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Creative Thinking Activities and Games - 138 views

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shared by meldar on 24 May 12 - No Cached
  • meldar on 24 May 12
     
    Critical thinking activities
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Mars Exploration Program - 1 views

mars.jpl.nasa.gov Teacher_Resources Science
shared by Marc Patton on 27 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Marc Patton on 27 Jun 12
     
    Mars activities teacher resources and classroom activities
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Thanksgiving Interactive: You are the Historian | Plymoth Plantation - 85 views

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shared by Kelly Boushell on 27 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Kelly Boushell on 27 Nov 11
     
    "What really happened at the First Thanksgiving? Become a history detective and find out! In this fun, award-winning activity, kids take on the role of "history detectives" to investigate what really happened at the famous 1621 celebration. (Hint: It was a lot more than just a feast!) Along the way, they'll read a letter written by an eyewitness to the event, learn about Wampanoag traditions of giving thanks, and visit Pilgrim Mary Allerton's home. As a final activity, kids can design and print their own Thanksgiving exhibit panel."
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Tube Activity - 5 views

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shared by K Couch on 16 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • K Couch on 16 Aug 12
     
    Nice nature of science activities for the classroom. 
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ZOOMsci - 100 views

pbskids.org/sci science experiments activities education chemistry
shared by Martin Burrett on 28 Feb 12 - Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 28 Feb 12
     
    A simple collection of ideas for science experiments and activities to use in class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
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ChemiCroc - 94 views

www.chemicroc.com/index.php chemistry science
shared by Martin Burrett on 07 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 07 Jun 12
     
    A good collection of flash-based Chemistry activities to use in your class. Activities are grouped by age. Click 'index' to see them all. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
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Resource: Swivel Heads Illusion Activity | UKEdChat.com - Supporting the #UKEdChat Educ... - 1 views

ukedchat.com/...swivel-heads-illusion-activity art illusion writing swivel resource
shared by C CC on 15 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • C CC on 15 Mar 14
     
    A great creativity activity using great 3d characters
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The Concord Consortium | Realizing the Promise of Educational Technology - 49 views

www.concord.org science Math primary secondary
shared by Stacy Olson on 14 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Stacy Olson on 01 Feb 12
     
    Free simulations and Activities for Math and Science. Also has activities that use probeware.
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Needle Arts Mentoring Program - The National NeedleArts Association - 16 views

www.tnna.org/NAMPHome Needle Arts Mentoring Program knitting crochet cross_stitch needlepoint
shared by Deborah Baillesderr on 10 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Deborah Baillesderr on 10 Jul 14
     
    I'm starting a lunchtime knitting/crochet club for my students this year and came along this wonderful program to help with the cost. This program donates supplies for mentors who would like to start a program to teach needle arts. Here are some of the benefits from learning a needle art: For Youths: Develops focus and concentration Encourages following a process Builds self-esteem Improves math and reading skills Enhances critical thinking and problem solving Offers a vehicle for stress release and anger management Encourages creativity through portable alternative activity Provides healthy interpersonal relationships with adults Ensures tangible accomplishments with immediate results Learns a practical, useful and fun activity Enhances hand/eye coordination, small motor skills, tactile energy, communication skills, self discipline and attention to detail
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Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) - 0 views

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shared by Kenuvis Romero on 23 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • The biosinthetic path that allow Psilocybin to be produced by mushrooms is as follow:
  • The several analogyes with triptophan aminoacid, with whom psilocybin has common origines are probably at the base of psilocybin ability to induced psychedelich alteration on humans.
  • Amino acids, including tryptophan, act as building blocks in protein biosynthesis. In addition, tryptophan functions as a biochemical precursor for many compounds like serotonin Serotonin (a neurotransmitter), synthesized via tryptophan hydroxylase. Serotonin, in turn, can be converted to melatonin (a neurohormone), via N-acetyltransferase and 5-hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase activities
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  • it's been noticed that psilocyn can indirectly raise dopamine concentration withing the basal ganglia.
  • Almost 50% of oral psilocybin is absorbed by stomach and gut; from here is lead to liver, where it's converted in psilocin, pharmacologically active form, that can furtherly be glucoronated and escreted with urine or converted in other psilocinics metabolites.
  • In rats, the median lethal dose (LD50) when administered orally is 280 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg), approximately one and a half times that of caffeine. When administered intravenously in rabbits, psilocybin's LD50 is approximately 12.5 mg/kg
  • traces of the compund can be detected in unine even after 7 days.
  • Clinical studies show that psilocin concentrations in the plasma of adults average about 8 µg/liter within 2 hours after ingestion of a single 15 mg oral psilocybin dose; psychological effects occur with a blood plasma concentration of 4–6 µg/liter. Psilocybin is about 100 times less potent than LSD on a weight per weight basis, and the physiological effects last about half as long.
  • Within 24 hours from administration 65% of the alucinogen is escreted by urine, while another 15-20% is excreted by bile and feces.
  • Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) have been known to prolong and enhance the effects of psilocybin. Alcohol consumption may enhance the effects of psilocybin, because acetaldehyde, one of the primary breakdown metabolites of consumed alcohol, reacts with biogenic amines present in the body to produce MAOIs related to tetrahydroisoquinoline and β-carboline. Tobacco smokers can also experience more powerful effects with psilocybin, because tobacco smoke exposure decreases levels of MAO in the brain and peripheral organs.
  • This could lead to a lower usage o f glucose, but the same study admitted an increase glucose usage by the whole brain cell, meaning a differente use of this sugar while the drug is having effects.
  • use of MRI (functional magnetic resounance) showed that the decresed blood flow associate with decreasing in neural activity. A simple explanation for this unexpected situation could be the serotoning agonist action of psilocybin, action that seems to be focused more on 5-HT receptors than on 5-HT2A.
  • psilocibyn is able to act as a 5-HT agonist binding directly its receptors.
  • augmented glucose consumption in several brain regions; this lead to the conclusion that psilocybin is some way able to modify the physiological glucosal metabolic rate of our body
  • The strong inibition of the PCC is now thought to be most significant action of psilocybin on neural disaccoppiation
    • Kenuvis Romero
      Kenuvis Romero on 23 Jun 13
       
