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Loren Kurpiewski

Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...nlands-Schools-Successful.html

shared by Loren Kurpiewski on 23 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • expanded system of vocational high schools, which are attended by 43 percent of Finnish high-school students, who prepare to work in restaurants, hospitals, construction sites and offices
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      I like the idea of expanded vocational school. The American system of what is now esentially compulsory "13th - 17th Grade" in undergrad just renders the Bachelors degree that much less useful when you're out of school and looking for a job.
  • equal status with doctors and lawyers
    • Nathan Bell
      Nathan Bell on 23 Sep 11
       
      As they should be! (maybe even higher status than lawyers) (who am I kidding, DEFINITELY higher status than lawyers!)
    • Loren Kurpiewski
      Loren Kurpiewski on 27 Sep 11
       
      Wow. This is how it should be. Teachers here are ignored, questioned, suspected and even vilified for trying to do their job.
  • “We help situate them in the right high school,”
    • Rebecca Delivuk
      Rebecca Delivuk on 24 Sep 11
       
      because let's face it, not all students are the same.
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  • Neither Scandinavian nor Baltic, Finns were proud of their Nordic roots and a unique language only they could love (or pronounce).
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 25 Sep 11
       
      This is where I can see Finland wanting to separate themselves from the rest of their neighbors in an effort to show their uniqueness within Northern Europe.
  • Public schools would be organized into one system of comprehensive schools, or peruskoulu, for ages 7 through 16.
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 25 Sep 11
       
      This was the Finn's chance to deviate from the other education systems. From the looks of the number of languages learned, they did it right.
  • Besides Finnish and Swedish (the country’s second official language), children would learn a third language (English is a favorite) usually beginning at age 9.
Nathan Bell

Vocabulary Exercises English - 0 views

www.englisch-hilfen.de/...alle_words.htm

shared by Nathan Bell on 13 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Nathan Bell on 13 Oct 11
     
    English Language Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
  • Nathan Bell on 13 Oct 11
     
    This is a huge bunch of interactive (i.e. fill in the blank) exercises for English Language grammar and vocabulary. It's from a German website, and it seems like it might be a good resource for a student who was having trouble with a particular language or grammar area.
Nathan Bell

Creativity Resource for Teachers » Language Arts - 0 views

creativity.denverartmuseum.org/...language-arts

lesson plan resource teachers language arts

shared by Nathan Bell on 13 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nathan Bell on 13 Oct 11
     
    This is a collection of lesson plans and ideas from the home page of the Denver Art Museum. I walked through a few lessons, and they seemed to be interesting and engaging. It's making me wonder if any local museums have programs or collections of lessons that are based on artwork or historical artifacts in their collections. Hmm...
Rachael Webster

SMART Exchange - USA - Search lessons by keyword - 0 views

exchange.smarttech.com/search.html

shared by Rachael Webster on 16 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Rachael Webster on 16 Oct 11
     
    This site has numerous whiteboard activities which one can download varying for grade level and content area. I particularly liked that before downloading, you can view previews of the content. It seemed to have a lot of games, which may be a little too juvenile for older students, but some can be incorporated. I particularly liked the Jeopardy! game template, as I feel that is applicable across grade levels and is fun for the class to participate in. The fact that you can customize these for whatever you are teaching is great, so I think this site should be really reviewed across disciplines, as you can use things listed as Language Arts in other disciplines and vice versa.
Rebecca Delivuk

HowStuffWorks "Search" - 0 views

www.howstuffworks.com/search.php

education lesson plan Video propaganda technology language

shared by Rebecca Delivuk on 03 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Rebecca Delivuk on 03 Oct 11
     
    I'd love to use these howstuffworks videos to explain the role and prevalence of propaganda--perhaps in a unit exploring the literature of the WW2 and the atomic bomb, or the MacCartney era and/r the Salem Witch Trials, and/or the Cold War. These videos could form a segueway into examinations of political rhetoric prior to an election so that my student in 12th grade English could make informed voting decisions.
Rachael Webster

22frames.com - Search and find captioned / subtitled videos from across the web - 2 views

www.22frames.com

education learning captions ESL english ELL language captioning 22frames

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  • Rachael Webster on 02 Oct 11
     
    I think this site is pretty awesome even for hearing students. I know that when I watch something with words along the bottom, I automatically read what is along the bottom no matter what. Things that have tickers across the bottom, like CNN or (what I'm more likely watching, shamefully) E!, I get super distracted, which is frustrating. But having the words that are actually being spoken, kids may become better readers and also better absorb what is being presented to them. Reading along also makes watching a video a less passive activity.
Rachael Webster

Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Literacy, Key Stage 4 - Topmarks Education - 1 views

www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx

shared by Rachael Webster on 12 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Literacy - Key Stage 4 (15-16 year olds)
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 12 Oct 11
       
      This resource is for middle school to high school classroom teachers and gives lesson plan ideas on Shakespeare. With the three choices of resources dealing with three of the Bard's most famous works, using an IWB seems like a natural fit. Even though Topmarks is British, the ideas behind literacy-technology interactivity remain fresh. This resource gives detailed ideas that incorporate IWB and literary exploration. Topmarks' section on Shakespeare allows teachers to closely study Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest. This is useful to me because of the topics covered; Shakespeare can be boring to some students. These lesson plan ideas allow me to reinvent Shakespeare's works on an IWB so that students may interact and rethink their own ideas on classic literature.
    • Susannah Azzaro
      Susannah Azzaro on 12 Oct 11
       
      Nice summary. Sounds like a great resource for you!
  • A lesson which considers Shakespeare's representation of the island in 'The Tempest' through characters' visions of their environment. It provides students with artists' impressions of the island and focuses on language used in relation to the island.
    • Max Applegate
      Max Applegate on 12 Oct 11
       
      This specific lesson on 'The Tempest' seems so interesting because of the graphical nature of the plan. Seeing things on the (IW)board as opposed to simply thinking about it may just be that final push that students need to connect.
    • Susannah Azzaro
      Susannah Azzaro on 12 Oct 11
       
      Awesome find, Max!
  • Rachael Webster on 16 Oct 11
     
    This resource has a number of whiteboard activities for different areas of study. I focused on the English (Literacy) section. It seems somewhat limited in some respects, as it only has a few activities for certain books/plays, but the ones that were there were pretty cool. I really liked the Romeo and Juliet activities. I thought the intro scale about love at first sight would be a great way to get kids hooked, and the activities in which the kids put the things that happened in order were good as well. I liked some of the middle grades activities more. There was one in which you have to look at different newspapers coverage of the same event and make a Venn diagram of how the stories overlap. I think this really makes learning more interactive and meaningful to the students and utilizes the technology well.
Zachary Beebe

IWB Resources - 0 views

www.lakeshorelearning.com/...whiteBoardsStatic.jsp

shared by Zachary Beebe on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Zachary Beebe on 18 Oct 11
     
    This is a website that has a ton of ridiculously cool interactive activities for teachers to use in the classroom. This company, Lakeshore, has interactive boards for Math, Language, Science and Social studies that would be a really cool way to keep kids active in the classroom while incorporating technology. I would personally use this to try and keep math interesting and interactive. Allowing students to feel like they are an active participant in their learning is a great way to empower them.
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