Skip to main content

Home/ educators/ Group items tagged Time

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
tee1962 Reagan

Teachers are key for students who like learning and remain curious - USATODAY.com - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...2009-07-05-hateschool_N.htm

shared by tee1962 Reagan on 06 Jul 09 - No Cached
  • or says, is to "maximize the likelihood that students will get the pleasurable rush that comes from successful thought.
  • So the challenge for a teacher is to find that sweet spot of mental difficulty, and to find it simultaneously for 25 students, each with a different level of preparation.
  • Rather, we remember what we think about, and that can have non-obvious consequences. During frog dissection, are students thinking about anatomy or that they find it gross?
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • One way to help ensure that students think of content is to view teaching in terms of a story structure.
  • Good teachers design lessons in which students unavoidably think about the meaning or central point.
  • People differ in their abilities and in their interests, but there is no evidence for differences in learning styles.
  • The secret to getting smarter is really not a big secret: Engage in intellectual activities. Read the newspaper, watch informative documentaries, find well-written books that make intellectual content engaging. Perhaps most important; Watch less television. It's rarely enriching, and it's an enormous time-sink.
anonymous

Study: More children of illegal immigrants being born in US; they face high odds of pov... - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...al-immigration,1,5791776.story

shared by anonymous on 16 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Overall, illegal immigrants' children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 16 Apr 09
       
      Wow! Doesn't this give you pause? There are SO many angles to this statistic, aren't there? A powerful article.
anonymous

Free Award Certificate Templates - MyAwardMaker.com - 0 views

www.myawardmaker.com/home.html

certificates awards template award

shared by anonymous on 01 May 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 01 May 09
     
    certificate maker
  • anonymous on 01 May 09
     
    This is the time of year we like to recognize students for their hard work. This site provides easy to use certificate templates.
Ed Webb

How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds - WSJ.com - 0 views

online.wsj.com/...SB124079001063757515.html

bestpractices review cognition styles learning education

shared by Ed Webb on 27 Jul 09 - Cached
  • what school requires students to do -- think abstractly -- is in fact not something our brains are designed to be good at or to enjoy
  • it is critical that the task be just difficult enough to hold our interest but not so difficult that we give up in frustration. When this balance is struck, it is actually pleasurable to focus the mind for long periods of time
  • Students are ready to understand knowledge but not create it. For most, that is enough. Attempting a great leap forward is likely to fail.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • students cannot apply generic "critical thinking skills" (another voguish concept) to new material unless they first understand that material
  • Trying to use "reading strategies" -- like searching for the main idea in a passage -- will be futile if you don't know enough facts to fill in what the author has left unsaid.
  • what is being taught in most of the curriculum -- at all levels of schooling -- is information about meaning, and meaning is independent of form
  • At some point, no amount of dancing will help you learn more algebra
    • Ed Webb
      Ed Webb on 27 Jul 09
       
      But if you learn dancing AND algebra, you may be better at both, or at least approach each in a more interesting way.
Vicki Davis

64 Things Every Geek Should Know - LaptopLogic.com - 1 views

laptoplogic.com/...-things-every-geek-should-know

education learning technology techintegrator

shared by Vicki Davis on 17 May 09 - No Cached
  • Identity theft groups warn about keyloggers and advocate checking out the keyboard yourself before continuing.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
       
      Often the keylogger is a program on the computer, so don't think just looking for the hardware will find it!
  • Tor is an onion-routing system which makes it 'impossible' for someone to find out who you actually are.
  • See this tutorial for info on how to bypass the password on the three major operating systems: Windows, Mac, and Linux.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
       
      FYI - as a person who has had to do this on a Windows computer - this often doesn't work!
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • Every geek should know how to recover the master book record.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
       
      I did this last week! It saved me a TON of time!
  • There are computer service centers that would be happy to extract the data for a (hefty) fee; a true geek would be the one working at center, not taking his or her drive there.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
       