      Lower brain glucose metabolism is linked with increased capacity for working memory.
  • Psilocybin comprises approximately 1% of the weight of Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, and so nearly 1.7 kilograms (3.7 lb) of dried mushrooms, or 17 kilograms (37 lb) of fresh mushrooms, would be required for a 60-kilogram (130 lb) person to reach the 280 mg/kg LD50 value.
  • psilocybin can cause anxiety and increased heart rate and BP which is very counter- productive for someone on metoprolol and micardis.
  • propose the possibility to use psilocybin as a palliative therapy for terminal illness like cancer but also as a real antidepressive active principle available for the family of the patient. The rational is foundable in the fact that we usually administer SSRI as antidepressive agents, so psilocibyn sholud be useful in this purpose for its selective agonist action on 5-HT2A receptors
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Computer Science Unplugged | - 48 views

csunplugged.com/ programming computerScience computer_science
shared by Diana Irene Saldana on 06 Nov 13 - Cached
  • Diana Irene Saldana on 06 Nov 13
     
    CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers. CS Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to seniors, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over fifteen years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!
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elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age - 17 views

www.elearnspace.org/...connectivism.htm connectivism MEMOIRE learning elearning theory collaboration technology community
shared by Christophe Gigon on 09 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn.
    • Rose Molter
      Rose Molter on 30 Aug 11
       
      I aggree that as teachers we need to realize that technology has changed instruction and the way that our students learn and the way that we learn and instruct.
    • Orlando Gonzalez
      Orlando Gonzalez on 13 Mar 12
       
      Technology has always changed the way we live. How did we respond to changes in the past? One thought is that some institutions, some businesses disappeared, while others, who took advantage of the new tech, appeared to replace the old. It will happen again and we as educators need to lead the way.
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      With technology our students brains are wired differently and they can multi-task and learn in multiple virtual environments all at once. This should make us think about how we present lessons, structure learning and keep kids engaged.
    • Mike Burnett
      Mike Burnett on 18 Aug 14
       
      Rubbish. The idea that digital native are adept at multitasking is wrong. They may be doing many things but the quality and depth is reduced. There is a significant body of research to support this. Development of grit and determination are key attributes of successful people. Set and demand high standards. No one plays sport or an instrument because it is easy rather because they can clearly see a link between hard work and pleasure.
  • Information development was slow.
  • Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime.
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  • Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience.
  • Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime.
  • Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains.
  • Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories.
  • Principles of connectivism:
  • Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions. Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources. Learning may reside in non-human appliances. Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning. Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill. Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities. Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.
    • Rose Molter
      Rose Molter on 30 Aug 11
       
      I think it is important for us to realize the importance of connections.
  • The organization and the individual are both learning organisms.
  • Classrooms which emulate the “fuzziness”
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      So what does this look like? I feel that when I attempt this, evaluators and administrators don't necessarily understand. They want a neat, quiet, well-managed, orderly classroom.
    • Maureen Curran
      Maureen Curran on 24 Mar 12
       
