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100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers | Online Degree - 0 views

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    There are new web 2.0 tools appearing every day. Although some of these tools were not originally meant for use in the classroom, they can be extremely effective learning tools for today's technology geared students and their venturesome teachers. Many of these teachers are searching for the latest products and technologies to help them find easier and efficient ways to create productive learning in their students. More and more teachers are using blogs, podcasts and wikis, as another approach to teaching. We have created a list of 100 tools we think will encourage interactivity and engagement, motivate and empower your students, and create differentiation in their learning process.
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School's in for finances | The Sydney Morning Herald - 0 views

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    Children can no longer afford to be ignorant of how complex financial products work. The world of finance and money is becoming rapidly more complex and requires an integration of education and safe financial products to ensure children grow up knowing how to manage money and debt. From this year, financial literacy will be included in the national school curriculum and will be rolled out across a range of subjects during the next three years.
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How to Build a Simple Shadow Puppet Theater - 0 views

  • I completely underestimated how much the girls would enjoy playing with shadow puppets. Whenever something so simple makes them so happy, I can’t help but smile!! And this was SUPER simple. Added bonus — the perfect entertainment for whenever a power outage occurs. Our little shadow puppet theater was made from an empty cardboard box with the bottom cut out, and replaced with two sheets of white tissue paper held in place with packaging tape. As for the shadow puppets — you didn’t think I sat there and cut them all out by hand did you?? I am far too lazy for that! Instead, we attached some fairy tale foam stickers to toothpicks with a bit of tape. Of course, just about any kind of foam sticker would work well for this, and they are available in so many different themes: Under The Sea, Dinosaurs, and Fairies to name a few. Very very easy, and the girls LOVED their shadow puppets! They could not wait to put on a show!! A bit of styrofoam (recycled from some left over packaging) inside the box made it easy for them to position their puppets. Dim the lights, turn on a flashlight (my girls adore this Melissa and Doug Mollie Ladybug Kids’ Flashlight), and enjoy the show for hours of creative playtime fun! Have fun!!
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The Differentiator - Create clear learning intentions (with Bloom's Taxonomy), interactively - 0 views

  • First, pick a thinking skill... Revised Bloom's Taxonomy adapted from "A Taxonomy for Learning,Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" by Anderson and Krathwohl
  • Next, pick a way to differentiate content... Depth and Complexity adapted from The Flip Book by Sandra N. Kaplan, Bette Gould & Victoria Siegel. Content Imperatives adapted from The Flip Book, Too by Sandra Kaplan & Bette Gould.
  • Now, pick a resource...
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  • Next, select a product for students to create... Adapted from David Chung and The Flip Book by Sandra N. Kaplan, Bette Gould & Victoria Siegel
  • Finally, pick the group size for students to work in...
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    For each learning intention, choose one thinking, content knowledge, resource, product of learning, and number of students involved. Very convenient!
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The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic - 0 views

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    In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans? Likes?) and ran a contest to try and get as many submissions as possible. This left me with 100 different Web 2.0 tools that are recommended by your peers. After all, what better way to uncover new products than by the people you are already sharing with?
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50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do - 0 views

  • 1.  Build a Fire
  • 2.  Operate a Computer
  • 3.  Use Google Effectively
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  • 4.  Perform CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver
  • 5.  Drive a Manual Transmission Vehicle
  • 7.  Tell a Story that Captivates People’s Attention
  • 6.  Do Basic Cooking
  • 8.  Win or Avoid a Fistfight
  • 9.  Deliver Bad News
  • 10.  Change a Tire
  • 11.  Handle a Job Interview
  • 12.  Manage Time
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    Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life.  To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades.  Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one.
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Raising a Polite Child | Parenting With Love - 0 views

