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I've known Leslie Bowman for over a decade. She's a great online teacher. Her book is filled with the wisdom of experience. Check it out! ~ Dennis "Online education programs at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels represent one of the fastest growing trends in education today. However, online classes are completely different from any other educational endeavor and require a new set of skills. Bowman, who currently teaches online undergraduate and graduate courses, and her fellow contributors provide an excellent down-to-earth guide for anyone who is thinking about or participating in an online education program. This well-written and understandable book covers some theories of learning styles but focuses on the nuts-and-bolts skills needed to be successful. Each chapter explores a particular aspect of learning online and gives practical advice about how to participate successfully in an online learning environment. Verdict: Bowman and the other contributors have several years' experience helping students learn online, and their perspectives make this a practical and helpful guide to a prevalent and growing practice."- June 2010, Library Journal Starred Review "

Here are ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment.

10 Best Practices for using wikis in education

Heather Kanuka University of Alberta Theory without practice leads to an empty idealism, and action without philosophical refl ection leads to mindless activism. - Elias & Merriam, 1980, p. 4

What Is the future of yoga? Yoga is more than 5000 years old and has been practiced in many countries throughout the ages. It's scientific results and traditional practices have been a gift to mankind like no other. Shrouded and protected from the average person, yoga is now available to everyone.

This is a table looking at traditional classroom practice and potential digital alternatives. I have included software tools (proprietary, open source/free (FOSS) and Web 2.0)

At the CSLP, we saw a valuable opportunity in combining the use of electronic portfolios with self-regulatory practices. ePEARL was designed with the help of sound pedagogical research, input from LEARN and English language arts consultants, and practical advice from teachers in the field.

Not only do whiteboards offer the opportunities for user input that students have come to expect from technology, but they also address a broad range of learning modalities, including visual, auditory, and kinesthetic experiences. Children love to move, touch, see and listen their way into learning. Get a sampling of practical lessons incorporating whiteboards from Curriculum Director Matt Silverman here:

External hard-disk or USB drive attached to a system running on OSX is vulnerable, as it could be accessed through other user-profiles easily. Apart from that, if the network file sharing feature is enabled, the external storage device could be accessed by anyone having the authority to get logged into the network. Thus, no matter you encrypted the drive or particular files or not, any unauthorized user can access your data, steal records and make changes into that. What to do? Techvedic, being a leader in tech support, offers you practical and effective solution.

File & folder synchronization is a common practice, often required to cascade data to individual or team over a local area network (LAN), and work collectively to enhance productivity. It may be implemented through a variety of ways, but it should serve the purpose well surpassing all hardware or software barriers, that's too without compromising data safety norms.

"This comprehensive collaborative learning workshop guide, developed from the ELI 2009 Fall Focus Session, contains a resource list and five workshop modules intended to reduce some of the extensive work involved in assembling the components and curriculum for such a program. Each of the modules contains topical guidelines, content, resources, and best practices, and each can be easily customized to fit the needs of your institution, department, or unit."

The 21st Century Learners Project is sponsored by the Alabama Best Practices Center in Montgomery, Alabama. This project consists of teams of teachers from across the state who spend time learning about Web 2.0 tools and how to incorporate these tools into the curriculum. Teachers are also exposed to how these tools build learning skills in students. Teachers also focus on how to use student-centered, inquiry-driven approaches in instruction. This wiki is designed to be a resource for teachers who want to learn more about Web 2.0 tools, project based learning, and constructivist teaching. For some this will be an introduction and for others a refresher, but our hope is that you will start to see how technology can transform your teaching and engage your students.

Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. And the topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. A great way to begin learning about Digital Storytelling is by watching the following video introduction to Digital Storytelling.

Practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, including difficulty levels far beyond basic facts. Free unlimited access for classrooms!

Socialbookmarking practices in the field of education : semantic, socio-cognitive and formative affordances Research about Diigo's communities.

Do you spend a lot of time searching for worksheets with practice problems to give your students? Now you can easily create your own in just a few seconds with the Math Worksheet Generator. This is a tool that generates multiple math problems based on a sample, and then creates a worksheet that you can distribute. By analyzing the math problem you provide, or one of the built-in samples, the generator determines the structure of the expression and provides similar problems. We tack on an answer sheet too.

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Today, the NCTE definition of 21st century literacies makes it clear that further evolution of curriculum, assessment, and teaching practice itself is necessary.

NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.