      There are inexpensive programs that you can use to do this - it helped us with a personnel matter quite a few years back - I think every IT person should have such a program and every teacher should understand that it is possible for such a program to be used. I teach my students that everything ever saved on a hard drive can be retrieved - be careful.
  • Person to Person data sharing
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
       
      Uhm - that is peer to peer!
  • Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
     
    Great article with many things people should know.
  • Vicki Davis on 17 May 09
     
    Cool article that covers a lot of things that people should know - whether you mind being called a geek or not. Very interesting reading.
Jeff Johnson

Not Enough Time in the Library - Chronicle.com - 0 views

chronicle.com/...email2.php

shared by Jeff Johnson on 17 May 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 17 May 09
     
    As an academic librarian, I hear an awful lot of hype about using technology to enhance instruction in colleges and universities. While the very word "technology" - not to mention the jargon that crops up around it, like "interactive whiteboards" and "smart classrooms" - sounds exciting and impressive, what it boils down to is really just a set of tools. They're useful tools, but they don't offer content beyond what the users put into them.
Jason Heiser

Twoogle - - Search Twitter and Google at the same time - 0 views

twoogle.browsys.com/index.php

twitter

shared by Jason Heiser on 13 May 09 - Cached
  • Jason Heiser on 13 May 09
     
    Search Twitter and Google for resources
yc c

Official Google Docs Blog: Spotlight on Developers: Educational Spreadsheet Gadgets - 0 views

googledocs.blogspot.com/...on-developers-educational.html

quiz editor google howto

shared by yc c on 24 May 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 24 May 09
     
    THis article points out that some new gadgets have been created especially for the education market. But, the next time you're in a Google spreadsheet, check out Insert>Gadget to see what all they've added recently. From word clouds, to flash cards, and more. Fun stuff!
  • anonymous on 24 May 09
     
    Some VERY cool new gadgets to use with your google spreadsheets
  • yc c on 26 May 09
     
    Créer des quiz avec Google docs (article anglais)
Ruth Howard

I'm sure I'm doing it wrong | Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech - 8 views

ideasandthoughts.org/...im-sure-im-doing-it-wrong

blogging education inflection network pln digital literacy edtech assessment flixr wiki

shared by Ruth Howard on 08 Oct 09 - Cached
  • According to many definitions of good teaching, I don’t qualify: I don’t clearly state objectives If I do state them, they are as fuzzy as all get out I have a hard time measuring student progress My course syllabus changes almost daily I never use tests I constantly stray off topic
  • I do constantly question whether or not I need to be more structured.  Do I need to be able to define my outcomes more succinctly than this? Students will learn that: Learning is social and connected Learning is personal and self-directed Learning is shared and transparent Learning is rich in content and diversity
  • I do provide rubrics, build criteria together, emphasis and utilize descriptive feedback.  Providing supports and the odd insight best describes my role.  I’m of total confidence they are learning. Just read their blogs.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  •   I’ve read, listen and thought  more about assessment than most and yet it still baffles me. Mostly because the kind of assessment that makes most sense (immediate and descriptive feedback) isn’t really valued in schools.
Vicki Davis

Things That Keep Us Up at Night - 10/1/2009 - School Library Journal - 5 views

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/...CA6699357.html

education mediacenter librarian administrator edu_news

shared by Vicki Davis on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Dave Truss on 12 Oct 09
     
    The library, as we once knew it, may no longer be relevant. School librarians, as we once knew them, may no longer be relevant. And, yet, this is undoubtedly the most exciting time in history to be a librarian.
  • Vicki Davis on 22 Oct 09
     
    Must read article that is tearing through the blogs of librarians and media specialists like wildfire this October. If you work with libaries and media centers this is a must read and must pass along if only to spark conversation (and oh, it has.)
Ted Sakshaug

everystockphoto - searching free photos - 15 views

www.everystockphoto.com

photos photography design image search stock

shared by Ted Sakshaug on 23 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Ted Sakshaug on 23 Oct 09
     