  • I’m not trying to ‘train’ him to have good manners, but if I want something from him, I always say ‘please’, and when he gives me something, I always say ‘thank you’. When he is older, he will automatically do those things too.”
  • Do as I say or do as I do?
  • trying to ‘train’ children to be polite can be counter-productive, especially if we begin when they are too young to do it naturally
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  • if we treat children with politeness and respect, and if they see us treating each other the same way, they will imitate us as they grow. They watch everything we say and do, and are learning, “Oh, so that’s how people are supposed to do it”!
  • “Said without feeling, these can be empty words. How often do we say thank you to the person at the supermarket checkout, without even thinking. It has simply become a habit. Rather we should teach children how to show genuine appreciation to people who give or share something with them. We can help them do this in age-appropriate ways right from the beginning, especially if we understand that young children show their feelings in non-verbal ways”.
  • each child shows their appreciation spontaneously in their own unique way
  • Positive non-verbal behaviours young children use to show appreciation: A smile A nod Direct eye contact Playfulness A physical touch they initiate Excited behaviour A shout of joy Skipping or jumping up and down
  • we should allow children to communicate their appreciation spontaneously. As they grow older and watch how we show appreciation to them and to other people, including words like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, doing the same will come naturally
  • Though prompting children to be polite can be counter-productive, we can facilitate them showing appreciation by involving them when we are being polite or friendly to someone. “Lets go and wave goodbye to Granny”, doesn’t put the child on the spot like, “Say goodbye to Granny now”.
  • If we make it fun, the child will probably enjoy participating.
  • Rather than formal words like “Thank you, we had a lovely time”, he encouraged each child to share something they had done with the aunt or uncle at the beach-house, and draw a picture of it to show appreciation of something that was shared and enjoyed.
  • parents who prompt their children to say things they consider polite, are really feeling anxious. They see their children as an extension of themselves and want their children to act as they would, in case another other adult assumes they are not raising them with good manners. Thinking fast, I looked at the dad, smiled at him, and said, “Don’t worry. Big people find it easy to speak to little people, but little people find it hard to speak to big people”. He looked visibly relieved that I didn’t see him as a bad father.
  • Teaching children good manners begins with us showing them respect.
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    "Every parent wants to have polite, respectful children with good manners. Fortunately nature is on our side. Children learn by copying what we do and love to do everything 'just like mommy and daddy do', as it makes them feel they are being 'big'."
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EF English Proficiency Index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  •  Malaysia 11 58.99 High Proficiency +3.45
  • lack of representative sampling in each country
  • participants in the tests are self-selected and must have access to the internet. This pushes the index towards the realm of an online survey rather than a statistically valid evaluation.
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  • there are few alternative comparisons available of countries by their English skills, and those that exist are smaller in scale, as is the case with a reported British Council study,[1] or they have other sampling flaws, as is the case with rankings of countries by standardized English test scores such as the TOEFL.[6]
  • European Commission performed a language survey, SurveyLang, which tests a representative sample of 15 year old European students on their foreign language skills. The first report and data sets were released for 13 European countries in June 2012 [7]
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    "The EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) is a report which attempts to rank countries by the average level of English skills amongst adults. It is the product of EF Education First, a global language training company, and draws its conclusions from data collected via English tests available for free over the internet."
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TheBananaKing comments on People with ADHD, what ADHD is like, how does medication affect your ability to work and how soon does it take its effect? - 0 views

  • Pomodoro technique for productivity
  • High-stimulation, reactive tasks (Quake 3 is perfect) to relax. What you need is not less input, as you just bounce off all your inner thoughts, but to stop trying to filter.
  • Personal whiteboard
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  • Don't overload the short-term memory of an ADDer. Give them a string of tasks, and they'll forget all but the last one. Give them a list, and ask for their full attention when they can give it, instead of asking them to pause for your request.
  • If we are managing to be productive, don't for god's sake interrupt us unless it's urgent. You can totally derail us for five times as long as the interruption/break itself.
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    "ADHD is about having broken filters on your perception. Normal people have a sort of mental secretary that takes the 99% of irrelevant crap that crosses their mind, and simply deletes it before they become consciously aware of it. As such, their mental workspace is like a huge clean whiteboard, ready to hold and organize useful information. ADHD people... have no such luxury. Every single thing that comes in the front door gets written directly on the whiteboard in bold, underlined red letters, no matter what it is, and no matter what has to be erased in order for it to fit. As such, if we're in the middle of some particularly important mental task, and our eye should happen to light upon... a doorknob, for instance, it's like someone burst into the room, clad in pink feathers and heralded by trumpets, screaming HEY LOOK EVERYONE, IT'S A DOORKNOB! LOOK AT IT! LOOK! IT OPENS THE DOOR IF YOU TURN IT! ISN'T THAT NEAT? I WONDER HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKS DO YOU SUPPOSE THERE'S A CAM OR WHAT? MAYBE ITS SOME KIND OF SPRING WINCH AFFAIR ALTHOUGH THAT SEEMS KIND OF UNWORKABLE. It's like living in a soft rain of post-it notes."
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Free Technology for Teachers: Resources to Help Schools Understand Social Media - 0 views

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    One of the reasons why more schools are not using social media is because their leaders don't understand social media [when] it can be used [to] get a pulse of the community and respond to your community's needs. To help school leaders understand some productive uses of social media, here are some resources to check out.
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The Differentiator - Create clear learning intentions (with Bloom's Taxonomy), interactively - 0 views

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    For each learning intention, choose one thinking, content knowledge, resource, product of learning, and number of students involved. Very convenient!
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Visualized: Evernote vs Springpad - is it really a competition? « dan gold, esq. - 0 views

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    The reality is that they are two different products with many similarities. They appeal to different target audiences with the same end game in mind.  Even Jeff Janer, co-founder of Springpad wrote that once on Quora.  He's not really trying to compete against Evernote - but now, with Evernote's latest kung-fu moves (Android update, New web interface, social media sharing, and desktop redux), there's so many striking similarities. Both apps, I believe have their place with a specific segment in the note-taking-remember-everything space.  Evernote has been pushing educational, photographer & visual arts, musicians use cases in a big way.  Springpad has been really amping up their usefulness when shopping, cooking, sharing bookmarks, and of course, it's overall usefulness in sharing notes with the world.
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Social Networking ProCon.org - 0 views

