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Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Tynker Launches an iPad App That Helps Kids Learn Program... - 0 views

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    A free iPad app that allows students to learn the bases of programming.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Read Write Think Timeline - A Timeline Tool for Almost Al... - 0 views

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    An application that allows for students time lines to come to life if they are having trouble visualizing it on their paper!
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Good Apps for ESL / ELL Students - 0 views

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    Apps that assist ESL in the classroom.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Search Tip for Students - Think Before You Search - 0 views

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    It is important for students to learn how to search before they are given a project where a lot of research is required.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Spark Inquiry With Geoguessr & Geosettr - 0 views

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    A game for teaching or assessing geography.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Search Before You Move On - Another Simple Search Tip for... - 0 views

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    Another googling tip of using Command-f to help students to find keywords in each article.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: Planet Nutshell Releases New Math Shorts Episodes - 0 views

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    Short math lessons that students can watch in class but also at home.
Davin Rose

Free Technology for Teachers: Science Games and an Interactive Periodic Table - 0 views

  • There are games appropriate for elementary school, middle school, and high school students. The games for younger students appear at the top of the Active Science list and the games for older students are at the bottom of the list.
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    This seems to be a a very simplistic model that in possibly only substitution for a good book and blank periodic table. What is novel about this concept is the score. Students like and thrive off competition. If these scores were posted on a class website. Kids would have a natural desire to see their names at the top of the list.
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    This seems to be a a very simplistic model that in possibly only substitution for a good book and blank periodic table. What is novel about this concept is the score. Students like and thrive off competition. If these scores were posted on a class website. Kids would have a natural desire to see their names at the top of the list.
Davin Rose

Free Technology for Teachers: QuickCast Arrives in the Mac App Store - 0 views

  • QuickCast is another option to add to your toolbox to access when you need to create a short instructional video for your students or colleagues. Creating screencasts can be a good way for students to practice giving clear and direct presentations of information. One of my former colleagues used to have her students create screencasts as means for practicing scripting and narrating while teaching their classmates about help aspects of software on their laptops.
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    Potential app of usefulness
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    Potential app of usefulness
Casey Zaberdac

The 3 E's of Literacy: Strategies to Nurture A Love of Reading | Edutopia - 0 views

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      The teacher is the example of a lifelong learner and reader.
  • understand that being an adult doesn't mean the end of reading for business or pleasure, just the continuation of a lifelong series of opportunities.
  • set a standard of reading for children is to take advantage of any opportunity within your school or city where adults read to children.
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  • Seeing adults reading does more than set an example
  • children hear you model inflection and intonation (prosody),
  • It's priceless when
  • connect adults with opportunities to read to children and provide reading material through book giveaways and community partnerships such as Little Free Library (9).
  • correlate pictures with words
  • correct yourself on pronunciation or phrasing
  • variations in cadence and tone,
  • nuanced communication through the spoken word.
  • I guarantee that they will cite their personal experiences with a parent, teacher or another adult as a catalyst of their fondness for the written word.
Kelsey McManus

Free Technology for Teachers: New Features Come to Google Documents in the Form of Add-ons - 0 views

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    These are awesome add ons that anybody can add on to their google drive account. They can be very useful within the classroom as well.
Kelsey McManus

What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn? | MindShift - 0 views

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    Gives examples as to how technology promotes students learning.
Kelsey McManus

The Importance of Teaching Students About New Media - Getting Smart by Guest Author - 2... - 0 views

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    This article gives the reasons why it is extremely important to teach students about different medias and technologies.
Kelsey McManus

Kleinspiration: Differentiated math instruction using Front Row: adaptive math for K-8 ... - 0 views

  • Every student works at their own pace, so no student is in over their head, and no student is bored
  • They do this using a diagnostic pre-test the kids take the first time they use Front Row. This figures out where the kids are, and then they practice at their own level.
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    This article describes the application Front row which is a an app available on the iPad that allows students to practice math inside and outside of the classroom.
Kelsey McManus

A Bunch of B.S.: The Antidote for #EdTech Negativity - Getting Smart by John Hardison -... - 0 views

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    This article defends ed-tech by taking the "negatives" and actually creating them into positives or even showing different options.
Davin Rose

Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Free Parents’ Guides for Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook from ConnectSafely (9): ConnectSafely is a great source for tips and advice for keeping kids safe on social media. Their comprehensive guides for teens' favorite social networks highlight the risks, privacy settings and strategies for keeping young people safe. Some of educational ideas for Instagram:
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    As a consumer of today's culture myself. I have no idea what most of these apps are and how to use them in their own right. What importance do these really have in my classroom and what do they have to do with better understandings of chemical concepts.
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    As a consumer of today's culture myself. I have no idea what most of these apps are and how to use them in their own right. What importance do these really have in my classroom and what do they have to do with better understandings of chemical concepts.
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