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in title, tags, annotations or urlDoes your mission and vision drive your actions - The Learner's Way - 2 views
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Explore the website of any school, and you will undoubtedly find a page dedicated to their Mission and Vision. Here you will find carefully crafted statements of purpose couched in the vocabulary of educational excellence and reflecting the pinnacle of human possibility. A blend of educational philosophy and marketing speak designed to promote student achievement and enrolments. The question is, to what degree does the lived experience of the typical student align with the stated purposes? Does the product do what it says on the tin?
Reflective Teaching: Looking Back To Move Forward - 6 views
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"Reflecting on what has been learnt (or not learnt) is vital for our pupils to know where to focus their efforts next. In the same way, reflecting upon one's teaching craft is vital to improvement. Yet too many of us feel we do not have time to reflect because we have to move onto the next lesson or admin task. How can we create the time to pick apart our lessons and what are the best methods to do so?"
The Power of Relationship for Positive School Climate - The Learner's Way - 22 views
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In teaching and for learning relationships are everything. This is one of those statements that cannot be overstated, it is true now, it has always been true.To craft a truly positive school climate demands our fullest attention to every detail of every relationship we build but the effort is well worth it.
Grammar teaching leaves children confused, research shows - 21 views
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"Children can be left confused and unable to write accurate sentences because of "uncertain" grammar teaching, experts have warned. But confident teachers can enable students to use their grammar knowledge to help them craft and create their writing and positively support children's development as writers."
Kleki - 5 views
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This is a useful drawing site with a good set of tools to allow your students to be creative. You can upload images on to the canvas http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design
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Allows for digital paint, some brush types, lots of editing, includes layers, an advanced tool for painting, might be too much for little ones. No login required allows the student to download work.
Timeline JS3 - Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy, and intuitive to use. - 43 views
10 Faulty Teaching Strategies to Avoid - 9 views
Kids Learning Skills and Being Awesome. - DIY - 88 views
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I love this site. This site provides a safe online space for children to upload their art, craft and design creations to share with the whole world. For teachers, it is a great place to find inspiration for your own class projects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design
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The DIY online club awards badges (called 'Skills' on the site) to students and kids of all ages in exchange for completing tasks. DIY Makers share their work with the community and get patches for the Skills they earn. Each Skill consists of a set of Challenges that help them learn techniques to get the hang of it. Once a Maker completes a Challenge, they add photos and video to their Portfolio to show what they did.
Why Schools Must Move Beyond One-to-One Computing | November Learning - 139 views
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I’m concerned that most one-to-one implementation strategies are based on the new tool as the focus of the program. Unless we break out of this limited vision that one-to-one computing is about the device, we are doomed to waste our resources.
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Then, teachers are instructed to go! But go where?
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I believe every student must have 24-7 access to the internet.
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Create Interactive Videos on Wideo - 75 views
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"Wideo is a nice tool for creating Common Craft-style videos. You can create animated videos on Wideo by dragging and dropping clipart and text in storyboard frames. You set the position and animation sequence for each element in each storyboard frame. When you have completed your storyboards Wideo generates a video for you. "
Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg - 35 views
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There are keynote speakers—often the people who created the technology at hand or crafted a given language. There are the regular speakers, often paid not at all or in airfare, who present some idea or technique or approach. Then there are the panels, where a group of people are lined up in a row and forced into some semblance of interaction while the audience checks its e-mail.
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Fewer than a fifth of undergraduate degrees in computer science awarded in 2012 went to women, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology
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The average programmer is moderately diligent, capable of basic mathematics, has a working knowledge of one or more programming languages, and can communicate what he or she is doing to management and his or her peers
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Free Video: Libraries in the Internet Age | Common Craft - 43 views
Educational Leadership:Best of Educational Leadership 2004-2005:Pathways to Reform: Start With Values - 18 views
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Common ends, diverse pathways.
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what makes life worth living
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between the science of learning and the practice of teaching lie important value judgments
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International EdTech K-12 - Community - Google+ - 50 views
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This is a K-12 education community with a target audience of teachers, tech integration specialists, coaches, educational technology leaders, and lovers of learning from around the world. It is in recognition of the growing global inter-connectedness of educators in independent and municipal K-12 schools, and offers an opportunity for all to grow their craft through this professional network.
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This is a K-12 education community with a target audience of teachers, tech integration specialists, coaches, educational technology leaders, and lovers of learning from around the world. It is in recognition of the growing global inter-connectedness of educators in independent and municipal K-12 schools, and offers an opportunity for all to grow their craft through this professional network.
What Reflects a Great School? Not Test Scores - Education Week - 79 views
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These gains often turn out to be an achievement mirage
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Three interconnected factors are as essential for whole-school achievement as knowing how to teach well: trust, collaboration, and authenticity.
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professional learning is ongoing and embedded
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4 Free Web Tools to Boost Student Engagement | Edutopia - 173 views
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When students use tool technologies to create content, their engagement is largely based on how successfully teachers craft the learning assignments, rather than on the technology itself. This is different from what happens with other types of technologies, such as tutor technologies (e.g. software for learning). Here, student engagement depends principally on technology, taking teachers almost completely out of the equation.