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Rachel Hinton

20 essential Android apps for college students - 76 views

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    Summary: Out of the thousands on offer to make your life easier, here is a roundup of the most essential Android applications for students.
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    Summary: Out of the thousands on offer to make your life easier, here is a roundup of the most essential Android applications for students.
Margaret Hale

ePortfolios and GoogleApps - ePortfolios with GoogleApps - 142 views

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    Dr. Barrett's (n.d.) webpage presents an introduction to the types of ePortfolios in a learner-centered approach. The website requires cognitive activity and capitalizes on the use of multimedia to present the essential content; and it does so following instructional design principles as recommended by Mayer (2009). Beginning with an anticipatory set to activate the learner's prior knowledge, the lesson page begins by asking learners to think about their own personal use of portfolios. Immediately following, the essential material elements are presented in a cartoon image, capitalizing on the benefits of dual coding (Mayer, Id.), using both images and key words to help learners pay attention and select appropriate information. The image also relies on spatial contiguity (Mayer, Id.) in its presentation format. This webpage itself would fit into Mayer's (Id.) use of multimedia as "information acquisition." However, coupled with a reflective activity, learners would be able to make more integrated sense of the types of portfolios available and which types would be most suited for their particular needs. References: Barrett, H. (n.d.). ePortfolios and Google Apps. [Webpage]. Retrieved from http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/blog-entry-eportfolios-and-googleapps Mayer, R. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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    Dr. Barrett's (n.d.) webpage presents an introduction to the types of ePortfolios in a learner-centered approach. The website requires cognitive activity and capitalizes on the use of multimedia to present the essential content; and it does so following instructional design principles as recommended by Mayer (2009). Beginning with an anticipatory set to activate the learner's prior knowledge, the lesson page begins by asking learners to think about their own personal use of portfolios. Immediately following, the essential material elements are presented in a cartoon image, capitalizing on the benefits of dual coding (Mayer, Id.), using both images and key words to help learners pay attention and select appropriate information. The image also relies on spatial contiguity (Mayer, Id.) in its presentation format. This webpage itself would fit into Mayer's (Id.) use of multimedia as "information acquisition." However, coupled with a reflective activity, learners would be able to make more integrated sense of the types of portfolios available and which types would be most suited for their particular needs. References: Barrett, H. (n.d.). ePortfolios and Google Apps. [Webpage]. Retrieved from http://sites.google.com/site/eportfolioapps/overview/blog-entry-eportfolios-and-googleapps Mayer, R. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Daryl Bambic

What Makes a Question Essential? - 88 views

  • So, what makes a question "essential"?
    • Sharin Tebo
       
      This is really interesting to me as I learn about EQs.
    • Daryl Bambic
       
      The art of asking essential questions was not anything I learned in teacher training but instead something I learned in my philosophy classes.  This is core to good teaching.
  • When and why should we estimate?
  • Essential
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  • Makes a Question Essential?
Don Doehla

8 Essentials for Project-Based Learning (by BIE) | Project Based Learning | BIE - 56 views

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    "What is it? Here's an article by BIE, updated from its original appearance in the September 2010 issue of Educational Leadership magazine from ASCD. Good for general audiences as well as educators, it explains the essential elements that make rigorous PBL different from "doing projects." Why do we like it? This article was written because some teachers say they "do projects" already (so why learn more about PBL) and some educators and members of the general public may have negative stereotypes of PBL as merely a "fun" or "hands-on" activity. How can you use it? Share this article with anyone, from teachers to parents to administrators, to explain PBL and provide a common framework for projects. The 8 Essential Elements are the basis of BIE's Project Design Rubric and PBL 101 Workshop."
Marc Patton

Internet Essentials Home - 2 views

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    We want to bring the power of the Internet to more students and families across the country. That's why we created Internet Essentials to offer home Internet service for only $9.95 a month.
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    Seriously? You are going to spam us on an education list? What a shmuck.
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    I guess you can consider this as spam followed by name calling on a education list serve for professionals. When you actually click on the link you will notice that they are providing a service to low income families who can't afford Internet at their home.
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    And don't you think that if I recommended a particular internet company to my students that I wouldn't be called-out for endorsing a particular company? I wouldn't regard that as professional at all. In addition, that company is not necessarily a nation-wide provider of cable services. If you are going to post something about how to get low-cost internet, why don't you list it that way instead of calling it "internet essentials" and making it sound like a legitimate educational tool?
Glenn Hervieux

Google Classroom Essentials Infographic | Alice Keeler - 106 views

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    Alice Keeler shares an infographic created in Google Drawings showing the essentials of Google Classroom.
Roland Gesthuizen

Coaching: Ten Essential Ideas | Powerful Learning Practice - 6 views

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    "During the past several weeks, ten essential ideas, so far, have emerged for me that ARE the difference that MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.  Let's take a look at them."
Monica Williams-Mitchell

