your job is to ask questions of the group up front. If you think there is something they need to change about their board, you need to ask them questions to get them to change it.
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Whiteboarding Mistake Game: A Guide « Physics! Blog! - 10 views
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Don't tell them what is wrong, but rather ask questions until they fix what is wrong.
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they must walk their peers through their thinking so that their mistake will be highlighted.
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group always has the option to act as though it were intentional
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Social Bookmarking | Common Craft - 0 views
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If you don't understand social bookmarking, here is a common craft video called "Social Bookmarking in Plain English." It explains how social bookmarking works.
Teacher Excellence Narrows the Achievement Gap | Edutopia - 4 views
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By embracing research-backed instructional design, consistent PD, and strong, caring relationships, all boats are rising and teachers have gone from surviving to thriving at this once-failing middle school.
TES collection Chinese New Year - Resources - TES - 3 views
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Chinese New Year Collection with many different lessons at all age levels along with downloadables to use. If you are expecting your students to have global literacy, you cannot afford to ignore China. This is a fun time to teach about it - kids love dragons and fireworks!
My Wish List for Education in 2012 | Education Is My Life - 1 views
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TEacher AJ Juliani (a Flat Classroom certified teacher) writes a beautiful and profound blog on his wish list. He understand and gets global collaboration in the classroom. Especially moving is this quote: "My wish list for Education in 2012 is centered around the belief that it is time to try "new things in new ways". It is time to look for "Next Practices" instead of "Best Practices". It's time to put ideas that are unproven into practice, learn from our failures, and celebrate our successes. Here is my wish list:" Worth a read.
You Can't Stop the Rain « Educational Discourse - 10 views
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So often when we talk about schools, students, parents and teachers, we discuss things in arm-lengths type of way. We discuss how they need to have richer and more meaningful learning experiences, how we need to provide them with the opportunities to use the technological tools in authentic learning experiences. What we don’t discuss is how schools need to be places of living not just of learning. They need to be places of community where children can experience life-lessons not just academic lessons. The story that follows is about one such event that took place at our school this past year.
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So often when we talk about schools, students, parents and teachers, we discuss things in arm-lengths type of way. We discuss how they need to have richer and more meaningful learning experiences, how we need to provide them with the opportunities to use the technological tools in authentic learning experiences. What we don't discuss is how schools need to be places of living not just of learning. They need to be places of community where children can experience life-lessons not just academic lessons. The story that follows is about one such event that took place at our school this past year.
Lesson Plans - ReadWriteThink - 3 views
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Language arts teachers of all ages will love the free lesson plans on this website. They are standards based and organized by grade level.
Lesson plans for teachers - 15 views
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Free lesson plans that you can filter by age and how many class periods that you have teach as well as the topics. This is by Microsoft so it is using Microsoft projects. This is perfect for those of you who want cool lessons but are restricted from using a lot of the web 2 tools.
Dropbox - Simplify your life - 4 views
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Wonderful, flexible tool that I've used to take my classroom paperless.
Wolfram|Alpha: Examples by Topic - 17 views
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Examples of how wolfram alpha can be used in the classroom. From math to physics to research and economics, you can use this data crunching engine in very powerful ways. Another important tool for students and authentic researchers of all ages.
Tips for Trainers - 11 views
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This section is full of great ideas to help YOU become a better facilitator. The articles here are written and shared by the staff at Training Wheels. Some of the articles are written by Michelle Cummings, the Big Wheel and Founder of Training Wheels, and some are written by Linda Williams, the Spare Tire and Lead Facilitator at Training Wheels.
How do I Help Students Respond to Bullying in the form of Repeated Threats? - 4 views
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The best way to respond to bullying of a physical nature (like repeated physical attacks or threats) is to ask the attacker, "Are you mad at me?" This brings the situation down from a physical to the verbal level.
5 Tips to Better Connect with Your Students - 10 views
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You can connect with your students. Here are five ways I strive to do this in my own classroom. (In a piece I wrote for the Atlantic.com) 95% of what you accomplish is because of your habits. What are the habits in the classroom that will help you reach more students?
The Flip Manifesto - 14 views
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Daniel Pink's 16 counterintuitive thoughts about motivation, innovation
NSEW collection - Resources - TES - 3 views
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Some great lessons to use for science and Engineering week (in the UK but why not bring it over the pond) March 9-18th. If you are promoting STEM here are some fun lessons including the squashed tomato challenge.
RubiStar Home - 3 views
Unlocking Learning Mastery | Edutopia - 8 views
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Gamification is one response. By embedding diverse achievements into activities and assessments, learning progress can be refracted infinitely. These systems would be able to more flexibly respond to unique learner pathways and abilities, and would further serve as encouragement mechanics -- instead of one carrot stick, there are hundreds. And not just carrots, but every fruit and vegetable imaginable.
Langwitches Blog | The Magic of Learning - 5 views
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Will you help Silvia Tolisano's students by letting them know what screencasts you want them to record? Thank you for taking a moment. This is a great project she's doing for these 6th graders. She does such a wonderful job of helping students develop an authentic audience.
40 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom - Google Drive - 34 views
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A slick presentation about Google apps for education. Becky Evans created and shared this and says you can use it as a presentation to introduce current features to teachers at your school. Take a look as you prepare to give teachers an overview of Google Apps for Education.
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