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Andrew Williamson

Google World Wonders Project - 0 views

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Google maps Google Wonders Project

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  • Andrew Williamson on 09 Jul 12
     
    Another amazing Google Project. From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google's World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world. By using our Street View technology, Google has a unique opportunity to make world heritage sites available to users across the globe. Street View is a hugely popular feature of Google Maps which is already available in dozens of countries. It allows users to virtually explore and navigate a neighborhood through panoramic street-level images. With advancements in our camera technologies we can now go off the beaten track to photograph some of the most significant places in the world so that anyone, anywhere can explore them.
Andrew Williamson

9 Tools Students Can Use to Create Music Online - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...tudents-can-use-to-create.html

music music Ed music education creativity creative education

shared by Andrew Williamson on 16 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 16 Apr 12
     
    Another great list of online tools for creating music. These are worth exploring if not only to inform the students that they exist. Holiday challenge via a class blog perhaps?
kynan robinson

What Is Integrated Curriculum? - 0 views

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pbl clp creativity project integrated

shared by kynan robinson on 18 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Can making wind and rain machines improve the reading comprehension and writing scores of elementary students on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test? Do students really learn math by learning to clog dance? When students spend after-school time participating in a microsociety that reflects the roles of real life, will their test scores in math and reading improve?
  • Lee's students have shown more than 100 percent gains in comprehension and writing on the FCAT.
    • kynan robinson
      kynan robinson on 18 Apr 12
       
      Its sad that we even have to ask these questions, what about increased levels of creative thought, or deeper understanding of social interactions etc etc etc
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  • Lee claims that when she teaches science concepts she also teaches students to think and write in the structured, coherent ways required on standardized tests
  • What exactly is integrated curriculum? In its simplest conception, it is about making connections. What kind of connections? Across disciplines? To real life? Are the connections skill-based or knowledge-based?
  • we defined three approaches to integration—multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary
  • Multidisciplinary approaches focus primarily on the disciplines.
  • When teachers integrate the subdisciplines within a subject area, they are using an intradisciplinary approach
  • Through this integration, teachers expect students to understand the connections between the different subdisciplines and their relationship to the real world.
  • In this approach to integration, teachers organize the curriculum around common learnings across disciplines. T
  • ey chunk together the common learnings embedded in the disciplines to emphasize interdisciplinary skills and concepts.
  • They are learning the interdisciplinary skill of communication (thinking and writing in a structured and coherent way).
  • In the transdisciplinary approach to integration, teachers organize curriculum around student questions and concerns (see Figure 1.3). Students develop life skills as they apply interdisciplinary and disciplinary skills in a real-life context. Two routes lead to transdisciplinary integration: project-based learning and negotiating the curriculum
  • Project-Based Learning. In project-based learning, students tackle a local problem. Some schools call this problem-based learning or place-based learning. According to Chard (1998), planning project-based curriculum involves three steps:
  • Teachers and students select a topic of study based on student interests, curriculum standards, and local resources. The teacher finds out what the students already know and helps them generate questions to explore. The teacher also provides resources for students and opportunities to work in the field. Students share their work with others in a culminating activity. Students display the results of their exploration and review and evaluate the project.
  • Negotiating the Curriculum. In this version of the transdisciplinary approach, student questions form the basis for curriculum.
  • Studies of project-based programs show that students go far beyond the minimum effort, make connections among different subject areas to answer open-ended questions, retain what they have learned, apply learning to real-life problems, have fewer discipline problems, and have lower absenteeism
  • The boundaries of the disciplines seemed to dissolve abruptly.
  • The essential difference between the three approaches was the perceived degree of separation that existed between subject areas. Given our experiences at the time, both of us believed that the three approaches fit on an evolutionary continuum.
    • kynan robinson
      kynan robinson on 18 Apr 12
       
      all education is evolutionary which is why we need to keep studying, reading investigating asking questions
  • suggests that even intradisciplinary projects should include math and literature/media to be rich and vibrant
  • backward design process.
  • We believe that educators will continue to experience deepening connections as they become more experienced in this area.
  • Real-life context Student questions
  • Coplanner Colearner Generalist/specialist
  • Disciplines identified if desired, but real-life context emphasized
  • All knowledge interconnected and interdependent Many right answers Knowledge considered to be indeterminate and ambiguous
  • Student questions and concerns Real-world context
  • Interdisciplinary skills/concepts stressed
  • shift
  • Interdisciplinary skills and disciplinary skills applied in a real-life context
  • kynan robinson on 18 Apr 12
     
    great overview of different approaches to integrated  Curriculum
Khamal Sarkis

Games | Play Free Online Kids Games at PrimaryGames | The Fun Place to Learn! - 0 views

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interactive kids primary Level1 Level3 Level2 Level4 student interactive Education English literacy maths games

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  • Khamal Sarkis on 20 May 12
     
    This site has fantastic virtual worlds for the kids to explore. In particular, check out "Big Little Bang".
Andrew Williamson

10 Useful iPad Resources for Educators - SimpleK12 - 0 views

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iPad iOS apps

shared by Andrew Williamson on 09 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 09 Jul 12
     
    Some interesting links here for people to explore if keen on boosting their ipad knowledge
kynan robinson

Education in the Age of Globalization - 1 views

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ict education

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  • kynan robinson on 06 Aug 12
     
    Dr. Yong Zhao is an internationally known scholar, author, and speaker. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has designed schools that cultivate global competence, developed computer games for language learning, and founded research and develop institutions to explore innovative education models. He has published over 100 articles and 20 books, including Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Student
Andrew Williamson

Math Explorer: Playing Fantastic Four with the Computer - 0 views

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math explorer mathematics level3 level4 maths

shared by Andrew Williamson on 30 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 30 Sep 09
     
    This is a great online maths activity for the advanced thinkers (if you are going to use all four cards) but allows for the not so high achievers. Deffinately going to introduce this to my upper grade 4's
  • Andrew Williamson on 30 Sep 09
     
    This is a great online maths activity for the advanced thinkers (if you are going to use all four cards) but allows for the not so high achievers. Deffinately going to introduce this to my upper grade 4's
Andrew Williamson

The Interactive Mathematics Classroom | - 1 views

www.interactivemaths.net

maths student interactive Level2 Level3 Level4 interactive resources Mathematics

shared by Andrew Williamson on 30 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 30 Oct 10
     
    Students learn mathematics by DOING mathematics, and not by watching someone else do mathematics. In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of high quality digital resources available from the Net and elsewhere that allow students to investigate, explore or consolidate the topics they are learning in their maths class.
Andrew Williamson

Tess people in Math Cats' Tessellation Town! - 0 views

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tessellation

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  • Andrew Williamson on 23 Aug 09
     
    Interactive tessellation tool
Andrew Williamson

Really Big Numbers - 1 views

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Level4 Level3 Level2 student interactive maths number

shared by Andrew Williamson on 27 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Andrew Williamson on 27 Oct 10
     
    This is a really good example for creating large numbers
carmela guglielmino

Data Session 2: Data Organization and Representation - 0 views

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Maths Upper Primary Gathering and exploring data

shared by carmela guglielmino on 22 Feb 10 - Cached
  • carmela guglielmino on 22 Feb 10
     
    Has some interatcive activities as part of the lesson plans that can be done as a class. Also looks at median and a range of analysis techniques.
carmela guglielmino

YouTube - Dr. Skateboard's Action Science - Simple Machines - 0 views

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Exploring simple machines with the key words we are using

shared by carmela guglielmino on 02 Feb 10 - Cached
  • carmela guglielmino on 02 Feb 10
     
    Will be using this tomorrow with my class for simple machines
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