvement In Schools"
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A Collection Of Useful Recently-Published Interactive Maps & Charts | Larry F... - 0 views

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k-8 teaching learning interactive resources geography

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "some quite useful interactive maps and charts that have been published recently"
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16 Free Science Apps You Must Download Now! From edshelf - 0 views

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k-8 science apps free

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "chemistry, physical science, and general science iPad apps. And the best part - they are all FREE! A teacher's favorite price!"
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Six Ways To Motivate To Students To Learn | MindShift - 0 views

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k-8 teaching learning healthykids

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "Scientific research has provided us with a number of ways to get the learning juices flowing, none of which involve paying money for good grades. And most smart teachers know this, even without scientific proof"
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Definition Of Digital Citzenship - 0 views

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k-8 learning healthykids citizenship digitalliteracy

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "citizenship far more complex than a simple legal matter, but rather one that consists of self-knowledge, interaction, and intimate knowledge of a place, its people, and its cultural history."
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15 Free Learning Tools You've Probably Never Heard Of - 1 views

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k-8 teaching learning free open resources videos

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "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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5 Free Educational Apps Worth A Download - 0 views

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k-8 ipads apps teaching free

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    " Finding great educational apps that are free, is not all that easy. So many new educational apps are released daily. Knowing that, "Not all apps are created equal," keeps us on our mission to find the best educational apps for your mobile devices"
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The 55 Best Free Education Apps For iPad - 0 views

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k-8 ipads apps teaching free

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "list for the 55 best apps for learning we can find. Some are formal learning-math drilling and phonics, for example-while others are RSS readers, social media platforms, and the like. These are purposely not all purely academic, "training" apps that focus on individual skills, but rather the an array of apps students could use daily to improve their ability to think, connect, and use information."
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4 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Choosing Educational Apps - 0 views

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ipads apps teaching k-8

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  • valerie taylor on 02 Sep 13
     
    "immense opportunities that come with touch-screen tablets also bring the responsibility to make new plans, set new limits and take time to play with these new tech-tools ourselves.  As both an educator and app developer, I can see how challenging it is to find apps that are out there, somewhere, that dovetail with school curriculum. For educators who are investigating which elements of technology and learning apps to use in their classrooms we encourage asking some key questions."
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Video Friday: Retro Robots, Mobile Manipulation, and Mario - IEEE Spectrum - 0 views

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k-8 engineering robotics video

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  • valerie taylor on 01 Sep 13
     
    "Industrial Robot Demo Maker Person. We salute you, and your latest idea involving robots, slot cars, and Mario. And there's more, of course, because it's Video Friday."
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Edheads - The Compound Machine - 0 views

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k-8 engineering games mechanical

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  • valerie taylor on 30 Aug 13
     
    "Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create The Compound Machine!"
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Project Learning in Action: The Wing Strength Design Project | Edutopia - 0 views

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k-8 aviation teaching learning video

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  • valerie taylor on 30 Aug 13
     
    "Aviation High School, in Seattle, Washington, is described as "the premier public high school of choice for students . . . who wish to pursue their passion for aviation and aerospace in a learning environment that prepares them for higher education, citizenship, and work." "
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