  • Are social networking sites good for our society?
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    The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Classmates.com more than quadrupled from 2005 to 2009. Many users say the sites are good for our society, but others contend that the dangers of social media outweigh the benefits. Proponents of social networking sites argue that these online communities promote increased communication with friends and family, familiarize people with valuable computer skills, and allow contact with people from around the world. Opponents argue that social networking sites expose children to predators, increase vulnerability to computer viruses, lower worker productivity, and promote narcissism and short attention spans.
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Talking about disability: A guide to using appropriate language - 0 views

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    Life for most people with mental or physical disabilities is vastly improved over what it was twenty or thirty years ago. The Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal and state laws assure that people with disabilities have the same basic rights as people without disabilities. Some things have been slower to change; namely, attitudes and perceptions about people with disabilities. Ignorance and discrimination can be serious impediments to achieving integration, productivity, and independence for people with disabilities. The use of outdated language and words to describe people with disabilities contributes greatly to perpetuating old stereotypes. No longer should we view people with disabilities as helpless or tragic victims. Awareness is the first step toward correcting this injustice. If public opinion about people with disabilities is to be brought up to date, the public needs to hear and learn to use appropriate language. It is especially important for the media, elected officials, public speakers, and others in leadership positions to portray people with disabilities sensitively and realistically. This is a guide to using descriptive words and language when talking to or about people with disabilities.
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Alberta Education - Making a Difference: Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction - 0 views

  • A print version of this resource is available for purchase from the Learning Resources Centre (Product Number: 755525) or may be downloaded at no cost from this site. This resource provides teachers with an Alberta context for differentiated instruction, and information and strategies for implementing differentiated instructional practices to better meet the diverse learning needs of all students. The files of this resource are in portable document formation (pdf). The resource can be downloaded as an entire document or by individual sections. Click here to download the entire resource (4.4 mb).
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Why I Think Weed Sucks | Thought Catalog - 0 views

  • claudinator 3 months ago I smoke weed more than once daily and have for years I have an extremely active and successful job plus anything I have wanted I have achieved I used marijuana as a medicine for my insomnia because I rather not take sleeping pills and I also use marijuana to help me with my anger because I would rather not take pill so all I can say is everyone has there own opinion good or bad and nobody should rub it in other people's faces Flag 2 people liked this. Like Reply Reply Anonymous 1 week ago in reply to claudinator You forgot to mention how it also helps you forget punctuation and spelling.  Flag 2 people liked this. Like Reply
  • REASON WEED SUCKS #1: IT’S A WASTE OF MONEY (NOT APPLICABLE TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA)
  • REASON WEED SUCKS #2: IT MAKES YOU DUMB
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  • REASON WEED SUCKS #3: IT MAKES YOU PARANOID AS SHIT
  • REASON WEED SUCKS #4: WEED IS THE ANTI-PRODUCTIVITY DRUG
  • REASON WEED SUCKS #5: YOU GET OBSESSED WITH IT
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    "I used to smoke weed a lot. Throughout my four years of college, I probably smoked weed once a day on average (this average includes, for example, two-week stints of zero smoking as well as month-long binges of heavy consumption, when I'd smoke two to four times a day). My third year of school, I did an exchange program in Holland. The point is, I have been, at times, a total stoner. So, I mean: I get weed. I get it. But I quit smoking awhile ago, and now I think it sucks. Here's why."
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Customer, client, clientele. - WordReference Forums - 0 views

  • "client" is used as a more formal setting because many people believe the word holds more weight (importance) than the word, "customer," which is considered more informal. The phrase "snob-factor" essentially means that the word has more meaning to certain people because it makes them feel more important.
  • However, I use the services of a law firm to assist me in writing a will. In that sense, I am a client of the lawyer / law firm. If my law firm were to simply call me a customer (which essentially, I am), I would be offended.
  • I think in your case, where your company sells both products and services, you would not go wrong to consider everyone as your "clients." It is more widely accepted (again, that "snob-factor" thing) in corporate business to consider those individuals who purchase your goods and services as clients.
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What is Waka? - 0 views

  • For western poets, waka can be a style easily learned but hardly ever mastered. New anthologies of Japanese poetry can prove inspiring.
  • Waka can also be a fun poetic form to teach children, who may enjoy the cooperative effort produced if two writers take on a question and answer format. It is certainly a productive and enjoyable way to teach introduction to Japanese poetry or simply to poetry, which at the same time emphasizes teamwork and cooperation in creative endeavors.
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    While it is true haiku was the predominant form of Japanese culture, and certainly most recognized by non-Japanese, waka inspired it. It was an art form, first begun in the 8th century CE, which continued in popularity through the modern era.
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