code-switching (definition) - 0 views
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KPI_Library Bookmarks on 16 Mar 10From Wikipedia, this is the term as it is used in linguistics.
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Teaching standard English in urban classrooms - 0 views
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From Forum Network of PBS and NPR. This forum features Rebecca Wheeler, Catherine Snow, Rachel Swords, and Ronald Ferguson discussing how to "build on students' existing knowledge of everyday English." (1 hr 16 mins).
Overcoming math anxiety - 1 views
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By Sheila Tobias, published by Paw Prints, 2008. Originally published in 1978.
LASSI - Background - 0 views
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LASSI is an inventory of learning and study strategies, and measures students' strengths and weaknesses in terms of strategic learning. Developed by Claire E. Weinstein, Ann C. Schulte, and David R. Palmer at the University of Texas, Austin.
Mathemagination - 1 views
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From Nikon Festival, video ironically depicting a day in the life of a math teacher.
Second Life - 0 views
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From this link, you can download the software needed to enter Second Life, a popular user-created, 3D virtual world community.
Program in narrative medicine - 0 views
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Academic program within the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. The basis for this program is to listen carefully to patients' stories and use the stories to help treat the patients. The program's founder, Dr. Rita Charon, combines her MD with a PhD in literature.
Theory and practice of online learning - 1 views
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The full-text of this book, ed Terry Anderson, published by Athabasca University in 2008, is available for download in its entirety or by chapter, as PDF. Chapters 2 and 4 are bookmarked in our collection.
Little brother - 0 views
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Novel by Cory Doctrow. Published by Tor Teen, 2008. This book has been published both in print (see WorldCat or Amazon to find a copy) and for free, online (at this link) under Creative Commons license. This is tagged with technology; online texts provide new opportunities for teachers and students.
Guide to grammar and writing - 0 views
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Published by Capital Community College, Hartford, CT. Various resources to help students learn more about grammar and writing.
Creative Commons - 0 views
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"A nonprofit organization that increases sharing and improves collaboration." Creative Commons recommended license is one of the standards for content that is freely shared online. The idea of open educational content has implications for teachers, students, publishers, colleges/universities, etc.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) -- Purdue University - 1 views
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This site offers various writing-related resources from grades 7-12, through college and for professional writers. Resources range from rules of various citation formats to proper cover letters and resumes.
Ning - 1 views
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JEC recommends Ning, as "your students can "co-own" the site with you & add their own content--in other words, it's more student-centered (but you lose the institutional archiving functions) [of sites like Blackboard]."
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Ning is a site where you can create social communities.
Writing matters - 0 views
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A sub-site of Teaching Matters, Writing Matters provides writing curricula, interactive technology, and professional development targeted at upper elementary and middle school level. There is a related product, TeXT which facilitates publishing of student e-zines.
Urban dictionary - 0 views
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This website collects user-contributed definitions of today's slang.
VARK learning styles questionnaire - 0 views
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This is a free questionnaire of approximately 20 questions that enables users to quickly assess their learning style.
Titanic - the movie - 0 views
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Website for the movie. Mentioned in Using Context Clues in Vocabulary Learning.
New Media Consortium (NMC) - 1 views
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"The New Media Consortium (NMC) is a community of hundreds of leading universities, colleges, museums, and research centers. The NMC stimulates and furthers the exploration and use of new media and technologies for learning and creative expression."
Code-switching: Insights and Strategies for teaching Standard English in dialectally ... - 0 views
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This is a working paper by Rebecca Wheeler (n.d.). This paper shows some of Wheeler's work on code-switching in the classroom, and includes analysis and teaching strategies.
Students at risk for academic failure: learning to learn classes - 0 views
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By Claire E. Weinstein, published in Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, ed. by Keith W. Prichard, R. Mclaran Sawyer. Greenwood Press, 1994. This is an excerpt of Weinstein's article. Her basic premise is that developmental ed students often must learn how to learn. Full chapter can be purchased from this link. The book might be available in your college library, or via interlibrary loan.
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