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Anna Uhde

Introduction to Creative Thinking - 4 views

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    Overview article defining creativity and discussing the attitudes needed for good creative thinking.
Caroline Bucky-Beaver

A flickr CC search toy - 0 views

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    Another search engine that will go through Flickr for creative commons images. You can search by tags (not description). I like the way it specifically lists the creative commons license type the person has given the image.
Anna Uhde

Creative Thinking Techniques - 6 views

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    A discussion of techniques for enhancing creative thinking.
Dina Padgett

8 Portrait Poems and Examples - 0 views

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    This is a good activity for students for the first week of school.... creative ice breaker and introductions
Cynthia Ellington

ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE - 25 views

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    Enchanted Learning Software creates children's educational web sites and games designed to stimulate creativity, learning, enjoyment, and imagination."> <!-- Home.html, Enchanted Learning Software, EnchantedLearning.com --> This is a cached version of http://www.enchantedlearning.com. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.none
Caroline Bucky-Beaver

Read & Create Children's Picture Books Online - BigUniverse.com - 5 views

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    Read publisher and member created picture books. Create and publish your own.
Caroline Bucky-Beaver

Speaking of History........: Podcast #184 - Creating "Common Craft" Type Videos about H... - 5 views

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    Great use of the Flip cameras in the classroom!!
Caroline Bucky-Beaver

DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: Tools and Technologies for Effective Classrooms - 22 views

  • “Turbo-Charged Wikis: Technology Embraces Cooperative Learning”
  • A wiki-based project should not be the first time students work together. Collaborative projects work well, but only if an environment of cooperation already exists.
  • assignment of the project must possess two qualities. First, it must be an authentic problem or situation which must be solved collaboratively. Second, the final product must be utilized by another audience, preferably classmates to advance the learning of the entire class. In other words, the wiki cannot result in an assignment that is merely "turned in." Also teachers need to remember that the wiki is only the tool to enhance learning; the problem solving is what drives the project.
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  • To make sure this project progresses, teachers need to instill the five components of Cooperative Learning: namely, Positive Interdependence, individual Accountability, Face to Face Interaction, Group Processing, and teaching small-group social skills. The most important of the two are Positive Interdependence and Individual Accountability.&nbsp;
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    Great article on how to best prepare for a wiki-based project.
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