      If new learning approaches are required, then why are we still being evaluated in a linear way?
  • John Seely Brown presents an interesting notion that the internet leverages the small efforts of many with the large efforts of few.
  • The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today.
  • Knowledge is growing exponentially
  • amount of knowledge
  • is doubling every 18 months
  • To combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations have been forced to develop new methods of deploying instruction.”
  • (the understanding of where to find knowledge needed).
  • know-where
  • learning
  • a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world”
  • Learning theories are concerned with the actual process of learning, not with the value of what is being learned.
  • The ability to synthesize and recognize connections and patterns is a valuable skill.
  • knowledge is no longer acquired in the linear manner
  • What is the impact of chaos as a complex pattern recognition process on learning
  • An entirely new approach is needed.
  • Chaos is the breakdown of predictability, evidenced in complicated arrangements that initially defy order.
  • Meaning-making and forming connections between specialized communities are important activities.
  • Chaos, as a science, recognizes the connection of everything to everything.
  • If the underlying conditions used to make decisions change, the decision itself is no longer as correct as it was at the time it was made.
  • principle that people, groups, systems, nodes, entities can be connected to create an integrated whole.
  • Connections between disparate ideas and fields can create new innovations.
  • Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements – not entirely under the control of the individual
  • decisions are based on rapidly altering foundations
  • The ability to draw distinctions between important and unimportant information is vital.
  • Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism do not attempt to address the challenges of organizational knowledge and transference.
  • The health of the learning ecology of the organization depends on effective nurturing of information flow.
  • This cycle of knowledge development (personal to network to organization) allows learners to remain current in their field through the connections they have formed.
  • This amplification of learning, knowledge and understanding through the extension of a personal network is the epitome of connectivism.
  • Diverse teams of varying viewpoints are a critical structure for completely exploring ideas
  • An organizations ability to foster, nurture, and synthesize the impacts of varying views of information is critical to knowledge economy surviva
  • As knowledge continues to grow and evolve, access to what is needed is more important than what the learner currently possesses.
    • BalancEd Tech
      BalancEd Tech on 25 Mar 12
       
      Access is not enough. Prior knowledge and understanding is needed. Processing is needed. Evaluation of processing and outputs is needed. Feeding that back into the "system" is needed.
  • learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
  • learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
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Classroom Activity - Choices - 50 views

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shared by C CC on 27 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • C CC on 27 Nov 13
     
    images can support tutor time, circle time, philosophical thinking, or to prompt a classroom discussion with pupils. The choices within this activity should be challenged by the teacher / group by asking the individuals to justify their decision. Simple questions such as, "Why did you choose that one?"; "How did you come to that decision?"; "What is the first thing you would do if you were granted your choice?"; "How could you make the world a better place with the choice you have decided?"; and so on!
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Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: Online Activities - 32 views

teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/...online-activities.html online activies and games switch
shared by Deborah Baillesderr on 07 May 14 - No Cached
  • Deborah Baillesderr on 07 May 14
     
    "This is an update of the post listing online switch activities for learners with multiple or significant special needs. "
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Fun Review Activities for the Classroom: Study Ideas for Teachers - 83 views

www.brighthub.com/...73065.aspx review activities classroom fun
shared by Jonathan Wylie on 01 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Jonathan Wylie on 01 Jun 10
     
    Classroom review activities are a great way to help revise and retain important skills that have been learned in the classroom.
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Screenr - @jameshollis: Activity example using Smartboard, Notebook, Wordle, and a reve... - 54 views

screenr.com/C37 wordle web2.0 vocabdev iwb
shared by Roland O'Daniel on 28 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Roland O'Daniel on 28 Sep 09
     
    An easy to create activity for use with a smartboard. I like the Guess the Wordle of the Day concept, I like that students try to guess based on contextual clues, and I like that it uses the Smartboard (although it's a relatively low level usage, it's still interactive.)
  • Roland O'Daniel on 28 Sep 09
     
    An easy to create activity for use with a smartboard. I like the Guess the Wordle of the Day concept, I like that students try to guess based on contextual clues, and I like that it uses the Smartboard (although it's a relatively low level usage, it's still interactive.)
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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker - 16 views

www.newyorker.com/...101004fa_fact_gladwell activism socialmedia Gladwell change PLN
shared by Steve Ransom on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 30 Sep 10
     
    Gladwell points out that it is easy to feel fulfilled and to have contributed to solutions to problems from the comforts of one's own couch and wireless network. Yet, real substantive change often requires real social activism beyond Twitter, Facebook, and the like.
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Anita Archer Active Participation Instruction, 7 grade (2008) - 44 views

player.vimeo.com/6771095 anita archer active participation slant
shared by Beth Hartranft on 12 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Beth Hartranft on 12 Nov 10
     
    Active participation video - teaching students the slant method
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Exploratorium: Hands-on Activities - 2 views

www.exploratorium.edu/...handson.html science education experiments howto activities Exploratorium
shared by Marge Runkle on 30 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Marge Runkle on 30 Jul 09
     
    Try the Salt Volcano, Bubble Bomb or other hundreds of other hands-on activities from the Exploratorium.
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volcano world - 1 views

volcano.oregonstate.edu/...index.html volcanoes virtual fieldtrip
shared by Virginia Meadow on 23 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Virginia Meadow on 23 Sep 09
     
    Interactive activities about volcanoes. Tracks volcanic activity worldwide.
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