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Kim Laird

freeSFX.co.uk - Download free sound effects - 3 views

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shared by Kim Laird on 17 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Kim Laird on 17 Jul 10
     
    Many good sound effects most free, the rest inexpensive. I can think of many applications including digital story telling. Thanks to "Technology Tidbits" for the link :)
Patrick Higgins

Reading Rockets: The Six Ts of Effective Elementary Literacy Instruction - 7 views

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literacy elementary reading

shared by Patrick Higgins on 16 Feb 11 - Cached
  • The issue is less stuff vs. reading than it is a question of what sorts of and how much of stuff. When stuff dominates instructional time, warning flags should go up.
  • In less-effective classrooms, there is a lot of stuff going on for which no reliable evidence exists to support their use (e.g., test-preparation workbooks, copying vocabulary definitions from a dictionary, completing after-reading comprehension worksheets).
  • In these classrooms, lower-achieving students spent their days with books they could successfully read.
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  • In other words, in too many cases the lower-achieving students receive, perhaps, an hour of appropriate instruction each day and four hours of instruction based on grade-level texts they cannot read.
  • No child who spends 80 percent of his instructional time in texts that are inappropriately difficult will make much progress academically.
  • These exemplary teachers routinely offered direct, explicit demonstrations of the cognitive strategies used by good readers when they read. In other words, they modeled the thinking that skilled readers engage while they attempt to decode a word, self-monitor for understanding, summarize while reading, or edit when composing. The "watch me" or "let me demonstrate" stance they took seems quite different from the "assign and assess" stance that dominates in less-effective classrooms (e.g., Adams, 1990; Durkin, 1978-79).
    • Patrick Higgins
      Patrick Higgins on 16 Feb 11
       
      This makes great sense: children need to see what experts do when they read.  
  • I must also note that we observed almost no test-preparation activity in these classrooms. None of the teachers relied on the increasingly popular commercial test preparation materials (e.g., workbooks, software). Instead, these teachers believed that good instruction, rich instruction, would lead to enhanced test performances.
Nik Peachey

Nik's Quick Shout: A Speed Reader with a Library - 0 views

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reading tips activities EFL ESL

shared by Nik Peachey on 27 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Nik Peachey on 27 Sep 09
     
    I'm never really sure what the value of being able to read quickly is and whether this effects the amount of information you actually retain when you read, but I do know that getting EFL and ESL students to read in chunks and getting them to read as much as possible can be very beneficial to their language development.
andrew bendelow

Teacher Magazine: Teaching Secrets: How to Use Leftover Class Time Wisely - 0 views

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practical tips for new teachers classroom management

shared by andrew bendelow on 25 Jul 09 - Cached
  • andrew bendelow on 25 Jul 09
     
    Larry Ferlazzo offers tips on the most effective use of those last few minutes of class time.
anonymous

TCRecord: Article, "Approaches to Teaching Thinking" - 1 views

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thinking critical brain mind

shared by anonymous on 14 Jul 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 14 Jul 09
     
    Excellent article from Teachers College Review. Here is passage from abstract that captures the focus: "But what exactly is "teaching thinking"? Do the many theories and programs of teaching thinking speak of the same "thinking," "good thinking," and "teaching thinking"? I claim here that there is actually not one approach to "teaching thinking" but three-three approaches to teaching thinking that compete with each other for control of the field. A conceptual mapping of the approaches to teaching thinking will, I hope, enable further theoretical development of this field and its more effective application in teaching."
Adam Babcock

Collaborative Online Diagram Software - Try it Free | Creately - 6 views

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organization tools edtech presentation

shared by Adam Babcock on 27 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Adam Babcock on 16 Aug 10
     
    Creately is a visual collaboration platform used by project teams to communicate more effectively. With Creately's easy to use interface and Shared Projects, everyone on your design, development and business teams can collaborate on software designs, wireframes, business & strategy diagrams easily.
Nik Peachey

1 Week workshop: Easy Web 2.0 tools that you can use in your classroom - 14 views

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web2.0 languages school technology professionaldevelopment resources tools education learning

shared by Nik Peachey on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Nik Peachey on 07 Dec 09
     
