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Martin Burrett

ICTmagic Show Online Magazine - Jan 2012 - 94 views

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    The January issue of the ICTmagic Show online magazine is out, full of my favourite recent finds and how you can use them in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/%2AICTmagic+Show
Martin Burrett

Cosmo Learning - 65 views

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    A superb site with a large amount of lecture videos for college students and teachers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams
Ian Jenkinson

Searching the Web - 7 views

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    Weblinks on issues of interest to humanities studies.
mrsguanci

Inspirational Teaching Videos: Covering Common Core, Math, Science, English And More - 90 views

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    194 videos on Common Core, most are no more than 10 minutes long. The ones I've viewed so far have been very informative. Some are great examples of lesson you can try in your own classrooms
Bill Genereux

Gates' latest mission: fixing America's schools - Business - Bloomberg Businessweek - m... - 65 views

  • small schools are overrepresented among the country's highest achievers
  • were not as prescriptive about how they wanted their money spent.
  • want public education run more like a business
  • ...13 more annotations...
  • what we do know about is management and governance
  • We don't know anything about how to teach
  • Because the smaller a school, the more likely its overall performance can be skewed by a few good or bad students
  • Was Mozart a better musician than Babe Ruth was a hitter?
  • Giving several tests a year can sort out each teacher's contribution
  • if you do raise these issues, it's seen as making excuses or pulling back from commitments
  • The only way to tell a good teacher is to go into their classroom spontaneously
  • tying pay to performance is not at all important in retaining good teachers
  • significant portion of teachers do believe in merit pay
  • states' rights advocates have blocked federal efforts for a national curriculum
  • videotaping math, English, and biology lessons
  • Music instructors questioned the district's decision to evaluate them on their students' grasp of music theory instead of instrumental proficiency
  • Gates is paying $1,500 apiece to more than 600 Hillsborough teachers whose lessons are being videotaped.
anonymous

BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math,... - 31 views

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    This website has great animations (fun too!) that cover a wide range of topics. You can do a free 5 day trial and would then need to subscribe to it. I think it is worth it!
Tim Hornbacher

Mr. Foxhole's Classroom - 155 views

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    This is a blog dedicated to finding great tools for teachers to use.
Bill Genereux

When It Goes Right « In For Good - 1 views

  • They also came up with some more traditional ideas like wiki, glog, poster board, and PowerPoint.
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    My how the world has changed! ;-)
Steve Ransom

On interactive whiteboards (again!) | Teaching English | British Council | BBC - 1 views

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    Great post and ensuing discussion on the value of interactive white boards in education.
Kate Tabor

Trouble with Rubrics - 2 views

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    A 2006 article by Alfie Kohn in the English Jouranl that looks at the dangers of leaning on rubrics to jsutify grades or make grading easy. Compelling agrument.
Peter Beens

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob - 55 views

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    "An homage to early Bob Dylan (the lyrics consist entirely of palindromes) - from "Weird Al" Yankovic's 2003 album "Poodle Hat" "
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    Want to teach your class about palindromes. This is a fun way to do it!
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