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I have collected here, without examples or detailed explanations, a collection of practices that constitute excellence in college teaching. These elements represent the broad range of effective actions teachers take, and requisite conditions that teachers establish, to facilitate learning. I have tried to make this listing intentionally brief and can be scanned to serve more as a reference to the scope of excellent teaching techniques than as a source of enlightenment. - See more at: http://teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/articles-books/best-practice/instructional-methods/best-practices-summary#sthash.mW3VaKx6.dpuf

I have collected here, without examples or detailed explanations, a collection of practices that constitute excellence in college teaching. These elements represent the broad range of effective actions teachers take, and requisite conditions that teachers establish, to facilitate learning. I have tried to make this listing intentionally brief and can be scanned to serve more as a reference to the scope of excellent teaching techniques than as a source of enlightenment. - See more at: http://teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/articles-books/best-practice/instructional-methods/best-practices-summary#sthash.mW3VaKx6.dpuf

A FREE and safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. From their website: "Remind101 was built, in conjunction with educators, to solve communication obstacles between teachers, students and parents. Across all grade levels and institution types, Remind101 is a safe and simple communication solution to help teachers extend their classrooms."

"what so many teachers do not know about YouTube is that it has recently  included several powerful features of video editing, recording and even slideshow making and all for free. To access these features you need to be already logged in to YouTube and click on " Upload "button near the search box in YouTube homepage."

Teachers in all content areas can use these seven assessment and grading practices to enhance learning and teaching.

Teachers in all content areas can use these seven assessment and grading practices to enhance learning and teaching.

from noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) TodaysMeet.com is a completely free service for hosting backchannel discussions. Over the years I've used it in a variety of ways including as a real-time discussion during a classroom viewing of a video, as a...

Literature guides. Includes The Lottery and Lady Chatterley's Lover

from noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) Screenhero is a new screen sharing service that offers something that I don't recall seeing in any of the other screen sharing services I've tried over the years. Screenhero offers the option for both parties ...

from noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) The news of Google shutting down iGoogle (November, 2013 for existing users) has left people scrambling to find alternative start page services on the web. One alternative to iGoogle that I tried last fall is ...

from hybridped@gmail.com by Susan Gail Taylor With technological innovations come opportunities for students to compose, communicate, share, collaborate, and express themselves in contemporary ways as well as opportunities for teachers to harness ...

"Providing timely and effective feedback on student work is a critical component to any classroom. As students increasingly operate and create in a digital environment, emerging tools provide unique new opportunities for teachers to provide feedback on both written work and video projects."

"An ePortfolio is similar in essence to the traditional pen and paper portfolio but with a set of added advantages. For instance , ePortfolios are accessible anywhere anytime with internet connection. Also ePortfolios allows for a wider inclusion of different multimedia items such as videos, podcasts, audio recordings, slides, text, images and many more."

" If you're just starting with Google Forms, here are five ways that you can use them to streamline your classroom!"

"Google Hangout is an excellent service  that enables both one-on-one  and group chats with up to ten people at a time.Google Hangouts are not all video based. You can hold a hangout using only the textual chat functionality or you can add voice. There is also another great feature called hangout on Air. A Hangout on the Air is a Google hangout that is broadcast both on YouTube both through your Google+ page . It's a great way to have a "public" event or get more people involved in the conversation!"

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