    "We are a search engine for free photos. These come from many sources and are license-specific. You can view a photo's license by clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Membership is free, without advertising, and allows you to rate, tag, collect and comment on photos. "
  • Ruth Howard on 26 Oct 09
     
    sooo much easier to locate creative commons images so timely thanks very
anonymous

Trulia Hindsight - Maps of Properties Through Time - 12 views

hindsight.trulia.com/map

tools visualization

shared by anonymous on 23 Oct 09 - Cached
Ruth Howard liked it
  • anonymous on 23 Oct 09
     
    Wonderful visualization tool. Excellent!
Vicki Davis

Gearing up for Another Flat Classroom Project « Haas | Learning - 8 views

haaslearning.wordpress.com/...another-flat-classroom-project

education learning flatclassroom edu_trends bestpractices

shared by Vicki Davis on 26 Oct 09 - Cached
  • it was a mildly harrowing but ultimately rewarding experienc
  • Yet, as Vicki Davis quipped at the beginning of the project, “The thing about working on the bleeding edge is sometimes you bleed.”
  • The reality of asynchronous communication that is at times messy and requires patience was not quite as exciting as they were hoping.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Already, the combination of my experience, having already completed a similar project, as well as the degree of preparation and maturity of this project is a great advantage. I
  • Vicki Davis on 26 Oct 09
     
    Fred Haas' reflections are so very real when it comes to ambitious global collaborations. I had to laugh as he said about NetGenEd (last spring's project): "Without question it was a mildly harrowing but ultimately rewarding experience." The learning curve is TREMENDOUS but once you have it under your belt it is similar to your first year of teaching or boot camp for someone in the military. If you're wondering if this sort of thing is for you, take a read of Fred's very real reflections. Julie nor I NOR ANY global collaborator will ever say it is easy - if it is perhaps you're not having to be as engaged as perhaps you need to be. However, it is most rewarding!
anonymous

Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants more computers in schools | Technology | Los Angele... - 15 views

latimesblogs.latimes.com/...put-computers-in-schools-.html

Google education

shared by anonymous on 30 Oct 09 - Cached
  • After he left the Montessori school, Brin felt he was stuck in a 19th-century curriculum, and he ultimately quit high school after his junior year.
  • anonymous on 30 Oct 09
     
    Very interesting description of Google Founder Sergey Brin's thoughts on his education
Kathy Benson

Tux Paint - 14 views

www.tuxpaint.org

art graphics opensource paint creativity 4students

shared by Kathy Benson on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Garcia on 12 Nov 09
     
    "Tux Paint Open Source Drawing Software for Children (About sponsors) Next From the gallery: Manga Harry Potter By: Vashti Tux Paint is free computer art software for children. * About * Features * Screenshots * Videos * Gallery * Stamps * Reviews * Schools Using It * User Comments * Requirements * Download * Purchase * Documentation * Known Issues * Merchandise * Events * News * Mailing Lists * Developers * Help Us * Links * Contact The Web tuxpaint.org "One of the best freeware programs I have tested in a long time!" - Ask The Computer Lady, February 2006 Open Source CMS 5-Star and "100 Clean" rating, April 2007 More reviews & awards... Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative. (See the full list of features.) "
  • Kathy Benson on 07 Sep 12
     
    kidpix like draw program - will run on macs and pcs
David Hilton

In Defense of Lecturing in the Social Studies Classroom - 8 views

www.mr-spurlin.com/...n-the-social-studies-classroom

all_teachers bestpractices curriculum history edu_trends professionaldevelopment pedagogy praxis

shared by David Hilton on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 12 Nov 09
     
    A timely defense of teacher-centred instruction. Surely the quality of instruction is more important than a fixation on its method? After having tried student-centred and me-centred teaching styles I have found overwhelmingly that the latter is more effective. I'm pretty entertaining though...
« First ‹ Previous 921 - 940 of 979 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page