A list of 20 really useful (and free) websites that teachers will find useful for everything from image editing, file storage, sharing resources, and converting and storing files.
This is a presentation creating app for iPads. Enter a few titles and pieces of text and the app finds stunning images for you to choose from to add to your slides. The finished creations use html and can be viewed on most web enabled computers, tablets and mobiles.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
This has got to be the funkiest instant poll, quiz, response site around. Create questions, quizzes and polls with optional uploaded images for participants to complete in real time from a computer or mobile device. The users access the quiz by using a pin code. The 'question master' gets the data back instantly and it is stored on the site or can be downloaded. This is superb for checking the knowledge of children in your class or that your audience is still awake.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
it turns out that the one thing present in every successful person is one consistent trait. It’s not a person’s education or lack of it, or their IQ, their upbringing, their financial abundance or lack, their test scores, their birth order or their gender. It’s one odd, rarely mentioned quality: Grit.
But grit is more than just an attitude. It’s about the actions we take when faced with doubt and obstacles. In 2006, Drs. Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman discovered that the correlation between self-discipline and achievement was twice as large as the correlation between IQ and achievement.
A clear goal
Determination despite others’ doubts
Self-confidence about figuring things out
Humility about knowing it doesn’t come easy
Persistence despite fear
Patience to handle the small obstacles that obscure the path
A code of ethics to live by
Flexibility in the face of roadblocks
A capacity for human connection and collaboration
A recognition that accepting help does not equate to weakness
A focus and appreciation of each step in the journey
An appreciation of other people’s grit
A loyalty that never sacrifices connections along the way
An inner strength that helped propel them to their goal
“… Grit may be as essential as IQ to high achievement. In particular, grit, more than self-control or conscientiousness, may set apart the exceptional individuals who … made maximal use of their abilities.”
deeper learning–with its emphasis on core academic content, critical thinking & problem-solving, collaboration, effective communication, academic mindsets and self-directed learning
getting up from the table where we typically sit and inviting new people to sit at each of our tables
These children have been taught from a very young age that their "grades" matter more than the actual purpose of the assignment -- just like "subjects" trump true learning.
In nursery school, math is called cooking, building or drawing. Science is called gardening, exploring or playing on the yard (finding bugs and figuring out what they do is a specialty).
ten Google Earth tours. These tours include major themes and events in US History. The list includes the Revolutionary War, the path to the Civil War, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, Lewis & Clark's expedition, the Indian Removal Act, Pre-Columbian North America, the national parks system, and the 20th Century power grid. All of the tours include multiple images and references. Some of the tours also have "tour questions" for students to answer.
Did you receive a gift of a new iPad this year? If so, you’re probably
spending this holiday vacation week trying out all kinds of new apps. Here are
ten that I recommend getting started with.
Evernote is the Swiss Army knife of iPad apps. I use
Evernote for
a little bit of everything from bookmarking websites to dictating notes to
myself. The app automatically syncs with my online Evernote account so that I
can access my notes, bookmarks, and saved files from any computer or device that
is connected to the web. Learn more in the video below.
Evernote
is the Swiss Army knife of iPad apps. I
use
Evernote
for
a little bit of
everything from bookmarking websites to dictating notes to
myself. The app automatically syncs with my online
Evernote account so that I
can access my notes, bookmarks, and saved files
from any computer or device that
is connected to the web. Learn more in the video
below.
This is a truly amazing iPad app and 'soon to be launched' download for PCs which replaces a whole TV crew and studio. Capture your video and audio use like adjusting the sound levels, an in-build teleprompter and green screen effects to make spectacular footage. Edit your video directly in the app and add images, websites and Twitter feed as cutaways sections of the screen. You can publish online and export to YouTube. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touchcast/id603258418http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams
A wonderful, child-friendly online video editing site. Make your videos with uploaded images and clips and download them to your computer with no watermark. Easy sign in with Facebook, Google or Yahoo accounts.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams