Content Literacy

Great set of tips for using Twitter more effectively. I really like #3, because it's all about interaction in my opinion. If working with teachers on backchannel conversations/routines, then these tips should help the teachers understand how to support the process more effectively. Thanks Clif for sharing!

From Ben Grey.

Having students start understanding number properties early is a significant aspect of developing algebraic reasoning. I really like that this game allows students to 'play'/explore different number combinations. I can even see using this game with older (3-5th) students to have them explore different characteristics of the problems, i.e. 3 + 4 = 7 the larger number goes at the end, 3 and 4 can be switched and still get 7 to introduce number properties in a concrete experiential way.

"Staffed with about 60 full-time researchers, many of them Indians with PhDs from top universities in the United States, the center is at the cutting edge of Microsoft's R&D. It covers seven areas of research including mobility and cryptography." For now, the US is still the center of tech education. How long will people continue to come to the US for education? How can we change the tide of American students not choosing/being prepared for engineering/leadership

How many of the PhD's are going back to India, though?

It's what we are moving our students to by teaching to the test and in this article it's being used against India.

These add-ons can help capture information on the internet to share with your students. The information does not have to be text based to share.

Drag & Drop.io 2.0.1: Store and share pictures, videos, audio, documents and more without an account, registration or email address. Sharing is private.

Interesting blog from Steve Shann. This post on literacy across the curriculum is worth reading from some post-grad students exploring the topic.

This is the kind of graph that students need to be interacting with as much as possible. Great example of different ways of expressing data. I would love to see questions that students could write based on this kind of graph.

increasing the engagement of activities when using the IWB

The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways project (MSP2) is a component of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) that supports middle school educators and youth by offering contextualized, high-quality resources and promotes interactivity, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing among its users.

TI activities are generally excellent and a great source of engaging, literate, standards based activities.

Great explanation of Voicethread and some very scaffolded examples of how we can use Voicethread in our classrooms. Lee does a wonderful job of developing a compelling reason for using Voicethread and how to accomplish your goals.

Site for free graphics. Option to do a free CC search or open it up to commercial search with a little cost.

Important to always think about how to create a safe learning environment. This post is a great analysis of several inputs. Worth reading and a great resource.