"A fine example of this emerged in January of this year, with release of a study by University of Western Ontario neuroscientist Daniel Ansari and Harvard's Aaron Berkowitz, who studies music cognition. They put Dartmouth music majors and nonmusicians in an fMRI scanner, giving participants a one-handed fiber-optic keyboard to play melodies on. Sometimes melodies were rehearsed; other times they were creatively improvised. During improvisation, the highly trained music majors used their brains in a way the nonmusicians could not: they deactivated their right-temporoparietal junction. Normally, the r-TPJ reads incoming stimuli, sorting the stream for relevance. By turning that off, the musicians blocked out all distraction. They hit an extra gear of concentration, allowing them to work with the notes and create music spontaneously."
"The Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development.
They have been a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been great fun connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far.
It all began with One Idea, One Slide and One Image as a premise for the IWB presentation and that has always remained. I hope we can all continue to create them - let me know if you have any other ideas for a presentation.
I wanted to keep the family together in one place and give you one page to see them all, as so many of you have requested. Don't forget that if you want to contribute an idea just let me know and I will give you access to share your thoughts."
"The Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development.
They have been a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been great fun connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far.
It all began with One Idea, One Slide and One Image as a premise for the IWB presentation and that has always remained. I hope we can all continue to create them - let me know if you have any other ideas for a presentation.
I wanted to keep the family together in one place and give you one page to see them all, as so many of you have requested. Don't forget that if you want to contribute an idea just let me know and I will give you access to share your thoughts."
"On this site you'll find a large collection of learning materials covering how to create animations, games and learning objects using Adobe Flash. You'll also find examples of how Flash has been used across a range of P-12 learning contexts. "
"The following list of Moodle site examples was created by the NHDOE Office of Educational Technology (www.nheon.org/oet) as a resource for schools considering the use of Moodle. "
Now is the time for educators as well as other adults to begin to evaluate how they are using technology. Within this website are many examples of how educators can begin the process of teaching their students how to use technology more appropriately. These resources can be used by any anyone who is interested in helping students or others better understand appropriate technology use.
We've provided a collection of educator-created lesson plans for you to use as idea starters for using GarageBand in your classroom. These wonderful examples come from educators like you, who are using GarageBand to enhance their curricula and student performance.
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
Doing What Works is a website dedicated to assisting teachers in the implementation of effective educational practices. The Doing What Works website contains practice guides developed by the Department's Institute of Education Sciences that evaluate research on the effectiveness of teaching practices described in the guides. The website also contains examples of possible ways this research may be used, but not necessarily the only ways to implement these teaching practices.
GREAT LIST OF SITES FOR ANALYZING BIAS IN MEDIA
"Bias is manifest in texts when authors present particular values as if they were universal. For example,
bias can be conveyed in the media through the selection of stories, sequence, and slant in newscasts;
the placement or omission of stories in newspapers; who is interviewed and left out in radio or
television talk shows and news programs; the advertisements on webpages, television, magazines,
radio shows targeted at specific audiences; the lyrics of commercial jingles and popular music,
and the images displayed with them in broadcast commercials and music videos; the goals,
procedures, and the rules of video games."
Very good for teachers who want a teachable method (acronym included!) for teaching themselves as well as students how to do better online searches. Very friendly layout and treatment. Examples geared more toward teachers.
There are scoring rubrics for digital stories, examples of different types of stories and a good explanation of the seven steps of digital story telling.
Here students can share the resources that they have found to make their use of time more efficient.
locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
process data and report results.
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
Create and publish an online art gallery with examples and commentary that demonstrate an understanding of different historical periods, cultures, and countries
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
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AutoMotivator is for making (or faking) motivational posters. You choose the picture, colors, and text, and we make your poster. Here are some examples:
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