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Deborah Batzer

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements - 177 views

www.uky.edu/Chemcomics

diigo chemistry science comics elements periodic periodictable

shared by Deborah Batzer on 29 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Deborah Batzer on 29 Oct 09
     
    This site contains comic book images linked to the chemical elements via the periodic table. Comics include Uncle $crooge, Metal Men, Metamorpho, Batman, Fantastic Four, Superman, and many more."> The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements BODY { color: rgb(0,0,0);} Th
Kathy Favazza

Instructional Technology Department - Resources - 5 views

technology.usd259.org/...middle_school_lessons.html

smartboard lessons resources Math FREE templates

shared by Kathy Favazza on 29 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kathy Favazza on 29 Oct 09
     
    great resource for smartboard lessons
Maughn Gregory

For Children of Same-Sex Couples, a Student Aid Maze - NYTimes.com - 28 views

www.nytimes.com/...ouples-a-student-aid-maze.html

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shared by Maughn Gregory on 15 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Because these students cannot fully portray their family’s finances, the amount of aid they receive may not fairly reflect their needs.
  • officials from the Department of Education, which issues it, said that applicants with two married mothers or fathers must fill out the Fafsa as if the couple were divorced.
  • For Children of Same-Sex Couples, a Student Aid Maze
  • Maughn Gregory on 15 Oct 11
     
    " Because these students cannot fully portray their family's finances, the amount of aid they receive may not fairly reflect their needs."
Joanna Seymour

Classroom Ideas for Learning with an iPad - iPads for Learning - Department of Educatio... - 217 views

www.education.vic.gov.au/...classroom.htm

iPad classroom education 'mobile devices'

shared by Joanna Seymour on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Joanna Seymour on 11 Oct 11
     
    iPads for learning
Maureen Greenbaum

'Interactive Learning Spaces' at the center of Ball State U.'s faculty development prog... - 29 views

www.insidehighered.com/...us-faculty-development-program

learning active

shared by Maureen Greenbaum on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • The rooms are part of a larger faculty development program intended to promote active learning techniques and cut down on lecturing
  • university is researching whether teaching at-risk students -- those withdrawing from or earning a D or F in a basic math course -- in the classrooms could improve academic outcomes and, eventually, graduation rates.
  • How do we set ourselves apart? In our case, by the development of these interactive learning space classrooms, we are demonstrating to everyone that we are committed to the concept of faculty development.”
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  • Pavlechko described the two spaces as “intake classrooms” -- faculty members who work in the development program are required to teach in them for two semesters. By the end of this academic year, the classrooms will have hosted 68 faculty members representing 29 of the university’s 48 departments and more than 3,500 students.
  • “We actually found a fairly moderate to strong correlation between what they think of these areas and if they think they have the ability to get a higher grade -- or their motivation to attend class and also their engagement in class,”
  • The company has surveyed hundreds of students and faculty members at the universities it has worked with, and says it has found a statistically significant correlation between classroom configuration and student engagement. The survey doesn't include any academic results.
  • researchers found at-risk students who took the course in classrooms that promoted active learning (which included some rooms other than the renovated ones) were 2.8 times more likely to succeed -- that is, to earn a grade higher than a D -- than students in traditional classrooms.
  • “Perception-wise, students are telling us ‘I can do better when I’m in these spaces,’ ” Jones said. “Maybe that’s enough of a win?”
Sharin Tebo

Turn snow days into e-learning days with these 6 simple steps | eSchool News | eSchool ... - 6 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...2

shared by Sharin Tebo on 29 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • 1. Check with your state legislators and teachers’ unions about school day minimums and allowable teaching hours. Make sure that, legally, e-learning days are a possibility for your district.
    • Sharin Tebo
      Sharin Tebo on 29 Jan 15
       
      It would sure be nice if State Departments of Education got rid of 'hours' and 'seat time' requirements and just acknowledged that it saves time and money if we have students who are already demonstrating and can show competency and proficiency without having to sit and get. 
Matt Renwick

Principal: What I've learned about annual standardized testing - The Washington Post - 36 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...ut-annual-standardized-testing

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shared by Matt Renwick on 02 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • the Department of Education should not be “a national school board.
    • Matt Renwick
      Matt Renwick on 02 Feb 15
       
      Quote from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island)
  • I have witnessed schools move from progressive practices such as inclusion, to the grouping of special education students with ELLs and other struggling learners into “double period” classes where they are drilled to pass the test.
  • to think that first-graders fluently reading would “cure poverty” is not only indefensible, it trivializes the great economic inequities that are the root cause of our nation’s greatest challenge.
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  • There is now minimal support from the research community for the use of annual test scores in teacher evaluations, often referred to as VAM.
  • When teachers begin losing their jobs based on test scores, how easy will it be to attract excellent teachers to schools with high degrees of student mobility and/or truancy? Who will want to teach English language learners with interrupted education, or students with emotional disabilities that make their performance on tests unpredictable?
Comrad Compadre

DOJ won't help FCC fight state laws that harm municipal broadband | Ars Technica - 1 views

arstechnica.com/...-that-harm-municipal-broadband

shared by Comrad Compadre on 10 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • DOJ attorney told a federal appeals court last week that "Respondent United States of America takes no position in these cases."
    • Comrad Compadre
      Comrad Compadre on 10 Nov 15
       
