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y StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. You cannot go back and edit a story once you have ended it but, if you click "yes" when asked to share it with others, you can print it out again by entering the magic number it gives you in the box on the right. Since lack of space forces us to delete story files older than 1 month, please save the .pdf file that prints to your own computer.

Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site.

he Smithsonian Library's 'Digital Library' contains digital publications, collections and objects including online exhibitions, webcasts, digital editions, bibliographies and fact sheets, and finding aids/inventories for collections such as our trade literature collection and artist files.

Mathematics and Multimedia GeoGebra Step-by-Step Tutorial SeriesThe objective of the GeoGebra Step-by-Step Tutorial Series is not only to teach the readers how to use the software, but also to suggest how to use GeoGebra in teaching and learning mathematics. Most of the tutorials are (or will be) linked to related articles containing explanations and proofs about the mathematics discussed in the tutorials.

An interesting collection of activities/demos. Well designed and planned. I like the fact that they have objectives but wish they were standards-based

Shanghai American School's blogs. The school seems to have adopted the blogging platform and you can see how different teachers are using the platform to accomplish different goals/objectives. Interesting site to visit and create a conversation about how you might use the tool/extend what they are doing/adapt what you are doing/want to do.

Problem-based approaches to learning have a long history of advocating experience-based education. Psychological research and theory suggests that by having students learn through the experience of solving problems, they can learn both content and thinking strategies. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method in which students learn through facilitated problem solving. In PBL, student learning centers on a complex problem that does not have a single correct answer. Students work in ollaborative groups to identify what they need to learn in order to solve a problem. They engage in self-directed learning (SDL) and then apply their new knowledge to the problem and reflect on what they learned and the effectiveness of the strategies employed. The teacher acts to facilitate the learning process rather than to provide knowledge. The goals of PBL include helping students develop 1) flexible knowledge, 2) effective problem-solving skills, 3) SDL skills, 4) effective collaboration skills, and 5) intrinsic motivation. This article discusses the nature of learning in PBL and examines the empirical evidence supporting it. There is considerable research on the first 3 goals of PBL but little on the last 2. Moreover, minimal research has been conducted outside medical and gifted education. Understanding how these goals are achieved with less skilled learners is an important part of a research agenda for PBL. The evidence suggests that PBL is an instructional approach that offers the potential to help students develop flexible understanding and lifelong learning skills.

Great one page synopsis of the Cornell Note-taking System right from the Cornell University web site.

Nice little app for manipulating fraction pieces. Can easily be used with an electronic whiteboard. Allows students and teachers to manipulate, +/-, x/divide fractions and show relationships.

Well worth a read. What happens when you look at the system and think of possibilities that will result, not might result.

Interesting that the more students are allowed to access content via dynamic and graphical approaches that their scores increase. Why are we staying with symbolic/procedural approaches?

"Don't know much about the French I took..." but this looks like some interesting analysis of shapes in the physics world. Worth looking at if you 

Webquest for Vocabulary Development links - lots of strategies ideas

Making connections to prior knowledge to assist in the learning of math concepts - using number lines, various examples provided.

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Creating Connections: Promoting Algebraic Thinking with Concrete Models

Creating Connections: Promoting Algebraic Thinking with Concrete Models - the article elaborates on the use of concrete models to teach polynomial topics.

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Great examples of problems/data sets that can be analyzed. I do think there are a considerable amount of regression equations that may/may not be categorized appropriately. That said, it's a great set of questions to discuss with students, great data sets that can be updated with a little bit of research as most are 10 years old. One of the best compilations of regression problems that I've come across.