    "Over the course of this event we will be looking at a small range of web based tools that will enable you to create motivating online language learning activities for your students. These can be used either in class or set as homework. You will have the chance to understand how these tools work, find out how to use them with students and be able to try your hand at creating and sharing activities with other teachers. By the end of the event you should have a small 'toolkit' of resources and ideas that will enable you to enhance your lessons though the effective and pedagogically sound use of technology."
Adam Babcock

The Failure of American Schools - Magazine - The Atlantic - 3 views

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education politics

shared by Adam Babcock on 01 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • recalcitrant
  • From 1960 to 1980, our supply of college graduates increased at almost 4 percent a year; since then, the increase has been about half as fast. The net effect is that we’re rapidly moving toward two Americas—a wealthy elite, and an increasingly large underclass that lacks the skills to succeed.
  • in education, despite massive increases in expenditure, we don’t see improved results
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  • That leads too many people to suspect that poverty is destiny, that schools can make only a small difference, and that therefore we’re unable to fix this problem, regardless of its seriousness. So why try?
  • That Kafkaesque outcome demonstrates precisely the way the system is run: for the adults. The school system doesn’t want to change, because it serves the needs of the adult stakeholders quite well, both politically and financially.
  • “Listen, they’re trying to get rid of a principal in my district who runs a Democratic club for us. If you protect him, you’ll never have a problem with me.” This kind of encounter was not rare.
  • President Obama was on to something in 2008 when he said: “The single most important factor in determining [student] achievement is not the color of [students’] skin or where they come from. It’s not who their parents are or how much money they have. It’s who their teacher is.” Yet, rather than create a system that attracts and rewards excellent teachers—and that imposes consequences for ineffective or lazy ones—we treat all teachers as if they were identical widgets and their performance didn’t matter.
  • The result: too few effective math and science teachers in high-poverty schools.
  • Many have candidly told me they are burned out, but they can’t afford to leave until their pension fully vests. So they go through the motions until they can retire with the total package.
  • And why give all teachers making $80,000, or more, a 10 percent raise? They’re not going to leave, since they’re close to vesting their lifetime pensions. By contrast, increasing starting salaries by $8,000 (rather than $4,000) would help attract and retain better new teachers.
camillenapierbernstein

Statement on Class Size and Teacher Workload: Secondary - 12 views

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shared by camillenapierbernstein on 08 Jan 13 - Cached
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      camillenapierbernstein on 08 Jan 13
       
      We are asked to use best practices when teaching; if concomitant best practices in staffing/class sizes are not met, what is the effect?
  • Teachers of larger classes are more likely to spend less time with each student paper, and to concentrate on mechanics rather than on style and content.
Susan Payne

Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities -- THE Journal - 0 views

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socialnetworking web2.0

shared by Susan Payne on 18 Jul 09 - Cached
  • specific instructional use is more effective and acceptable for students to understand why the teacher has created the space. What Social Networking Does Not Offer to Learning
  • While this level of connection and shared information is a great first step in community building, it does not necessarily lead to learning communities or the sharing of ideas. This must happen intentionally and is where the instructor is very much a necessary support to the process.
Susan Payne

Beyond Social Networking: Building Toward Learning Communities -- THE Journal - 0 views

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shared by Susan Payne on 18 Jul 09 - Cached
  • specific instructional use is more effective and acceptable for students to understand why the teacher has created the space.
  • While this level of connection and shared information is a great first step in community building, it does not necessarily lead to learning communities or the sharing of ideas. This must happen intentionally and is where the instructor is very much a necessary support to the process.
  • Susan Payne on 18 Jul 09
     
    Teachers as guides to move students beyond the social piece to forming a learning community.
susan carter morgan

Wordle in the Classroom | Clif's Notes - 0 views

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wordle ideas tools web2.0

shared by susan carter morgan on 16 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Tom Barrett, developed the below presentation. It is full of strategies and tips for effectively integrating Wordle with teaching and learning.
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