Where Essential Questions Come From - 177 views

    • Monica Williams-Mitchell
       
      SO IMPORTANT
    • Christy Rockwood
       
      Excellent article regarding where they idea of essential questions comes from
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    An excellent article by Terry Heick on TeachThought about the development of critical thinking skills, how to infer and how to learn to infer, all of which lead to the identification and establishment of essential questions. A great read!
Martin Burrett

Back to school essentials, for teachers - 55 views

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    There is so much publicity and marketing around for the 'Back to school' push, and here in the UK it starts back in June as retailers grapple to win custom. But students are not the only ones returning to school after a pro-longed break, so we asked teachers what their essential items are to buy, before returning back for another school year. Here are the top 15 items, in no particular order, and you can see the responses in the Storify summary...
Martin Burrett

First News Education: Connecting News and Learning - 5 views

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    "Make the news an essential foundation for learning  Created every week by our experienced education team, our award-winning tools for KS2 and KS3 enable you to develop pupils' essential reading skills through growing their understanding of the world outside the classroom."
Nigel Coutts

Creativity is a beautiful, messy chaotic thing - The Learner's Way - 33 views

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    Creativity is often said to be the key to the future. The essentially human attribute that will ensure our utility in a world dominated by automation. It is said to be an essential ingredient in education but it will not be truly learned unless we provide students with opportunities to dive fully into its waters. 
Nigel Coutts

Essential Reading for Teachers Interested in Thinking - The Learner's Way - 22 views

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    If you are interested in building a classroom culture where thinking is noticed, named and celebrated, there are three books which make essential reading. They provide clear evidence for why teachers should focus their efforts on encouraging and normalising thinking and offer research-backed strategies to support this. The books are the result of ongoing research by Harvard's Project Zero and their lead author Ron Ritchhart.
aaxtell

Enhancing Literacy Instruction Through Infographics - 75 views

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    As contemporary learners continue to connect to iconography and visual data in our daily lives, making sense of and creating infographics will become an essential skill. The design features of infographics are listed as critical tools for supporting specific ELA/Literacy standards at all levels.
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    As contemporary learners continue to connect to iconography and visual data in our daily lives, making sense of and creating infographics will become an essential skill. The design features of infographics are listed as critical tools for supporting specific ELA/Literacy standards at all levels.
anonymous

Supplementing Textbooks with Student Constructed Knowledge Bases | 1 to 1 Schools - 4 views

  • While the eTextBooks initiative is a wonderful stride forward from our old paper textbooks it’s still essentially a re-constituted content delivery system that wasn’t designed or intended to change the one-way process of educational exchanges.
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    While the eTextBooks initiative is a wonderful stride forward from our old paper textbooks it's still essentially a re-constituted content delivery system that wasn't designed or intended to change the one-way process of educational exchanges.
C CC

Resource: 11 Essential Ingredients Every Blog Post Needs [Infographic] | UKEdChat.com -... - 56 views

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    Useful aide to support teachers and/or pupils embarking on blogging
Don Doehla

Restorative Justice: Resources for Schools | Edutopia - 19 views

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    "Restorative justice empowers students to resolve conflicts on their own, and it's growing in practice at schools around the country. Essentially, the idea is to bring students together in peer-mediated small groups to talk, ask questions and air their grievances. (This overview from Fix School Discipline is a wonderful primer.)"
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    Restorative justice empowers students to resolve conflicts on their own, and it's growing in practice at schools around the country. Essentially, the idea is to bring students together in peer-mediated small groups to talk, ask questions and air their grievances. (This overview from Fix School Discipline is a wonderful primer.)
trisha_poole

10 essential questions to consider when choosing an eportfolio system - 102 views

  • What type of system are you after?
  • Will you build, buy or co-create your eportfolio software?
  • Do you want to have the system internally or externally hosted?
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  • Can the system support your institutional aims and processes?
  • Is the system applicable across broad contexts?
  • Can the system support assessment processes?
  • Is content private, secure, and owned and controlled by the user?
  • What support is available to assist implementation, use and maintenance of the system?
  • Are you confident in the longer term availability, viability and continued improvement of the system?
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    10 essential questions to consider when choosing an eportfolio system
Peter Beens

Comments4Kids: Does Commenting Make a Difference? - 29 views

  • I have written about why I think blogging and commenting about blogs are an essential part of learning today in Kaia and Room 10 - Why Blogging and Commenting on Blogs Are So Important.
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    I have written about why I think blogging and commenting about blogs are an essential part of learning today in Kaia and Room 10 - Why Blogging and Commenting on Blogs Are So Important.
Joan Belknap

CoSN's School District Chief Technology Officers' (CTO) Council - 7 views

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    CoSN's newest rollout of essential skills for the Chief Technology Officer or visionary leader.
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