Edmodo offers various resources to help you get started, including security best practices, sample guidelines and a sample code of conduct for your students.
Richard Byrne's blog. "Coggle is a new, collaborative mind-mapping service that is very easy to use. To create a Coggle mind map just sign-in with your Google account and click the "+" icon to start your mind map. After entering the main idea of your mind map you can add branches by clicking the "+" icons that appear next to everything you type. To re-arrange elements just click on them and drag them around your screen. "
"One of the major benefits of using technology in the classroom is the ability to
differentiate instruction to meet the needs of every student in every lesson.
Just as every student grows and develops at different rates, they learn in
different ways and at different speeds. Technology makes it possible to pace
lessons appropriately for each student's learning level and can be used to
promote learning in the multiple intelligences.
Below you will find
website suggestions that address the different learning styles in your classroom
with the help of technology:
Verbal-Linguistic
These learners enjoy
learning through speaking, writing, reading, and listening. In the classroom
setting these students shine when given tasks such as taking notes, researching,
listening, reading for information, and writing. Websites to encourage learning
for Verbal-Linguistic students: 1. http://wordle.net Allow students to express
themselves creatively with words
2. http://ed.voicethread.com Capture
student voices with audio, text,
pictures
, and video
3. http://zoho.com- A free
online
word processor, and presentation tool
4.
http://gcast.com- Students can podcast (voice recording) online.
5.
http://kerpoof.com - Students can create stories or mini-
movies
6. http://www2.shidonni.com- Students create
animated stories
7. http://tickatok.com Students can create stories and
turn them into a book
8. http://pbskids.org/wordworld A world where words
come alive
9. http://readwritethink.org 52 interactive activities related
to reading, writing, and speaking
10. http://speakaboos.com Students can
read stories online, record their own story and play literacy
games
Logical-Mathematical
These learners love numbers, reasoning, and
problem solving. These students enjoy measuring, calculating, and organizing
data. In the classroom students will shine when given tasks such as collecting
data, conducting experiments, solving proble
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A free course from Stanford University focused on how to learn mathematics as a student. The ICT connection is how they use ICTs to teach this Massive Online Open Course (MOOC).
But beyond this, the course might be useful for those of you slightly phobic of maths and beyond that I'm sure there will be some interesting pedagogical suggestions you could pick up for your own teaching.
Reasons to use ICTs in our pedagogy. Feel free to add to, edit, bookmark and just generally scribble on.
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