Group items tagged

Dan Meyer writes about having teachers move away from being an "answer key" for their students to encourage more exploration and discovery.

For every correct answer you choose, 10 grains of rice are raised to help end world hunger through the World Food Programme. This website has two goals. One is to help end world hunger and the other is to help educate people. People of all ages can answer questions and for each question that they get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the UNWFP (United Nations World Food Program). They can answer questions in a variety of subjects such as humanities, math, and science.

Faces of Learning is a collaborative, solution-oriented site that seeks to answer the questions: What does an ideal learning environment look like? and How do we create more ideal learning environments? It is a blog as well and there are many shared stories of learning experiences. There is an interactive 'learner sketch' to determine your own (or a student's) strengths and weaknesses. You can record your own story too.

This website contains flashcards and games to help students improve their math skills interactively. It also contains worksheets that students can print and work on. The website also has the answer sheets so students can check their work. There is also a "homework helper" tab that allows you to input your problem and answer and it will help you figure out if you are correct.

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform

Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform Flipped and Blended Interactive Video Learning Platform. This site is transforming! Use the power of a youtube video within the context of a lesson! With this free site, you can take any video from youtube and install pause points where students MUST answer a question before playing it again! You can also track student responses instantly and collect valuable assessment data.

This set of applications lets you set up audio drop-boxes so your students can record and turn in their spoken answers. There are also ways to create worksheets for videos and embed them together in a "mash-up" activity. Especially for foreign language teachers, this seems like an awesome assortment of apps!

Looks like a decent site for newer teachers. Liked the section on interview questions that actually supply some suggested answers - although I haven't read through them all yet.

This packet contains the principles of problem solving by George Polya, a renowned mathematician. It contains numerous strategies like guess and check, draw a picture, work backwards ... The packet consist of walking you through 12 different strategies with examples and practice problems for students. For an extended list of problems for practice, Go to: http://www.austintown.k12.oh.us/~aust_tr/PSS%20Student%20problems%202001.pdf For a worked out answer key go to: http://www.austintown.k12.oh.us/~aust_tr/PSS%20hand%20solutions%2013%20to%2083.pdf

A great interactive site that introduces math, reading, writing, history and science concepts. It includes interactive quizzes and opportunities to answer questions throughout the videos. Brain pop jr. is for K-3.

Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and homeschools.

I thought this site was really cool. It helps promote curiosity and exploration for children of all ages. The site includes a wonder of the day…Today's wonder is "Is there a planet between Mars and Jupiter?"…and the answer is yes! There is a dwarf planet called Ceres between the two planets. You also have the option to explore other wonders on this site or to post something that you are wondering.