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VOCABULARY QUIZZES ESL Topics quizzes for intermediate-level learners can be used either as fun self-assessment activities or as formal evaluation tools - you choose. Easy to find, download, and use in class.

"Our mission is to promote and provide equal access to communication and learning through described and captioned educational media. The ultimate goal of the DCMP is for accessible media to be an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and agencies. The DCMP supports the U.S. Department of Education Strategic Plan for 2014-2018 by committing to the following goals: Ensuring that students (early learning through grade 12) who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have the opportunity to achieve the standards of academic excellence. Advocating for equal access to educational media as well as the establishment and maintenance of quality standards for captioning and description by service providers. Providing a collection of free-loan described and captioned educational media. Furnishing information and research about accessible media. Acting as a gateway to Internet resources related to accessibility. Adapting and developing new media and technologies that assist students in obtaining and using available information."

tutorial all'uso di livebinders, pinterest, scoop.it, evernote

Nik Peachey's insight: Really simple and useful tool for annotating videos and creating dialogue around them.

" Foundations of Virtual Instruction Cindy Carbajal Learn what it takes to teach a K-12 course online! Investigate the history of virtual education, explore innovative tools, and examine key issues related to K-12 virtual instruction. Workload: 2-4 hours/week  Watch intro video Sessions: Sep 30th 2013 (5 weeks long"

"Dr. Alice Christie's "Virtual Field Trips" Resource Guide     Virtual field trips (VFTs) are alternatives to more costly real-world field trips. In addition to being inexpensive, they are engaging to students becasue they enable students to make connections between themselves and the wide-ranging environments they can explore virtually. They also offer authentic, inquiry-based learning experiences to students.     This Resource Guide provides links to numerous: profesionally-created VFTs tools to create VFTs teacher-created VFTs other resources helpful to teachers wishing to use VFTs in their classrooms"

101 link?!? Mostruoso... Ma come non condividere? Mi sembra fatto bene! In inglese, ma intuibile perché ben organizzato. Se il numero vi spaventa, cercate solo i cuoricini.

"Esri Story Maps for Education: Creating, 2 of 2" Pubblicato in data 11/gen/2013 Esri Story Maps for Education: Creating Story Maps, 1 of 2. How can you create a Story Map from the provided templates? It is easy, fun, and a creative process. Most importantly, Story Maps can be used in many ways in education because maps are powerful story telling tools.

Davvero uno strumento potente, questo Esri Story Maps. Carino anche perché ti porta a manipolare un po' di codice con soddisfazione - pare. L'inglese è chiaro, lento e preciso, con numerosi sottotitoli per maggiore chiarezza. Molto rispetto per gli stranieri e i non-esperti di computer. Consigliabile però solo a chi ha molto tempo a disposizione, perché è un po' laborioso.

variazione sul tema, story map creata (diverse sono le cose ancora da mettere a posto) salvando la mappa come app x web usando il Template/modello predisposto su Esri Story maps "Map Tour" ( o qualcosa di simile) che si presta bene per semplici 'album' di elementi , ognuno col suo tumbnail, da visualizzare interattivamente in una mappa - in questo caso i blog. Il modello, come tutti gli altri si basa sul 1) rieditare - vedi il tutorial già condiviso - le piccole parti di codice specifiche della singola mappa oppure 2) creare la mappa col software, in questo caso ArcGis (simile a Google Maps o Google Maps Engine) e salvarla poi come mappa/app pubblica utilizzando il Template prescelto. http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=a87ff4bb8d414ad9a81b5ddbcb244f4d&webmap=e4a4a0e162da49f5bc1ee6510ca33adb

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"Simply put, openFrameworks is a tool that makes it much easier to make things with code. We find it super useful, and we hope you do too."

Pacchetto di istallazione di Moodle per sistemi windows, con tutorial istruzione procedura di download e prima istallazione. Complete install packages are available from Moodle.org's Windows download page. The packages are designed for new installations on a standalone computer. The complete install package can be used on a server, but it is not recommended that it be used as a production site. Please note Moodle.org's Standard install packages only contain the Moodle code. This document provides instructions for using the Windows packages. Separate instructions are available for Mac OS X packages. The complete install packages allow Moodle to be installed, along with the prerequisites that includes a web server, Apache, database, MySQL, scripting language, PHP, an administration tool, phpMyAdmin and Moodle all wrapped in the Xampp-lite shell. Several versions of the complete install package are available. The instructions on the download page provide guidance on which version is likely to be most suitable. In short, complete install packages are designed to create a matched webserver and Moodle site on a standalone computer with minimal effort."

"K-8 Intro to Computer Science is a free course that aims to demystify computer science and show K-8 students that it's fun, collaborative, and creative. The course is designed to motivate students and educators to continue learning computer science to improve real world relationships, connections, and life. Educators will foster an environment of communal learning that emphasizes risk-taking. This course will teach students about computer science, computational thinking, and programming. It will also teach that success does not come on the first try, just like the world's most difficult problems aren't solved on the first try. Challenge is good when it is supported by plans and tools that lead to success. This course will help students persevere in solving problems."

"Wikispaces Classroom is a social writing platform for education. We make it incredibly easy to create a classroom workspace where you and your students can communicate and work on writing projects alone or in teams. Rich assessment tools give you the power to measure student contribution and engagement in real-time. Wikispaces Classroom works great on modern browsers, tablets, and phones."

Ciao, Fabrizio! Conosco Wikispaces e condivido il tuo entusiasmo. Ho aperto lo scorso anno quattro ambienti di studio in Wikispaces, uno per ognuna delle mie classi che, anche se in misura diversa, hanno reagito molto positivamente, collaborando ed aprendo nuove pagine su argomenti scolastici, ma anche relative ai loro interessi,. e mettendo a disposizione dei compagni materiali e manufatti virtuali. :) M. Antonella

Ciao Antonella piacere di saperlo! Ogni tanto mi sento come Don Chisciotte coi mulini a vento e fa piacere saper di non essere il solo matto del villaggio. Mi piacerebbe visitare le tue pagine, sono pubbliche? Io in effetti ho usato wikispaces fin ad ora a titolo personale http://limfab.wikispaces.com/ ,prima di passare più o meno tutto il materiale del wiki al sito web http://limfabweb.weebly.com/ (nella assurda illusione di completare qualcosa...) e appena potrò (famosa frase...) mi riprometto anche di ritornarci su. Come wiki per le classi ho usato invece Pbworks http://fabriziobartoliworkspace.pbworks.com/w/page/63273860/FrontPage, sopratutto l'anno passato, cercando di integrarlo con Google apps/drive che uso come piattaforma principale di condivisione. Ho incrociato qualche webinar su wikispaces classroom e così mi è venuta voglia di provare anche questo. Magari possiamo trovare il modo di usare qualche pagina insieme, con qualche classe, anche se all'atto non ho idea di cosa insegni (io insegno inglese scuola media)...

"Datawrapper An open source tool helping anyone to create simple, correct and embeddable charts in minutes."

"ARIS is a platform for creating, not just playing. Get involved with us as we create layers of story, science, art and history all over the globe! Launch the Editor Now! Access the authoring tool at http://arisgames.org/editor Remember to "Show Games in Development" in ARIS Settings on the iPhone! Training, Manuals and Workshop Plans ARIS … Read more →"

"Snaplr is a simple way to capture and annotate your desktop's activity. Its Free to download, a great addition for your email/collaboration tool."