      Arguably one of the best lines to come out of the US DOJ
  • The DOJ's decision to stay out of the case was cheered by Randolph May, who was an FCC lawyer between 1978 and 1981. May opposes both the municipal broadband and net neutrality decisions and today runs a "free market-oriented think tank" called The Free State Foundation. He wrote that "the Department of Justice's curt statement advising the court that it takes no position in the appeal of the FCC's preemption of state laws restricting local government broadband networks is very curious. As someone who served as FCC Associate General Counsel, I can tell you this is a very rare occurrence."
Michele Brown

Lightworks - 113 views

www.lightworksbeta.com

editor VideoEditing

shared by Michele Brown on 15 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Gerald Carey on 15 Dec 10
     
    Wow. What a find! And it's all free... This is from their blurb: ".... we invite you to get familiar with Lightworks, an Academy and Emmy award winning professional-grade editor with over 20 years of history in the film and broadcast industry. Having cut hundreds of films such as Pulp Fiction, The Departed, Centurion and Shutter Island, it includes a full feature set of editorial tools -- from advanced trimming and media management, to stereoscopic support and realtime effects including multiple secondary colour correctors. Lightworks has an advanced effects pipeline, utilizing the power of your GPU. And with support for up to 2K workflows with realtime effects, it is the most advanced editing application available."
  • Michele Brown on 15 May 12
     
    Video editing program. A robust editing experience. Even though it's been used on Oscar-winning films, it's free! 
Clint Heitz

Department of Psychology | JMU - 10 views

www.psyc.jmu.edu/...etextbooks.html

reading digital resources review

shared by Clint Heitz on 21 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • If the new trend in textbooks is moving them to computer screens, the switch could have negative consequences as many suggest that people skim more, process more shallowly, and may retain less information when reading online, Daniel said.
  • he readers’ goals are different: Individuals reading an e-book for enjoyment aren’t required to pass a comprehension-based test afterward. While they found that learning is possible from both formats, learning from e-textbooks takes longer and requires more effort to reach the same level of understanding, even in a controlled lab environment. At home, students report taking even more time to read e-textbooks as well as higher rates of muti-tasking (e.g., Facebook, electronic chat, texting, email, etc.) than do their peers using printed textbooks.
  • In their preliminary findings, the scanning pattern produced when the student read a textbook showed consistent reading from line to line down the page. But the scanning pattern from reading on the screen was less intense.
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  • Daniel and Jakobsen argue that the information dense textbooks characteristic of natural and social science subjects are not a good fit for current e-textbooks, but there are exceptions for subjects like chemistry and math that include doing formulas and other activities. The liability, Daniel emphasizes, comes when math and chemistry teachers hope their students will learn the explanations, not just the formulas, “Students tend to skip the text and go straight to the formulas, especially if they are graded.”
Glenn Hervieux

PlayInsure.com - Texas Department of Insurance - 2 views

playinsure.com

interactive game

shared by Glenn Hervieux on 15 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Glenn Hervieux on 15 Feb 18
     
    Learn more about Texas homeowner & auto insurance coverage through this game-based site. Teacher's guide on site.
mstuehm76

Want to improve literacy in your school? Here's how | eSchool News - 23 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...-improve-literacy-school-heres

shared by mstuehm76 on 01 May 18 - No Cached
  • the district adopted the McGraw Hill curriculum for ELA.
    • mstuehm76
      mstuehm76 on 01 May 18
       
      We use Language for Learning
  • we teach students how to build an argument and develop critical-thinking skills using five steps: Claims, Evidence, Reasoning, Counterarguments, and Audience.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of our school-wide initiative, we now administer quarterly writing assessments for each content area. We analyze student writing samples at the end of each quarter and include norming as a department, using the district writing rubric to determine strengths and areas requiring improvement.
    • mstuehm76
      mstuehm76 on 01 May 18
       
      Marzano Score 4 rubrics
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  • “I agree with what ___ said about ___, but disagree that ___.”
  • Much of what our students learn is told to them, so it is critical that they develop listening comprehension.
  • We started with a baseline assessment in September and will compare those results to a final writing sample at the end of the year.
tim stapley

Fair Use & Plagiarism - FREE Language Arts Presentations in PowerPoint format, Free Int... - 126 views

languagearts.pppst.com/plagiarism.html

copyright fairuse interactives

shared by tim stapley on 16 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Free Presentations in PowerPoint formatWhat is plagiarism? (and why you should care)   Plagiarism - Don't Do It! Thou Shall Not Steal (hs) For Students: Plagiarism  For Teachers: Cybercheat, Plagiarism and the Internet Plagiarism (ppts and more, Redclay Schools)  Plagiarism   Quoting, Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing  Quoting, Paraphrasing, Plagiarism, Summarizing Avoiding Plagiarism   What is plagiarism?  Fair Use Copyright Infringement  See Also: Quotation Marks, Paraphrasing, Copyrights, Language Arts Index, Reading Index, Writing Index
  • tim stapley on 16 Jun 10
     
    clas activities to teach plagerism
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